It's interesting that all the Facebook execs are putting pics and videos of their own spouses and kids on a global livestream while talking about the importance of privacy.

— Will Oremus (@WillOremus) April 30, 2019

Well this has been a fun journey pic.twitter.com/5TTcgVe9Vh

— Kevin Roose (@kevinroose) April 30, 2019

Facebook: The future is private

Also Facebook: Please list all your friends you want to sleep with https://t.co/VZiq2a9PCQ

— David Pierce (@pierce) April 30, 2019

this is wild, imagine getting a push saying one of your friends has a crush on you but you have no idea who it is, and the only way to find out is to pick the people you have crushes on, too https://t.co/zQ0aIdaJvo

— Ashley Carman (@ashleyrcarman) April 30, 2019

"Protect our privacy!"
"Stop Russians from stealing elections!"
"Ban Nazis!"

Facebook: "Hear me out...Myspace Top 8 for people who wanna bang." https://t.co/oRxlVK3t0r

— Sophie Vershbow (@svershbow) April 30, 2019

last exec just signed off by saying "the future is private" with no real hint of irony and i feel like im losing it

— rat king (@MikeIsaac) April 30, 2019

Given that my Facebook feed is married women in their 50s/60s and friends of my parents, this seems like a bold strategy. https://t.co/IpZHIKoGoN

— Christina Grace (@C_GraceT) April 30, 2019

New Friends Tab in Messenger will let you know what friends are up to. Isn't that just like regular Facebook? #f8 pic.twitter.com/2nkUmcDiz4

— Lance Ulanoff (@LanceUlanoff) April 30, 2019

I'm most excited about Messenger Emoji Status, which will let you create a text & emoji 'away message' to help you coordinate offline meetups https://t.co/T3B7HT72vr pic.twitter.com/FY4MUUVnVN

— Josh Constine (@JoshConstine) April 30, 2019

Personally, I think this alone should be enough to spur governments to break up Facebook into pieces. https://t.co/MBX6i9a6t2

— Owen Williams ⚡ (@ow) April 30, 2019

Zuckerberg smiling while saying he knows Facebook doesn’t have a good reputation for privacy is a weird vibe

— Alex Heath (@alexeheath) April 30, 2019

"this is one of our top-most requested feature," Zuck says of...... this new desktop messenger app

— Tony Romm (@TonyRomm) April 30, 2019

Talk about not knowing your demographic. I guess they sold all the data that would’ve shown them how awful an idea this is ? https://t.co/VMPAwpqdUu

— 最高 (@MixedRaceScum) April 30, 2019

Does anyone know the composition of the teams working on this? Asking because obviously https://t.co/ptHvnMQSOd

— stacy-marie ishmael (@s_m_i) April 30, 2019

Facebook Messenger's full-slate of F8 announcements:
-Desktop apps
-Video co-watching
-A faster, smaller mobile app
-Emoji Status for telling friends what you're up to
-Appointment booking & lead gen templates for biz https://t.co/T3B7HT72vr

— Josh Constine (@JoshConstine) April 30, 2019

If you have any interest in your privacy you will keep your use of messenger web-based. There’s no telling what info will be collected and send back to the mothership. https://t.co/QptIwD52tv

— Stefan Samne (@StefanSamne) April 30, 2019

Facebook Dating will let you quietly signal that you like a friend, not just strangers, with its new Secret Crush feature. It's launching in 14 more countries for a total of 19, with US launching later this year https://t.co/3s6heslQwE pic.twitter.com/ZrqIPB9Rnb

— Josh Constine (@JoshConstine) April 30, 2019

So like Bang With Friends https://t.co/E0brrcsvVa https://t.co/HcRdGy1UVr

— Taylor Lorenz (@TaylorLorenz) April 30, 2019

1 minute #f82019 https://t.co/y1yereq7KQ

— Geeman Yip (@GeemanYip) April 30, 2019

Today I am at F8, Facebook’s annual developer conference. We were expecting a big announcement, but FB May appears to have accidentally scooped itself by publishing a blog post early. The post is now deleted, but you can read my story about it here! https://t.co/92BjaNRRdK

— Laurence Dodds (@LFDodds) April 30, 2019

The next version of Facebook Messenger will be radically smallerhttps://t.co/KU86BI2QH0 pic.twitter.com/RqobsBcGb9

— The Verge (@verge) April 30, 2019

Facebook accidentally leaked its updates due for live stream revealed today https://t.co/VkpqXrmsOF #f8

— Matt Navarra (@MattNavarra) April 30, 2019

Facebook Messenger to add end-to-end encryption by default, company accidentally reveals

via @ansonmccade https://t.co/gTuXJ5ilpE #technology #TechNews #DataScience #DataScientist #DataAnalytic #ML #DeepLearning #DL #dataviz #cloud #CloudComputing #fintech #IoT #CyberSecurity pic.twitter.com/71tcIVZ9oj

— Anson McCade (@AnsonMcCade) May 1, 2019

The next version of Facebook Messenger will be radically smallerhttps://t.co/KU86BIks5A pic.twitter.com/FDQNiIuoSW

— The Verge (@verge) May 1, 2019