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Facebook will discontinue a verification system that never should have been enacted in the first place. It required certain email users to give their passwords to Facebook. Passwords should never be shared with anyone who can't be trusted -- and that certainly includes Facebook.
Facebook is asking some new users for their email passwords and appears to be harvesting contacts without consent
https://www.businessinsider.com/face...sswords-2019-4
What did I say last night about Facebook not being trustworthy? Ya want more proof? Here is more proof:
Hundreds of millions of Facebook records exposed on Amazon cloud servers
https://www.cnn.com/2019/04/03/tech/...zon/index.html
On the first post of this thread -- Go look! -- I said social media can cause more harm than good. In a new poll, six in ten Americans feel the same way.....but they still use social media. Go figure!
Poll: Americans give social media a clear thumbs-down
A sizable majority say social media do more to divide the country than unite it, according to the latest NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/mee...s-down-n991086
"Your privacy is important to us – and we're emailing every one of your contacts to tell them the same thing."
Facebook says it 'unintentionally uploaded' 1.5 million users' email contacts without their consent
https://www.businessinsider.com/face...mission-2019-4
I'm thinking that the majority of people who have a "secret crush" probably prefer that it stays secret.
Facebook's Dating app wants to connect you with your secret crush
The service is also expanding to 14 new countries.
https://www.engadget.com/2019/04/30/...new-countries/
Facebook's 2018 fourth-quarter profit was $6.9 billion, a 61% increase over the 2017 fourth quarter. It's nice to see Mark Zuckerberg spending his money wisely and not wasting it on foolishness. Wait, what?
Hundreds of Facebook employees partied at a luxury hotel after announcing a big new redesign of the social network
The entertainment on offer included casino tables, karaoke, free massages, an open bar and a magician.
https://www.businessinsider.com/face...-launch-2019-5
Facebook is now banning "dangerous" people who use slurs and hate speech and incite racial or ethnic violence. It would be nice if Twitter would follow Facebook's lead and ban a certain "dangerous" person.
Facebook bans Louis Farrakhan, Milo Yiannopoulos, InfoWars and others from its platforms as 'dangerous'
https://www.cnn.com/2019/05/02/tech/...mer/index.html
Legislators from ten nations want to talk with Zuckerberg about Facebook's disinformation, security breaches and privacy violations. Zuckerberg is refusing to talk with them. They may wind up having to wait outside his home in Palo Alto and pounce on him when he comes out.
Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg, Sheryl Sanders face subpoena from Canadian Parliament
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/faceboo...an-parliament/
Hughes says Facebook is a "powerful monopoly" and Mark Zuckerberg has "unprecedented power." He wants government regulators to break up the company. The government broke up Standard Oil in 1911 and the Bell System in 1982 – but Facebook is a social media platform which is free to join and is supported by advertising. In other words, Chris, it ain't gonna happen.
Facebook co-founder Chris Hughes says it's time to break up the social media giant
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/faceboo...l-media-giant/
Oh, if only there were some way to keep violent content off Facebook.......
Facebook to raise minimum hourly wage for contract workers
Workers who review violent content will see the biggest raises.
https://www.cnet.com/news/facebook-r...tract-workers/
A large number of deranged lunatics commit assaults and attacks and livestream them on Facebook. Apparently they crave fame and notoriety. It would be nice if Facebook could ban livestreaming – but doing so may not be technologically possible. Facebook should consider it, though.
Facebook changes livestream rules after New Zealand shooting
https://www.cnn.com/2019/05/14/tech/...ges/index.html
Fake names, fake accounts, fake news – and Facebook calls it "coordinated inauthentic behavior." That phrase should be added to the next edition of The Dictionary Of Euphemisms.
Facebook busts Israel-based campaign to disrupt elections in various countries
Facebook said some accounts were linked to the Archimedes Group, a Tel Aviv-based consulting firm that boasts of its ability to "change reality."
https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-ne...tries-n1006441
British Parliament wanted Zuckerberg to testify about Facebook's scandals, security breaches and privacy issues. He refused. Canada's Parliament wanted Zuckerberg to testify about Facebook's scandals, security breaches and privacy issues. He refused. He wants to maintain his privacy. How ironic!
Mark Zuckerberg could be held in contempt of Canadian Parliament for ignoring summons
https://thehill.com/policy/technolog...after-ignoring
Maybe it's time Mark Zuckerberg changes the name from Facebook to Fakebook.
Facebook removed 2.2 billion fake accounts in three months
CNN, May 23 2019 2:31 PM
Facebook took down 2.2 billion fake accounts between January and March, a record high for the company. That number is only slightly less than the 2.38 billion monthly active users Facebook has around the world. For comparison, Facebook disabled 1.2 billion fake accounts in the previous quarter and 694 million between October and December 2017. The new numbers were released today in the company's third Community Standards Enforcement report.
https://www.cnn.com/2019/05/23/tech/...ort/index.html
Sixty-eight percent of Facebook investors want Zuckerberg ousted. I assume he got "likes" from the other 32%.
Facebook must do some 'huge soul searching' about Mark Zuckerberg's power after shareholder revolt
https://www.businessinsider.com/face...kerberg-2019-6
I think this news was supposed to remain private and confidential for a few more hours but reporters had no difficulty hacking into Facebook's database and learning the details. :D
FTC approves $5 billion Facebook settlement over
long-running probe into tech giant's privacy missteps
FTC commissioners broke along party lines, 3-2, with the Republican majority lining up to support the pact while Democratic commissioners objected.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/ftc-app...nt-11562960538
I'm not expecting Zuckerberg to "like" the Senator's comments.
Oregon Senator Ron Wyden thinks Mark Zuckerberg should be 'held personally accountable' for Facebook's privacy problems, including 'the possibility of a prison term'
https://www.businessinsider.com/sena...privacy-2019-9
Now that I know everyone's phone numbers, I could call each person with this news – but it would be much easier to just post it here.
As Facebook launches 'Facebook Dating' in U.S., a blog
finds 400 million exposed user phone numbers
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/faceboo...ating-service/
Facebook's investigation into data theft and data harvesting is still not completed and likely never will be. As long as Facebook exists, unscrupulous people will try to make money by stealing – and selling – user data.
Facebook suspends 69,000 apps following Cambridge Analytica scandal
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/techn...dal/ar-AAHBQKO
Teenagers who don't get a lot of "likes" on their online posts might become depressed. At least that's the theory. Oh, poor babies!
Following in the footsteps of Instagram, Facebook is testing hiding likes starting this week
https://www.businessinsider.com/face...stagram-2019-9