Tag: Facebook

President Obama and Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg take off their jackets before the start of their town hall meeting to discuss reducing the national debt, on April 20, 2011. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Feds and Silicon Valley: Is the honeymoon over?

Rudy Takala · June 13, 2016 4:01 am

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LinkedIn tops Facebook with DC establishment

Paul Bedard · June 6, 2016 1:00 pm

Rep. Vern Buchanan, R-Fla., is asking for the California National Guardsmen fix to be added to the to-do list for negotiators trying to iron out a final version of the fiscal 2017 defense policy bill.(AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

Lawmaker: We need to be checking Facebook for terrorists

Rudy Takala · June 6, 2016 4:01 am

The group said its political action committee would control which candidates are invited to use the platform. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

Tech giants including Facebook, Google seek to step up political involvement

Rudy Takala · June 3, 2016 7:34 pm

This issue isn't ultimately about conservatism. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)

Why Mark Zuckerberg changed how Facebook chooses what is news

Kristen Soltis Anderson · May 25, 2016 4:03 am

"The seriousness with which Facebook has treated these allegations and its desire to serve as an open platform for all viewpoints is evident and encouraging and I look forward to the company's actions meeting its public rhetoric," said Sen. John Thune. (Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner)

Thune: Senate GOP won’t regulate Facebook

Joel Gehrke · May 24, 2016 1:28 am

Facebook said specifically it couldn't verify allegations that news about Republican political figures, "American Sniper" Chris Kyle, former IRS employee Lois Lerner, TheBlaze owner Glenn Beck or the Drudge Report were downplayed in the trending topics section. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

Facebook can’t exclude ‘isolated improper actions’

Pete Kasperowicz · May 24, 2016 1:04 am

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg delivers the keynote address at the F8 Facebook Developer Conference in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)

On Facebook, critics see long pattern of discrimination

Rudy Takala · May 23, 2016 4:01 am

Beck also stressed that there's no actual proof of wrongdoing on Facebook's part. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

Glenn Beck: Facebook meeting was like a ‘Rainbow Coalition’ gathering

Becket Adams · May 19, 2016 8:02 pm

It was first reported that Facebook was counting URLs sent in private messages as "likes" in 2012, but the site discontinued the practice shortly afterwards. (AP Photo)

Facebook sued for scanning private user messages

Rudy Takala · May 19, 2016 8:01 pm

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, above, is working to regain the trust of Facebook users as the U.S. Federal Trade Commission investigates reports about the company's handling of consumer data.

Facebook tells conservatives it will strive to be neutral

Pete Kasperowicz · May 18, 2016 11:40 pm

Americans believe that social media manipulate the news a little bit, but not as much as traditional media. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)

Survey: Americans still trust Facebook more than the NY Times

Rudy Takala · May 18, 2016 10:00 am