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Facebook exec says 'no plans' to end Trump ban
The social network last week suspended Donald Trump's Facebook and Instagram accounts in the aftermath the violent invasion of the US Capitol by a mob of his supporters.
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Don’t worry, WhatsApp won’t see your texts… or nudes: expert
Many of the app's users have raised concerns and questions about what the updated policy meant for their personal data with rumours circulating that the mobile application will be sharing the personal data of its users with its parent company, Facebook.
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Facebook bans Trump 'indefinitely' for inciting violence
Mark Zuckerberg said a one-day ban imposed on Donald Trump's accounts on Facebook and Instagram was extended because of Trump's "use of our platform to incite violent insurrection against a democratically elected government".
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Bolstered by pandemic, tech titans face growing scrutiny
Governments and users are belatedly coming to terms with the power held by the likes of Apple and Amazon, particularly in focus this year thanks to their role in everything from setting up video meetings to doing our shopping for us.
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Facebook goes to war with Apple over targeted ads
Many of Facebook's advertisers are small businesses, and it says it relies on user data to generate ads in ways that make them more relevant and likely to make money.
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Facebook to implement UK accounts switch after Brexit
That means that the EU's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) privacy charter will no longer apply to the data.
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WhatsApp adds shopping carts in fresh e-commerce push
The addition of a 'carts' feature lets people combine multiple items into a single ordered set via WhatsApp instead of tending to transactions separately, according to the service.
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Facebook, Google becoming 'human rights-free zones' in Vietnam: Amnesty
Communist Vietnam has long jailed its critics but has come under fire in recent years for targeting users on Facebook, a popular forum for activists in the country where all independent media is banned.
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Queenstown police probe social media scam involving sale of cattle
Police say they've received a number of complaints of a Facebook page that falsely advertised a livestock sale.
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Facebook moderators press for pandemic safety protections
A petition signed by the contract workers living in various countries said Facebook should guarantee better conditions or allow the workers to continue their jobs from home.
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Facebook, Google extend political ad ban amid misinformation rise
Facebook product manager Rob Leathern announced late Wednesday that the social media giant would keep in place a ban on election ads for an unspecified period while awaiting the certification of the 3 November election result.
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An ex-president Trump fair game for social media rules
Efforts by Twitter and Facebook to balance letting political leaders speak to the people unfettered with enforcing rules about hateful and misleading posts have afforded Trump leeway not given to regular users.
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Social media on high alert, Trump post flagged as US votes tallied
Aiming to avoid problems that occurred in the 2016 campaign, Facebook, Twitter and Google-owned YouTube have all implemented policies aimed at heading off the spread of false information designed to sway the outcome of this year's poll.
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US senators to grill big tech CEOs on legal immunity
Jack Dorsey of Twitter and Mark Zuckerberg of Facebook - summoned alongside Sundar Pichai of Google parent Alphabet - said proposed reforms could lead to more harmful and abusive content online, and would limit rather than expand free expression.
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Facebook is letting advertisers sow climate denialism, shows InfluenceMap
Out of the 51 ads identified, only one was removed by Facebook, which says it bans false ads.
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Facebook launches new campaign to encourage voting
This is the latest effort by the social network to prove it is a responsible player on the internet.
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Kim Kardashian joins celebrities in social media 'freeze' against hate
Facebook has come under heavy pressure from activists, governments, and companies that advertise on its platforms for tougher action on promoting discrimination, hatred, or violence.
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Facebook lets friends watch shows together while apart
The world's largest social network has launched Watch Together, a free feature it is rolling out globally on its Messenger communication platform.
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Facebook blocks terminally ill Frenchman from streaming his death
Earlier, Alain Cocq announced that he was now refusing all food, drink and medicine after President Emmanuel Macron turned down his request for euthanasia.
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Facebook to halt new political ads just before US election
Facebook will continue to allow campaigns and others to run political ads that are already in the system, and will permit them to change spending amounts and user targeting, but will block adjustments to the ads’ content or design.
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Facebook nabs Russia-linked campaign to fuel US chaos
The small network of 13 Facebook accounts and two pages posing as journalists and targeting left-wing progressives was removed for violating a policy against "foreign interference" at the platform.
