Mark Zuckerberg Interviews Dr. Anthony Fauci On U.S. Coronavirus Response
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg on Thursday was set to interview Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation's top infectious disease expert, on the U.S. response to the coronavirus pandemic.
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Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg on Thursday was set to interview Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation's top infectious disease expert, on the U.S. response to the coronavirus pandemic.
Facebook is considering banning political advertising on its platform in the days leading up to the U.S. presidential election in November and the ban has been under consideration since last fall, according to a source familiar with the discussions.
Instagram will ban any content that promotes conversion therapy, after activists called on it to block providers from advertising their services online.
Popular apps including Spotify, Pinterest and Tinder were crashing on iPhones on Friday in what appeared to be a widespread outage linked to a Facebook bug.
A 6-year-old Castro Valley girl is trying to save the Oakland Zoo, one bracelet at a time.
The report, which was commissioned by Facebook and put together by a team of civil rights attorneys over a two-year period, raised concerns about "vexing and heartbreaking decisions" made by the social network.
Civil rights and activist groups blasted Facebook's leadership on Tuesday after meeting with CEO Mark Zuckerberg and other executives to discuss the demands of a large advertiser boycott.
Social media platforms and messaging apps including Facebook, WhatsApp, Telegram, Google and Twitter say they will deny law enforcement requests for user data in Hong Kong while studying ramifications of a national security law enacted last week.
One current Facebook manager and two job applicants have filed a charge with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
On Wednesday, more than 500 companies officially kicked off an advertising boycott intended to pressure Facebook into taking a stronger stand against hate speech. CEO Mark Zuckerberg has agreed to meet with its organizers early next week.
Facebook on Tuesday banned hundreds of accounts, groups and pages that it said were linked to the Boogaloo movement.
After several days of largely shrugging off news about a growing Facebook advertiser boycott, investors now appear to be taking notice.
Four active San Jose police officers were placed on administrative leave Saturday as the department launched an investigation into a "closed" Facebook group where racist comments and posts were made.
Beverage giant Coca Cola has announced it was pulling millions of dollars in advertising earmarked for social media giants Facebook, Twitters and others for at least the month of July over their handing of hate speech.
Several active and retired San Jose police officers participated in a closed Facebook group where racist comments and posts were made, according to a statement released Friday night by the San Jose Police Officers Association president who added the people involved would be expelled from the union.
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced Friday that the social media giant will begin banning ads that scapegoat ethnic groups and minorities in addition to labeling potentially "harmful" posts from public figures following an advertising boycott campaign.
Shares of both Facebook and Twitter were down more than 7% in mid-day trading Friday after Unilever said it would pull its advertising from the social media companies for the rest of the year.
Telecom giant Verizon said Thursday it is pulling its advertising from Facebook, in what may be the biggest brand yet to join the #StopHateForProfit boycott.
A Facebook executive acknowledged Tuesday that the social media giant faces a "trust deficit" amid a widening advertiser revolt over misinformation and hate speech on the platform.
Antioch police officer's union president Steve Aiello has apologized after making a social media comment about police and protesters.
Silicon Valley is pushing back against President Donald Trump's latest immigration curbs, this time targeting visa programs that tech companies use.
A Bay Area attorney known for suing e-mail spammers is suing Facebook after having his account blocked numerous times for what he says is protected political speech.
Patagonia, the outdoor apparel brand, said it will join a growing advertising boycott of Facebook and Instagram being led by a coalition of civil rights groups.
For the second time this week, family, friends and law enforcement officials will gather in the San Francisco Bay Area to say farewell to an officer killed during a spree of violence allegedly by "Boogaloo Boy" Steven Carrillo in an attempt to stoke the fires of discontent over the death of George Floyd into a racial civil war.
Outdoor apparel brand The North Face has become the best-known company yet to commit to an advertising boycott of Facebook.
