2022-05-28 Facebook to Provide More Details about Political Advertising
Facebook’s parent Meta says it will start providing more details about how advertisers target people with political advertisements. The company’s…
2021-01-15 Big Tech Has Banned Trump. Now What?
As the world accepts a Twitter without @realdonaldtrump, the big question is: “Now what?” Major technology companies have long been…
2020-01-11 Facebook Angers Small Oregon Town with Plan for Undersea Cable
People in a small town with no stoplights or mobile phone service are trying to keep out one of the…
2019-10-31 Unlike Facebook, Twitter Bans Political Advertisements
The heads of two leading social media companies have very different ideas about paid advertisements supporting political candidates. On Wednesday,…
2015-12-05 Vietnamese Jailed for Posting on Facebook
Two Vietnamese men were sentenced to six months in prison for posting locations of traffic checkpoints on Facebook. The decision…
2015-08-07 Facebook Reaches Out to Africa
The social media company Facebook has opened its first African headquarters in Johannesburg, South Africa. Facebook representatives recently gathered in…
2014-12-17 How Much of You Does Facebook Own?
If you use Facebook, your friends might have posted an update saying Facebook is not permitted to violate their privacy.…
2014-09-22 Rich People Get Their Own Facebook
Facebook and other social media sites are free for everyone. But a new social media site launched this month promises…