Свежие новости и отзывы о Facebook

Facebook has changed its News Feed algorithm to demote content that comes close to violating its policies prohibiting misinformation, hate speech, violence, bullying, clickbait so it’s seen by fewer people even it’s highly engaging. In a 5000-word letter by Mark Zuckerberg published today, he explained how a “basic incentive problem” that “when left unchecked, people […]... →

Today in call with reporters preceded by a frantic if fairly uneventful distraction-pushing media blitz, Facebook responded to a damning New York Times story published yesterday that cited interviews with more than 50 sources privy to Facebook’s decision making. The call kicked off with the operator’s suggestion that Facebook is “happy to take a couple […]... →

Facebook doesn’t want to be the arbiter of decency when it comes to content policy decisions, similar to how it looked to third-party fact checkers rather than becoming an arbiter of truth. Today on a press call with journalists, Mark Zuckerberg announced that a new external oversight committee would be created in 2019 to handle […]... →

Facebook has published the details of 13 historical national security letters it’s received for user data. The embattled social media giant said that the letters dated between 2014 and 2017 for several Facebook and Instagram accounts. These demands for data are effectively subpoenas, issued by the FBI without any judicial oversight, compelling companies to turn over […]... →

The New York Times’ bombshell report into the past three years at Facebook paint a grotesque picture of the company’s attempts to navigate a string of high profile controversies by using unsavory, unethical and dark PR tactics. The Times’ report, citing more than 50 sources, accuses the company of: employing a Republican opposition research firm […]... →

Facebook is facing calls to conduct an external investigation into its own lobbying and PR activities by an aide to billionaire George Soros. BuzzFeed reports that Michael Vachon, an advisor to the chairman at Soros Fund Management, made the call in a letter to friends and colleagues. The call follows an explosive investigation, published yesterday […]... →

Всему виной конфликт с главой Apple Тимом Куком... →

В течение 10 минут пользователи смогут отменить отправку сообщения... →

Распоряжение последовало после критики Facebook главой Apple Тимом Куком.... →

Facebook Messenger добавил возможность отменять отправку сообщений. Для этого у пользователей будет 10 минут. По истечению 10 минут пользователи смогут удалить сообщение в своём окне, но оно останется во входящих у получателя. При этом после удаления сообщения Facebook будет хранить его ещё какое-то время, чтобы проверить, не поступали ли на него жалобы. На данный момент […] Сообщение В Facebook Messenger теперь можно отменять отправку сообщений появились сначала на Searchengines.ru.... →

Скандалы, в центре которых оказался Facebook в этом году, негативно отразились на моральном духе сотрудников компании. В настоящее время только 52% персонала оптимистично настроены в отношении будущего компании – на 32% меньше, чем в прошлом году. Об этом свидетельствуют результаты внутреннего опроса, которые попали в распоряжение The Wall Street Journal. Только 53% сотрудников Facebook считают, […] Сообщение Моральный дух сотрудников Facebook упал после года скандалов появились сначала на Searchengines.ru.... →

А 12% планируют уволиться менее, чем через полгода... →

Facebook secretly retracted messages sent by CEO Mark Zuckerberg, TechCrunch reported seven months ago. Now for the first time, Facebook Messenger users will get the power to unsend too so they can remove their sent messages from the recipient’s inbox. Messages can only be unsent for the first ten minutes after they’re delivered so that you […]... →

Google is giving its business customers a new way to reach their customers. The company is today starting the rollout of a revamped Google My Business mobile application for iOS and Android that will offer new tools for viewing customer info – including followers, reviews and messages – as well as a way to quickly […]... →

Facebook has declined once again to send its CEO to the UK parliament — this time turning down an invitation to face questions from a grand committee comprised of representatives from five international parliaments. MPs from Argentina, Australia, Canada, Ireland and the UK have joined forces to try to pile pressure on the company’s founder, Mark […]... →

Комиссия по ценным бумагам и биржам США и Департамент юстиции запросили у компании Snap документы по поводу ее IPO в 2017 году. По данным Reuters, биржевой регулятор подозревает, что Snap мог ввести в заблуждение инвесторов, не предоставив им корректных данных о рисках, связанных с конкуренцией со стороны Facebook и Instagram. В мае 2017 года один из акционеров Snap подал в суд Лос-Анжелеса иск со схожим обвинениями, он также считает, что компания сознательно завышала данные о числе пользователей, интерпрет... →

Renren, which was once heralded as the ‘Facebook of China’ and later became China’s answer to MySpace after falling out of fashion among its core young users, is selling its social networking business. Renren’s parent company Beijing Qianxiang Wangjing has agreed to sell all tangible and intangible assets of renren.com to Beijing Infinities Interactive Media, […]... →

Facebook Lasso has a steep uphill climb ahead as it hopes to chase the musical video app it cloned, China’s TikTok (which merged with Musically). Lasso lets you overlay popular songs on 15-second clips of you lip syncing, dancing, or just being silly — kind of like Vine with a soundtrack. It’s off to a […]... →

Over the last year or so, Facebook has slowly been encroaching on LinkedIn’s territory as the go-to platform for people who want to leverage their networks of contacts to expand their career prospects with the launch of a way for people to connect with each other in mentoring relationships, and to look for jobs. Now, […]... →

Facebook has fixed a bug that let any website pull information from a user’s profile — including their ‘likes’ and interests — without that user’s knowledge. That’s the findings from Ron Masas, a security researcher at Imperva, who found that Facebook search results weren’t properly protected from cross-site request forgery (CSRF) attacks. In other words, […]... →