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Google sharing data with US officials

At a time when concerns over data collection and breach by tech majors are on the rise, it has been reported that US law...

YouTube criticized for hosting conspiracy theorist Alex Jones

Google-owned video sharing platform YouTube is being heavily criticised for hosting controversial conspiracy theorist Alex Jones, who is banned from several major social networking...

Twitter, Facebook and others remove 503 posts after Election Commission flags them

Social media sites, including Twitter and Facebook, pulled down a total of 503 posts from their platforms after the Election Commission flagged them for...

Facebook spends $22.6 million on Mark Zuckerberg security

Facebook Inc more than doubled the money it spent on Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg's security in 2018 to $22.6 million, a regulatory filing...

EU Approves Controversial New Copyright Directive: What Does That Entail?

On Tuesday 26th March 2019, the European Parliament voted in favor of the controversial new law set to shake the fundamentals of the internet...
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Facebook to ban groups for spreading fake news

San Francisco: In yet another bid to tame fake news, Facebook will crack down on Groups that repeatedly share misinformation by reducing that Group's...

Facebook plans to map the entire world’s population

San Francisco: Aiming to use Artificial Intelligence (AI) to create accurate maps, Facebook said its maps now cover "majority" of Africa and that its...

Apple bans another spyware app from App store

Immediately after spyware-maker Connexxa's infamous app "Assistenza SIM" was caught abusing the iOS enterprise certificate to bypass Apples App Store guidelines, the iPhone-maker revoked...

Snap launches ‘Snap game’ a multiplayer gaming platform for Snapchat app

Messaging app Snapchat, which is widely popular among younger users but has struggled to turn a profit since its creation in 2011, on April...

Facebook wants users to disclose passwords of their email accounts

Facebook is asking users to disclose passwords to their personal email accounts in order to access the social networking platform, the media reported. A message...
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Facebook to set up 24×7 election response team ahead of Lok Sabha 2019 election

Ahead of the General Lok Sabha Elections, Social Media Giant Facebook Inc is planning to set up a 24hr response team to monitor objectionable...

U.S. users can now shop through Instagram

Facebook Inc's Instagram is trialing a feature that lets U.S. users shop from the photo-sharing app by using a "checkout" option on items tagged...

Election Commission of India meets with representatives of Internet firms

The Election Commission on Tuesday met representatives of Internet companies, including Facebook and Twitter, to discuss issues related to the use of social media...

Facebook to introduce dedicated gaming tab for app

Social networking giant Facebook has begun the initial roll-out of a dedicated gaming tab as part of the app's main navigation. Facebook claims that over...

Facebook to use AI to tackle with ‘Revenge Porn’ on its platform

Facebook Inc said on Friday it would use artificial intelligence to combat the spread of intimate photos shared without people's permission, sometimes called 'revenge...
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Britain seeks overhaul competition rules to tackle Facebook, Google and Amazon’s dominance

Britain needs to overhaul its competition rules to tackle the dominance of tech giants like Facebook, Google and Amazon, and increase consumer choice, a...

Foxconn dismisses Microsoft’s patent infringement lawsuit

Taiwan's Foxconn on Tuesday responded to a patent infringement lawsuit filed against it by Microsoft Corp, saying as a contract manufacturer, it has never...

Two Ukrainian hackers leak the data of 60K Facebook users through online quizzes

Two Ukrainian men used online quizzes to lure more than 60,000 Facebook users into installing malicious browser extensions that leaked their profile data and...

Facebook partners with Josh Talks to organises Citizen Townhall in Bangalore to engage with first-time Indian voters

In an attempt to engage first-time Indian voters to participate actively in the upcoming general election, Facebook Inc on Friday organized the Citizen Townhall...

Facebook removes more than 100 fake accounts on the ground of spreading hatred in the UK

Facebook has taken down over 100 fake accounts that were used to spread hate in the UK. These pages and groups frequently changed their...
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Instagram may introduce user-filter options, co-watching in video calls and more in the upcoming update

Facebook-owned photo messaging app Instagram may introduce some new tools, user-filter options, co-watching in video calls and minor interface tweaks on the app. "Instagram is...

Facebook and Instagram to ban “Vaccine Hoaxes” ads from its platform

After taking action spreading of Fake News on the platform, the American social networking giant Facebook is now planning downgrade the Facebook pages and...

YouTube to show information panels to flag misinformation and to correct insights for videos related to news

YouTube this week has said that it will start showing 'information panels' -- flagging misinformation and offering correct insights -- for news-related videos on...

Facebook and Telegram are working on their own cryptocurrencies, say reports

New York: More than 50 engineers at Facebook are reportedly busy giving shape to the social media giant's own cryptocurrency and CEO Mark Zuckerberg...

Indian Parliamentary panel wants Twitter to ‘Engage More’ with Election Commission ahead of 2019 general election

Ahead of the 2019 Lok Sabha general election, the Indian parliamentary board on Monday said that "It has asked the Twitter Inc, a U.S....
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Facebook to pull off this VPN app from Google Play Store

Following the scandalous revelation where Facebook was found to have been collecting data from teenagers using the "Facebook Research" app, the social networking giant...

This bug inside WhatsApp allowed users to bypass new privacy control on iPhone

A security bug is allowing users to bypass new privacy controls introduced by Facebook-owned messaging service WhatsApp on iPhones this month, the service said...

Study: Social media can help boost people’s well-being following natural disaster

Social media platforms like Facebook can help support the health and wellbeing of people following a natural disaster, a study claims. A wellbeing campaign...

FTC: Facebook accused of leaking sensitive health data of users in its groups

Facebook has been accused of failing to protect sensitive health data of users in its groups. "Facebook has marketed this product as a Personal Health...

The New Zealand Govt to impose a new tax on Google and Facebook

New Zealand's government announced plans on Monday for a new tax targeting online giants like Google and Facebook that earn plenty of money in...
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