Facebook users suing over the social network’s worst-ever privacy scandal gained leverage to pry into its internal records to back up their claims that it failed to safeguard their personal data.
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Facebook is considering a test to stop showing the number of “likes” that posts get in an effort to reduce the competitive pressure of social media.
Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey’s account has been hacked, sending racist and vulgar tweets to his 4.2 million followers.
Facebook is to allow users to clear data which has been linked to their account based on their activity on other websites.
Facebook said that the only people who were affected were those who agreed to have their audio messages transcribed. That makes it sound like users agreed to have their chats read by third parties. Not so.
Instagram is to test a new tool which will allow users to report content they believe is misinformation. The Facebook-owned social media platform said it would launch the new trial feature at the end of August.
Hopes of an edit button flying onto Twitter anytime soon are fading after a senior executive indicated that it is not a primary concern for the social network.
Snapchat has unveiled the third generation of its camera-enabled Spectacles, which allow users to capture images and video to post to the social media site.
Facebook is taking the first major step in a plan to merge its systems and let users exchange messages among all its different mobile apps.
Twitter has revealed it may have used some people’s personal data to target them with advertising without their permission because of issues within the platform’s settings.