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The Pew Research Center recently published a study on Facebook users, and it contains some interesting results. According to the study, which was conducted in May and June of 2018, over a quarter of Facebook users deleted the app from their phones in the past year. 42% say they've taken a break...

It appears Apple has changed their App Store rules and no longer allows an app to collect information about other apps installed for purposes of advertising/marketing. This rule change put Facebook's Onavo VPN app on the naughty list and Apple let them save face and pull it voluntarily before...

"Inauthentic Behavior" is being targeted by Facebook and Instagram, which it owns. The company does talk about identifying these inauthentic accounts earlier, but left these accounts up, and allowed them to purchase advertising, so they could further understand their playbook and the extent of...

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has filed a formal complaint against Facebook for violating the Fair Housing Act due to the social media giant providing tools to landlords and home sellers that allow them to actively discriminate against protected classes. Facebook...

Youtube tried to pay creators to lock in their content exclusively to Youtube back in 2014, and we all know how that worked out....it didn't. Youtube is feeling more heat from the likes of Facebook and certainly Twitch according to Bloomberg. Youtube is now paying to creators up to hundreds of...

Facebook has implemented a new verification policy for high profile Pages that reach large audiences of people. Pages are typically created for businesses, communities, or public figures as a way for them to promote their brand, thoughts, or political affiliation. Due to the recent uptick in...

The FAANG stocks known as Facebook, Apple, Amazon, Netflix, and Google (Alphabet) have been the darlings of Wall Street for years. Now they are coming under fire Monday as they have lost $185 billion in value over the past 2 sessions. Larry McDonald from 'The Bear Traps Report' predicts a 30%...

Investment company Trillium Asset Management has filed a proposal to fire Mark Zuckerberg as chairman of the board. They say he shouldn't hold the CEO and Chairman positions simultaneously and he weakens the boards oversight. This proposal was filed after Facebook shares took a huge dive in...

Facebook, Google, Microsoft, and Twitter have announced a new project that will enable users to use data from one service to sign up for one of the other services. They say this will allow user data to be transferred in and out of the services involved without the user requiring help from the...

Many internet users love social media so Paypal designed the Venmo app to target the Facebook crowd. Sign up for the service with the privacy focused Facebook login and the Venmo app will allow you to send money to friends and make purchases at approved merchants. You can even see what your...

See the House Judiciary Committee Hearing in which Facebook, Google, and Twitter are answering questions from live right now. Fun questions like "Do you think you are immune from libel?" Live stream.

The SEC and Department of Justice are now getting involved with the federal probe into Facebook. And that is about all that is known. Facebook's stock dipped 1.2% on the news. A collective butt-clenching noise could be heard all over the Bay area. WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal probe into...

Facebook released a new 700 page document revealing 52 corporations that held contracts with the social media giant to create data sharing apps to make Facebook more effectively integrated into their devices. Facebook answered many of the 1,200 questions that members of Congress requested of...

Facebook has applied for a patent for some unique software that detects the emotion displayed of an input photo or photos and then gives you a mask to reflect the emotion of the plurality of the photos. The patent says a user of the social network can select a mask that reflects how they're...

In the latest, and likely final development in the ongoing battle between ZeniMax and Facebook in which ZeniMax claimed that Oculus software contained stolen code. The $500 million payout that was awarded to ZeniMax in February 2017 has been cut in half according to an article on Bloomberg...

Facebook speaks out of both sides of their mouth it seems. For the longest time they have said they don't turn on your mic and yet they just received a patent for software that turns on your mic when certain TV ads broadcast an inaudible signal. It appears this is to find out what you/re...

I was reading Reuters this morning that Facebook is pulling back some on its cryptocurrency advertising ban. It will now allow pre-approved advertisers to hawk their crypto wares Facebook. You can argue that choice all you want, but Facebook can advertise anything it wants to within reason, so...

Given that younger users are avoiding Facebook more and more, it is telling that maybe Facebook saw all that coming? Quartz is reporting that Facebook's $1B investment in Instagram is now worth $100B. Given that I am an old fart, I don't use Instagram (or Facebook), but when I do, it is...

Facebook will soon be rolling out the "Your Time on Facebook" app. It will show you just how much time you are wasting on Facebook. So this is basically a cumulative counter that will show you how long you have been on Facebook during the 7 prior days. Facebook is working on "Your Time on...

Facebook has announced they are going to open up a dedicated gaming portal where you can go and watch video streams. They say the new portal will make it easier for people to discover gaming video and help others to bring content to the platform. Also, they are planning on adding other features...

