The post Facebook Founder Zuckerberg Appears Before Congress And Apologizes For Harm To Children appeared first on Facecrooks. This week, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg appeared before a Senate committee hearing called “Big Tech and the Online Child Sexual Exploitation Crisis”…
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Facebook Approves Pro-Anorexia And Drug Ads Made With Its Own AI Tool
The post Facebook Approves Pro-Anorexia And Drug Ads Made With Its Own AI Tool appeared first on Facecrooks. Facebook consistently finds itself in trouble for the controversial ads it allows on its platforms, but a new study from Tech Transparency…
Lawmaker Sues Facebook After Son Dies By Suicide
The post Lawmaker Sues Facebook After Son Dies By Suicide appeared first on Facecrooks. Facebook gets hit with another lawsuit seemingly every week over its treatment of young users, but the one filed recently by a South Carolina lawmaker is…
Facebook Among The Worst At Collecting Data From Apps For Kids
The post Facebook Among The Worst At Collecting Data From Apps For Kids appeared first on Facecrooks. Facebook is currently in hot water with dozens of US states that are suing the social media giant for allegedly endangering young users,…
Facebook Collects Your Data Through Push Notifications Even When The App Is Closed
The post Facebook Collects Your Data Through Push Notifications Even When The App Is Closed appeared first on Facecrooks. It’s not a secret that Facebook collects as much of our data as it can get its hands on. However, it’s…
Facebook Reverses Decision On Controversial Anti-Trans Post
The post Facebook Reverses Decision On Controversial Anti-Trans Post appeared first on Facecrooks. Facebook is under fire again for its content moderation practices, this time for how it deals with offensive posts about the trans community. This week, the Facebook…
Facebook Urged To Enforce Hate Speech Rules For Holocaust Denial Content
The post Facebook Urged To Enforce Hate Speech Rules For Holocaust Denial Content appeared first on Facecrooks. When Facebook created the semi-independent Oversight Board several years ago, it wanted to hand off responsibility for making some of its toughest content…
Facebook Will Now Let European Users Unlink Their Data Across Platforms
The post Facebook Will Now Let European Users Unlink Their Data Across Platforms appeared first on Facecrooks. Facebook often finds itself in trouble overseas for its data and privacy practices, especially in European countries with much stricter rules than the…
More Than One Third Of Facebook Marketplace Ads Could Be Scams
The post More Than One Third Of Facebook Marketplace Ads Could Be Scams appeared first on Facecrooks. Facebook Marketplace scams are a sadly commonplace occurrence on the platform, and recent reports indicate the problem may be getting even worse. For…
Lawsuit Claims Over 100,000 Children On Facebook Are Sent Sex Abuse Material Every Day
The post Lawsuit Claims Over 100,000 Children On Facebook Are Sent Sex Abuse Material Every Day appeared first on Facecrooks. Last month, the state of New Mexico filed a lawsuit against Facebook for failing to protect children and for recommending…
Facebook Bans Ads For Board Game About Voting Over “Sensitive Social Issues”
The post Facebook Bans Ads For Board Game About Voting Over “Sensitive Social Issues” appeared first on Facecrooks. Facebook loves to rely on artificial intelligence to detect and remove problematic content on its platform. The only problem is that sometimes…
More Than 100 Deepfake Ads Featuring British Prime Minister Spread On Facebook
The post More Than 100 Deepfake Ads Featuring British Prime Minister Spread On Facebook appeared first on Facecrooks. Facebook scammers are constantly seeking new ways to fool users, and deepfake videos are at the very cutting edge. But in addition…
Man Is Suing Facebook, 27 Women For “Are We Dating The Same Guy” Facebook Group
The post Man Is Suing Facebook, 27 Women For “Are We Dating The Same Guy” Facebook Group appeared first on Facecrooks. This week, a man in Chicago filed a $75 million lawsuit against 27 women and Facebook for defamation, doxing,…
Facebook Will Make It Harder For Teens To See Harmful Content
The post Facebook Will Make It Harder For Teens To See Harmful Content appeared first on Facecrooks. This week, Facebook introduced a new feature that will hide certain types of harmful content and restrict specific search terms for users under…
Privacy Expert Weighs In On If Users Should Delete Their Facebook Profiles
The post Privacy Expert Weighs In On If Users Should Delete Their Facebook Profiles appeared first on Facecrooks. Facebook may be one of the world’s largest social media companies, but its policies and philosophy on privacy stems largely from one…
Facebook Suspends Then Reinstates Popular Conservative Account
The post Facebook Suspends Then Reinstates Popular Conservative Account appeared first on Facecrooks. In today’s increasingly polarized political environment, very few issues unite both sides of the spectrum. However, criticizing Facebook is the rare one that does. Both liberals and…
Facebook Introduces New Tool To Track The Websites You Visit
The post Facebook Introduces New Tool To Track The Websites You Visit appeared first on Facecrooks. Facebook’s business model has come under increasing pressure in recent years as consumer privacy advocates and lawmakers have demanded the company stop collecting so…
Fake Facebook Ads Scam Tens Of Thousands Of Dollars From Small Business Owner
The post Fake Facebook Ads Scam Tens Of Thousands Of Dollars From Small Business Owner appeared first on Facecrooks. It’s no secret that Facebook scammers often impersonate businesses to trick unsuspecting users into forking over money. And while the cost…
Facebook Is Still Making Billions In Ad Revenue From Kids’ Data
The post Facebook Is Still Making Billions In Ad Revenue From Kids’ Data appeared first on Facecrooks. Earlier this year, dozens of states sued Facebook for allegedly harming young users and putting profit above their safety. However, the extent to…
Man Sues Facebook For Not Deactivating Deceased Veteran’s Account Used In Crypto Scam
The post Man Sues Facebook For Not Deactivating Deceased Veteran’s Account Used In Crypto Scam appeared first on Facecrooks. Scammers will do anything to make a quick buck on Facebook — even taking over the account of a deceased Army…