Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg testified this week of a federal trade commissioner in connection with the federal agency’s anti-trust investigation into the tech company, the company confirmed Thursday to CNBC. “We intend to cooperate with the U.S. Federal Trade Commission’s inquiry and answer any questions the Agency may have,” Facebook …
Read More »On Facebook, health misinformation ‘superspreaders’ run into billions of views: report
FILE PHOTO: A 3D-printed Facebook logo is seen placed on a keyboard in this illustration March 25, 2020. REUTERS / Dado Ruvic / Illustration / File Photo (Reuters) – Misleading health content has garnered an estimated 3.8 billion views on Facebook Inc. (FB.O) in the past year, peaking during the …
Read More »Facebook’s portal device can now make zoom calls
Portal, Facebook’s device for making video calls that act as a digital image frame has had an early run. Launched in the wake of multiple policy scandals rolling down the company, the device has gone from being treated suspiciously by critics to being more widely adopted by people desperate to …
Read More »Exclusive: Facebook staff ask internal question about policy after controversy over India content – sources, memos
NEW DELHI / BENGALURU (Reuters) – Facebook (FB.O) and its top lobbying executive in India, Ankhi Das, face internal questions from employees about how political content is regulated in its largest market, according to sources with direct knowledge and internal messages seen by Reuters. Ankhi Das, Facebook’s Director of Public …
Read More »Zoom, Webex, GoToMeeting, BlueJeans are coming to Facebook Portal
Mark Zuckerberg, chief executive officer and founder of Facebook Inc., is due to appear before a hearing of the House Financial Services Committee in Washington, DC, USA, on Wednesday, October 23, 2019. Andrew Harrer | Bloomberg | Getty Images Facebook announced on Wednesday that video conferencing apps, headed by Zoom, …
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