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Facebook threatens Australia with blocking of news stories

Nathan R ThomasSeptember 1, 2020September 2, 2020

Facebook warned Monday that it would block users and news organizations in Australia from sharing local and international news stories on its social network and Instagram if the country passed...

Facebook to pay Indian News Publishers for their content

Rajalakshmi ,Senior Staff ReporterAugust 26, 2020

Facebook has announced that it would pay news publishers in India and other countries for their content and soon Facebook News which was launched in the US earlier this year...

Business

Worried over loss of ads, Facebook takes down over a billion Fake accounts

Senior ReporterAugust 15, 2020August 15, 2020

In just three months (April-June), Facebook (FB) took down 50% of fake information including 1.5 billion fake accounts, 1.4 billion spams and 22.5 million hate speeches among others. Fake accounts...

Business Science & Tech

Facebook attacks Apple over App Store commission

Senior ReporterAugust 15, 2020August 15, 2020

Facebook on Friday joined the attack on Apple's operation of its App Store after the iPhone maker refused to forgo its commission on live online events hosted on the social...

National People

Facebook’s timely Intervention helps Man from committing Suicide

Senior ReporterAugust 10, 2020August 10, 2020

An Ireland-based Facebook staffer noticed the frequent posts of a 27-year-old man, showing "suicidal activity". The Delhi based man was under financial stress because of the coronavirus lockdown officials said...

International People

For the First time Facebook removes a Trump post over coronavirus misinformation

Rajalakshmi ,Senior Staff ReporterAugust 6, 2020August 6, 2020

Facebook has taken heat from lawmakers and its own employees in recent months for not taking action on inflammatory posts by Trump and now for the first time Facebook Inc...

International

Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg criticized over damaging internal emails during antitrust hearing

Senior ReporterJuly 30, 2020

Lawmakers confronted Facebook Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg with damaging internal emails about the company's acquisitions. The House Judiciary Committee's antitrust panel appeared to draw on a rich trove of Facebook...

National

Facebook CEO Zuckerberg has turned pale after India’s TikTok ban

Nathan R ThomasJuly 20, 2020July 23, 2020

Mark Zuckerberg is worried about the security and privacy of Facebook and fears that if anything falls below the standard in the context of India’s national security, then the Indian...

Business Education International

Top US IT companies Google, Facebook, Microsoft join lawsuit against new student visa rule

Nathan R ThomasJuly 14, 2020

Top American technology companies, including Google, Facebook, and Microsoft, on Monday, joined a lawsuit filed by the Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology against the Immigration and Customs...

International Science & Tech

Facebook To Label All Rule-breaking Posts, Including Donald Trump’s

Senior ReporterJune 27, 2020

Facebook has said that it will flag all "newsworthy" posts from politicians that break its rules, including those from President Donald Trump. Separately, Facebook's stock dropped more than 8 per...