Facebook

Down for the count

Yes, Facebook is down for the count for many users

Danny Zepeda 1 week ago 9

Facebook is experiencing issues in the U.S. Multiple users have reported the service is not working for them.

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Ten ways to avoid getting murdered using Facebook Dating

Russell Holly 1 week ago 10

Facebook is taking on the dating world, but there are a few things you should do to protect yourself.

National security concern

Google-funded undersea cable to Hong Kong might be blocked by the U.S.

Joe Maring 2 weeks ago 1

The United States is looking to block an underwater data cable that connects Los Angeles to Hong Kong and is funded by Google and Facebook.

Farewell

Oculus co-founder Nate Mitchell announces exit from Facebook

Babu Mohan 1 month ago 2

Nate Mitchell, one of the co-founders of the Oculus brand, has decided to "move on" from Facebook.

Here we go again

Facebook has been using contractors to transcribe Messenger voice chats

Joe Maring 1 month ago 8

Another day, another privacy scandal. This time, Facebook is coming under fire for using third parties to transcribe Facebook Messenger audio conversations.

join the darkside

Facebook is readying a dark mode for its mobile app

Jason England 1 month ago 6

App researcher Jane Manchun Wong has uncovered that Facebook has a dark theme in the works for its Facebook mobile app.

Pay up

Facebook slapped with record-setting $5 billion fine by the FTC

Jason England 1 month ago 4

Facebook faces a 5 billion dollar fine from a vote from the FTC in response to privacy violations, including the Cambridge Analytica scandal.

Time to investigate

Justice Department launches an antitrust review of leading tech companies

Babu Mohan 1 month ago 6

Internet giants Google, Facebook, and Amazon are being scrutinized by the Justice Department to determine if they have engaged in anticompetitive practices.

Hasta la vista, baby

How to delete your Facebook account

Joe Maring 1 month ago 19

Fed up with Facebook and ready to finally kick it to the curb? Here's how to safely and securely delete your account using the Android app.

time to go outside

Facebook, Instagram, and Whatsapp are currently experiencing an outage

Jason England 2 months ago 17

Facebook, Instagram, and Whatsapp are currently experiencing an outage with Europe and the East Coast of the U.S. being the most affected.

$$$

Will you use Facebook's Libra cryptocurrency?

Joe Maring 3 months ago 17

Facebook's Libra cryptocurrency is launching next year. Do you plan on using it?

Shaking things up

Facebook’s Libra cryptocurrency will launch in the first half of 2020

Babu Mohan 3 months ago 4

Facebook's global cryptocurrency has been named Libra and it is set to launch next year.

lawyer up

This is what the DOJ will look for in its antitrust claims against Google

Jason England 3 months ago 1

Speaking at an antitrust conference, the U.S. Assistant Attorney General detailed the ways the DOJ could investigate Google and Apple.

bring on the lawyers

Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Google face new antitrust investigations

Jason England 3 months ago 5

Things are heating up for Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Google as the U.S. looks into whether or not to open antitrust investigations against the tech giants.

Call to Action

Google, other tech giants form group to counter online extremist content

Dan Thorp-Lancaster 4 months ago 4

Microsoft, Google, Facebook, Amazon, and Twitter are all joining hands as part of a new initiative to counter violent extremist and terrorist content online.

when will this stop?

Facebook says it exposed millions of Instagram user passwords

Joe Maring 5 months ago 10

Less than a month after Facebook exposed around 600 million of its users' passwords to employees, the company has quietly announced that Instagram accounts have been affected as well.

you've gotta be kidding me

Facebook exposed up to 600 million user passwords to its employees

Joe Maring 6 months ago 18

In Facebook's privacy troubles, it's now being reported that the company stored millions of user passwords and plain text — exposing them to thousands of Facebook employees.