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SEC Complaints of Facebook Whistleblower Revealed

In her claim, Frances Haugen cites document that says platform removes only 2% of hate speech

(Newser) - 60 Minutes is sharing details of Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen's complaints to the Securities and Exchange Commission, including her claim that the social network stoked political division by steering conservative-leaning users toward conspiracy theories. One of at least eight complaints, titled "Facebook misled investors and the public...

Facebook Explains What Happened on Monday

It's a technical, fairly vague explanation

(Newser) - Facebook offered up an apology and a technical explanation in the wake of Monday's roughly six-hour outage . In a blog post , VP of infrastructure Santosh Janardhan said the problem was the result of "configuration changes on the backbone routers that coordinate network traffic between our data centers."...

Facebook, Instagram Go Down Worldwide
Facebook, Instagram
Start to Return
updated
Oct 4, 2021 7:25 PM CDT

Facebook, Instagram Start to Return

Company's share price crashed after outages

(Newser) - Update: Facebook, WhatsApp, and Instagram began slowly returning to the internet Monday evening, about six hours after crashing. A tweet from Facebook around 6:30 ET said they were "coming back online now," CNN reports. "Thank you for bearing with us," the tweet said. The restoration...

Oil Prices Hit Highest Level Since 2014
Oil Prices Hit
Highest Level
Since 2014
MARKETS
Oct 4, 2021 4:16 PM CDT

Oil Prices Hit Highest Level Since 2014

Energy stocks rose as tech stocks dropped

(Newser) - Technology companies led a broad slide for stocks Monday, as the market lost more ground following its worst week since winter. The selling came amid more signs of rising inflation for the US economy. The price of oil hit a seven-year high as OPEC and allied oil producers stuck with...

Facebook Whistleblower Talks to 60 Minutes

Frances Haugen reveals her identity

(Newser) - The Facebook whistleblower revealed herself, as promised , Sunday night on CBS' 60 Minutes . Frances Haugen is the formerly anonymous ex-Facebook employee who filed complaints against the social media company with federal law enforcement agencies last month, and leaked private Facebook research to the Wall Street Journal resulting in a series...

Facebook Whistleblower Goes Public Sunday

Former employee will give interview to '60 Minutes'

(Newser) - The public heat on Facebook might get turned up yet again on Sunday when a whistleblower goes public in a 60 Minutes interview. The former employee turned over internal documents to the SEC last month and will reveal her identity in an interview with Scott Pelley, reports CBS News . Some...

Facebook Pauses Instagram Kids Amid Criticism

Exec Adam Mosseri defends the idea, says it will surface eventually

(Newser) - Instagram is putting a hold on the development of Instagram Kids, geared toward children under 13, so it can address concerns about the vulnerability of younger users. Adam Mosseri, the head of Instagram, wrote in a blog post Monday that a delay will give the company time to “work...

Facebook Begs to Differ With Scathing Investigative Report

Company says 'Wall Street Journal' series is 'riddled with flaws'

(Newser) - Last week, the Wall Street Journal published a series of investigative articles about Facebook, and now the company is pushing back by describing the stories as "riddled with flaws" and "deliberate mischaracterizations," per Insider .
  • "At the heart of this series is an allegation that is just
...

Report: Facebook Is Aware of How Instagram Hurts Teens
WSJ Is Out With
a Damning Story
About Instagram
IN CASE YOU MISSED IT
Sep 18, 2021 1:20 PM CDT

WSJ Is Out With a Damning Story About Instagram

'Wall Street Journal' obtains internal documents showing harmful effects on some teen users

(Newser) - The Wall Street Journal is out with a damning story about Instagram, pointing to research that it causes real harm to some teenage girls. The kicker: The research obtained by the newspaper comes from the company itself, and executives of parent company Facebook have known about it for a few...

Instagram Chief Faces Backlash Over His Cars Comparison

Adam Mosseri acknowledges social media has dangers, but he says cars do, too

(Newser) - The head of Instagram appeared on a podcast to defend the app and parent company Facebook after a series of critical articles in the Wall Street Journal. But Adam Mosseri appears to have only made things worse by drawing a comparison between the dangers of social media and of driving....

