'Kill Them All' -- Russian-Linked Facebook Accounts Called For Violence
Facebook accounts run by Russian trolls repeatedly called for violence against different social and political groups in the U.S.
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Facebook accounts run by Russian trolls repeatedly called for violence against different social and political groups in the U.S.
The reach of Russian content on Facebook to influence American voters was more than ten times greater than originally admitted, according to several published reports.
Under pressure in advance of hearings on Russian election interference, Facebook is moving to increase transparency for everyone who sees and buys political advertising on its site.
Mirella Ponce's mugshot is turning heads on social media after it was posted on Facebook by the Fresno Police Department.
The move follows similar steps by Facebook and the introduction of a bill that seeks to bring more transparency to online political ads in an attempt to lessen the influence of Russia and other foreign entities on U.S. elections.
British lawmakers have asked Facebook to release information about Russian-linked activity around the U.K.'s European Union membership referendum and recent election.
Bernie Stock and his neighbors were on a quest Saturday to find a woman who appeared out of the smoke and flames of the deadly Wine Country wildfires and helped save their homes.
The bill would require social media companies to keep public files of election ads and meet the same disclaimer requirements as political broadcast and print advertising.
The likes of Facebook, Google and Apple are increasingly facing an uncomfortable truth: it is Europe's culture of tougher oversight of companies, not America's laissez-faire attitude, which could soon rule their industry.
Facebook's effort to limit the spread of fake news using outside fact-checkers appears to be having an effect — though that finding comes with a major caveat.
"Being Patriotic" was among 470 pages and accounts that Facebook shut down in recent weeks in response to a congressional probe into Russia's meddling in last year's election.
A top Facebook executive says ads linked to Russia trying to influence the U.S. presidential election should "absolutely" be released to the public.
Desperate family members and friends pleaded on social media for help finding loved ones missing amid California's wildfires.
The leaders of the House Intelligence Committee are planning to meet with Facebook's chief operating officer amid the company's discovery of Russia-linked ads that ran before and after the 2016 election.
Mark Zuckerberg has apologized for showcasing Facebook's virtual reality capability with a tour of hurricane-ravaged Puerto Rico.
Facebook and Google once aimed to connect the world. Now they would be happy just to reconnect part of it.
Facebook says it has accepted House and Senate intelligence committees' invitations to testify at hearings on Russian interference in the 2016 election.
False news that erroneously named a suspect in the deadly Las Vegas mass shooting on Sunday spread on Google and Facebook before the services removed the posts in question.
Facebook is planning more measures to increase transparency in advertising as the company provides Congress with more than 3,000 ads linked to a Russian ad agency.
Social media giant Facebook is expected to provide Congress on Monday with more than 3,000 ads that ran around the time of the 2016 presidential election and are linked to a Russian ad agency.
Facebook is expanding from Menlo Park to San Francisco.
Virginia Sen. Mark Warner is writing a bill that would require social media companies to disclose who funded political ads, similar to television broadcasters.
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced his company would turn over 3,000 controversial ads purchased by Russians to Congressional investigators.
Facebook is apologizing for letting advertisers use phrases like "Jew-haters" as a targeting criteria and for not noticing it until it was pointed out.
Now Facebook is under siege, facing questions from lawmakers and others seeking to rein in its enormous power.
