Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg promoted free expression in a speech at Georgetown University, but restrictions on news coverage of the event drew criticism that its rules undermined its message.
A whistleblower's complaint shows that Facebook itself has inadvertently provided the two extremist groups with a networking and recruitment tool by producing dozens of pages in their names.
The oversight panel is intended to rule on thorny content issues, such as when Facebook or Instagram posts constitute hate speech.
The social media giant said it is expanding its "Today In" service to 6,000 cities and towns across the U.S.
Two bipartisan groups of state attorneys general are launching separate antitrust investigations into Facebook and Google, adding to regulatory scrutiny of two of the world's largest and most ubiquitous tech companies.
Facebook says it is ending its practice of using face recognition software to identify users' friends in uploaded photos and automatically suggesting they "tag" them.
The head of the U.S. Border Patrol said that she joined a Facebook group whose members mocked migrants and lawmakers so she could read what her personnel thought about her, and said she knew little about the group.
The fine is the largest the Federal Trade Commission has levied on a tech company.
ProPublica first posted details of the secret Facebook group that included content mocking lawmakers and migrants.
The FTC report has been moved to the Justice Department for review, per the report. It is not clear how long it will take to finalize.
A spokeswoman for Getty Images would not identify the models, citing privacy concerns.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection said an investigation into "disturbing social media activity" was underway.
Viral tweets and Facebook posts drew a direct link between buying chicken sandwiches and killing LGBT people.
Critics of the president seized on two supposed gaffes in October 2019. But what did Trump actually say?
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Real photographs do exist of Donald Trump with the men arrested on suspicion of scheming to funnel foreign money into his campaign.
A video that aired during ABC News' coverage of Turkey's attack on Kurds in northern Syria drew widespread attention.