Facebook Inc. and Apple Inc. are edging perilously close to all-out legal war, with the social-media giant strongly considering a lawsuit that could ultimately sway antitrust investigators. The conflagration centers on Apple's new iOS 14 policy, due this spring.
What happens when an unstoppable force hits an immovable object? In a recent speech at Brussels' International Data Privacy Day, Apple CEO Tim Cook went on the offensive against Mark Zuckerberg and Facebook. Cook's speech seems to be a direct response to Facebook's recent attack on Apple, in which the world's largest social network took out full-page ads in several newspapers attacking Apple's new privacy changes.
Facebook's Oversight Board, the independent body empowered to review the social network's most complex platform moderation decisions, is now accepting public comments on the company's decision to "indefinitely" ban former President Donald Trump in the aftermath of the US Capitol attack on January 6th.
"Facebook being unwilling to actually police violent white nationalists means that they create these blanket policies so they don't actually have to deal with the real problem," said Rashad Robinson, an outspoken Facebook critic and president of racial justice group Color of Change. "It becomes a 'both sides' issue.
Noah Stewart, a 17-year-old from Kuna, realized anything could be sold online when the PlayStation 5 came out, and people were selling the box for $75. KUNA, Idaho - From papers push-pinned into corkboards to the classifieds, people posting about items they are selling has certainly evolved.
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Facebook's "Supreme Court" is now accepting comments one of its earliest and likely most consequential cases. The Facebook Oversight Board announced Friday that it would begin accepting public feedback on Facebook's suspension of former President Trump. Mark Zuckerberg announced Trump's suspension on January 7, after the then-president of the United States incited his followers to riot [...]
To stop them, use two-factor authentication. How to put the safety measure into place. Jerry Harris, a small business owner who runs a dog- walking service --- learned that his business's Facebook page had been compromised after a hacker gained access and changed the login.
Have thoughts on whether Facebook's newly established high court should lift the company's ban on former President Donald Trump? Well, now you can voice them. On Friday, the social network's Oversight Board began accepting public comments on Trump's "indefinite suspension" from the platform, which it has the power to overturn.
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n response to the fascist riot at the US Capitol, Facebook engaged in a flurry of dangerous and misguided corporate authoritarianism. I, along with a number of other leftwing organizers, was deemed a threat to the inauguration of Joe Biden and placed on a restricted list that limited my ability to communicate with others.
The FOB has spoken. The Facebook Oversight Board (FOB)-a nascent court-like review board-has unveiled its first-ever set of decisions. The box score doesn't look pretty for Facebook: Four of the five verdicts overturn moderation decisions made by Facebook. But the four-one split isn't as interesting as the substance of the decisions themselves.
Facebook's Oversight Board, an independent panel of experts established to review contentious cases, is accepting public comment on whether Facebook was correct in banning former president Donald Trump, allowing the public-at-large to directly weigh in on a Facebook decision relating to Trump for the first time.
KENOSHA, Wis. (AP) - A federal lawsuit demanding that Facebook prevent militias and hate groups from using the site after a militia used the platform to draw armed people to anti-police brutality protests in Wisconsin is over. The lawsuit named Facebook, the Kenosha Guard militia and Kyle Rittenhouse as defendants.
(Pocket-lint) - Social networks could be how you subscribe to newsletters in the future. For instance, Facebook is reportedly working on a newsletter product. The New York Times claimed Facebook is trying to "court" independent writers and thinks offering newsletter features will attract writers who want to build a following on the platform.
Facebook is reportedly apologizing this week after accidentally restricting the ability to share content from the Bible study website Biblehub.com. Users posted complaints on social media and British YouTuberPaul Joseph Watson posted a controversial video titled "Facebook bans Bible passages" on Jan. 25 that garnered more than 50,000 views.
"It's an important case, and so we'll work as quickly as we can, consistent with deciding the case in a principled and consistent way," Jamal Greene, a Columbia Law School professor and co-chair of the body, told POLITICO. "We'll all work hard to decide it as quickly as we can do responsibly."
Facebook content moderators in Ireland met with Deputy Prime Minister Leo Varadkar today to demand work-from-home rights. They say the company forced them back into the office, even as COVID-19 cases spiked. "We should be working from home just like employees," said Ibrahim Halawa, a former political prisoner and law student who works as a Facebook content moderator.
Facebook Inc. said it would soon begin building and testing new controls to let marketers keep their ads away from topics they want to avoid.
The social network has discussed an antitrust lawsuit against Apple, as tensions grow between the companies over how each treats consumer data. SAN FRANCISCO - Facebook has considered filing an antitrust lawsuit against Apple, two people familiar with the deliberations said, a move that could escalate tensions between two of the world's most powerful technology companies.