facebook In a panic over fleeing advertisers, Facebook launches PR blitz to announce it is "a mirror to society" Mark Frauenfelder
Business Facebook offers funny answer for why it tracks users’ locations even when they turn tracking services off Xeni Jardin
public health Why did Facebook block pro-vaccination ads and run anti-vaccination ads? Money! Mark Frauenfelder
security Why is Facebook's iOS app accessing my camera while I do unrelated things, users ask Xeni Jardin
delete facebook Videos of organs being harvested from living children are big on Facebook now Xeni Jardin
Business Just because Cambridge Analytica tells its customers it can sway elections, it doesn't follow that they're any good at it Cory Doctorow
happy mutants A recipe for the deliberately obscured task of changing your Facebook settings to opt out of "platform" sharing Cory Doctorow
videos Facebook insists that Cambridge Analytica didn't "breach" data, but "misused" it, and they're willing to sue anyone who says otherwise Cory Doctorow
web theory Facebook once boasted of its ability to sway elections, now it has buried those pages Cory Doctorow
Business The independent experts who favorably evaluated Facebook's "Messenger Kids" were funded by Facebook Cory Doctorow
Business Exiled Cambodian opposition leader sues Facebook in California over allegations of collusion with Cambodia's dictator Cory Doctorow
politics In the USA, Trump supporters are the most prolific users and sharers of "junk news" (a mix of untruth and distastefully presented materials) Cory Doctorow
Business Facebook hired a pollster to track Zuck's public image, but he quit because working for Facebook filled him with shame Cory Doctorow
delete facebook Good news: Facebook usership declined in the US and Canada for the first time ever Mark Frauenfelder
