Of course Facebook can see your location even when you tell it not to
Long-time smartphone users will not be surprised to hear that Facebook can and does track your location even when you tell it not to. That’s …
FTC may seek injunction to prevent Facebook from merging chat features across Instagram, Messenger, and WhatsApp
The FTC may seek an injunction in order to prevent Facebook from tightly integrating features across its suite of messaging services. The potential injunction, The …
FTC finds that Cambridge Analytica purposefully deceived Facebook users
Early last year, Facebook was rocked by a scandal involving Cambridge Analytica, a political consulting firm that stealthily acquired personal information about Facebook users as …
It’s not just you: Facebook, Instagram, and Messenger are down
Happy Thanksgiving! Facebook, Instagram, and Facebook Messenger all appear to be sleeping in on this most festive of holidays, as reports of a full-on outage …
Revealed: Facebook was the mystery buyer that lost the Fitbit bidding war to Google
Not long after official word started to circulate earlier this month that Fitbit had reached a deal to be acquired by Google for $2.1 billion, …
Facebook bug can secretly turn on your iPhone camera while you browse
As a company beleaguered by a seemingly endless string of scandals and public relations gaffes, the last thing Facebook needs is the discovery of a …
Facebook pretended to care about our security to keep rivals from getting data
For the past several years, Facebook has been trying to convince users and authorities that it will take user data security and privacy more seriously. …
WhatsApp might soon receive the major update you’ve been waiting for
WhatsApp is easily one of the most popular messaging apps out there, and Facebook’s only chat app that supports end-to-end encryption, just like iMessage on …
Facebook discovers fake Russian and Iranian accounts designed to spread inflammatory disinformation
With Facebook making more of a concerted effort to ensure that its massive platform isn’t being used to spread lies and inflammatory disinformation, the social …
Uh oh: Trump’s attorney general asks Facebook for ‘backdoor’ messaging access
US Attorney General Bill Barr is scheduled to make some remarks at a Justice Department event Friday focused on how tech companies promoting encryption has …
WhatsApp is testing disappearing messages
Your future WhatsApp messages, should you choose to accept it, will self-destruct in five seconds. Or 1 hour, whichever feels more convenient. The feature is …
‘Storm Area 51’ event results in a few dozen people acting weird in the desert
It has been building for months after a California man scheduled an event as a joke on Facebook, but the “Storm Area 51” mission began …
Facebook is working on AR glasses it thinks can replace your iPhone and Android
Facebook is reportedly developing augmented reality (AR) glasses with a twist. These won’t be tethered to a mobile device, but will instead work as a …
Facebook’s new Portal TV turns your television into a video chat monitor
The average Facebook user out there likely wasn’t secretly hoping the world’s biggest social networking company (and frequent privacy flouter) would release a new video …
It’s bizarrely easy to see private Instagram posts and share them with anyone you want
Facebook has been doing its best to convince us that it’s concerned about user privacy and security, but it’s not doing a great job. Just …
Facebook practically begs for location access despite new tracking protection in iOS 13 and Android 10
Apple will unveil new iPhones on Tuesday, and announce the actual release date of iOS 13 and iPadOS 13 for iPhone and iPad, respectively. And …
Facebook accidentally exposed over 400 million user records, but hey, at least they have a new dating app
Oh Facebook, you just can’t seem to stop tripping over your own big, dumb feet, can you? Today, the world’s largest social network and noted …
Facebook says it might start hiding like counts in a desperate bid to keep users happy
The symbol most closely associated with the largest social network in the world, other than that of the app that launches it on mobile devices, …
Is Facebook thinking about charging money for access to its social network?
The morning of August 7th was a morning like any other. The only thing special happening in the tech world on that day was the …
New Instagram chat app will encourage you to share location and real-time data with ‘close friends’
After killing Direct, which was supposed to be Instagram’s own messaging system, Facebook is going to unveil a new chat app that will be tied …
Facebook ends human review of user audio after other companies do the same
Facebook is now the latest tech giant to put a stop to human review of user audio recordings, following a slew of companies from Google …
Coming Wednesday: FTC complaint against Facebook over mishandling of user phone numbers
Facebook’s regulatory woes are about to get worse, with the Federal Trade Commission set to unveil a complaint against the social networking giant on Wednesday …
Police confirm anyone who participates in the viral Area 51 attack will be arrested
Whatever happens in a military installation, whether it’s located in Vegas or not, stays in that military installation, especially if we’re talking about the mythical …
Facebook board member Peter Thiel calls for probe of Google for ‘treasonous’ acts
Late last year, a top US general went public with a pointed question for Google’s leadership, around the time the search giant was coming under …
Facebook agrees to pay FTC $5 billion fine for various privacy violations
Due to a slew of privacy violations, Facebook finally reached a settlement agreement with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) that will see the social networking …
Trump bashes Bitcoin and calls for regulation of Facebook’s Libra cryptocurrency
Facebook a few weeks ago unveiled its Libra digital coin and blockchain endeavor, a product meant to significantly reducing the remittance fees and waiting time …
Wikipedia co-founder blasts Facebook and Mark Zuckerberg
Even though the vast majority of Facebook’s 2.38 billion users are seemingly impervious or apathetic to many of the company’s many controversies, the social networking …
Facebook uses AI to analyze and catalog every single photo you upload
A Facebook outage that also affected Instagram and WhatsApp on Thursday revealed what may be a surprising development to some Facebook users: the company uses …
It’s not just you: Facebook confirms its site is having problems for many users
If you logged into Facebook today, you may have noticed that the site is acting a bit wonky. Pages are slow to load and many …
Facebook wants to let you share your WhatsApp status to Facebook and Instagram
What’s the first thing you can think of when you hear that Facebook is considering allowing WhatsApp users to share their status updates to Facebook, …
