Author: Barbara Ortutay
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Tinder, Hinge and other dating apps encourage ‘compulsive’ use, lawsuit claims
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Tinder, Hinge and other dating apps are designed with addictive features that encourage compulsive use
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You have until Friday to submit claim for Facebook’s $725 million settlement
U.S. Facebook users have just a few days left to apply for their share of a $725 million privacy settlement that parent company Meta agreed to pay late last year. Meta is paying to settle a lawsuit alleging the world’s largest social media platform allowed millions of its users’ personal information to be fed to…
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Trump is reinstated to Facebook after 2-year ban
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WASHINGTON • Facebook parent Meta is reinstating former President Donald Trump’s personal account after a two-year suspension following the Jan. 6 attack. The company said in a blog post Wednesday it is adding “new guardrails” to ensure there are no “repeat offenders” who violate its rules. “In the event that Mr. Trump posts further violating…
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Trump is reinstated to Facebook after 2-year ban
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WASHINGTON • Facebook parent Meta is reinstating former President Donald Trump’s personal account after a two-year suspension following the Jan. 6 attack. The company said in a blog post Wednesday it is adding “new guardrails” to ensure there are no “repeat offenders” who violate its rules. “In the event that Mr. Trump posts further violating…
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Facebook board upholds Trump ban, just not indefinitely
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WASHINGTON • Four months after Facebook suspended former President Donald Trump’s accounts, having concluded that he incited violence leading to the deadly Jan. 6 Capitol riot, the company’s quasi-independent oversight board upheld the bans. But it told Facebook to specify how long they would last, saying that its “indefinite” ban on the former president was…
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Facebook launchingTikTok clone called Instagram Reels
Facebook’s Instagram is officially launching its answer to the hit short video app TikTok — Instagram Reels. The new Instagram feature will let users record and edit 15-second videos with audio, and will let users add visual effects. Users will be able to share Reels with followers in Instagram in a dedicated section called Reels…
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Twitter bans political ads ahead of 2020 election
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SAN FRANCISCO — Twitter, reacting to growing concern about misinformation spread on social media, is banning all political advertising from its service. Its move strikes a sharp contrast with Facebook, which continues to defend running paid political ads, even false ones, as a free speech priority. “While internet advertising is incredibly powerful and very effective…
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Facebook auto-generates videos celebrating extremist images
WASHINGTON — The animated video begins with a photo of the black flags of jihad. Seconds later, it flashes highlights of a year of social media posts: plaques of anti-Semitic verses, talk of retribution and a photo of two men carrying more jihadi flags while they burn the stars and stripes. It wasn’t produced by…
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Facebook bans Louis Farrakhan, Alex Jones for hate speech
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SAN FRANCISCO • After years of pressure to crack down on extremist content, Facebook has banned Louis Farrakhan, Alex Jones and other extremists, saying they violated its ban against hate and violence. The company also banned right-wing leaders Paul Nehlen, Milo Yiannopoulos, Paul Joseph Watson and Laura Loomer, along with Jones’ site, Infowars. The latest…
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Bug may have exposed photos from 7M Facebook users
NEW YORK (AP) — Facebook’s privacy controls have broken down yet again, this time through a software flaw affecting nearly 7 million users who had photos exposed to a much wider audience than intended. The bug disclosed Friday gave hundreds of apps unauthorized access to photos that could in theory include images that would embarrass…