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Peter Thiel Said to Join Trump’s Presidential Transition Team

EghtesadOnline: Venture capitalist Peter Thiel will join President-Elect Donald Trump’s transition team, a move that solidifies the Facebook Inc. board member’s power and could help Silicon Valley have a say in the next administration.
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Publish Date:12/November/2016 | 08:02
Former employees of both companies are grappling with Facebook's and Twitter's role as a news filter.

Facebook and Twitter Contend With Their Role in Trump's Victory

EghtesadOnline: America just endured its first presidential election in which the majority of the electorate got its news from social media. And the outcome is already prompting soul searching by the companies that shaped it.
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Publish Date:10/November/2016 | 24:01

Facebook executives feel the heat of content controversies

EghtesadOnline: After Facebook 's removal of an iconic Vietnam war photo stirred an international uproar last month, the social network's executives quickly backtracked and cleared its publication.
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Publish Date:28/October/2016 | 09:17

Facebook to build data center in Denmark: report

EghtesadOnline: Facebook is to build its third data center outside the United States in Denmark to store and manage the social media giant's growing data, such as photos and videos, a Danish news website reported.
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Publish Date:04/October/2016 | 07:55

Facebook apologizes for overstating key ad metric

EghtesadOnline: Facebook Inc on Friday apologized for an error in the way it measured a key metric of video viewership that significantly amplified users' viewing times on its platform.
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Publish Date:24/September/2016 | 24:27

Facebook reinstates Vietnam photo after outcry over censorship

EghtesadOnline: Facebook Inc on Friday reinstated a Vietnam War-era photo of a naked girl fleeing a napalm attack, after a public outcry over its removal of the image including harsh criticism from Norway's prime minister.
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Publish Date:10/September/2016 | 08:29

Nordic Media Giant Merges Tech Operations to Take on Google

EghtesadOnline: Nordic media group Schibsted ASA is combining technological development at its biggest newspapers, including the Swedish tabloid Aftonbladet and the Norwegian daily Aftenposten, to claw back revenue from technology giants such as Google and Facebook .
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Publish Date:07/September/2016 | 09:49

Facebook to Follow Privacy Rules in Europe, Then Everywhere Else

EghtesadOnline: Facebook Inc. is starting to comply with new privacy rules in Europe. And then, to get ahead of scrutiny everywhere else, the company said it will provide the same protections to the rest of its 2 billion users.
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Publish Date:18/April/2018 | 24:43

Zuckerberg’s Go-To Strategy Faces Scrutiny in Congress

EghtesadOnline: Mark Zuckerberg has a well-worn strategy for fixing Facebook flaws. The company launches products, people complain, and then it decides if there’s anything it should change once the furor gets loud enough.
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Publish Date:11/April/2018 | 07:19

Facebook Wants to Set Up Your Playdates

EghtesadOnline: It's been a few months since Mark Zuckerberg decided that Facebook 's new mission would be to "bring people closer together." The product teams are working hard to respond to his call to produce "meaningful interactions" between users. So far, the results are awkward.
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Publish Date:15/February/2018 | 14:54

Facebook ‘Embeds’ Advised Trump’s Campaign, Digital Director Says

EghtesadOnline: Facebook Inc.’s platform was a crucial messaging tool for President Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign, according to the campaign’s digital director -- who told CBS’s “60 Minutes” that he hand-picked pro-Trump “embeds” from the company to help him use the platform in targeted ways.
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Publish Date:08/October/2017 | 07:57