[ad_1] “A big subject today at the White House Social Media Summit will be the tremendous dishonesty, bias, discrimination and suppression practiced by certain companies,” Trump tweeted. “We will not let them get away with it much longer.” While Trump didn’t mention Facebook and Twitter by name, it’s not hard to figure out who he […]
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Donald Trump is ‘not a fan’ of cryptocurrency, Facebook Libra
[ad_1] Just hours after a “social media summit,” the president’s Twitter account posted a thread aimed at, of all things, cryptocurrency. After starting off by claiming he’s “not a fan of Bitcoin and other Cryptocurrencies, which are not money, and whose value is highly volatile and based on thin air” Trump took specific aim at […]
Facebook will offer more info on the ads you see
[ad_1] The company will also reveal where your information came from, for instance, if it was from a website you visited or a Page you liked. Under Ad Preferences, Facebook is adding an “advertisers and businesses” tab, which will show users which third-party companies uploaded lists with their information. Perhaps most importantly, Facebook will let […]
Facebook snags exclusive VR games for Oculus headsets
[ad_1] When Facebook acquired Oculus in 2014 for $2 billion, it took a leap of faith. The company hadn’t formally released a finalized product and VR was still an experimental medium. Today, VR is certainly more common, but it’s not exactly mainstream. Oculus has faced high-profile leadership departures and restructuring. But it has also found […]
Facebook plans to double its minority employees in the next five years
[ad_1] To get there, Facebook plans to double its female employees globally and its Black and Hispanic employees in the US. “It will be a company that reflects and better serves the people on our platforms, services and products,” Facebook said in a blog post. The company says the goal is both ambitious and important, […]
Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Google to testify in Congress on competition
[ad_1] Both Democrats and Republicans have been concerned that just a handful of companies not only have control of the internet (and technology at large), but might be abusing their power to squeeze out competition. The investigation won’t necessarily lead to action, but it may help politicians determine if any problems can either be addressed […]
Facebook is working on ‘entirely new’ apps and ‘experiences’
[ad_1] The NPE Team aims to be more nimble than Facebook. It says it will work quickly and won’t hesitate to shut down apps if they flounder. “We expect many failures,” Facebook wrote in a blog post. “We also want to minimize disruption to the billions of people who use Facebook apps every day.” The […]
Instagram’s anti-bullying tool lets you ‘restrict’ problematic followers
[ad_1] Today, Instagram announced two new tools meant to combat bullying. The first will use AI to warn users if a comment they're about to post may be considered offensive. In theory, it will give users a chance to rethink their comments. The second will a… [ad_2] Source link
Facebook built a tool to track misinformation about itself
[ad_1] Developed in 2016, Stormtracker has been used to follow viral posts about the company. It’s tracked everything from rumors that Facebook listens to users, to a prank that told users if they didn’t copy and paste a status Facebook would share their private information, jokes about Mark Zuckerberg looking like an alien and more. […]
The White House’s social media summit may not include Facebook and Twitter
[ad_1] The sources said the summit would not be a serious attempt to discuss issues like privacy or security, but rather “would amount to a right-wing grievance session.” Supporting this assertion is the fact that right-wing commentators who have complained of anti-conservative bias and censorship on social media have been invited, as reported in the […]