Facebook wants to combat fake news with ID checks – but the implications on privacy could be grave

People could be asked to prove their identity to post political content or advertisements on the social network.

Fadi Safieddine, The Conversation

· May 09, 2019 · 08:30 pm

If Mark Zuckerberg wants to fix the internet, he must do more than just talk about ‘new rules’

The Facebook boss’ calls for outside help to draft new rules on what is acceptable behaviour online should be welcomed. So what’s his next step?

Andrew Quodling, The Conversation

· Apr 03, 2019 · 08:30 pm

To tackle its privacy problem, Facebook wants to be more like WhatsApp

Mark Zuckerberg laid out a new vision for the social network last week. But details are scarce.

Sacha Molitorisz, The Conversation

· Mar 14, 2019 · 11:30 pm

Shadow profiles: Facebook knows about you, even if you’re not on Facebook

During his congressional testimony, Mark Zuckerberg claimed not to know what ‘shadow profiles’ mean.

Andrew Quodling, The Conversation

· Apr 14, 2018 · 11:30 pm

The US law that made Facebook (and much of social media) what it is today

The Communications Decency Act was passed in 1996, seven years before the debut of MySpace.

Frank LoMonte, The Conversation

· Apr 12, 2018 · 09:30 pm

Cambridge Analytica scandal could hurt legitimate researchers using Facebook data

Social media data is a rich information source for many areas of research in psychology, technology, business and humanities. Is collateral damage inevitable?

Annabel Latham, The Conversation

· Mar 22, 2018 · 11:30 pm

Three things Facebook must do if it wants to win back people’s trust

A scholar of digital trust evaluates the social networking platform’s current efforts and proposes some improvements the company could make.

Bhaskar Chakravorti, The Conversation

· Feb 08, 2018 · 07:30 pm

Is Facebook committed to police discriminatory advertising for housing, employment or credit?

ProPublica bought a few ads and found major omissions.

Julia Angwin, ProPublica

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Ariana Tobin, ProPublica

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Madeleine Varner, ProPublica

· Nov 26, 2017 · 09:30 pm

Facebook enabled advertisers to direct their content to Jew haters

The social networking site has now removed several anti-Semitic ad categories and promised to improve monitoring.

Julia Angwin, ProPublica

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Madeleine Varner, ProPublica

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Ariana Tobin, ProPublica

· Sep 16, 2017 · 11:30 pm

Facebook knows more about you (including your offline activity) than it says

The site shows users how Facebook categorises them. It doesn’t reveal the data it is buying about their offline lives.

Julia Angwin, ProPublica

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Terry Parris Jr., ProPublica

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Surya Mattu, ProPublica

· Dec 29, 2016 · 05:30 am

This video imagines the Facebook newsfeed algorithm as the mafia, and maybe it's not wrong

“Hey we all have wants, and if you want people to be able to see your little ‘youtubes’, you best throw us some dough, ok?”

Scroll Staff

· Jul 03, 2016 · 02:00 pm

Facebook is thinking about adding a 'dislike' button, but don’t expect it to be called that

When the “like” button was initially conceived it was called the “awesome” button.

Zach Wener-Fligner, qz.com

· Dec 13, 2014 · 09:13 am