Tag: Facebook

Former Texas jailer charged over Facebook account

Former Texas jailer charged over Facebook account

Washington Examiner · October 16, 2014 11:55 am

FILE - A Facebook log is displayed on the screen of an iPad, in this Wednesday, May 16, 2012 file photo taken in New York. Facebook Inc. is launching a tool that lets users notify friends and family that they are safe during or after natural disasters. The tool, called "Safety Check," will be available worldwide to the social network's 1.32 billion users on computers and mobile devices. This includes the basic "feature" phones many people still use to access Facebook, especially in developing countries. (AP Photo/James H. Collins)

Facebook creates ‘Safety Check’ tool for disasters

Washington Examiner · October 16, 2014 11:21 am

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, right, speaks during a joint press conference with Indonesian President-elect Joko Widodo, left, after their meeting in Jakarta, Indonesia, Monday, Oct. 13, 2014. Zuckerberg and Widodo discussed ways to take advantage of the online social networking service for beneficial of national development. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim)

Zuckerberg in Indonesia for Internet-access push

Washington Examiner · October 13, 2014 7:40 am

This image obtained by The Associated Press shows part of a Facebook page for "Sondra Prince." The Justice Department said Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2014 it is reviewing a woman's complaint that a Drug Enforcement Administration agent set up a fake Facebook account using her identity. Sondra Arquiett, who was arrested on drug charges 2010 for her role in a suspected drug distribution network, is suing the agency in federal court in the Northern District, in upstate New York. (AP Photo)

Drug agency sued over its fake Facebook account

Washington Examiner · October 8, 2014 2:17 am

FILE - This Tuesday, April 1, 2014, file photo, shows a key in the ignition switch of a 2005 Chevrolet Cobalt in Alexandria, Va. Despite recall notices, thousands of news stories, highly publicized congressional hearings and two federal investigations, fewer than half of the roughly 2.36 million people still driving Chevy Cobalts, Saturn Ions and other small cars with defective and potentially deadly ignition switches have had them replaced. (AP Photo/Molly Riley, File)

GM uses Facebook, calls to get recalled cars fixed

Tom Krisher · October 6, 2014 8:19 pm

Social networking giant Facebook has come under increased scrutiny from members of Congress over its handling of consumer data and information with third-parties.

Facebook closes WhatsApp purchase now worth $21.8B

Washington Examiner · October 6, 2014 6:23 pm

EU antitrust body OKs Facebook’s $19B WhatsApp bid

EU antitrust body OKs Facebook’s $19B WhatsApp bid

Washington Examiner · October 3, 2014 6:19 am

Facebook tightens research guidelines

Facebook tightens research guidelines

Barbara Ortutay · October 2, 2014 9:02 pm

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Beltway Confidential

Facebook’s new ad service reaches beyond the social network

Paul Gonzalez · September 29, 2014 7:58 pm

This March 21, 2011 photo provided by the Oklahoma Department of Corrections shows Alton Nolen, of Moore, Okla. Prison records indicate that Nolen, the suspect in the beheading of a co-worker at an Oklahoma food processing plant Thursday, had spent time in prison and was on probation for assaulting a police officer. (AP Photo/Oklahoma Department of Corrections)

Oklahoma beheading suspect’s Facebook posts hint at terror roots

Mark Flatten · September 27, 2014 8:46 pm

Facebook has announced a new initiative that would use unmanned drones to bring wireless Internet access to developing countries. (iStock Photo)

Beltway Confidential

Facebook to launch drones as early as 2015

Paul Gonzalez · September 25, 2014 6:20 pm

By using the âÅVoter to Voterâï¿½ Facebook app, GOP voters pledge their support in the November elections, and then are prompted to challenge three other friends to do the same. (Screenshot)

GOP pushes voters to the polls via Facebook app

Kelly Cohen · September 22, 2014 11:36 am