Facebook employees want to follow Twitter
Fact check Trump
Facebook staff have called their boss a wimp and walked of the job after he refused to follow Twitter and fact check Donald [call in the troops] Trump.
Dorsey refuses to back down
Will continue to fact check Trump
Twitter will continue to fact check Donald Trump despite the President's censorship threats.
Facebook moves to remote work from home
Most employees can request a permanent change in jobs
In a move that illustrates how swiftly the COVID-19 pandemic is reshaping the global economy, Facebook said today that it would begin allowing most of its employees to request a permanent change in their jobs to let them work remotely.
Facebook removes pseudoscience and conspiracy theory as an advertising option
You can't target the very stupid any more
Facebook has removed “pseudoscience” as an option for advertisers that want to target audiences, a category available until this week even as the world’s largest social media network vowed to curb misinformation about the COVID-19 pandemic.
Australia comes the raw prawn with Facebook
Cambridge Analytica data breach could cost Facebook billions
Australia’s privacy watchdog is suing Facebook over the Cambridge Analytica data breach — which, back in 2018, became a global scandal that wiped billions off the tech giant’s share price, yet only led to Facebook being slapped around the chips with a wet bus ticket by US and UK watchdogs.
Facebook plans UK expansion
Wants to hire more than a thousand
Facebook will hire 1,000 people in London this year in roles such as product development and safety as it continues to grow its biggest engineering centre outside the United States after Britain leaves the European Union.
Oculus Go has price slashed
Impulse buy prices
The 32GB Oculus Go will now cost $149 in the US, a reduction of $50 from its original $199 launch price.
Facebook tipped off Islamic State terrorist that the spooks were onto him
The spooks were using spyware
A team of European law enforcement officials was hot on the trail of a potential terror plot in October, fearing an attack during Christmas season, when their keyhole into a suspect's phone went dark.
Facebook wants to kill Android
Liberate Oculus and Portal
Facebook doesn't want its hardware like Oculus and Portal to be at the mercy of Google because they rely on its Android operating system.
UK to create a big tech watchdog
That will hack off the US
In a move which will hack off its new US overlords, the UK is to create a Big Tech watchdog to monitor technology after Brexit is completed.