Shortly after midnight Pacific time on October 6, 2010, a new app built by a small team went live on Apple's App Store. Right away, they noticed people abroad signing up for the app, called Instagram; by 6 a.m. the startup was so overwhelmed with traffic that its servers reportedly melted down.
Sacha Baron Cohen has had it with social media.
Steak, scallops and the future of American democracy were among the items on the menu at one of Mark Zuckerberg's homes on Monday night as the Facebook CEO hosted a dinner for American civil rights leaders.
The executive overseeing Facebook's recently-unveiled news section appeared to defend the company's controversial decision to include Breitbart, a far-right website known for misinformation, as one of its sources.
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg used a call typically reserved for detailing financial results to defend the company's decision to keep running political ads on its platform.
"Saturday Night Live" opened this week's episode with Alec Baldwin reprising his role as President Trump. The NBC variety show had Baldwin's commander in chief holding one of his rallies.
A left-leaning PAC ran a Facebook ad falsely claiming that Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham endorsed the Green New Deal. The ad came after Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez grilled Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg earlier this week about the company's policy of allowing politicians to run ads on the platform that are false.
When Mark Zuckerberg announced that Facebook was developing a section for news, he said it would be devoted to curating "high quality" information from "trustworthy" sources. That was back in April.
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg faces intense questioning in Washington, D.C., over Facebook's political ads policy.
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg reluctantly offered Congress a few details about his September meeting with President Donald Trump, telling lawmakers on Wednesday that antitrust did not come up during their conversation in the Oval Office.
Mark Zuckerberg conceded on Wednesday that there is a scenario in which Facebook might have to rethink its involvement in its controversial cryptocurrency project, Libra, if the currency does not receive appropriate US regulatory approval.
A slew of policy changes this week at Facebook show how the social media giant can act decisively on pressing public policy matters — when it chooses to.
With the US presidential election barely a year away, Facebook is still working to get its house in order.
During a "Conversation on Free Expression" at Georgetown University on Thursday, just after Mark Zuckerberg delivered his "unfiltered take" on free speech, journalist John Stanton issued a statement from his seat in the audience. The Facebook CEO had stressed the importance of "voice and inclusion," defending the platform's impartiality.
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg sought to recast the challenges facing his company in a historical light on Thursday, describing social media as a kind of "Fifth Estate" and describing politicians' calls to clamp down on tech companies as an effort to restrict the freedom of expression.
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg doesn't believe Twitter should take away President Donald Trump's digital megaphone.
A days-long feud between Sen. Elizabeth Warren and Facebook intensified over the weekend as Warren openly accused the company of "taking money to promote lies."
A fresh series of Facebook ads this week by Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Elizabeth Warren seeks to put the social media giant on the defensive — by telling a lie.
The debate over Facebook's decision to allow President Trump's reelection campaign to pay to run false ads on its platform encapsulates the awkward moral, social and civil questions that have dogged the company since 2016.
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg will testify before a House committee later this month as Congress scrutinizes the tech giant's plans for a digital currency.
Mark Zuckerberg, the fifth richest person in the world with many billions of dollars to his name, said he "understands" where Bernie Sanders is coming from when the Democratic presidential candidate says billionaires shouldn't exist.
Congress is concerned about Facebook's Libra cryptocurrency, and one committee wants to question the folks in charge: Both Mark Zuckerberg and Sheryl Sandberg have been asked to testify before the House Financial Services Committee about Facebook's plans for Libra.
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg recently admitted to employees that the prospect of an Elizabeth Warren presidency could
In its effort to bring the Libra cryptocurrency to life, perhaps the biggest hurdle for Facebook is a lack of trust and opposition from regulators around the world, who are concerned about Libra's potential implications for privacy and financial stability and Facebook's role
