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A video of a Mississippi Army veteran taking his own life has gone viral on TikTok, exposing viewers as young as 13 to the graphic footage. The company is now working around the clock to stop the video from spreading any further and ban users who have uploaded it. However, …

In a social media post that has since been removed from Facebook, GOP Rep. Clay Higgins threatened to shoot armed protestors, saying, “I’d drop any 10 of you where you stand.”  To make matters worse, the post included a photo of Black men with guns.  If this shows up, we’ll …

After receiving a tip from the FBI, Facebook uncovered that associates of the notorious St. Petersburg troll group, associated with Russia’s attempt to undermining the 2016 U.S. presidential election, are trying to target Americans once again, outlets report. The group used fake personas with authentic-looking computer-generated photos of people, a …

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said it was an “operational mistake” to not shut down a militia page inviting people to bring weapons to a protest in Kenosha, Wisconsin. Two people were killed when 17-year-old vigilante Kyle Rittenhosue opened fire on protestors. Before the shooting, an event with the Facebook page …

Written by @kristenshylin_ According to The New York Times, Facebook announced on Wednesday that it removed 790 QAnon groups from its site. The social network also said that it restricted an additional 1,950 groups, 440 pages, and more than 10,000 Instagram accounts linked to pro-Trump conspiracy theory QAnon. As stated …

Facebook removed hundreds of accounts that were posing as Black supporters of #DonaldTrump.  On Thursday, the social media platform disbanded hundred of accounts that were posing as Black American QAnon and #Trumpsupporters. In addition, Facebook removed hundreds of fake accounts that were connected to The Epoch Times, a conservative media …

Facebook employees are speaking out with the company’s handling of Donald Trump’s post about the Minneapolis police brutality protests. Director of product design at Facebook, Ryan Freitas, tweeted, “Mark is wrong, and I will endeavor in the loudest possible way to change his mind. I apologize if you were waiting …

blogged by @_cierra.jones Nothing in this world is free,  including watching your favorite entertainer perform virtually. As of Friday (April 24), Facebook plans to allow users the option of charging viewers for their live streams. This provides entertainers the opportunity to capitalize on their events, amid canceled in-person concerts due …

Since the coronavirus epidemic, video calling and virtual meetings are steadily on the rise, becoming our new normal. Popular companies such as Zoom, Microsoft, and Google have all capitalized on the need of virtual communications. Facebook is now joining the race by offering an upgrade that will be a game-changer …

The same Russian-linked trolls that were involved in the meddling of the 2016 Presidential election have been caught trying to gaslight Black people, specifically in America, using disinformation to provoke racial tensions. Facebook and Twitter have deactivated numerous accounts connected to Russian-linked trolls that are based in Ghana and Nigeria, according …

Super Bowl LIV is coming in February, which means it’s almost time for everyone’s favorite part of the big event, the commercials. For the first time ever, social media giant Facebook will air a 60-second ad during this year’s Super Bowl. The commercial is set to star Sylvester Stallone and …

Facebook has announced it’s launching three new product features to increase fundraising across its platforms: a new Instagram donation button, a fundraising sticker in Facebook, and the feature rollout of fundraising on Facebook’s gaming live streams. According to the Verge, the Instagram button might be the change that generates the …

Social media giant Facebook is suing the Israeli cybersecurity company NSO Group over claims that it hacked WhatsApp earlier this year. On Tuesday, Facebook filed a complaint alleging that NSO Group used WhatsApp servers to spread malware to 1,400 mobile phones in an attempt to target journalists, diplomats, human rights …

Facebook has agreed to pay up to a £500,000 ($644,000) fine, which was issued by the UK Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), following last year’s Cambridge Analytica data breaching scandal. Although Facebook agreed to pay the fine, they have made no admission of liability over the mishandling of user data. Facebook …

Tennessee animal lover, Jill Hicks, believed she was rescuing an abandoned kitten on the side of the road when she surprisingly found out the fur baby was actually a baby bobcat. Last week while Hicks was driving to dinner one evening, she spotted what she initially thought was a small bunny …

#Facebook has admitted it has listened to audio messages that users’ send to one another, claiming it was an effort to improve its voice recognition systems. Facebook’s security breach stories just keep on coming, as the social network just revealed it paid contractors to transcribe audio messages sent between users. …

Social media conglomerate Facebook will have to pay a $5 billion settlement, according to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), for “deceptive disclosures and settings” that eroded user privacy and violated a prior agreement signed with the commission in 2012. Facebook agreed to the settlement, putting to rest several years of …

Facebook is getting ready to launch its own form of currency. On Tuesday, the social network released its plan to create a new digital currency, which would be similar to Bitcoin and be available globally. The currency would also push more e-commerce on its services and boost ads on its …

An American couple was found dead in their hotel room while on vacation in the Dominican Republic; officials say the cause of death was a respiratory failure and pulmonary edema. On Thursday, authorities found the bodies of Edward Nathael Holmes, 63, and Cynthia Ann Day, 49, in their hotel room …

The Department of Housing and Urban Development has charged Facebook with violating the Fair Housing Act. On Thursday, the HUD announced it would file charges against the social media platform after it found Facebook was violating the federal act by “encouraging, enabling, and causing” housing discrimination through its advertising platform. …