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.

Small business adjust models, reach out to customers online during coronavirus pandemic
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The coronavirus pandemic has led to not just a loss in social connections among family and friends, but also for Mom & Pop store owners and their customers. Now, several businesses on Long Island are taking to the internet to stay in touch with their customers and help create a sense of community.

Facebook acknowledges a bug is blocking coronavirus news

Facebook says a bug in its anti-spam system is blocking the publication of links to news stories about the coronavirus.

Facebook will pay you for your voice recordings

Technology news online magazine The Verge says that Facebook will pay some users to make voice recordings in order to help its speech-recognition technology.

Facebook VP of Messenger Stan Chudnovsky discusses privacy, encryption

The massive project has already gotten pushback from regulators worried about Facebook's size and power. Government officials also worry about Facebook's plans to extend end-to-end encryption to Messenger.

Unique Illinois privacy law leads to $550M Facebook settlement of a class-action lawsuit

Privacy advocates hail Illinois' strict biometric privacy law as the nation's strongest form of protection in the commercial use of such data, and it has survived ongoing efforts by the tech industry and other businesses to weaken it.

Facebook to pay $550 million to Illinois users to settle lawsuit

Facebook will pay $550 million in the form of a cash fund for Illinois users who sued the social media company for collecting facial-recognition data, Edelson PC said on Wednesday.

Facebook bans deepfakes to fight online misinformation

Facebook is banning deepfakes to fight online misinformation but is leaving in place some loopholes.

Data on 267 million Facebook users exposed: Researcher

A Ukrainian security researcher reported finding a database with the names, phone numbers and unique user IDs of more than 267 million Facebook users - nearly all U.S.-based - on the open internet.

WhatsApp saying goodbye to older smartphones

The popular messaging app WhatsApp will cease working for millions of people in just a matter of weeks, as the company, owned by Facebook, has decided not to support the device on older phones.

Facebook and Instagram ban ‘sexual’ use of eggplant and peach emojis

Facebook, which has been caught in a bipartisan battle over political ads, is waging a different type of war against -- eggplants and peaches?

Friends with benefits: Can Facebook tackle your love life?
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Facebook is tackling a new frontier: love. Facebook Dating, a matchmaking service the company already offers in Brazil, Canada and 17 other countries, arrives in the U.S. on Thursday. But after years of privacy missteps by the social network, will people trust it with their love lives?

Puerto Rico's governor resigns in face of protests
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Puerto Rico Gov. Ricardo Rossello announced his resignation overnight in a taped message on Facebook.