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Facebook signs licensing deal with century-old Indian music label
The Kolkata-based company, which sold vinyls and cassettes under household name HMV for decades, is India's oldest music label and released the country's first...
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Facebook launches new chat app for couples
The app is currently available only on Apple’s App Store in the United States and Canada, according to data from industry site Sensor Tower.
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Facebook feature lets people reach out for help in pandemic
The Community Help feature was added to the social network four years ago as a way to find shelter, food or supplies during natural disasters, and this week added the COVID-19 crisis to that list.
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Facebook offers $100m to help virus-hit news media
Facebook said it will offer grants 'to publishers most in need in the hardest hit countries.'
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Facebook aims its Messenger at coronavirus battle
Software makers, for example, could help agencies automate answering common questions, to allow staff to tackle more challenging tasks.
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Facebook removes Trump ad disguised as census message
The ads encouraged readers to 'take the official 2020 Congressional District Census,' but clicking on the messages directed users to a Trump campaign website.
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Facebook increases parental control features in Messenger Kids app
The new features will include access for parents to see their children’s chat history and will allow them to keep a track of the accounts which are blocked or unblocked on the application, the company said.
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Twitter to ban political ads worldwide on its platform
The move comes with Facebook under pressure to apply fact-checking to politicians running ads with debunked claims.
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Zuckerberg to 'go to the mat' to fight breakup: report
Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg has pledged to 'go to the mat' to fight a government attempt to break up the social media giant, according to a report Tuesday based on a leaked audio recording.
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Facebook acknowledges flaw in Messenger Kids app
Facebook Inc acknowledged a flaw in its Messenger Kids app, weeks after two US senators raised privacy concerns about the application, and said that it spoke to the US Federal Trade Commission about the matter.
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Facebook tightens rules for political ads ahead of US elections
The move is the latest by Facebook to crack down on efforts to deceive or manipulate users after the social network admitted lapses in the 2016 election.
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Facebook settles French 'censorship' case over vagina painting
The painting is one of many treasures that adorn the Musee d'Orsay in Paris and Durand argued that the US tech giant was infringing on his freedom of expression.
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Facebook to fix kids app flaw allowing chats with strangers
It said it has been shutting down the group chats involved and notifying thousands of parents that their children many have unintentionally connected with strangers.
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Instagram hides 'likes' from more users
The Facebook-owned social media giant's trial changes mean users in the six countries will no longer be able to see the number of likes other people's posts receive.
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Facebook takes on the world of cryptocurrency with 'Libra' coin
The Libra coin plan, backed by financial and nonprofit partners, represents an ambitious new initiative for the world's biggest social network.
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Facebook use eroding in US as social media under pressure
The average amount of time US adults spent at Facebook dropped by three minutes per day last year and will likely decrease by another minute next year.
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Facebook shuts dozens of fake-news pages ahead of EU vote: NGO
The US-based Avaaz online activist group said it had alerted Facebook to more than 500 pages and accounts suspected of fuelling disinformation campaigns.
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Facebook 'labels' posts by hand, posing privacy questions
The workers categorise items according to five 'dimensions,' as Facebook calls them.
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Facebook's flood of languages leave it struggling to monitor content
The language deficit complicates Facebook’s battle to rein in harmful content and the damage it can cause, including to the company itself.
