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Zuckerberg in 2017: People share on Facebook because they trust ‘privacy is going to be protected’

When Mark Zuckerberg sat down to record an episode of Freakonomics Radio’s “Secret Life of CEOs” last summer, he couldn’t… Read More

Jeff Bezos

President Trump reportedly ‘obsessed’ with regulating Amazon, wants to clip Jeff Bezos’ wings

Everywhere you turn these days, there’s chatter about government regulation of Facebook. But President Donald Trump reportedly has another tech… Read More

TLDR: Apple’s new iPad, big Pokémon Go update, and Zuckerberg will face Congress

[Editor’s Note: TLDR is GeekWire’s daily news rundown, hosted by Starla Sampaco. Watch today’s update above, subscribe to GeekWire on YouTube to catch… Read More

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg to testify before Congress about data privacy

News Brief: CNN reports that Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has decided to testify before Congress about data privacy, following reports… Read More

FTC investigating Facebook as social network’s public trust and stock price plummet

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission is opening an investigation into Facebook’s privacy practices, following reports last week that political consultancy… Read More

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Week In Geek Podcast: What will it take for us to quit Facebook?

Facebook is still reeling from the revelation that a British firm, Cambridge Analytica, improperly used millions of its users’ data.… Read More

Facebook escalates AI talent wars, makes key hire from Paul Allen’s AI2 in push to grow Seattle team

Facebook has made a high-profile hire as part of a plan to expand its AI research team in Seattle —… Read More

Should we pay for Facebook? ‘Something needs to change’ to resolve data privacy tension

Many of us pay a monthly or annual fee for Netflix, Spotify, Amazon Prime and other online services. So why… Read More

Mark Zuckerberg

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg breaks silence on data breach scandal

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg made his first public statement Wednesday following reports thatRepublican campaign operatives obtained data from 50 million… Read More

Washington senator says Mark Zuckerberg should ‘not be silent’ on Facebook user data scandal

Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-WA) added her voice to the chorus of lawmakers calling for Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg to testify… Read More

Facebook stock plunges amid reports of Trump campaign consultants using unauthorized data from 50M users

Facebook shares were down more than 7 percent Monday in the wake of damaging reports that Republican campaign operatives obtained… Read More

Video: Inside Facebook’s newest office building with one of its first Seattle employees

When Vijaye Raji came to Facebook in 2011 from Microsoft, he was one of about 15 engineers crammed into a… Read More

Facebook opens big new Seattle building, boosting total capacity in the city to nearly 3,000 people

RELATED: Inside Facebook’s newest office building with one of its first Seattle employees Facebook debuted a new office building in Seattle… Read More

Mark Zuckerberg

Number of daily Facebook users drops for first time in N. America as Zuckerberg calls 2017 a hard year

Lingering bad feelings toward Facebook’s response to Russian-linked accounts spreading “fake news” during the 2016 U.S. presidential campaign could be… Read More

Facebook launches local news section in Olympia, Wash., and 5 other cities

Facebook announced two updates designed to connect users with more trusted local news Monday. The first is a new section… Read More

Mark Zuckerberg

Mark Zuckerberg makes fixing Facebook’s most controversial problems his ‘personal challenge’ for 2018

Facebook’s image suffered some serious blows in 2017. So rather than wear a tie everyday or learn a complex foreign… Read More

What is Facebook doing in Microsoft’s backyard? Building purchases point to Oculus expansion

An entity that shares the same infamous address as Facebook — 1 Hacker Way in Menlo Park, Calif. — has… Read More

Facebook cracks down on posts that bait users into liking and sharing content

If you’re tired of seeing posts ordering you to “like if you’re not you before your morning coffee” or “tag… Read More

Amazon and Facebook to compete for live sports supremacy in 2018, new report predicts

Amazon is poised to become a live sports powerhouse as soon as next year, a new report predicts, as more… Read More

Messenger Kids

Facebook launches Messenger for kids under 13 — let’s chat about how unnecessary that is

Facebook announced Monday that it is rolling out a new app in the U.S. called Messenger Kids, targeting young people… Read More

Giving Tuesday

Gates Foundation and Facebook quickly match $2M in donations to nonprofits for #GivingTuesday

Like! The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and Facebook teamed up again for #GivingTuesday, the annual global charitable event aimed… Read More

Facebook suicide help

Can AI help prevent suicide? Facebook hopes to better identify posts and get aid to users in need

Facebook already relies on the connections between people to help identify and prevent its users from harming themselves. The social… Read More

Facebook-owned Oculus makes big hiring push in Seattle region amid rumors of real estate expansion

A month ago, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg called his shot: He wants to get 1 billion people into the virtual… Read More

Deadline 2020: Regulators need to catch up to social media propaganda by the next big election

Social media’s greatest strength and weakness is the egalitarianism that defines it. Facebook and Twitter have given a voice to… Read More

Mark Zuckerberg

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg on Russian election meddling: ‘We are not going to stand for it’

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said today he is “dead serious” about getting to the bottom of Russian government-backed agents’ impact on… Read More

Facebook crushes Wall Street expectations, but warns crackdown on abuse will impact profitability

Facebook outperformed Wall Street expectations, as it has pretty much every quarter for the past five years, but bigger issues… Read More

Facebook Marketplace doubles down on used car sales as it battles OfferUp and Craigslist

Facebook is diving deeper into used cars through its Marketplace platform, as the social giant looks to separate itself in… Read More

The Oatmeal

‘The Oatmeal’ creator rips Facebook in comic — and Facebook asks if he wants to ‘boost’ the post

Mathew Inman, the Seattle-based creator of the popular comic “The Oatmeal,” took a shot at Facebook in a new strip… Read More

At Facebook hackathon, engineers combine Seattle data with machine learning to solve civic issues

Last week, Facebook held a civic hackathon, inviting in-house engineers as well as representatives from other tech companies to combine… Read More

Facebook Spaces

Mark Zuckerberg apologizes after ‘magical’ Facebook VR tour of hurricane-torn Puerto Rico

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg was forced to apologize in the comments of his own post on Tuesday after a demo… Read More

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