By Stephen Nellis, Katie Paul, Paresh Dave(Reuters) – Facebook Inc on Wednesday warned that privacy changes coming from Apple Inc could hurt smaller developers such as gaming companies disproportionately but will likely leave its own apps mostly unscathed.FILE PHOTO: A 3D-printed Facebook logo is seen placed on a keyboard in this illustration taken March 25,…
Image: Graeme Jennings (Getty Images)Facebook initiated one of the pettiest corporate feuds against Apple’s supposedly privacy-centric new features, and today Apple capitulated. In June, Apple unveiled plans for an iOS 14 privacy update that forces developers to gather users’ consent before tracking their activities across third-party apps and websites. Needless to say, giving users more…
The social network said it would block new political ads in late October, among other measures, to reduce misinformation and interference.Facebook is taking steps to minimize misinformation and election confusion as President Trump and Joseph R. Biden Jr. vie for the presidency.Credit…Photographs by Erin Schaff/The New York TimesSept. 3, 2020SAN FRANCISCO — Facebook on Thursday…
Image: Drew Angerer (Getty Images)Facebook has claimed for years that it works to safeguard elections (remember the War Room?)—yet somehow all of that safeguarding hasn’t stopped voting misinformation from proliferating, or the Trump campaign from taking an active role in spreading it. Keep in mind when you read Mark Zuckerberg’s latest election-related announcement: “We won’t…
Apple announces a surprising delay, Facebook bans new political ads for the week before the U.S. election and SpaceX is testing its Starlink internet system. This is your Daily Crunch for September 3, 2020. The big story: Apple delays ad-tracking changes At this year’s Worldwide Developers Conference, Apple announced that in iOS 14 (currently in…
Programming note: The Interface will be off Monday for Labor Day. I. The announcements After months of deliberations, Facebook gave its answer to the critics who have called for it to put new restrictions on political advertising. The company said it would not accept new political ads in the seven days leading up to the…
Apple will delay enforcing ad privacy controls that hit Facebook and developers
On Politics Media WatchEven as the president rails against mail-in voting, his campaign is using Facebook ads to encourage its supporters to request absentee ballots.Sept. 1, 2020Hi. Welcome to On Politics, your guide to the day in national politics. I’m Nick Corasaniti, your host on Tuesdays for our coverage of all things media and messaging.Sign…
Today let’s talk about the controversy around a militia organizing on Facebook, the violence that followed, and where that leaves the company heading into this week’s planned visit by the president to Kenosha, WI, threatening to stoke more unrest. Kenosha police shot Jacob Blake seven times in the back last week, leading to protests in…
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Facebook Inc is temporarily banning a Republican political action committee, the Committee to Defend the President, from advertising after it repeatedly shared content that was deemed false by external fact-checkers, the social media company said on Thursday. FILE PHOTO: A 3D-printed Facebook logo is seen placed on a keyboard in this…
In a few short weeks, some of the best product developers from some of the world’s most important tech companies will take to the virtual stage of our virtual Disrupt this September 14-18 to share all the tips and tricks they’ve learned over decades spent working at Zoom, Slack, Facebook, Amazon, Hulu and Oculus. This…
The days of suit-clad men shouting out orders on the bustling floors of stock exchanges are mostly gone, replaced by windowless rooms full of servers, but the stock market is still a busy place. On the 13 US stock exchanges combined, around 50 million trades happen every day. And yet there’s another digital marketplace out…
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Facebook Inc is temporarily banning a Republican political action committee, the Committee to Defend the President, from advertising after it repeatedly shared content that was deemed false by external fact-checkers, the social media company said on Thursday. FILE PHOTO: A 3D-printed Facebook logo is seen placed on a keyboard in this…
Politics|Georgia Senator Is Criticized for Ad Enlarging Jewish Opponent’s NoseSenator David Perdue, a Republican, drew a quick rebuke from his Democratic opponent, Jon Ossoff, who said the Facebook ad employed the “least original anti-Semitic trope in history.”Jon Ossoff, a Democratic candidate for Senate in Georgia, talking to journalists while waiting to vote in Atlanta last…
Facebook is planning to expand its dedicated news section and says it is “considering” the UK, Germany, France, India, and Brazil as possible recipients, it announced Tuesday. The company’s timeline is vague: “within the next six months to a year,” so it’s curious why Facebook would announce something not yet imminent. But given Facebook’s volatile…
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(Reuters) – Facebook Inc is considering halting political advertising after U.S. Election Day to curb post-election misinformation, a source who has had discussions with the company said Friday. FILE PHOTO: A 3D-printed Facebook logo is seen placed on a keyboard in this illustration taken March 25, 2020. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File PhotoThe source, who spoke on the…
