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Facebook says hackers in Pakistan targeted Afghan users amid government collapse

Hackers from Pakistan used Facebook to target people in Afghanistan with connections to the previous government during the Taliban's takeover of the country, the company's threat investigators said in an…

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Conviction of Mexican drug lord ‘El Chapo’ should be thrown out, lawyer argues

A lawyer for Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman urged a U.S. appeals court on Monday to overturn the Mexican drug kingpin's conviction, citing juror misconduct and the jail conditions that Guzman experienced.…

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European politicians call for Facebook investigation after whistleblower revelation

Two members of the European parliament have called for an investigation into allegations by a whistleblower that Facebook prioritised profits above the public good. The whistleblower, Frances Haugen, who had worked as a product…

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Facebook fights British watchdog to retain GIF-maker Giphy

Facebook has made a case for not selling Giphy in a strongly worded response to Britain's competition regulator, a document showed, and questioned if the watchdog could order the U.S.…

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Facebook removes Russian network that targeted influencers to peddle anti-vax messages

Facebook said on Tuesday it had removed a network of accounts from Russia that it linked to a marketing firm which aimed to enlist influencers to push anti-vaccine content about the COVID-19…

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Dizzy heights: Facebook is now worth $1 trillion

A U.S. judge on Monday dismissed federal and state antitrust complaints against Facebook Inc that sought to force the social media company to sell Instagram and WhatsApp, saying the federal complaint was…

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Time to get tough with ‘bully’ Facebook, UK lawmaker and publishers say

LONDON (Reuters) – Facebook’s move to block all news content in Australia is an attempt to undermine democracy and reinforce the decision of lawmakers around the world to crack down…

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Facebook to remove more false coronavirus claims from platform

Feb 8 (Reuters) - Facebook Inc said Monday it will help users find out where and when they can receive the coronavirus vaccine and will expand a list of false…

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Facebook to close off Irish holding companies

Facebook is closing off its holding companies based in Ireland through which it channeled billions of profits, saving millions in taxes in the US, the UK and hundreds of other…

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Facebook threatens to block sharing of news if Australia moves ahead with controversial law

Facebook is using its platforms to target users in Australia telling them that they will not be able to share any local or international use should the country's Government go ahead…

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Facebook removes nearly 200 accounts tied to hate groups

Facebook has removed nearly 200 social media accounts linked to white supremacy groups that planned to encourage members to attend protests over police killings of black people — in some…

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Facebook to apply state media labels on Russian, Chinese outlets

Facebook Inc will start labelling Russian, Chinese and other state-controlled media organizations, and later this summer will block any ads from such outlets that target U.S. users, it announced. The…

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EU to initiate controversial digital platform reforms

A significant, and politically-sensitive revolution in EU regulation is expected to be kicked off this afternoon by the European Commission. The EU's executive branch will be launching a public consultation…

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Remote working here to stay for Facebook employees

Facebook Inc will permanently embrace remote work even after coronavirus lockdowns ease, Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg announced, accelerating the tech sector's geographic diversification away from its home in Silicon Valley.…

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Singapore’s Temasek joins Facebook-backed Libra project

Singapore state investor Temasek Holdings has joined the Facebook-backed Libra digital currency project which has faced intense scrutiny from global regulators worried its launch could erode national control over money.…

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Facebook’s Libra appoints HSBC legal chief as CEO, ‘supreme court’ members announced

Libra Association, the entity managing the Facebook Inc-led effort to build global digital currency Libra, named Stuart Levey as its first chief executive officer. Levey is currently serving…

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Facebook steps up efforts to combat the spread of coronavirus misinformation

As a global pandemic takes hold, more people are turning to Facebook in search of news about the coronavirus. But the traffic load on the social media platform is also…

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Facebook introduces new paid time off programme to allow employees take care of sick relatives

Facebook has introduced new paid time off programs that will allow employees to take up to a month away from work to care for sick relatives in light of the…

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Facebook to donate 720,000 masks, reaches out to UN

Tech giant Facebook has donated 720,000 masks to US health workers, its CEO Mark Zuckerberg has said. Mr Zuckerberg said the masks had been bought in case the US wildfires…

