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A former Facebook data scientist who became a whistleblower on her way out of the company last September is calling for more transparency and oversight of social media giants while arguing in favor of keeping the controversial Section 230 clause in place.

Uber Technologies Inc (UBER.N) is pushing back its back-to-office date to late October globally, and all employees in the United States will have to be fully vaccinated before returning to office, a spokesperson said on Thursday.

Former Facebook data scientist turned whistleblower Sophie Zhang, who was fired from the social media giant last year, turned down a $64,000 severance package that would have bought her silence, according to a new report.

Facebook announced Wednesday that all its employees returning to the office will be required to be vaccinated against COVID-19

Facebook beat analysts' expectations in the second quarter, but issued a warning to investors in announcing the results.

Reps. Cathy McMorris Rodgers and Jim Jordan have drafted legislation that would remove Section 230 protections from Big Tech companies and require them to report any content moderation decisions.

The Federal Trade Commission has until Aug. 19 to file an amended version of its antitrust lawsuit against Facebook Inc. after a judge granted the agency an extension

GOP senators are demanding answers from President Joe Biden regarding his administration's coordination with social media companies to "flag" Americans' social media comments for "misinformation."

EXCLUSIVE: House Oversight Committee Republicans issued a strong rebuke Friday against President Biden's surgeon general for working with social media companies to pull coronavirus disinformation off their platforms.

EXCLUSIVE: A group of House Republicans on Thursday called on President Biden to turn over the details of his campaign to clamp down on social media coronavirus misinformation while blasting the effort as government-sponsored censorship that rivals Communist Cuba.

Rep. Jim Jordan, in a letter to Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, requested information about the company’s actions to "censor certain speech on its platform at the behest of the Biden administration."

Republican Sen. Josh Hawley said a “foreign dark money group” is behind the research cited by the Biden administration that claims 12 social media personalities are responsible for the majority of vaccine misinformation online.

President says company isn’t to blame for deaths, but adds it needs to do more to stop social-media users from spreading falsities.

President Biden’s attack on Facebook Inc. on Friday followed months of mounting private frustration inside his administration over the social-media giant’s handling of vaccine misinformation, according to U.S. officials, bringing into public view tensions that could complicate efforts to stop the spread of Covid-19.

President Biden said Monday that Facebook “isn’t killing people,” after accusing the social media giant last week of allowing misinformation related to coronavirus vaccines appear on the platform.