Facebook Tweaked Its News Feed, Saw 'Unhealthy Side Effects'

Internal docs show 2018 changes to enhance user engagement made things angrier, more polarizing

(Newser) - Facebook execs likely aren't looking forward to the latest copies of the Wall Street Journal. Earlier this week, the paper published a damning story about Instagram on the platform's harmful effects on teen users (and how the parent company knew about it), as well as an article on...

In New Partnership, Facebook Adds Tech to Ray-Bans

$299 smart glasses can make phone calls, take video

(Newser) - Seven years after Google Glass , and five years after Snap rolled out Spectacles, another tech giant is trying its hand at internet-connected smart glasses—hoping that this time around people will actually wear them. But Facebook's previous forays into hardware were met with lukewarm enthusiasm at best, and it'...

Video of Black Men Labeled 'Primates' on Facebook

Social media giant blamed its AI algorithm

(Newser) - Facebook users watching a video of Black men got a prompt asking if they would like to “keep seeing videos about Primates,” the New York Times reported. Facebook called the error “unacceptable.” The prompt was tweeted to Facebook by a former employee, Darci Groves, who called...

Click for Click, Misinformation Wins on Facebook, Data Show
Misinformation Dominates
Facebook Engagement, 6-1
new study
Sep 3, 2021 4:15 PM CDT

Misinformation Dominates Facebook Engagement, 6-1

Company disputes researchers' findings that reliable information lags badly on site

(Newser) - Misinformation is thriving on Facebook, researchers have found. A new project has shown that publishers who post misinformation are drawing much greater engagement than reliable sources—six times the number of shares, likes, and other interactions, the Washington Post reports. The study, which has been peer reviewed, was conducted during...

Doctors Across the US: Please Don't Do Milk Crate Challenge

Viral videos show people wiping out while trying to ascend towers of milk crates

(Newser) - If you were wondering if August might come to a close without a stupid , silly , or downright dangerous social-media-driven fad making the rounds, put those fears to rest—the "milk crate challenge" is here. And it's a combination of all three (stupid, silly, and dangerous), with some platforms...

Before She Was Swept Away, She Went Live on Facebook

Linda Almond's body was recovered Sunday after home caved in

(Newser) - One of at least 22 victims killed in Tennessee flooding described her terror in a Facebook Live video moments before she was swept away. "We're being flooded right now," Linda Almond announced in a 70-second video filmed from her son's home in Waverly just before 10:...

Facebook's Report on Most Viewed Posts Has Some Surprises

Most viewed domain was an obscure Green Bay Packers site

(Newser) - In what it calls an effort to provide greater transparency, Facebook has released its first Widely Viewed Content report—but the company's critics say they've been left with more questions than answers. The report, which lists the 20 posts, pages, links, and domains seen by the most US...

Biden to Facebook: You're Not Killing People

President clarifies comments, renews call to stamp out misinformation

(Newser) - President Biden was pretty ticked at Facebook . Then Facebook got pretty ticked at Biden . Now Biden wants everyone to just get along—and work together to stop the antivaccine misinformation campaign. After saying Facebook and other social media giants that give platforms to antivaxxers are "killing people," CNBC...

Facebook Pushes Back on Biden's 'Killing People' Claim

The social media giant said in a statement that it provides valuable, accurate information

(Newser) - Facebook hosts a lot of good information about the COVID vaccine on its platform, and doesn’t deserve to be blamed for deaths, its vice president of integrity said. Guy Rosen pushed back on President Joe Biden’s claim that social media companies are “killing people,” CNBC reports....

Even Facebook CEO Must Pay the Dog Tax When Posting

Mark Zuckerberg dropped into a dog group without posting a picture of his adorable puli sheepdog, Beast

(Newser) - You have to take Facebook rules seriously. Even—especially—if you’re CEO and co-founder Mark Zuckerberg. That’s a truth members of the immensely popular Dogspotting Society Facebook group were quick to point out when Zuck himself dropped in with a guest post. The problem? The group rules firmly...

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