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Within the span of a weekend, Facebook's new chatbot learned to be a racist conspiracist— and the company has already had to respond to headlines about it.

Facebook Forced to Defend Its Brand New, Already-Racist Chatbot

By Noor Al-Sibai

Mixed feelings about Mark Zuckerburg? Meta's advanced AI chatbot, BlenderBot 3, doesn't seem to know how it feels about Meta's founder and CEO, either.

Meta’s AI Chatbot Calls Mark Zuckerberg “Creepy and Manipulative”

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

META, an art installation company, is now suing Meta, the corporation formerly known as Facebook, claiming that its identity has been stolen.

Another Company Called Meta Is Suing Facebook’s Parent Company for Changing Its Name to Meta

By Frank Landymore

Vice has confirmed that Facebook is removing status updates that discuss mailed abortion pills, and has even issued temporary bans to some users.

Facebook Is Automatically Deleting Posts Offering to Mail Abortion Pills

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Facebook emperor Mark Zuckerberg has teased the existence of his company Meta's latest mixed reality headset dubbed Project Cambria.

Mark Zuckerberg Shows Off New AR Headset But Blurs It Out for Some Bizarre Reason

By Victor Tangermann

Good news, everyone: Mark Zuckerberg is not a robot after all.

Watch Mark Zuckerberg Take a CAPTCHA to Prove He’s Not a Robot

By Noor Al-Sibai

Facebook has teamed up with Ray-Ban to come up with a pair of smart sun glasses that absolutely nobody asked for.The design is as creepy as it is familiar.

Facebook: Taping Over Camera LED on Our Glasses is a TOS Violation

By Victor Tangermann

Facebook announced that is is abandoning plans to develop a brain-computer interface headset capable of turning brain signals into spoken words.

Facebook Abandons Plans for Mind-Reading Headset

By Victor Tangermann

A growing body of scientific evidence suggests there may be a link between social media use and depression, NPR reports. Facebook disagrees.

Scientists Say There’s a Clear Link Between Facebook and Depression

By Victor Tangermann

Facebook released a new video, showing off a prototype of a wrist-worn device meant to serve as a controller for its upcoming augmented reality glasses.

Facebook’s Neural Wristband Actually Sounds Pretty Cool

By Victor Tangermann

According to a new blog post, Facebook is hoping to hook up its upcoming AR glasses to a "soft wristband" that can control them.

Facebook Shows Off Neural “Wristbands” to Control AR Glasses

By Victor Tangermann

A seed company uploaded a picture of onions to market its seeds on Facebook. The algorithm flagged it for being "overtly sexualized."

Facebook Algorithm Flags Onions as “Overtly Sexualized”

By Dan Robitzski

At an event, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg reiterated that the social network is still hoping to one day release a brain-controlled wearable

Mark Zuckerberg: Wearables Will Soon Read Your Mind

By Victor Tangermann

After a week away from Facebook, undergrads felt better and made healthier choices. But they were also eager to sign on again.

A Week Break From Facebook Can Make You Less Depressed

By Dan Robitzski

Facebook released a new data policy for its Portal devices that reveals the company will occasionally store audio recordings of Portal users.

Facebook: Actually, We Do Listen to You Sometimes

By Dan Robitzski

Facebook paid third-party contractors to write up transcriptions of user's conversations, despite the company's insistence that it doesn't record us.

Facebook Has Been Secretly Transcribing Your Conversations

By Dan Robitzski

Facebook has announced it's collaborating with researchers to build a real-time brain decoding device that could help patients with neurological damage.

Facebook is Making Progress on Its Mind Reading Headset

By Victor Tangermann

Air Force “Stands Ready” to Defend Area 51 From Facebook Event

Air Force “Stands Ready” to Defend Area 51 From Facebook Event

By Victor Tangermann

Facebooks is changing how it ranks "miracle cures" and unproven medical treatments — but will it be enought to stem the medical misinformation tide?

Facebook Is Finally Fighting Its Pseudoscience “Miracle Cure” Content Problem

By Kristin Houser

In an interview, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg talked about a device that could one day allow users to navigate menus or even type using their minds alone.

Zuckerberg: Facebook is Building a Machine to Read Your Thoughts

By Victor Tangermann

On Friday, two former Facebook content moderators signed on to a lawsuit, alleging that they also suffered from symptoms of PTSD.

Former Content Moderators Are Suing Facebook Over PTSD and Trauma

By Victor Tangermann

Facebook's content moderators work under grueling conditions and are often traumatized by the videos they have to watch and remove.

Facebook Mods Are so Traumatized They’re Getting High at Work

By Dan Robitzski

A Wall Street Journal investigation reveals that several popular health tracking apps send data to Facebook without ever asking or informing users.

Those Health Apps Send Your Biometric Data Straight to Facebook

By Dan Robitzski

Leaked documents showing how Facebook controls speech online raise deep questions about the future of the company's role in international discourse.

Leaked Documents Show How Facebook Controls Speech Across the Globe

By Jon Christian

Facebook Just Shut Down Dozens of Fake Pages

Facebook Just Shut Down Dozens of Fake Pages

By Victor Tangermann

Facebook Needs Humans *And* Algorithms To Filter Hate Speech

Facebook Needs Humans And Algorithms To Filter Hate Speech

By Victor Tangermann

Think Deleting Your Facebook Profile Is Hard? Try Deleting Your Genomic Data.

