07

Oct

Facebook bans all QAnon groups as dangerous amid surging misinformation

Facebook Inc classified the QAnon conspiracy theory movement as dangerous and began removing Facebook groups and pages as well as Instagram accounts that hold themselves out as representatives. The step…

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23

Sep

Advertisers agree deal with social media on steps to curb harmful content

Facebook, YouTube and Twitter have agreed with big advertisers on first steps to curb harmful content online, following boycotts of social media platforms that advertisers had accused of tolerating hate…

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17

Sep

Facebook And EssilorLuxottica Announce Collaboration For Smart Glasses

Facebook, Inc. and EssilorLuxottica announced a multiyear collaboration to develop the next generation of smart glasses. The announcement was made by Mark Zuckerberg during Facebook Connect; an annual conference held…

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10

Sep

Facebook, Google, Twitter urged by EU to do more against fake news

Two years after agreeing to a self-regulatory code of practice to tackle disinformation, Facebook, Alphabet's Google, Twitter and other tech rivals must try harder to be more effective, the European…

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02

Sep

Facebook says Russian influence campaign targeted left-wing voters in U.S., UK

A Russian influence operation posed as an independent news outlet to target left-wing voters in the United States and Britain, including by recruiting freelance journalists to write about domestic politics,…

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01

Sep

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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24

Aug

Facebook to pay 104 million euros in back taxes in France

Facebook France has accepted paying more than 100 million euros in taxes, including a penalty, relating to its accounting years before 2018, French financial magazine Capital reported on its website.…

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13

Aug

Facebook launches hub to help users with U.S. poll related information

Facebook Inc on Thursday launched a 'Voting Information Center' for the 2020 U.S. elections to help voters easily navigate the poll process. The hub will connect Facebook and Instagram users…

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12

Aug

Facebook removed seven million posts in second quarter for false coronavirus information

Facebook announced it removed 7 million posts in the second quarter for sharing false information about the novel coronavirus, including content that promoted fake preventative measures and exaggerated cures. It…

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07

Aug

Facebook founder sees wealth hit $100bn

Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg has seen his personal wealth rise to $100bn (£76bn) after the launch of a new short-form video feature. On Wednesday, Facebook announced the US rollout of…

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07

Aug

Facebook removes one of largest QAnon conspiracy groups after false posts

Facebook announced it had removed one of the largest public groups devoted to the QAnon web of conspiracy theories after repeated violations of the company's policies. The group, called Official…

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07

Aug

Top EU, US female politicians push Facebook to protect women from threats on social media platform

Facebook must step up and protect women in politics from threats of violence and sexism and hate on its platform, said a letter to the company from female members of…

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06

Aug

Facebook, Twitter pull Trump posts over coronavirus misinformation

Facebook Inc on Wednesday took down a post by U.S. President Donald Trump, which the company said violated its rules against sharing misinformation about the coronavirus. The post contained a…

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11

Jul

CiNext – Corporate boycotts expose an inconvenient truth

by JOHN FOLEY via REUTERS BREAKINGVIEWS   Boycotts can really work. Think of what happened to the Montgomery city transit system in Alabama in 1955, when Black passengers stopped taking…

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01

Jul

Advertisements for more than 400 brands including Coca-Cola to vanish from Facebook

Advertisements for more than 400 brands including Coca-Cola and Starbucks are due to vanish from Facebook on Wednesday, after the failure of last-ditch talks to stop a boycott over hate…

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26

Jun

Major US companies pull advertising from Facebook over inaction by social media giant to stop hate speech

A handful of U.S. companies have pulled advertising from Facebook Inc in support of a campaign that called out the social media giant for not doing enough to stop hate…

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24

Jun

Ireland, Luxembourg need more muscle to police tech giants, EU report says

Ireland and Luxembourg, European headquarters to Google, Facebook, Twitter and Amazon, need a substantial boost in resources to deal with data breaches by U.S. tech giants, a European Union report said. The report by the European Commission,…

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19

Jun

Facebook takes down Trump ads over ‘organized hate’ policy

Facebook Inc said  it took down posts and ads run by the re-election campaign of U.S. President Donald Trump for violating its policy against organized hate. The ads showed a…

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13

Jun

Facebook fired employee who criticised Zuckerberg over inaction against Trump

Facebook Inc fired an employee who had criticized Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg's decision not to take action against inflammatory posts by U.S. President Donald Trump this month, citing his tweet…

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06

Jun

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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05

Jun

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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05

Jun

Facebook, Snapchat join chorus of companies condemning George Floyd death, racism

Facebook Inc and Snap Inc became the latest U.S. companies condemning racial inequality in the United States as violent protests flared up across major cities over the death of George…

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03

Jun

Only losing users will get Zuckerberg’s attention

By Gina Chon Mark Zuckerberg says he’s listening to criticism of the way he handled President Donald Trump’s inflammatory posts on Facebook . Some employees, and civil rights groups, aren’t…

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03

Jun

Zuckerberg defends inaction on Trump posts after their walkout

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg told employees on Tuesday that he stood by his decision not to challenge inflammatory posts by U.S. President Donald Trump, refusing to give ground a day…

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02

Jun

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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22

May

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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15

May

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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08

May

Facebook, YouTube remove ‘Plandemic’ video with ