Facebook groups pivot to attacks on Black Lives Matter
A loose network of Facebook groups that took root across the country in April to organize protests over coronavirus stay-at-home orders have now pivoted to new targets. Their latest focus: Black Lives Matter and the nationwide protests against racial injustice.
Facebook designates ‘boogaloo’ network as ‘dangerous organization,’ removes pages from platforms
The social media giant announced the ban on June 30.
Facebook advertising boycott continues to grow amid ‘Stop Hate for Profit’ campaign
Starbucks and Coca-Cola are just some of the companies which have publicly announced their support in recent days for the “Stop Hate for Profit” campaign.
Facebook to label all rule-breaking posts - even Trump’s
“The policies we’re implementing today are designed to address the reality of the challenges our country is facing and how they’re showing up across our community,” Mark Zuckerberg wrote on his Facebook page announcing the changes.
Growing list of companies to boycott Facebook ads in July for ‘Stop Hate for Profit’ campaign
Patagonia, REI and Northface are just some of the companies which have publicly announced their support in recent days for the campaign.
Facebook removes Trump campaign ad for violating 'organized hate' policy
Facebook confirmed the platform had removed the ad for its Nazi connection.
Facebook purges 900 accounts linked to white supremacy groups
Facebook deleted hundreds more social media accounts belonging to members of the white supremacy groups Proud Boys and American Guard.
Facebook and Instagram will let users turn off political ads ahead of 2020 election
The feature will allow people to turn off all social issue, electoral or political ads from candidates, Super PACs or other organizations that have the "Paid for by" disclaimer on them.
Zuckerberg still under fire over refusal to take action on inflammatory Trump posts
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg isn’t budging over his refusal to take action on inflammatory posts by President Donald Trump that spread misinformation about voting by mail and, many said, encouraged violence against protesters.
President Trump escalates war on Twitter, social media protections
President Donald Trump is preparing to sign an executive order Thursday aimed at curbing liability protections for social media companies, two days after he lashed out at Twitter for applying fact checks to two of his tweets.
Trump threatens Twitter over fact checks: What's next?
Twitter has taken the unprecedented step of adding fact-check warnings to two of President Donald Trump’s tweets that falsely called mail-in ballots “substantially fraudulent” and predicted a “Rigged Election.”
Neighborhood shops fight to stay afloat amid pandemic
Small businesses are trying to find ways to survive during the coronavirus pandemic.
Facebook will begin allowing some employees to work from home permanently
Speaking from an internal staff meeting that was livestreamed on his Facebook, CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced that the company will allow some of its employees to work from home permanently.
Facebook to pay moderators $52 million for psychological damages
In a 2018 lawsuit, third-party contractors for Facebook said that the social media giant failed to properly protect them against severe psychological and other injuries that can result from repeated exposure to graphic material such as child sexual abuse, beheadings, terrorism, animal cruelty and other disturbing images.
Facebook removes accounts linked to QAnon
Facebook says it has removed several groups, accounts and pages linked to QAnon, taking action for the first time against the far-right U.S. conspiracy theory circulated among supporters of President Donald Trump.
Facebook launches interactive COVID-19 map showing number of people reporting symptoms by county
Facebook released an interactive COVID-19 map that shows how many people are reporting symptoms at the county level across the U.S.
Facebook to warn users who 'liked' coronavirus 'hoax' posts
Have you liked or commented on a Facebook post about the COVID-19 pandemic that turned out to be a hoax?
How one Long Island family is making sure the show goes on during lockdown
The Warren family are belting out a different tune from a Broadway classic to spread joy to people across the world during the coronavirus pandemic.
Tech companies step up fight against bad coronavirus info
Potentially dangerous coronavirus misinformation has spread from continent to continent like the pandemic itself, forcing the world’s largest tech companies to take unprecedented action to protect public health.
FOX News partners with Facebook to host first-of-its-kind virtual COVID-19 town hall event
FOX News Channel has partnered with Facebook to host a virtual town hall event focusing on the COVID-19 pandemic.