Facebook once built an internal facial-recognition app that allowed employees to identify people by pointing their phone cameras at them. The app, which was developed by Facebook employees between ...

Facebook, that bubbling cesspool of outdated memes and nagging birthday reminders, announced Tuesday that it can now find your beautiful face in photos you aren't even tagged in. "Powered by the same ...

The furor around Facebook and its many privacy transgressions seem to have died down a bit recently. You only hear about Facebook in the news lately whenever CEO Mark Zuckerberg testifies before ...

Facebook filed a patent for technology that could target entire families with ads. The tech uses photos and various other data collected by the social network. In a patent filed last May and made ...

Facebook rejected millions of ad submissions in the months leading up to Election Day for failing to complete its required authorization process. In a call with reporters on Thursday, Facebook ...

Facebook Inc. has been “helping” law enforcement identify people who posted photos of themselves at the Jan. 6 riots at the U.S. Capitol, “even after the attack was over,” said Monika Bickert, the ...

In summer 2019, a new Facebook user named Carol Smith signed up for the platform, describing herself as a politically conservative mother from Wilmington, North Carolina. Smith’s account indicated an ...

Facebook has gone out of its way to help law enforcement officials identify those who participated in the January 6 riot at the US Capitol, the company said in a Thursday conference call with ...

is The Verge’s executive editor. He has covered tech, policy, and online creators for over a decade. Facebook’s moderators can’t possibly look through every single image that gets posted on the ...

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Were you one of the 30 million Facebook users who just got a heads up that your data was compromised? If you haven't heard from Facebook yet, it doesn't necessarily mean you're in the clear. You still ...

Facebook has created an option for Black-owned businesses to designate themselves as such on their Facebook and Instagram pages, the company announced today. Facebook will also amplify the reach of ...