Sacha Baron Cohen delivered a scathing 24-minute takedown of social media platforms — with particular scorn for Facebook and its CEO Mark Zuckerberg — at an Anti-Defamation League summit on anti-Semitism and hate on Thursday.The British actor and comedian, in accepting the civil rights group’s International Leadership Award, also attacked the billionaires who run Google, its... المزيد ←
Facebook Helped Bill O’Reilly Shill For A Company Accused Of Scamming Customers
Brendan McDermid / Reuters Former Fox News host Bill O’Reilly boosted a company with a long history of scamming consumers. Bill O’Reilly, the former Fox News host who was ousted from the network after paying at least six women a total of $45 million to settle sexual harassment lawsuits, is making his comeback. Having lost... المزيد ←
Facebook Is Making Millions Off A Nationwide Gun Permit Scam
One of Facebook’s biggest political advertisers is running an elaborate scheme to trick people into believing that a legal “loophole” allows them to qualify for and purchase concealed-carry permits online. The multimillion-dollar ad operation actually sells handgun safety certificates rather than legitimate permits, and urges people to buy them right away before Democrats intervene.Facebook’s lax... المزيد ←
Facebook’s Secret Ban On CBD Ads Is Devastating Small Businesses
Jason Higgins spent the years after he left the military, following nearly a decade of service, struggling with post-traumatic stress disorder, panic attacks, a drinking problem and side effects from the prescriptions he had hoped would help him. It wasn’t until he discovered cannabidiol, or CBD — a plant extract with supposed health benefits including relief... المزيد ←
Facebook Rebuffs U.S. Attorney General Over Access To Encrypted Messages
Facebook is rebuffing efforts by U.S. Attorney General William Barr to give authorities a way to read encrypted messages.The heads of Facebook-owned WhatsApp and Messenger services told Barr and his U.K. and Australian counterparts that Facebook is moving forward with plans to enable end-to-end encryption on all of its messaging services. End-to-end encryption locks up... المزيد ←
The Week in Tech: Facebook’s First Step Toward Treating Our Data Better
The social network’s latest privacy feature at least lets us imagine how we could better control our data in the future.Mark Zuckerberg of Facebook, which introduced a data privacy tool this week.Credit...Marcio Jose Sanchez/Associated PressEach week, we review the week’s news, offering analysis about the most important developments in the tech industry.Hi, I’m Jamie Condliffe. Greetings... المزيد ←
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