Mark Zuckerberg Finally Addressed Facebook's Cambridge Analytica Scandal
"This was a breach of trust," Zuckerberg said.
These Men Helped Create Cambridge Analytica. Here Is Their New, Very Similar Startup.
Chris Wylie, a data scientist whose work was at the center of a massive Facebook controversy, said publicly that he helped create “Steve Bannon’s psychological warfare tool.” Two of his associates who also helped build that tool have been quietly building another company to analyze and influence human behavior.
Twitter Is Experimenting With A Way To Show You Even More Breaking News Tweets
A Twitter spokesperson confirmed the company is creating new, algorithmically curated timelines of news tweets and promoting them at the top of users' feeds in a test.
Five Questions We Have About Twitter’s New “Health” Plan
Twitter finally seems to be coming to grips with the extent of its problems.
Facebook's Political Nightmare Is Getting Worse Ahead Of The 2018 Midterms
“We’re definitely playing catch-up.”
This Spicy Drama About Facebook CPMs Has People Like "Wahh?" And "Whoaaa"
First we were like WHOA, and then we were like OH WAIT WHOAAAAA, then like, OH DAMN!
Fast-Growing Citizen App Will Alert You To Danger. And Send You Into It.
If you could know about the crime taking place around you, would you want to know? With Citizen, that’s no longer a hypothetical.
Facebook Won't Release Its “5% Of News Feed Content Is News” Analysis
Native videos and images from news organizations weren’t included as news in Facebook’s analysis. The company told BuzzFeed News that including them wouldn’t meaningfully change the numbers.
Trump Uses Facebook Exec Tweet To Call Media "Fake News"
"The Fake News Media never fails," Trump said after Facebook ads Vice President Rob Goldman tweeted that news outlets are not reporting on aspects of the Russian ad spend because it "doesn’t align with the main media narrative of Tump and the election."
Twitter's Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Livestream Was Part Of A New Initiative
As Facebook deemphasizes news in its core experience, Twitter does the opposite.
Facebook Wants More Quality News, But Its Recent Moves Won't Guarantee It
The "local, informative, and trustworthy" metrics Facebook plans to rely on likely won't be enough.
Media Executives Talked About Facebook Regulation In Private Meeting
At a trade group meeting last week, one media executive likened Facebook to Big Tobacco.
Snap Shows It Ain’t Dead Yet
A positive earnings report sends Snap Inc.'s stock up, up, and away.
A Child Porn Video Went Viral Via Facebook Messenger
Reports suggest the video began to spread late last week.
People Are Spending Less Time On Facebook, But Investors Are Still Backing The Company
Facebook's stock initially dropped on the news that people were spending 50 million fewer hours on the platform each day. But then the market showed it could stomach it.
Twitter Has Doubled The Number Of People It Says Interacted With Kremlin-Linked Trolls
Twitter previously said 677,775 people in the US interacted with a Kremlin-linked troll campaign during the election. It's now doubled that number, and notified 1.4 million people that they've engaged with the trolls.
Twitter Is Sending More Clicks To Publishers As Facebook Sends Fewer, New Data Show
Facebook is now sending just 2.5 visitors to publishers’ sites per post for every one visitor Twitter sends. Twitter is becoming a more valuable tool for the news business as Facebook overhauls its feed.
Facebook Is Banning Cryptocurrency And Initial Coin Offering Ads
Say goodbye to ads like “Use your retirement funds to buy bitcoin!”
This Is Who's Hacking Right Wing Twitter
A bunch of small-time hackers infiltrated prominent conservatives’ Twitter accounts, and they claim they DM’d the President.
Here's What Facebook's Local News And Events Section Looks Like, Live In Action
Facebook is testing a new local news and events module as it revamps its News Feed following a series of controversies. Here's what the test looks like live inside the platform, for users in Olympia, Washington.