Facebook said it is going to enhance encryption capabilities on its Messenger communication platform, despite requests from lawmakers and regulators not to do so because of the potential result that pedophiles and criminals will be harder to track. Facebook also said it is going to...
Facebook has revealed that it unknowingly gave outside developers access to some private user information. The social media giant explained that since April 2018, it has removed or restricted a number of its developer application programming interfaces (APIs), including the Groups API, so that an...
EU antitrust regulators are now investigating whether Facebook’s Marketplace is unfair regarding online classified ads, according to a report by Reuters. Facebook Marketplace has a huge user base — almost one in every three Facebook users have used it. The platform exists so people can...
Facebook is filing a lawsuit against NSO Group, an Israeli cybersecurity company, alleging that it hacked WhatsApp users, according to CNBC. Facebook filed the complaint on Tuesday (Oct. 29). It alleged the group used malware on about 1,400 cellphones, targeting human rights activists, journalists, diplomats,...
With the soft launch of a new curation product called Facebook News, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and News Corp CEO Robert Thomson engaged in a discussion at the Paley Media Center in New York City. The news curation product is said to showcase daily news...
It may be a bit ironic that the halls of Congress are known, colloquially, as the Hill. It’s an upward climb, after all, for Facebook — specifically for Libra. On Wednesday (Oct. 23), Facebook Chairman Mark Zuckerberg appeared before the U.S. House Committee on Financial...
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg testified before the United States House Of Representatives Committee on Financial Services on Tuesday (Oct. 22). He spoke about the company’s intentions with Libra, and sought to assuage the concerns of regulators and legislators around the world that the currency could...
In a New York-led antitrust probe into Facebook, New York State Attorney General Letitia James said on Tuesday (Oct. 22) that 47 attorneys general from states and U.S. territories plan to participate in an investigation. The social media company’s shares dropped 3.9 percent on the...
Fresh off a wave of defections, the Libra Association has claimed an initial 21 members. That’s a start. But the crypto initiative is still missing key components that would bring the crypto from concept to reality — like infrastructure and marketplaces. We break down the latest...