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Global tech firms gear up to fight India’s planned data law
Facebook, Mastercard and PayPal fear the new law would increase their compliance and infrastructure costs, and affect planned investments.
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Facebook blocked in Tripoli and other cities as fighting rages: residents
Facebook is the main platform for news in Libya with officials, ministries and armed groups that effectively control the country posting statements there.
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Trump vows to fight censorship of conservatives by social media firms
Trump told a campaign-style rally in Indiana on Thursday that his administration is standing up for free-speech rights.
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Instagram says users can now evaluate authenticity of accounts
Instagram also said it will allow the use of third-party apps such as DUO Mobile and Google Authenticator for two-factor authentication to help users securely log in to their accounts.
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Iran-based political influence operation - bigger, persistent, global
Facebook and other companies said last week that multiple social media accounts and websites were part of an Iranian project to covertly influence public opinion in other countries.
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Trump says it is 'dangerous' for Twitter, Facebook to ban accounts
Trump’s comments in an interview with Reuters come as the social media industry faces mounting scrutiny from Congress to police foreign propaganda.
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Facebook says will add Shaquille show, singing contest to video lineup
Facebook Watch launched in the United States a year ago with original series, news programs and user-created videos.
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US lawmakers press Facebook over Chinese data sharing
The bipartisan criticism reflected rising frustration in Congress about how Facebook protects the privacy of the more than 2 billion people who use its services worldwide.
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US investigating Cambridge Analytica - 'New York Times'
Prosecutors have sought to question former Cambridge Analytica employees and banks that handled its business, the newspaper said, citing an American official and others familiar with the inquiry,
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UK watchdog orders Cambridge Analytica to hand over American's personal data
Data privacy activists say that it sets a precedent that would enable millions of other US voters to request information that the company had collected on them.
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WhatsApp raises minimum age in Europe to 16 ahead of data law change
It is not clear how or if the age limit will be checked given the limited data requested and held by the service.
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Concerns raised over personal info in wake of Facebook data breach
The company that developed a personality quiz app, Cambridge Analytica, is at the centre of the scandal.
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Zuckerberg to meet with US lawmakers Monday: sources
A Facebook spokesman said on Sunday that the company plans to begin telling affected users on Monday.
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Facebook shares rise as Zuckerberg soothes investors
The company’s shares have sunk 16%, wiping more than $80 billion from its market value since 16 March, when the news broke of the use of its data by political consultancy Cambridge Analytica.
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Zuckerberg disavows memo saying all user growth is good
Facebook users, advertisers and investors have been in an uproar for months over a series of scandals.
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Facebook cuts ties to data brokers in blow to targeted ads
Facebook adjusted the privacy settings on its service on Wednesday, giving users control over their personal information in fewer taps.
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Apple, IBM chiefs call for more data oversight after Facebook breach
US lawmakers on Friday officially requested that Facebook’s Mark Zuckaberg explain at a congressional hearing how user’s data was released to the consultancy.
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Zuckerberg apologises for Facebook mistakes with user data, vows curbs
Mark Zuckerberg said in a post on Facebook the company 'made mistakes, there's more to do, and we need to step up and do it.'
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Facebook shares slide after reports of data misuse
The move would knock $23.8 billion off the social network’s market value of $538 billion as of Friday’s close and shares in other social media companies including Twitter Inc and Snap Inc also dipped.
