• Facebook Exec Pens Damning Memo Days After the Cambridge Analytica Scandal

    Facebook Exec Pens Damning Memo Days After the Cambridge Analytica Scandal

    It feels like there’s always something happening with Facebook.  And, if I’m being honest, it almost always seems like it has to do with security.  Today’s news is no different.  What we are learning is that Facebook’s outgoing security chief, Alex Stamos, sent out a pretty incredible internal memo just days after the Cambridge Analytica…

  • Facebook Has Allowed Another Company to Steal User Data

    Facebook Has Allowed Another Company to Steal User Data

    Facebook is still quite deep in the Cambridge Analytica scandal, and now they’re facing another one.  Facebook has suspended another data analysis firm that received user data.  This time, the firm is Crimson Hexagon.  Before I go too much farther, I just want to say – should we be surprised?  This is Facebook, and well,…

  • Should Facebook Attempt to Stop the Spread of Fake News?

    Should Facebook Attempt to Stop the Spread of Fake News?

    Facebook is really trying to put fake news into its rear-view mirror.  This makes sense to me.  This isn’t a good news story, because it’s caused so much damage over the last few years.  That’s why I applaud Facebook (although it doesn’t always seem that way) for trying to rid itself of the scourge that…