The Wall Street Journal: U.K. lawmakers scold Facebook, call for increased social-media regulation

Congress has held high-profile hearings on Facebook and is debating new regulation of social media companies, but a Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll finds that Americans have only a limited appetite for new government oversight of social media companies......»»

Apple Inc. plans to make the social-media app Parler available through its App Store again, the computer and smartphone company said in a letter to lawmakers on Monday......»»

Facebook Inc. (NASDAQ: FB) employees have raised concerns over China’s use of the social media platform to spread state propaganda about its Uyghur minority population, the Wall Street Journal read more.....»»

The coordination of the pages was uncovered in an analysis conducted by the social-media intelligence company Storyful, which is owned by News Corp, parent of MarketWatch and Wall Street Journal publisher Dow Jones......»»

In a statement just after midday, the social-media giant blamed the issue on a problem in its central software systems. Complaints from users started surfacing midmorning Thursday on the East Coast......»»

Facebook Inc's upcoming news tab will feature headlines from the Wall Street Journal and some other News Corp media properties when it launches in fall of 2019, the social network said on Friday......»»

News Corp has reached a deal to let Facebook Inc. feature headlines from The Wall Street Journal and other Dow Jones media properties, as well as the New York Post, in the social-media giant’s coming news section, the companies said......»»

Facebook Inc. plans to exempt opinion pieces and satire from its fact-checking program, according to people familiar with the matter, as the social-media giant grapples with how to stop the spread of falsehoods while maintaining its own neutrality......»»

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission approved a roughly $5 billion settlement with Facebook Inc this week over its investigation into the social media company's handling of user data, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday......»»

Facebook Inc. has signed up more than a dozen companies including Visa Inc., Mastercard Inc., PayPal Holdings Inc. and Uber Technologies Inc. to back the new cryptocurrency that the social-media giant plans to unveil next week......»»

Facebook Inc. is bringing on a new top lawyer and a communications boss to handle the mounting regulatory and public-relations issues facing the social-media giant......»»

Facebook Inc. employees earned a median pay package of more than $240,000 last year while Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg’s total compensation was more than $8.8 million, according to the social-media company’s 2017 proxy......»»

Shares of Facebook (FB) opened higher on Friday after the Wall Street Journal reported that the social media company is close to announcing its first set of video news shows, from outlets such as Fox News (FOXA) and CNN (TWX)......»»

Facebook Inc. will give a newly formed group of academics “full access” to data on its 2.2 billion users for the purpose of identifying areas of research about the effects of social media on elections and democracy, the group said Wednesday......»»

New features will tell users how much time they’ve spent scrolling through their social media feeds......»»

Italy’s largest bank, UniCredit SpA, stopped advertising on Facebook Inc. in March, citing what it said was unethical behavior by the social-media giant related to a scandal involving data firm Cambridge Analytica......»»

After WhatsApp co-founder Jan Koum announced he was leaving Facebook Inc. in late April, he has continued showing up at least monthly at the social-media giant’s headquarters.in Menlo Park, Calif......»»

Facebook Inc. dismantled 652 pages, groups and accounts engaged in an coordinated influence campaign ahead of the 2018 U.S. midterm elections, part of the social-media company’s broader purge of bad actors on its site......»»

Facebook Inc. dismantled 652 pages, groups and accounts engaged in an coordinated influence campaign ahead of the 2018 U.S. midterm elections, part of the social-media company’s broader purge of bad actors on its site......»»

The Nasdaq sank more than 1 percent on Wednesday, with social media companies leading technology stocks lower as Twitter and Facebook executives faced U.S. Congress over what lawmakers see as a failure to combat foreign efforts to influence U.S. politics......»»