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SoftBank Vision Fund appoints ex-facebook executive Kirthiga Reddy as a partner

SoftBank vision fund on Friday announced that "it has appointed Facebook's former executive Kirthiga Reddy as its partner to manage its $100 billion Vision...

Facebook gave data on user’s friends to certain companies

Facebook Inc offered some companies, including Netflix and Airbnb, access to data about users' friends it did not make available to most other apps...

Instagram removes fake likes and follows, to combat automated bots

Facebook, owned photo and video-sharing social networking app Instagram, has announced that it will be removing the accounts which are using the third-party apps to...

Facebook expects rising costs to combat scandals to moderate after 2019

Facebook Inc on Tuesday relieved investors by forecasting that margins would stop shrinking after 2019 as costs from scandals ease up, sending shares up...

Facebook takedowns fake accounts linked with Iran

Facebook Inc has deleted accounts originating in Iran which featured posts on “politically divisive” topics that had attracted more than 1 million followers in...

Indian Govt Orders Social Media Companies to monitor Fake News and Rumors

India, considered as one of the biggest internet markets in the world, has its share of troubles with fake news. In light of the meeting...

Facebook removes 8.7 million images related to child porn

Facebook on Wednesday, announced, "Last quarter, Facebook was able to remove more than 8.7 million images and other contents through AI and Machine Learning technology...

Oculus co-founder Brendan Iribe resigns

Oculus co-founder and Former CEO, Brendan Iribe on Monday, has announced his departure from Facebook, which has heated a new debate inside the media...

Facebook Faces Heat from Japanese Government on Grounds of Weak Data Protection Measures

Japan’s government on Monday told U.S. technology firm Facebook Inc (FB.O) to better protect its users’ personal data following lapses this year affecting tens...

Facebook appoints former UK deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg as VP of Global affairs

Facebook Inc has hired former British Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg to lead its global affairs and communications team, as the social network deals...

Facebook’s Investigation Reveals that Spammers were Behind Recent Data Breach: WSJ

Facebook Inc (FB.O) has tentatively concluded that spammers looking to make money, and not a nation-state, were behind the largest-ever data theft at the...

Facebook may roll out “Unsend” feature for messenger to delete sent messages

According to the media reports, Facebook may soon rollout "Unsend" feature for Messenger which will allow users to retract the sent messages not only...

Texas Woman Sues Facebook, Accused the Site of Enabling Sex Trade

A woman from Texas, claiming that she was raped, beaten, and sex trafficked at the age of 15 by a person that posed as...

Facebook Data Breach Might Render your Account Vulnerable

The social media giant Facebook announced that hackers have stolen digital login codes of nearly 50 million users in what can be described as...

Cyberattack on Facebook’s Server Exposes 50 million User Information

The social media giant Facebook, which has already been facing heat over privacy violation, has unraveled on Friday that a malicious attack on its...

Instagram Co-founders Resign

Instagram Co-founder and CEO Kevin Systrom announced in a blog that he along with Mike Krieger, Co-founder, and CTO, are quitting the organization, now...

Facebook Mired in Controversy around Gender Biased Jobs

The social media giant Facebook is again mired in controversy in the US after the organization was alleged of giving employers the control to...

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