Tag: social media
Facebook creates oversight board to judge complaints about content
The independent board will seek to provide a detached application of Facebook’s ethical standards to improve the governance of social media content.
Social media: when personal beliefs clash with corporate values
Recent cases of controversial social media posts have focused attention on what happens when employees’ beliefs or opinions contradict their employers’ values. It’s the responsibility of the board to lead an offline discussion with staff about the boundaries of their personal and professional personas.
Risk hotspots: a global roundup
Pressure grows on social media companies, the economy slows in South Korea, France and Italy fall out, while Alphabet and Shell go fly a kite.
US corporates open up on political donations
As the 2020 US presidential elections approach, political donations are a hot topic for companies and their customers—and a potential source of reputational risk.
Cambridge Analytica and Facebook scandal ‘a failure of governance’
The data breach involving 87 million Facebook users and Cambridge Analytica, the data analytics firm, was a “profound failure of governance” within the social media business, according to a committee of UK MPs.
Zuckerberg under fire over Facebook governance
Shareholders reportedly seek an independent chairman and a reform of voting rights at the social media giant.
Twitter faces calls for user ownership
Small shareholders propose user ownership at Twitter as a bulwark against the pressures of Wall Street.