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Facebook admits bug had blocked coronavirus stories

Social media giant Facebook has admitted that a bug in its anti-spam system has blocked a number of links to news stories about the coronavirus, at times marking them as…

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Facebook ‘rethinks’ plans for Libra cryptocurrency

Facebook is reportedly rethinking its plans for its own digital currency after resistance from regulators. It is now considering a system with digital versions of established currencies, including the dollar…

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Sacha Baron Cohen criticises Facebook’s position on political adverts

Hitler would have been allowed to advertise his "solution to the Jewish problem" had Facebook been around in the 1930s, the British comedian Sacha Baron Cohen has said in a…

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Facebook bars content claiming to name Trump impeachment whistleblower

Facebook Inc. is taking down any content that claims to name the anonymous whistleblower who ignited an impeachment inquiry into U.S. President Donald Trump, the social network announced. The company’s…

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Facebook to allow UK election candidates to run false ads

CNN reports that a controversial policy allowing politicians to run false ads on Facebook will extend to the United Kingdom as the country prepares to vote in a historic December…

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Facebook agrees to pay UK fine over Cambridge Analytica scandal

Facebook has agreed to pay a 500,000-pound fine for breaches of data protection law related to the harvesting of data by consultancy Cambridge Analytica, Britain’s information rights regulator said on…

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Facebook’s Zuckerberg grilled in US Congress over ‘risky’ Libra

Facebook Inc CEO Mark Zuckerberg conceded that the company's planned digital currency Libra was a "risky project," but sought to reassure sceptical US lawmakers that it could lower the cost…

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Mastercard, Visa and eBay quit Facebook’s proposed Libra global digital currency group

Facebook's proposed global digital currency has suffered a setback after major payment companies including Mastercard, Visa and eBay pulled out. Stripe and Latin American payments company Mercado Pago also announced…

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US, allies seek access to Facebook encrypted messaging apps

US Attorney General William Barr and his British and Australian counterparts are pressing Facebook to create a so-called backdoor to give authorities access to encrypted messages on WhatsApp and other…

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France and Germany agree to block Facebook’s Libra

France and Germany have agreed to block Facebook’s Libra cryptocurrency, the French finance ministry said on Friday. In a joint statement, the two governments affirmed that “no private entity can…

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Netanyahu’s Facebook page suspended

Facebook has sanctioned Benjamin Netanyahu’s official page, after a post called on voters to oppose a government composed of “Arabs who want to destroy us all – women, children and men.” Facebook said the…

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Facebook confirms 419 million phone numbers exposed in latest privacy lapse

Hundreds of millions of Facebook users’ phone numbers were exposed in an open online database, the company confirmed Wednesday, in the latest example of Facebook’s past privacy lapses coming back to haunt…

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Facebook brings face recognition to all users

Facebook is opening its face recognition technology to all users with an option to opt out, the social media company said on Tuesday, as it discontinued a related feature called…

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Facebook expands ‘Local Alert’ tool

Facebook announced on Tuesday that it was rolling out a tool that aims to provide users with potentially life-saving information in emergencies, as it seeks to improve its public image…

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Facebook’s Libra faces EU antitrust scrutiny

Facebook’s proposed digital currency Libra faces anti-trust probe by European Union regulators, Bloomberg reported, citing a document seen by the organization. The European Commission is “currently investigating potential anti-competitive behaviour”…

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Facebook workers listened to Messenger conversations

Bloomberg reports that Facebook contractors were listening to and transcribing select voice conversations that were held using its Facebook Messenger chat platform. The company reportedly had the contractors transcribe chats…

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Two U.S. senators raise privacy concerns over Facebook’s Messenger Kids

Democratic U.S. senators Edward Markey and Richard Blumenthal have written to Facebook Inc questioning whether there was a “worrying pattern” of poor privacy protection for children using its Messenger Kids…

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Facebook removes fake accounts from Thailand, Ukraine, Honduras and Russia

Facebook said on Thursday it had erased over 1,800 accounts and pages from Thailand, Russia, Ukraine and Honduras, its latest move to counter deceptive political propaganda and other abuses of…

