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Brazil’s Folha de S. Paulo to stop publishing on its Facebook page
Feb 10, 2018The newspaper also said its proportion of readers accessing content via Facebook had dropped to 24 percent in December from about 39 percent in early 2017. One of Brazil’s top newspapers, the Folha de S. Paulo,... -
Facebook decided to deliver more local news to US users
Jan 31, 2018Earlier this month, Facebook announced it will ask its two billion users to rank their trust in news sources as part of an effort to combat the spread of misinformation. Facebook said on Monday it has... -
Facebook makes privacy push ahead of strict EU law
Jan 29, 2018Facebook said on Monday it was publishing its privacy principles for the first time and rolling out educational videos to help users control who has access to their information, as it prepares for the start of... -
Facebook to train 65,000 French people in digital skills in free schemes
Jan 22, 2018Facebook will work with 50,000 job seekers in a partnership with the national unemployment agency, helping them with their computer skills, until late 2019. Facebook said on Monday that it will train 65,000 French people in... -
Facebook to ask its two billion users to rank their trust in news sources
Jan 20, 2018In a Facebook post, co-founder and chief executive Mark Zuckerberg said the network would seek to “prioritize news that is trustworthy, informative, and local.” Facebook announced on Friday it will ask its two billion users to... -
Facebook under fire over ‘Birth Becomes Her’ video
Jan 3, 2018Facebook is facing criticism from fans of birth photographer Monet Nicole Moutrie after her ‘Birth Becomes Her’ video that amassed over 100 million views over a period of seven months was removed from the social media... -
Facebook to open a new office in London
Dec 4, 2017The company, which opened its first office in the British capital ten years ago, said the new site would allow its local workforce to reach 2,300 by the end of next year, a sign that it... -
Facebook Communities Summit is coming to Europe
Nov 23, 2017Facebook will host group admins, event organizers and page admins from across the region in London on February 8 and 9, 2018. Facebook Communities Summit (FCS) is coming to Europe. The event will celebrate community leaders... -
Facebook founding president Sean Parker sounds alarm
Nov 10, 2017“God only knows what it’s doing to our children’s brains.” A view on social media shared not by some uninformed luddite, but by one of the people responsible for building Facebook into the social media titan... -
Facebook tests splitting its News Feed into two
Oct 24, 2017News Hour: Facebook Inc said on Monday it was testing the idea of dividing its News Feed in two, separating commercial posts from personal news in a move that could lead some businesses to increase advertising....