Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg announced a large-scale rebranding of his company: Facebook will now be called Meta, Interfax writes. It is noted that the names of all social networks and instant messengers owned by the company will remain the same - Facebook, Instagram, Messenger and WhatsApp. The essence of the renaming is...
Facebook has compiled a “black list” of people and organizations that cannot be written about on the social network. Otherwise, you will be blocked, Channel 9 reports. Journalist Sam Biddle posted screenshots of the full list with minor corrections and marks. He also received internal Facebook instructions allowing moderators to determine...
When a Massachusetts couple learned that none of them could bear a baby, the women turned to their Facebook friends for help. What came of this, said the Independent. Facebook Arrangement “Who wants to carry a baby for my fiancee and ...
Former Russian national team player and coach of the Rotor football club Dmitry Khokhlov filed a lawsuit on Facebook over the fact that the social network is blocking posts with the mention of his last name. Writes about this Meduza. “The catch is that my name is being blocked. Therefore, neither I, nor my friends and acquaintances ...
The next time you try to share an article without reading it, Facebook may ask you to think again. The company will begin testing a new feature inviting users to open and read articles before sharing them on the platform. More details were told by the VOX edition. Representative…
On Saturday, April 3, a user on a low-level hacker forum published the phone numbers and personal information of hundreds of millions of Facebook users for free, writes Business Insider. Among this data is Mark Zuckerberg's personal phone number. The data released includes the personal information of more than 533 million...
A California court upheld an amicable settlement in a lawsuit against Facebook, which was sued over its facial recognition algorithm and the use of biometric data without user permission. The Voice of America writes about it. The company agreed to pay the plaintiffs $ 650 million. The lawsuit filed another ...
The incumbent US President Donald Trump was blocked on Facebook and Instagram for an indefinite period. This came after a night of violent protests in Washington DC and his wrong, according to the administration of social networks, reaction to these events. Writes about this Independent. Executive Director…
A lawsuit was filed against Facebook about possible spying on Instagram users through the phone's video camera. Writes about this "Voice of America". New Jersey-based Instagram user Brittany Condit has filed a lawsuit in federal court in San Francisco, California. She believes that Facebook deliberately used ...
Facebook will pay users to deactivate accounts a few weeks before the US presidential election in order to understand how social media is affecting democracy, The Daily Mail writes. Facebook is studying the impact of social media on democracy, and as part of its investigation ...