By Kristin Houser

Facebook Accused of Giving Users’ Personal Data To Every Major Device Maker (Updated)

Facebook Accused of Giving Users’ Personal Data To Every Major Device Maker (Updated)

By Victor Tangermann

Uganda Is Taxing WhatsApp and Facebook, Because Users “Gossip”

Uganda Is Taxing WhatsApp and Facebook, Because Users “Gossip”

By Victor Tangermann

It’s Begun: Facebook Just Banned 200 Apps For Abusing User Data

It’s Begun: Facebook Just Banned 200 Apps For Abusing User Data

By Victor Tangermann

So, Yeah: Facebook Is Mining Your Instagram Photos, Too

So, Yeah: Facebook Is Mining Your Instagram Photos, Too

By Victor Tangermann

Facebook Wants to Use All Its Dirt on You to Help You Find Love

Facebook Wants to Use All Its Dirt on You to Help You Find Love

By Victor Tangermann

Here Are the Best Reactions to Mark Zuckerberg’s Stint in Front of Congress

Here Are the Best Reactions to Mark Zuckerberg’s Stint in Front of Congress

By Sarah Marquart

Hearings Show Congress Doesn’t Understand Facebook Well Enough To Regulate It

Hearings Show Congress Doesn’t Understand Facebook Well Enough To Regulate It

By Victor Tangermann

While Mark Zuckerberg Testified Before Congress, Senators Introduced Legislation That Would Finally Rein Facebook in

While Mark Zuckerberg Testified Before Congress, Senators Introduced Legislation That Would Finally Rein Facebook in

By Alexandra Ossola

If Zuck’s Prepared Statements Prove One Thing, It’s That Facebook Has Become Far Too Big

If Zuck’s Prepared Statements Prove One Thing, It’s That Facebook Has Become Far Too Big

By Victor Tangermann

Surprise! Quitting Facebook Could Be Bad for You.

Surprise! Quitting Facebook Could Be Bad for You.

By Kristin Houser

With GDPR Decision, Zuckerberg Proves Yet Again He Has Learned Absolutely Nothing From the Cambridge Analytica Scandal

With GDPR Decision, Zuckerberg Proves Yet Again He Has Learned Absolutely Nothing From the Cambridge Analytica Scandal

By Victor Tangermann

Post-Scandal, Facebook Isn’t The Only Social Media Site In A Downward Spiral

Post-Scandal, Facebook Isn’t The Only Social Media Site In A Downward Spiral

By Lou Del Bello

Here’s Why That Recent Abuse of Facebook Data Matters

Here’s Why That Recent Abuse of Facebook Data Matters

By Claudia Geib

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To Stop Russian Election Meddlers, Facebook Goes Analog

Microsoft and Facebook’s 4,000-Mile-Long Subsea Cable Has Been Completed

Microsoft and Facebook’s 4,000-Mile-Long Subsea Cable Has Been Completed

An Old Version of Facebook Contains a Secret Voice Assistant

An Old Version of Facebook Contains a Secret Voice Assistant

By Patrick Caughill

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Facebook Might Be Working on a Virtual Assistant for the Oculus Rift

Inside Building 8, Facebook’s Secret Innovation Weapon

Inside Building 8, Facebook’s Secret Innovation Weapon

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Facebook’s 10-Year Plan To Become The Matrix

By Matthew Lincoln

Zuckerberg: By 2100 We Will Have Cured Most All Diseases

Zuckerberg: By 2100 We Will Have Cured Most All Diseases

Zuckerberg Launched A $3-Billion Plan to “Cure All Disease”

Zuckerberg Launched A $3-Billion Plan to “Cure All Disease”

Now You Can Build Your Own 360 Degree Camera, Courtesy of Facebook

Now You Can Build Your Own 360 Degree Camera, Courtesy of Facebook

By Jelor Gallego

Facebook Wants to Bring the Internet to All Parts of the World

Facebook Wants to Bring the Internet to All Parts of the World

By Jelor Gallego

Facebook is Going to Let You Post 360-Degree Photos Soon

Facebook is Going to Let You Post 360-Degree Photos Soon

By Cecille De Jesus

Facebook Launches Chatbots for Messenger. Here’s How My Conversation Went

Facebook Launches Chatbots for Messenger. Here’s How My Conversation Went

By June Javelosa

Facebook Just Unveiled an Open-Source 360-Degree Camera

Facebook Just Unveiled an Open-Source 360-Degree Camera

By Sarah Marquart

Facebook is Integrating Oculus into its Platform. Oculus Co-founder Skeptical

Facebook is Integrating Oculus into its Platform. Oculus Co-founder Skeptical

By Miguel Santos

Mark Zuckerberg Pledges 99% of His Facebook Shares to Charity

Mark Zuckerberg Pledges 99% of His Facebook Shares to Charity

By Jolene Creighton

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Facebook’s New Algorithm Can Recognise You Even With Your Face Hidden

By Peter Davidson