It is now increasingly difficult for existing regulators to capture the true extent of what is happening online, let alone whether these practices violate democratic norms
Facebook is taking huge leaps in the fight against anti-vaxxers. The company plans to lower the rank of pages and groups that proliferate false information regarding vaccinations.
Hundreds of millions of Facebook users had their account passwords stored in plain text and searchable by thousands of Facebook employees — in some cases going back to 2012, KrebsOnSecurity has learned.
After being pressured by experts to monitor the growing number of anti-vaccination groups on their social media platform, Facebook vows to remove all anti-vaccination posts that could lead to misinformation.
A recent ruling from an Austrian court says that popular social media firm Facebook must delete the hate speech postings not only in Austria but worldwide.