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US Air Force on alert around Area 51

The US Air Force has told people not to go near Area 51 after more than a a million people have replied to an event on Facebook, threatening to…

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Italy fines Facebook €1 million over Cambridge Analytica case

Italy's privacy regulator said Friday that it was fining Facebook one million euros for offenses related to the Cambridge Analytica case. The disgraced and now-defunct British company harvested the personal…

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Facebook stops pre-installation of its apps on Huawei phones

Reuters reports that Facebook Inc is no longer allowing pre-installation of its apps on Huawei phones, in the face of a U.S. ban on its purchase of American parts and…

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Facebook experiencing problems

Facebook users in Europe are reporting problems with Facebook including difficulty accessing the page and finding it impossible to update their status. The social media platform is reported to be…

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Facebook plans to launch its own cryptocurrency

Facebook is planning to launch its own cryptocurrency, dubbed GlobalCoin, in early 2020, allowing users to make digital payments in a dozen countries. GlobalCoin would enable Facebook’s 2.4 billion monthly…

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500 suspicious groups suspected of disseminating fake news detected on Facebook

The U.S.-based NGO Avaaz, which is active in the fight against cybercrime, said it has identified over 500 suspicious pages and groups on Facebook suspected of disseminating fake news…

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Facebook to restrict livestream feature

Facebook announced that it will restrict who can use the company's livestream tool in an effort to limit its use to "cause harm or spread hate". Facebook said that…

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Facebook sues analytics firm over alleged data misuse

Facebook is suing a South Korean firm, Rankwave, it accuses of unlawfully using data to sell marketing and advertising. The social network is asking a judge to force Rankwave to…

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Millions of Facebook passwords exposed internally

The passwords of millions of Facebook users were accessible by employees of the same social network. Security researcher Brian Krebs broke the news about data protection failures, which saw up…

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Facebook takes steps against ‘revenge porn’

Facebook is introducing new measures to stop the spread of intimate photos posted on Facebook or Instagram without people's permission, sometimes called "revenge porn," the company said on Friday.…

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Security failure in NameTests apps potentially left Facebook users unprotected

Politico: A security failure in a popular quiz app on Facebook left millions of people’s data exposed for almost two years, a cybersecurity activist revealed Thursday. The application, called Nametests.com, has run…

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Facebook bug changed default sharing setting to public for 14 million users

CNN reports that for a period of four days in May, about 14 million Facebook users around the world had their default sharing setting for all new posts set to…

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Papua New Guinea to ban facebook

Papua New Guinea's communications minister has said the government will ban Facebook for a month to weigh its impact on the population. The government is also evaluating the creation of…

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Facebook’s Zuckerberg and his European Parliament grilling

At the end the much anticipated grilling ended up with more questions than answers. The pertinent points raised by various MEPs, were not all answered by Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg.…

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FBI investigating Cambridge Analytica

The U.S. Justice Department and the FBI are investigating Cambridge Analytica, over its handling of Facebook Inc user information, the New York Times reported on Tuesday. Prosecutors have sought to question former…

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Over 583 million fake Facebook profiles deactivated

In the first quarter of 2018, Facebook deactivated about 583 million fake profiles and 837 million spam content. Still in the same period, 1.9 million of content related to the ISIS terrorist propaganda and affiliated…

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Foreign groups banned from buying Facebook ads in Irish referendum on abortion

Facebook is banning foreign groups from buying advertisements related to Ireland's abortion referendum, the company announced Tuesday. The May 25 referendum will decide whether abortion should be legalised in Ireland.…

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USA: Facebook to require extra checks from people buying ads on politics

The Financial Times reports that Facebook will require extra checks from people buying advertisements on political issues ranging from abortion and guns, to education and foreign policy, as the social network tries…

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Facebook to introduce the dislike button

Ever felt the need to express the dislike towards someone's post or comment, but you just couldn't? At a time where the digital media platform is experiencing itself a period…

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EU proposes measures to tackle online disinformation

The European Commission is proposing measures to tackle disinformation online, including an EU-wide Code of Practice on Disinformation, support for an independent network of fact-checkers, and a series of actions…

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