Facebook will not make changes to WhatsApp privacy for another three months, the company confirmed. Facebook plans to gather user data from WhatsApp to enable business-related features. While ...

Insider spoke with three people between the ages of 51 and 61 who said they didn't like Facebook for a variety of reasons, including the platform's history of privacy issues and the content they said ...

Facebook has found itself in a new interesting user data-related predicament. This time around, Facebook removed the profile and Facebook page of a well-known musician after he passed away, and denied ...

Facebook has worked for years to revamp its handling of political ads — but researchers who conducted a comprehensive audit of millions of ads say the social media company's efforts have had uneven ...

WhatsApp is moving ahead with its controversial change to its privacy terms and it will soon push a banner to the app that it hopes will help explain that the change doesn't mean you need to leave the ...

Some corporate marketers have complained that Facebook isn't showing all their posts to all their fans. So the social network strikes back with examples featuring a certain short-statured Jedi master.

Yesterday I was tagged in a post by an old high school friend asking me and a few others a very public, direct question about white privilege and racism. I feel compelled not only to publish his query ...

Algorithms determine much of the user experience for people online. These algorithms are the best way for online organizations to provide personalized experiences for individuals, even when there is a ...

Facebook Inc. took a second stab at convincing its 2.3 billion users that it didn't allow more than 150 other companies to misuse their personal data on Wednesday night after its valuation fell by ...

Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. is the editor of the Platformer newsletter and cohost of the Hard Fork podcast. One reason Facebook struggles to ...

WASHINGTON – Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg's promises to do more to protect the privacy of users' data failed to end calls from lawmakers of both parties Tuesday to regulate the social media giant in ...

As Apple prepares to implement App Tracking Transparency changes in iOS 14.5, CNBC spoke with several former Facebook employees to get details on why Facebook has been so heavily against the planned ...