Sep 25, 2020
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg testifies in October 2019. Getty Images After nearly two years, Facebook’s much-anticipated content oversight board has committed to an October launch, just ahead of a heated US presidential election that’ll likely play out on social media. The board will have the power to uphold or overturn decisions made by Facebook to […]
Sep 24, 2020
Sen. Roger Wicker, a Republican from Mississippi and chairman of the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, may subpoena tech CEOs to appear before the committee to discuss Section 230 protections. Andrew Harrer/Getty Images The chief executives of...
Sep 24, 2020
Facebook announced Thursday that it took down three separate networks of fake accounts tied to Russia. Graphic by Pixabay/Illustration by CNET Facebook said Thursday it removed more than 340 accounts and pages and groups tied to Russia, some of which posed as...
Sep 22, 2020
Angela Lang/CNET This story is part of Elections 2020, CNET’s coverage of the run-up to voting in November. Facebook is preparing for a possibly chaotic presidential election in the US. In an interview with the Financial Times published Tuesday, Facebook’s...
Sep 22, 2020
Facebook has rules against creating accounts and pages that mislead others about their identity and purpose. Angela Lang/CNET Facebook said Tuesday that it had pulled down 181 fake accounts, groups and pages that originated in China and posted about current events,...
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