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Republican Senator Wants to Ban ‘Addictive’ Social Media Features Like Autoplay Video
Josh Hawley’s proposed act would also block infinite scrolling and place a 30-minute daily time limit for apps
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Trump Warns France: Don’t Tax Our ‘Great’ Tech Giants
The president also blasted French wine for good measure
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Facebook Weathers Another Regulatory Storm: Does It Matter?
“If Instagram’s success was because Facebook bought it and nurtured it into a successful site, you wouldn’t want to penalize Facebook for doing that,” Gregory Rosston, director of the Public Policy Program at Stanford University, says
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Former Facebook Security Chief Gets $5 Million From Craigslist Founder for Tech Transparency Project
Alex Stamos tweeted his gratitude Thursday
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Facebook Stock Pushes Towards All-Time High Despite New FTC Antitrust Investigation
Social network now has 1.59 billion daily users
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Indigenous Partners With GoFundMe on Original Episodes of ’60 Second Docs’
The stories will be based on select GoFundMe campaigns
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Facebook Hit With Record $5 Billion FTC Fine Over Data Breaches
The social network will appoint an independent privacy oversight committee as part of the settlement
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‘The Great Hack’ Film Review: Alarming Documentary on Voter Targeting Revisits Facebook-Cambridge Analytica Scandal
The makers of “The Square” lay bare the psychographic side of Facebook, and how user data can be turned into weapons against democracy
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Justice Department Launches Antitrust Review of Tech Giants
DoJ’s look into unlawful competitive practices could put Facebook and other Silicon Valley companies in regulatory danger
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Snap Back: Snapchat Posts Best User Growth in 2 Years, Stock Surges 9%
Snapchat added 13 million new users during the second quarter, pushing it past 200 million users overall
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Snapchat: 3 Things to Watch Ahead of Snap Inc Q2 Earnings
Can Snapchat keep its bounceback year going?
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How So Yummy Is Reinventing Food Videos – and Scoring 16 Million Views on Average
“We talk a lot about creative, but the key is the data,” Guy Oranim, CEO of First Media, told TheWrap
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Crypt TV, Facebook Watch Sign 5 Show Content Partnership
Currently in active development, the programming will stream exclusively on Watch
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Instagram Tests Hiding Likes to ‘Remove Pressure,’ Company Says
Six new markets will be unable to see how many likes their friends receive
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Instagram Goes Down for the Third Time in Just Over a Month
Facebook-owned app was out for many users in California