Tag: fake news
2018: The year Facebook lost all its friends
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg began the year by pledging to fix the social network’s problems, but by the end of 2018 finds himself and his company under more scrutiny than ever. Martyn Landi reports on what has been a turbulent year for the social media giant.. The billionaire’s pledge was in response to scrutiny about…
Facebook’s PR and lobbying work ‘should be independently reviewed’
George Soros (Sean Dempsey/PA) The head of the foundation created by philanthropist George Soros has called for an independent review into Facebook’s lobbying practices amid allegations the site used a PR firm to undermine its critics. A New York Times report claimed Facebook used Definers to smear critics of the…
