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Facebook took down a network of accounts using fake identities while spreading pro-Trump messages
Dec 21, 2019Facebook on Friday said it took down a network of accounts using fake identities while spreading pro-Trump messages at the social network and Instagram. The campaign was one of two derailed for “engaging in foreign and... -
Banglalink and Facebook jointly launched the campaign “Learn More, be More”
Dec 5, 2019Banglalink, one of the leading digital communications service providers in Bangladesh, has joined forces with Facebook to train women with less access to digital facilities on how to participate in the digital world in a safe... -
Facebook can be forced to remove illegal content worldwide
Oct 3, 2019Facebook can be ordered to police and remove illegal content worldwide, Europe’s top court said on Thursday, in a landmark ruling that rights advocates say could allow authoritarian regimes to silence critics. The ruling came just... -
Visa, Mastercard Inc may reconsider their involvement in Facebook’s Libra
Oct 2, 2019Visa, Mastercard Inc and other key financial partners may reconsider their involvement in Facebook Inc’s cryptocurrency, Libra, the Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday, citing people familiar with the matter. The financial backers to Libra did not... -
Internet sector accounted for $2.1 trillion of the US economy in 2018
Sep 27, 2019The rapidly growing internet sector accounted for $2.1 trillion of the U.S. economy in 2018, or about 10% of the nation’s gross domestic product (GDP), an industry group said on Thursday. The Internet Association, a group... -
Facebook to follow Instagram by hiding likes on users’ posts during a trial in Australia
Sep 27, 2019Facebook will follow Instagram by hiding the number of likes on users’ posts during a trial in Australia. From Friday, some Australian users will no longer be able to see the number of likes – or... -
Facebook confirmed about 200 million phone numbers from members exposed in an online database
Sep 6, 2019Facebook has confirmed about 200 million phone numbers from members have been exposed in an online database. The company said it was investigating who had compiled the database and left it online unprotected. It includes telephone... -
Facebook acknowledged a flaw in its Messenger Kids app
Aug 29, 2019Facebook Inc acknowledged a flaw in its Messenger Kids app, weeks after two U.S. senators raised privacy concerns about the application, and said that it spoke to the U.S. Federal Trade Commission about the matter. “We... -
Facebook unveiled new political advertising rules ahead of US presidential election
Aug 29, 2019Facebook has unveiled new political advertising rules ahead of next year’s US presidential election amid fears the platform will be exploited. Political advertisers will now have to verify their identity before being given a “confirmed organization”... -
Facebook to ban ads that discourage people from voting ahead of the 2020 US presidential election
Jul 1, 2019Facebook Inc will ban ads that discourage people from voting ahead of the 2020 US presidential election, according to its second annual Civil Rights Audit published on Sunday. Facebook pledged to put its new “don’t vote”...
