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Facebook Delays Naming Oversight Board Members Until 2020Facebook will not announce the first members of its independent oversight board this year as it originally expected, the company said on Thursday. The new board will be able to make final decisions on whether individual pieces of content - such as a...

US FTC May Try to Block Facebook From Integrating WhatsApp, Instagram, MessengerThe US Federal Trade Commission is considering asking a court to stop Facebook from moving ahead with plans to integrate its WhatsApp, Instagram, and Messenger subsidiaries, The Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday, citing people familiar with the matter. Facebook...

Facebook on Thursday sued a Hong Kong company that it said used malware to bait people into clicking on celebrities' photos and bogus advertising links, so it could run ads for counterfeit goods, diet pills and male enhancement supplements. The social media company accused ILikeAd Media International Co software developer...

Facebook's video calling device Portal will now work with just a WhatsApp account, allowing users to make video calls to friends and family and access features like "Story Time" even if they don't have a Facebook account. "Story Time" lets you bring children's stories to life with Augmented Reality (AR)...

Facebook has rebuffed a request from Attorney General William Barr that it halt its plan to deploy strong encryption across its messaging apps, calling the US government's pursuit of a "backdoor" into secure communications a "gift to criminals, hackers and repressive regimes." The tech giant delivered the message in a letter...

Facebook Ads Push Misinformation About HIV Prevention Drugs, LGBT Activists Say, 'Harming Public Health'Facebook users have been bombarded with misleading ads about medication meant to prevent the transmission of HIV, according to lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender advocates, who say the tech giant's refusal to remove the content has created...

US regulators on Friday said they had found now-defunct British political consulting firm Cambridge Analytica deceived consumers about the collection of Facebook data for voter profiling and targeting.The Federal Trade Commission also found that Cambridge Analytica engaged in deceptive practices relating to its participation in the EU-US Privacy Shield framework - a pact...

Facebook on Thursday sued a Hong Kong company that it said baited people into clicking on celebrities' photos and bogus advertising links, so it could install malware and run ads for counterfeit goods, diet pills and male enhancement supplements.The social media company accused ILikeAd Media International Co software developer Chen...

Facebook said it had restored service following a major outage on Thursday that hindered access to the social platform and its other apps such as Instagram and Messenger. Facebook blamed "an issue in one of our central software systems" for snarling connectivity for several hours. Many users, often wryly, took...

Facebook started testing a tool on Monday that lets users move their images more easily to other online services, as it faces pressure from regulators to loosen its grip on data. The social network's new tool will allow people to transfer their photos and videos directly to competing platforms, starting...