Russian Bots Made Fake Facebook Events, Retweeted Trump
Russian bots retweeted Donald Trump nearly half a million times in the final weeks of the 2016 campaign, and more than 60,000 Americans RSVP’d for…
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Facebook Spreads Viral Fake News Story About Vaccines
Facebook just helped a fake news article spreading dangerous misinformation about the flu vaccine go viral. The fake article claims an unnamed “CDC doctor” said…
How to train your Facebook News Feed to give you the info you want
Feed the news need of the new Facebook News Feed. News Feed Keep the news in your Facebook view. David Nield Facebook constantly tweaks its…
Facebook to Prioritize ‘Trustworthy’ News
Social media giant Facebook said Friday that it would begin to prioritize “trustworthy” news outlets on its site in order to counteract “misinformation.” The company…
Facebook Allowed Political Ads That Were Actually Scams and Malware
In September, an ad with the headline, “New Approval Ratings For President Trump Announced And It’s Not Going The Way You Think,” targeted Facebook users…
‘George Soros Funding Black Hate Groups:’ Most Outrageous Facebook Fake News Headlines
Facebook and its Silicon Valley social media rivals are once again in “we’ll do better” mode after offering their largest figures yet on the hundreds…
Years on, creators of Facebook ‘Like’ button give idea thumbs down
A decade ago, Justin Rosenstein and Leah Pearlman were part of a small team of Facebook employees that designed the “Like” button, a little blue…
Facebook Chief Absolutely’ Supports Releasing Russia-linked Advertisements
Facebook Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg said Thursday she “absolutely” supports the public release of all advertisements produced by a Russia-linked organization during the 2016…
Facebook ‘context’ button is latest effort to fight fake news
Facebook said Thursday it was testing a new “button” to allow users to get more context about a news source, in the latest move by…
The Justice Department Goes After Anti-Trump Facebook Groups
Lawyers working for the Trump administration filed three search warrants demanding private account information for thousands of Facebook users, including “anti-administration activists who have spoken…