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Facebook’s previous major scandals barely dented its global dominance, but experts said Wednesday the tech giant may have hit a red line this time: evidence that it knew children using its apps were at risk […]

A Facebook executive is pushing back on a whistleblower’s claims—supported by the company’s own internal research—that the social network’s products harm children and fuel polarization in the U.S.This post was originally published on this site

Camera lights glare. Outrage thunders from elected representatives. A brave industry whistleblower stands alone and takes the oath behind a table ringed by a photographers’ mosh pit.This post was originally published on this site

For many parents, revelations this week from whistleblower Frances Haugen showing internal Facebook studies of the harms of Instagram for teenagers only intensified concerns about the popular photo sharing app.This post was originally published on […]

The global outage that knocked Facebook and its other platforms offline for hours was caused by an error during routine maintenance, the company said.This post was originally published on this site

Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen offered deep insight Tuesday into how the social media giant works and how it could be fixed.This post was originally published on this site

The six-hour outage at Facebook, Instagram and Whatsapp was a headache for many casual users but far more serious for the millions of people worldwide who rely on the social media sites to run their […]

A former Facebook data scientist told Congress on Tuesday that the social network giant’s products harm children and fuel polarization in the U.S., adding that its executives refuse to change because they elevate profits over […]

Suddenly and inexplicably, Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, Messenger and Oculus services were gone. And it was no local disturbance. In a blog post, Downdetector.com, a major monitoring service for online outages, called it the largest global […]