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UPDATE, SATURDAY P.M.: The WSJ has reported that Microsoft has paused the purchase of the U.S. operation of social media, video-sharing app TikTok following Trump’s threat to ban the app on Friday. The situation seems dicey as the two companies are trying to gather more information on Trump’s course of action. "The…

Updated with stock price and comments from conference call: Facebook shares popped 6.5% in late trading Thursday after the company added users and beat ad revenue forecasts in the midst of a global pandemic, an ad boycott and intense regulatory scrutiny. On a conference call to discuss the numbers, executives cited a…

Disappearing journalism jobs were among the many ills laid at the feet of top tech execs Wednesday as House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerry Nadler (D-NY) at an antitrust hearing lamented the decline of local news and recalled a massive mess up by Facebook five years ago that accelerated the contraction in the…

Anthony Fauci may have been sidelined from TV interviews but he’s still doing online conversations along with print pieces, such as an online cover story for InStyle. On Thursday, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, who has become the star expert during the coronavirus pandemic…

A two-year independent civil rights audit of Facebook worred that any advances by the platform that reaches more than 2 billion people "could be obscured by the vexing and heartbreaking decisions Facebook has made that represent significant setbacks for civil rights." The highly-anticipated third and last update to an…

Civil rights activists called a Tuesday meeting with Facebook a wash and said they're unconvinced the social media giant is doing enough to combat hate speech. “Today we saw little and heard just about nothing,” said Anti-Defamation League CEO Jonathan Greenblatt during a press conference after a coalition of groups…

Starbucks, Coca-Cola and UK-based beer and spirits giant Diageo have joined a growing advertiser boycott of Facebook, but Wall Street analysts are split on its ultimate impact on the tech giant. About 170 companies of varying sizes have paused ads on Facebook in an organized response to the social networking company’s…

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said that the platform will start to label posts from politicians and other public figures that may violate its policies, while removing posts that incite violence or suppress voting. “Even if a politician or government official says it, if we determine that content may lead to violence or…

Facebook is investing $200 million to support black-owned businesses, black creators and nonprofits supporting the black community, building on earlier investments and part of a broader $1.1 billion investment in Black and diverse suppliers and communities in the US. Thursday's announcement,  amidst a growing push by…

As the struggle over President Donald Trump’s use of social media continues, a half-dozen Facebook executives have taken the unusual step of publicly criticizing the company’s permissive stance on Trump’s messages. Some employees, working from home, decided to stage a virtual walkout by not logging in to work Monday. T…

Stepping into choppy waters for social media, Facebook chairman-CEO Mark Zuckerberg weighed in, saying Wednesday the platform's criteria for removing content remains "imminent harm" — not harm "down the line." But he told shareholders at the company’s annual meeting that the company continues to police hate speech…

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said Thursday that most Facebook employees can work from home wherever they want. But they should not expect to get Silicon Valley salary levels if they relocate to less-expensive areas. Speaking at an internal employee town hall meeting livestreamed on Facebook, Zuckerberg said the…