9 tough questions Facebook’s Zuckerberg can expect from Congress
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How Every Campaign Will Have a Troll Farm of Its Own
On Tuesday, he'll appear in front of joint sessions of the Senate Judiciary and Commerce committees. Then on Wednesday, the Facebook CEO will visit the House Energy and Commerce Committee for another round of bruising.
Facebook to send Cambridge Analytica data-use notices Monday
Starting Monday, the 87 million users who might have had their data shared with Cambridge Analytica will get a detailed message on their news feeds. Facebook says most of the affected users are in the U.S., though there are over a million each in the Philippines, Indonesia and the U.K. In addition, all 2.2 billion Facebook users will receive a notice titled "Protecting Your Information" with a link to see what apps they use and what information they have shared with those apps.
Michelle Heaton looks windswept as she enjoys some al fresco drinks with a friend
EXCLUSIVE: Misunderstood' bride behind viral 'you got the prom but I get the wedding' post reveals she's been told to commit SUICIDE over 'jealous' article she wrote about fiancA 's school exes Fourteen are confirmed dead and 14 injured in horror bus crash carrying junior hockey team that collided with a truck as anxious parents wait to discover if their children were killed A month's worth of rain will lash California this weekend after storms close Yosemite Park and threaten rebuilt dam which collapsed last year Facebook will allow all users to UNSEND their messages following news that Mark Zuckerberg's private messages have been deleted from inboxes Grandmother is jailed for 20 years for locking emaciated granddaughter, 16, in a room to die after she had been starved to just 56 POUNDS by her obese parents 'Fatal Attraction' killer, who was jailed for 28 years for shooting dead ... (more)
Facebook’s new rules aim to thwart the kind of ads bought by…
Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg said Friday in a posting on the site that the new rules "will make it a lot harder for anyone to do what the Russians did during the 2016 election and use fake accounts and pages to run ads. less Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg said Friday in a posting on the site that the new rules "will make it a lot harder for anyone to do what the Russians did during the 2016 election and use fake accounts ... more Facebook will soon require political campaigns, advocacy groups and other entities that purchase ads about hot-button policy debates to disclose more information about themselves, as the social giant looks to prevent malicious actors from secretly spreading disinformation on its site.
GOP lawmaker resigns, still owes $84,000 for sexual harassment settlement Source: Cox Media Group
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Facebook backs political ad bill, sets limits on ‘issue ads’
SAN FRANCISCO/WASHINGTON - 7 April 2018: Facebook Inc backed for the first time on Friday proposed legislation requiring social media sites to disclose the identities of buyers of online political campaign ads and introduced a new verification process for people buying "issue" ads, which have been used to sow discord online. The change in stance, announced in a Facebook post by Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg, comes a few days before he is scheduled to answer questions in congressional hearings about how the company handles its users' data.
Facebook tightens issue ads, political ads to prevent election interference
Every advertiser who wants to run a political or issue ad on Facebook must now have their identity and location verified, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said in a post Friday. The social network giant is taking a cue from lawmakers and other critics who were concerned that Facebook's focus on political ads might result in a lack of attention to preventing election manipulation through issue ads, which on the platform proved divisive in the 2016 presidential election.
Mexican politicians unite to slam deployment of US guardsmen
Wave of women running for US House seats sets record with dozens more expected to qualify for state ballots in coming weeks. Wave of women running for US House seats sets record with dozens more expected to qualify for state ballots in coming weeks.
Mark Zuckerberg to testify before Congress twice next week
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg will face questions from two congressional panels next week about how his company handles its users' data. He's set to appear before a joint hearing of the Senate Judiciary and Commerce committees on Tuesday afternoon followed by a House Energy and Commerce Committee hearing the following morning.
The Latest: Zuckerberg’s congressional survival guide
This March 28, 2018, file photo shows the Facebook logo at the company's headquarters in Menlo Park, Calif. Facebook is asking users whether they think it's "good for the world" in a poll sent to an unspecified number of people.
The Latest: Zuckerberg’s congressional survival guide Source: AP
Now that Mark Zuckerberg is set to testify before Congress, he'll need advice not just from lawyers but from communications specialists, too, on addressing Facebook's privacy scandal. Public-relations experts who have prepped CEOs before say that congressional hearings are more political theater than public policy.
House panel says Facebook’s Zuckerberg to testify April 11
The leaders of a House oversight committee say Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg will testify before the panel on April 11. In an announcement Wednesday, Reps. Greg Walden and Frank Pallone say the hearing will focus on the Facebook's "use and protection of user data."
Facebook deletes more Russian troll farm-affiliated accounts
Facebook said removed 70 Facebook accounts, 138 Facebook pages, and 65 Instagram accounts, all controlled by the Internet Research Agency. Facebook deletes more Russian troll farm-affiliated accounts Facebook said removed 70 Facebook accounts, 138 Facebook pages, and 65 Instagram accounts, all controlled by the Internet Research Agency.
Facebook finds hundreds more pages run by Kremlin-linked troll group
Months after it removed hundreds of fake pages and accounts run by a Kremlin-linked troll group that were targeted at Americans, Facebook said on Tuesday it had removed almost 300 more pages and accounts run by the group, the vast majority targeted at Russian speakers. Last summer, the company removed hundreds of pages and accounts run by the Internet Research Agency that were designed to look like they were run by real American activists.
Us TV Ad Spend To Shrink; a Quarter Of Web Traffic Isn’t Human
TV ad spend will shrink in the US this year by 0.5% to $69.9 billion, according to eMarketer's updated forecast. TV's share of US media spend will decrease as a result, from 33.9% in 2017 to 31.6% this year.
Texas Democrats try to seize on Cambridge Analytica controversy
Senator Ted Cruz, a Republican from Texas, speaks during a discussion at the Conservative Political Action Conference in National Harbor, Maryland, U.S., on Thursday, Feb. 22, 2018. The list of speakers at CPAC that opens today includes two European nativists who will address the gathering between panels and events on the dangers of immigration, Sharia law and lawless government agencies.
Facebook CEO expected to testify on user data breach in coming weeks
IN THE CROSSHAIRS: Mark Zuckerberg, chairman and CEO of Facebook, speaks at a summit in 2016. He is now under fire for the Cambridge Analytica data breach scandal.
ICE is ‘using Facebook login data to track down illegal immigrants’
A new report by The Intercept has found the government department who deport illegal immigrants used the swathes of information held by the social media giant. One example flagged in the document was how the ICE was able to get their hands on Facebook login details and corresponding IP addresses when a man they were hunting in New Mexico.
Man drives a stolen car into a lake and is then found by police…
Eagles of Death Metal singer and Bataclan survivor Jesse Hughes calls March For Our Lives 'pathetic', and says the students who lived through the Parkland shooting are 'vile abusers of the dead' Cambridge Analytica whistleblower tells how his predecessor was found dead in a hotel room in Kenya and may have been poisoned after a deal went 'sour' China warns US to 'abandon confrontation and Cold War era thinking' as Beijing sides with Putin after Russian spies are expelled around the world Porn actress Alana Evans backs up Stormy Daniels' claims that she kept the dress from 'THAT NIGHT' with Trump, and she now plans to file her own defamation lawsuit against the president's lawyer Michael Cohen 'The Speaker is NOT resigning': Obscure Republican congressman is blasted by Paul Ryan's office for spreading bizarre rumor he will quit Murder of 85-year-old woman in her Paris apartment IS now ... (more)