Technology Facebook Could Face Up To $5 Billion Fine For Privacy Violations Facebook reported strong profits on Wednesday but also revealed it is setting aside $3 billion to pay a penalty to regulators for violating users' privacy. Aarti Shahani
National Under Employers' Gaze, Gen Z Is Biting Its Tongue On Social Media The post-millennial generation, known as Generation Z, is entering the workforce at a time when 70 percent of employers check social media during the hiring process. Hafsa Quraishi
Technology Facebook Promises To Stop Asking You To Wish Happy Birthday To Your Friend Who Died The social media company said new artificial intelligence will figure out who has died, and make sure their profile doesn't appear in "painful ways." Matthew S. Schwartz
Technology With Facebook Ban On White Extremism, International Norms Apply To U.S. Facebook is beginning to enforce a ban on white nationalist content this week. The move comes as Australia, Germany and other countries pass tough laws to curb hate speech. Aarti Shahani
National HUD Slaps Facebook With Housing Discrimination Charge The Department of Housing and Urban Development says Facebook allowed advertisers to use their platform to unlawfully discriminate by restricting which users can see housing ads. Brakkton Booker
National Facebook Bans White Nationalism And Separatism Content From Its Platforms The company says such content is linked to white supremacy and organized hate groups. Users who search for terms related to white supremacy will be directed to an anti-hate site. Sasha Ingber
National Man Pleads Guilty To Phishing Scheme That Fleeced Facebook, Google Of $100 Million Evaldas Rimasauskas admitted to his role in helping to orchestrate a two-year-long scam that tricked employees into wiring more than $100 million to his own company's bank accounts. Vanessa Romo
National Facebook Stored Millions Of User Passwords In Plain, Readable Text The information was held in a readable format within the company's internal data storage systems. Facebook says it "found no evidence to date" of abuse. Sasha Ingber
Technology Facebook Admits Mosque Shooting Video Was Viewed At Least 4,000 Times The video was viewed about 4,000 times before Facebook removed it. Then the social media platform had to contend with more than a million attempted re-uploads. Matthew S. Schwartz
Health Facebook Vows To Quash Anti-Vaccine Misinformation The company said ads and other content containing false information about vaccines will be pulled from the platform and accounts that persist in disseminating discredited opinions will be disabled. Vanessa Romo Patti Neighmond
