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A new tool on Facebook may enable users to control what they see on their sites.

21 Nov 2018 12:09 AM

(Representational image/ AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File)

Mark Zuckerberg wants to give you more control on Facebook content

Zuckerberg says that the company continues to train AI systems to sift out content which is reported or is in violation of the policies.

17 Nov 2018 1:34 PM

Zuckerberg told reporters that he ended the company’s relationship with the outside firm, Definers Public Affairs, after he became aware of it while reading the New York Times story. Definers did not respond to a request to comment.

US senator to query Facebook about report on treatment of critics

Facebook conducted an aggressive campaign to combat critics.

16 Nov 2018 9:13 AM

Zuckerberg said on Thursday that he has acted swiftly to combat the Russian challenge and supports regulation that would encourage companies to reduce the prevalence of “harmful content.”

Facebook defends Russia response, updates plan to curb misbehavior

Many US lawmakers said after the report that the government must regulate or investigate Facebook.

16 Nov 2018 9:10 AM

Other initiatives have brought increased transparency about the administrators of pages and purchasers of ads on Facebook. (Photo: AP)

US lawmaker says Facebook cannot be trusted to regulate itself

Facebook Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg said a year ago that the company would put its “community” before profit.

15 Nov 2018 8:43 AM

Damian Collins, the head of the UK parliament’s media committee, is joining forces with his Canadian counterpart, Bob Zimmer, to pressure Zuckerberg to personally take part in hearings. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

UK-Canadian ‘grand committee’ seeks to question Zuckerberg

The committee is also investigating the impact of fake news distributed via social media sites globally.

03 Nov 2018 12:43 PM

The company estimated 2018 expenses would rise 50 per cent to 55 per cent above last year, trimming an earlier range of up to 60 per cent. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)

Facebook expects rising costs to combat scandals to moderate after 2019

Overall third-quarter revenue was $13.7 billion, up 33 per cent from the same period last year.

31 Oct 2018 11:30 AM

Shares of Facebook have had a rocky year, under pressure from revelations about the privacy and operational issues.(Photo: AP)

At Facebook, public funds join push to remove Zuckerberg as chairman

A similar shareholder proposal seeking an independent chair was defeated in 2017 at Facebook.

18 Oct 2018 7:23 AM

Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg said engineers discovered the breach on Tuesday, and patched it on Thursday night. (Photo: Pixabay)

Up to 50 mn accounts breached by hackers: Facebook

Facebook reset the 50 million breached accounts, meaning users will need to sign back in using passwords.

29 Sep 2018 8:53 AM

Facebook has the maximum 270 million users in India. It has 2 billion global users. (Photo: File | AFP)

With most users in India, FB worried over security breach of 50 mn accounts

Mark Zuckerberg said social media giant does not know if any of accounts were misused or who was behind cyberattacks.

29 Sep 2018 8:33 AM

Instagram on Monday said co-founders Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger have resigned as chief executive officer and chief technical officer of the photo-sharing app owned by Facebook Inc, giving scant explanation for the move.

Instagram co-founders resign in latest Facebook executive exit

In a statement, Zuckerberg described the two as “extraordinary product leaders”.

25 Sep 2018 12:31 PM

The social network has faced regulatory scrutiny over not doing enough to prevent content like fake news and hate speech on its platform.

Facebook not protecting content moderators from mental trauma: Lawsuit

Facebook moderators under contract are “bombarded” with “thousands of videos and live-streamed broadcasts of child sexual abuse and others.

25 Sep 2018 8:04 AM

Stepping up crackdown efforts on spread of fake news, WhatsApp on Wednesday said it is expanding its radio campaign to 10 more Indian states, including Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh and West Bengal. (Photo: Pixabay)

WhatsApp expands radio campaign to curb fake news to 10 more Indian states

The Facebook-owned company has been on an overdrive after it faced severe criticism from the government.

05 Sep 2018 1:30 PM

The social media network's policies prohibit terrorists from using its services, and it uses detection technologies and a growing team of moderators to find and remove content. (Photo: Representational | File)

Facebook 'terrorism' definition 'overly broad': UN expert

Facebook's definition equates all non-state groups that use violence in pursuit of any goals or ends to terrorist entities.

03 Sep 2018 2:44 PM

Musk would be remembered as the first tech titan to realise that boardroom battles are not won on the Twitter battlefield.

He’s the one: Why Tesla must succeed

And then there was the maudlin interview with the New York Times that set him back further.

02 Sep 2018 6:27 AM

It is alleged Cambridge Analytica got data from Global Science Research, which used “illegal means” of personal data harvesting of Indians using Facebook, sources said.

CBI probes Cambridge Analytica data misuse

On this, Facebook has reported it is not aware of any misuse of information, including Indian users’ data.

09 Aug 2018 2:43 AM

Facebook has forced disclosure of the funding and audience targeting of political advertisements, which it now also archives for public scrutiny. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)

Facebook opens up on vote meddling, but is the shift real?

A chastened Facebook has since taken steps toward transparency, many of them easy to overlook.

05 Aug 2018 10:52 AM

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg. (Photo: AP)

Keeping Zuckerberg safe now costs an extra USD 10 million a year

While Facebook has spent USD 24.7 million on Zuckerberg’s protection since 2013.

04 Aug 2018 10:52 AM

WhatsApp, which has over 1.3 billion users globally, on Tuesday said its users spend over 2 billion minutes a day on making calls through its platform.

Users spend over 2 billion minutes on WhatsApp calls per day

The Facebook-owned company is now introducing voice and video calling capabilities for group calls on its platform.

31 Jul 2018 3:51 PM

Facebook Inc and its chief executive Mark Zuckerberg were sued on Friday in what could be the first of many lawsuits over a disappointing earnings announcement by the social media company that wiped out about USD 120 billion of shareholder wealth. (Photo: AP)

Zuckerberg, Facebook sued after stock plunge 'shocked' market

The complaint filed by shareholder James Kacouris in Manhattan federal court accused Facebook, Zuckerberg and David Wehner.

28 Jul 2018 1:14 PM

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