Whether you're someone who's tired of the Facebook drama on your feed, someone who is 100% not down with this recent Cambridge Analytica stuff, or someone who just genuinely wants off of all social media for a while (we don't blame you at this point, TBH), then here's how to get rid of that pesky Facebook account. How to deactivate your Facebook profile temporarily from your iPhone or iPad Deactivating your Facebook account is easy to do and can be reversed by merely signing into an app or browser again. If you're wanting some time away but don't want to commit to deleting just yet, here's how: Launch the Facebook app on your iPhone or iPad. Tap on More in the bottom navigation. It looks like three lines on top of one another. Tap on Settings. Tap Account Settings in the menu that appears on screen. Tap General at the top of your screen. Tap Manage Account. Tap on Deactivate under the Account option. You will be prompted to enter your password. Tap Continue and confirm that you'd … [Read more...] about How to delete your Facebook account
Facebook executives lay out their plan to protect US election integrity in the future
Facebook has certainly been in a bit of hot water lately. The company has been the target of numerous lawsuits and widespread community backlash following the recent Cambridge Analytica data privacy debacle and CEO Mark Zuckerburg soon plans to testify in front of Congress regarding the incident. Regardless, it seems the company is ready to move past their issues now. Today, several Facebook executives laid out the their plans to improve the platform in the future. For now, those plans include steps Facebook is taking to "protect election security" during the US 2018 midterm elections and onward. "...during the 2016 US election, foreign actors tried to undermine the integrity of the electoral process. Their attack included taking advantage of open online platforms — such as Facebook — to divide Americans, and to spread fear, uncertainty and doubt," Facebook's VP of Product Management Guy Rosen said during a press conference. "...none of us can turn back the clock, but we … [Read more...] about Facebook executives lay out their plan to protect US election integrity in the future
Facebook VP’s memo suggests growth should come at any cost, even if it puts users in danger
Facebook is learning that no matter how bad things are, they can always get worse. The latest PR disaster to hit the company has come in the form of a leaked internal memo, in which VP Andrew “Boz” Bosworth suggests that the platform’s growth should come at any cost, even if it means someone killing themselves as a result of bullying or people being killed in terror attacks organized on the site. In the 2016 memo, which is aptly titled “the ugly” and was published on Buzzfeed, Bosworth writes, “anything that allows us to connect more people more often is *de facto* good.” ...Maybe someone finds love. Maybe it even saves the life of someone on the brink of suicide. So we connect more people That can be bad if they make it negative. Maybe it costs a life by exposing someone to bullies. Maybe someone dies in a terrorist attack coordinated on our tools. And still we connect people. The ugly truth is that we believe in connecting people so deeply … [Read more...] about Facebook VP’s memo suggests growth should come at any cost, even if it puts users in danger
Tim Cook on Facebook’s privacy mishaps: ‘We’d never make our customers the product’
Facebook's privacy and security habits - you know, the same ones that have been going on ever since FarmVille was popular - is suddenly the focus of attention for everyone, including Apple 's CEO Tim Cook. He recently sat down for an interview, and, when asked what he would do if he was Mark Zuckerberg now, quickly replied: " I wouldn’t be in this situation ." Pressed again, he clarified the point further: " We could make a ton of money if our customer was our product. We’ve elected not to do that ." After all, the whole privacy kerfuffle started only after it became clear that Facebook might have been used to steer public opinion in President Trump's favor by the red menace. No, not the Huawei P20 Pro , but those big bad Russians, who might have been less than enthusiastic about America's electoral process, and might have tried to influence it in order to land with friendlier candidate - you know, the way they, and other external players, have been doing the … [Read more...] about Tim Cook on Facebook’s privacy mishaps: ‘We’d never make our customers the product’
Zuckerberg Finds It’s Not Easy to Tame Facebook’s Growth Obsession
When Mark Zuckerberg isn't responding to the latest scandal engulfing his company, he's actually trying to fix Facebook: He's trying to redirect its obsession with growth—in users and in the time they spend on Facebook—to focus on whether those users have good experiences on the platform. The problem is that he'd prefer the world not know exactly how obsessed with these metrics his company was. And the world is not cooperating. Facebook’s growth obsession dates back roughly a decade, to the creation of a team of hundreds of people to scientifically study and manage growth. Over time, growth targets played a big role in how much employees got paid. The latest graphic evidence of how deeply this philosophy was embedded in Facebook’s DNA arrived late Thursday as BuzzFeed got its hands on a 2016 memo from Facebook VP Andrew Bosworth written a day after the shooting death of a Chicago man was captured on Facebook Live. Bosworth titled it “The Ugly,” and … [Read more...] about Zuckerberg Finds It’s Not Easy to Tame Facebook’s Growth Obsession