Facebook cancels San Francisco conference amid growing coronavirus concerns
Facebook media relations chief Anthony Harrison says, “Our priority is the health and safety of our teams, so out of an abundance of caution, we canceled our Global Marketing Summit due to the evolving public health risks related to coronavirus.”
Unique Illinois privacy law leads to $550M Facebook settlement of a class-action lawsuit
Privacy advocates hail Illinois' strict biometric privacy law as the nation's strongest form of protection in the commercial use of such data, and it has survived ongoing efforts by the tech industry and other businesses to weaken it.
Facebook stock drops in after-hours trading following earnings beat
Profit and revenue both handily surpassed Wall Street's expectations.
Following Twitter's ban, the pressure is now on Facebook to ban political ads, too
Facebook's policy is to accept paid political ads from candidates without fact-checking them or censoring them, even if they contain lies.
Mark Zuckerberg defends Facebook's currency plans before Congress
House Financial Services Committee's immediate focus was Facebook's plans for the currency, to be called Libra. Zuckerberg took pains to reassure lawmakers that his company won't move forward with Libra without explicit approval from all U.S. financial regulators.
Zuckerberg testifies before Congress Wednesday
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg endured hours of prickly questioning from lawmakers Wednesday as he defended the company's new globally ambitious project to create a digital currency while also dealing with widening scrutiny from U.S. regulators.
Facebook announces plans to combat election 2020 misinformation
Facebook's CEO announced new security measures aimed at combating misinformation on the social media platform ahead of the 2020 election.
Palo Alto thwarts Zuckerberg’s housing ‘compound’ plans
Mark Zuckerberg wants to demolish and rebuild four houses that he owns in Palo Alto, but the city board is saying not so fast.
Instagram rolls out 'Stories'
The new Instagram feature is expected to lure SnapChat fans over to Instagram.