WhatsApp Tightens Limits On Message Forwarding To Counter Coronavirus Misinformation
WhatsApp, based in Menlo Park, is trying to stem the rapid spread of coronavirus misinformation.
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WhatsApp, based in Menlo Park, is trying to stem the rapid spread of coronavirus misinformation.
Facebook is rolling out a new tool that lets its users offer or request help from their neighbors during the coronavirus pandemic.
Quarantined but determined to keep upbeat, thousands of people stuck inside their homes because of the coronavirus sang together Thursday evening.
The Trump administration is in discussions with the tech industry, including Facebook and Google, about how to use Americans' cellphone location data to track the spread of the novel coronavirus.
Facebook is giving each of its employees a $1,000 bonus to help support them during the coronavirus outbreak.
Facebook says a bug in its anti-spam system is blocking the publication of links to news stories about the coronavirus.
Facebook and Twitter revealed evidence Thursday suggesting that Russian efforts to interfere in the U.S. presidential election are getting more sophisticated and harder to detect.
The organizers of the annual South By Southwest music and tech festival on Friday announced that the city of Austin has cancelled the events scheduled to take place starting next week.
Facebook said Thursday it will remove some ads run by President Donald Trump's re-election campaign that it says ran afoul of its policies to "prevent confusion around the official US census."
Silicon Valley tech giants Apple and Netflix have joined social media mainstays Facebook and Twitter in citing coronavirus fears for cancelling plans to send its employees to and take part in the annual lifestyle, tech, entertainment and music festival -- South by Southwest -- in Austin later this month.
Bay Area social media giants Facebook and Twitter have cancelled plans to send its employees to and take part in the annual lifestyle, tech, entertainment and music festival -- SXSW -- in Austin later this month.
U.S. stocks tumbled once again on Friday, as coronavirus fears continue to mount, with Bay Area tech stocks taking a significant hit.
Facebook announced Thursday that it has canceled its upcoming F8 developers conference in May amid ongoing concerns about the spreading coronavirus.
Mark Zuckerberg has asked for more regulation of Big Tech companies. Europe is preparing to give him what he wants.
Facebook decided Friday to allow a type of paid political message that had sidestepped many of the social network's rules governing political ads.
From cancelled appearances at international trade shows to slowed production pipelines, the Coronavirus outbreak in China is having an economic impact on many of the largest technology companies in the Silicon Valley.
Elon Musk has taken another swipe at Facebook.
Best-selling author Stephen King has quit Facebook after voicing concerns about false information and privacy. His Facebook profile has since been deleted
Mark Zuckerberg sent a message to the public on Wednesday: Facebook is fine doing things that are unpopular, as long as people understand why.
Facebook had a strong fourth quarter as it made more money on advertising and added more users despite challenges around regulation and efforts to fight election interference.
Facebook, Ford and other high-profile companies have told their employees not to travel to China as the deadly coronavirus continues to spread.
President Donald Trump and his French counterpart have agreed to hold off on escalating a trade war, officials said.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi blasted Facebook as a "shameful" company on Thursday, further escalating tensions between Democratic leadership and the social media giant.
In 1964, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart declined to define what constitutes obscenity but famously added, "I know it when I see it." In the 21st century, does Facebook?
Despite escalating pressure ahead of the 2020 presidential election, Facebook reaffirmed its freewheeling policy on political ads Thursday, saying it won't ban them, won't fact-check them and won't limit how they can be targeted to specific groups of people.