From May 18 to May 22, while Facebook was testing a new feature, around 14 million Facebook users had the default sharing setting for all new posts set to public. CNN is reporting that Facebook revealed the blunder today, and after Facebook employees discovered the problem, it went back and...

You have to hand it to Facebook when it comes to finding a way to make money from the poor saps that use their product. They are adding ads to the Marketplace now and you get to check them out while you're shopping for something from your fellow users. Remember they have your info and they're...

How about we just have one big news article that just tells us who Facebook did NOT share data with? That would seem to require a lot less typing by a whole lot of people. It seems that Facebook's Zuckerberg forgot to mention that it was sharing data on US with Chinese companies as well...

The next time you walk into your kid's dorm room on a visit and see the big authentic elephant tusk bong sitting on the coffee table, you know where he got it...Facebook. Damn kids and their cryptocurrency! In all seriousness, this really is a thing. Guess that One Laptop Per Child initiative...

In a report from The Korea Times, angry with Facebook policy a group of female protesters went topless near Facebook's headquarters in Gangnam, Seoul. The group was protesting Facebook policy that they feel is "discrimination," as Facebook allows pictures of men's naked torsos, but not women's...

Certainly Apple's Tim Cook has been very outspoken and critical of all of Facebook's data sharing and selling woes here in the recent months, that is why this headline at the New York Times, Facebook Gave Device Makers Deep Access to Data on Users and Friends, is extremely interesting. Seems...

CSS or Cascading Style Sheets have become so powerful that it can be abused to deanonymize Facebook users. CSS can even be used to link IP addresses and profiles to real-life people. This tool is fast becoming a real threat to internet privacy. However, Facebook isn't the only site that can be...

Was there ever any doubt that once your mom and absent dad had adopted Facebook, that it would immediately prove to be uncool? Youtube, Instagram, and Snapchat now hold title to the most popular platforms by the folks that will will running the country in an generation or two, after they move...

This does not impact anyone except in Papua New Guinea, which is just a bit north of Australia. It is still an incredibly interesting story of one country taking action against what it sees as "fake news." The government is going to block Facebook for a month to "understand users' behaviour...

Privacy group noyb.eu is accusing Google, Facebook, and others of utilizing forced consent after the General Data Protection Regulation went into effect at midnight. They say accounts are getting blocked if the user doesn't agree to the use of their data. Seeing as this is the EU, and they like...

Facebook has now made its 2FA much easier to set up, and has also made it able to use its 2FA without the use of your phone number, not that Facebook would ever sell that to anyone. Whatever you think, your account can now be much more secure. This should allow you to voluntarily post all your...

Former startup Six4Three is suing Facebook and alleges that they weaponized user data. The latest filings in this case, which originally started in 2015, say Facebook would tempt developers with long-term access to all the user data available so they could create platforms within Facebook. Once...

So this guy uploads the Deadpool movie to his Facebook account, and now faces a one year prison sentence. Fair deal, uploading a movie on a public social account during its premiere week is a stupid thing to do. But isn't the real story here that Facebook left it on their pages long enough for...

Mark Zuckerberg's European Parliament Live Stream They took a break and I think we are about 20 minutes out from the stream.

We will once again get to see our upcoming robot overlords in action, this time in European Parliament, this Tuesday. Prediction: the world will rejoice at a whole host of new memes late Tuesday. Thanks cageymaru. "I have personally discussed with Facebook CEO Mr Zuckerberg the possibility...

I was on Facebook today and I found out my mom was not even real. Then she linked me to some website that phished me. Thanks mom, and cageymaru. In its first quarterly Community Standards Enforcement Report, Facebook said the overwhelming majority of moderation action was against spam posts...

I guess if you just leave all that personal data you collected for sale to others openly exposed on the web for years, you have to wonder how valuable it truly is. That said, the myPersonality Facebook app did actually scrub your name off before exposing your personal data online. Apparently...

Have you ever watched someone click on one of those Facebook games, or surveys, or some other seemingly endless applications that then ask for a laundry list of access to the account? Have no fear as a bunch of those apps are getting the axe as reported by Reuters. And if you signed off on...

According to a report from the website Cheddar (WARNING autoplay video), Facebook is very serious about launching their own cryptocurrency. Of course they are citing anonymous sources, however, it may be true since Facebook has recently formed their own blockchain group. Anyway, it's still a few...

Members of the House intelligence committee have released over 3,500 Facebook ads from the Russians that were placed to cause political division in the United States. There's a little bit of everything there from general issues to specifics like police brutality or promotion of Trump and...