Category: #Facebook

It’s time to kiss ad-free VR goodbye. In an effort to turn Oculus Quest into a “self-sustaining platform,” Facebook is testing ads in some Quest…

Facebook creates a digital fingerprint of your face to automatically recognize and tag you in pictures and videos. But if you’re uncomfortable with having your…

Facebook’s long list of privacy options can seem daunting, but there are only a few settings that you need to change to better protect yourself….

Don’t want to share all of your posts with every person you’ve friended on Facebook? Facebook lets you restrict people and prevent them from reading…

Florida passed a bill prohibiting social networks (e.g. Twitter) from suspending the accounts of politicians (e.g. Trump and his cronies), unless the social network also…

Facebook this week will begin to publicly roll out the option to hide Likes on posts across both Facebook and Instagram, following earlier tests beginning…

Being tagged in a Facebook post isn’t everyone’s idea of a good time. When this happens, there’s a good chance that the post will show…

Social media can be a force for good, but only if you use it responsibly. Sharing too much information or the wrong things can leave…

Signal We all know that Facebook collects user data for targeted advertising, but just how specific is that data? A new Instagram ad campaign by…

President Donald Trump on Tuesday launched a new way to communicate with his followers, on the eve of a decision by Facebook’s oversight board about…

The Florida House and Senate voted this week to pass legislation that would prohibit social media companies from banning politicians.Fines for social media companies that…

This news seems to have a few different prongs to it. First, there is the ongoing battle between Facebook and Apple. Secondly, the two companies…

Facebook hopes to launch a trial of its long-stalled digital currency project by the end of this year, according to a new report from CNBC….

Chelsea Clinton is calling on Facebook to ban Fox News host Tucker Carlson from the platform following a surge in online engagement with a post…

Juan Orlando Hernández falsely inflated his posts’ popularity for nearly a year after the company was informed about it Facebook allowed the president of Honduras…

As the world descended into lockdown last year, people overwhelming tuned into livestreams to connect with others and stave off boredom while stuck in their…

The personal data of 533 million Facebook users leaked online. That’s a large percentage of the world’s population, so you should check to see if…

Hacked data on over 553 million Facebook users was leaked online over the weekend, including names, birthdates, a Facebook user’s relationship status, the city where…

Facebook Facebook is making it easier to control what you see on your News Feed with the Feed Filter Bar, a new menu at the…

Facebook, the social media behemoth that owns Instagram, is developing a new Instagram product for children under 13 years of age, according to leaked documents…

Facebook and Instagram are more in sync than ever. One of the perks of this integration is that you can cross-share your Instagram stories and…

An antitrust bill would allow smaller news outlets to negotiate collectively with Facebook and Google, Reuters reports. Source: https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2021/2/19/us-bipartisan-bill-could-empower-news-outlets-to-take-on-big-tech Proactive Computing found this story and…