Screenshot: David MurphyOld Facebook is going away; long live New Facebook, a redesign that will soon become permanent. Facebook has been taking to, well, Facebook, to warn its users that the old-school look will disappear in September. And unlike the current test of “New Facebook,” there will be no way to switch back if you’re…
The company has faced heavy criticism for not doing more to prevent QAnon content from going viral on its platform. QAnon’s reach has exploded since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, and Facebook’s own algorithms, which recommended QAnon content on Facebook and Instagram, have been blamed for helping fuel its rise. The move comes weeks…
Instagram has found a new place to display ads: at the end of your feed. The Facebook-owned app in 2018 introduced a feature that will alert users when they’ve scrolled through all the new content in their Instagram feed, with a notice reading “You’re All Caught Up” that appears on the screen. Now, Instagram says…
Oculus will soon require all of its virtual reality headset users to sign up with a Facebook account. The Facebook-owned company says it will start removing support for separate Oculus accounts in October, although users can maintain an existing account until January 1st, 2023. All users can maintain a distinct “VR profile” with a separate…
Moving forward, you’ll also need a Facebook login to use all forthcoming Oculus devices, even if you have an existing Oculus account. Recent reports suggest Facebook will announce a new version of its popular Oculus Quest headset in September. Given the company’s new policy, that device will likely only work with a Facebook account. Facebook contends the…
Photo: Chip Somodevilla (Getty Images)Anyone who’s covered the wacky world of tech policy for any time at all probably has some ideas about how today’s major antitrust hearing will go down. Some think Jeff Bezos’s overall net worth will become part of the debate. Tim Cook will be grilled over Apple’s firm chokehold over the…
The company believes that enabling such purchases makes advertising becomes more valuable. CEO Mark Zuckerberg has said that he’s quite keen on growing in-app transactions. “As payments grow across Messenger and WhatsApp, and as we’re able to roll that out in more places, I think that will only grow as a trend,” he said in…
Love it or hate it, Facebook still brings in 40 percent of annual digital display advertising revenue. Free Book Preview Ultimate Guide to Social Media Marketing This book takes readers through a 360-degree perspective of social media marketing in businesses. July 30, 2020 6 min read Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. If…
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…
New Facebook ad run by the Trump campaign (left) and President Donald Trump speaking in Ohio on August 6, 2020.Image: Facebook Ad Library/Getty Images (Getty Images)Donald Trump’s re-election campaign is running new Facebook ads that insist the president is an advocate for peace and will stop America’s so-called “forever wars.” Oddly enough, the ads also…
The hub will also serve as a resource for all the things and all the changes people need to know about local voting rules, such as if their state has expanded vote-by-mail options. It will link to information from state election officials and other nonpartisan civic organizations, it will give users a way to request…
Photo: Doug MIlls-Pool (Getty Images)In its latest spin around the misinformation merry-go-round, Facebook has temporarily restricted a pro-Trump super PAC that’s spent nearly $10 million in the 2020 election cycle from placing ads for repeatedly sharing lies, the company told Gizmodo in a statement.The group in question is the Committee to Defend the President, which…
In 2010, the Electronic Frontier Foundation was fed up with Facebook’s pushy interface. The platform had a way of coercing people into giving up more and more of their privacy. The question was, what to call that coercion? Zuckermining? Facebaiting? Was it a Zuckerpunch? The name that eventually stuck: Privacy Zuckering, or when “you are…
New York (CNN)Facebook announced Thursday it was banning ads from the The Committee to Defend the President, a pro-Trump super PAC. Facebook did not say how long the ban would last. “As a result of …
(Reuters) – A long list of companies have pulled advertising from Facebook Inc (FB.O) in support of a campaign that called out the social media giant for not doing enough to stop hate speech on its platforms. FILE PHOTO: A 3D-printed Facebook logo is seen placed on a keyboard in this illustration taken March 25,…
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The CEOs of four of the world’s biggest tech companies gathered in the same Webex room Wednesday for their first-ever joint appearance before Congress. The most fascinating revelations of the five-plus-hour hearing came not from their testimony but from documents gathered by House investigators and released during the session. Committee members said the presentations, emails,…
FILE PHOTO: The logo for Procter & Gamble Co. is displayed on a screen on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, U.S., June 27, 2018. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid(Reuters) – Procter & Gamble said on Wednesday it will not make any announcements about its activities on advertising platforms, in response to…
