On Wednesday, Facebook said it would stop using companies such as Acxiom to provide additional data to Facebook's clients for the purpose of targeted advertising.
The Wall Street Journal reports here on how Russian troll farms have exploited cracks in social media for propaganda purposes, appropriating images for re-use in their disinformation campaigns. Arkansas angle:
The state Public Service Commission today took the somewhat unusual step of issuing a news release to correct information circulating on Facebook about electric rates.
Can public officials block critics from Twitter and Facebook pages? Courts are entering the fray, which has many implications in Arkansas. Think Jason Rapert for starters.
State Sen. Jake Files, 45, of Fort Smith, pleaded guilty in federal court today to charges of wire fraud, bank fraud and money laundering.He's expected to resign from the Senate tomorrow.
Recode reports that Facebook is testing a new local-news section from vetted sources called "Today In," testing it in six cities, including Little Rock.
The LRPD has acknowledged a complaint by the Black Little Rock Police Officers Association about a racially ringed Facebook post by a man believed to be a member of the police recruit class.
A former administrative assistant in the Garland County Judge's office who used part of the $162,598 she put on county credit to buy, among other things, a tuxedo for her Pug, plead guilty yesterday to six felony counts of fraudulent use of a credit card.
An Arkansas plaintiff and Little Rock law firm figure in settlement of a class action lawsuit against Facebook for scanning private Facebook messages to target advertising.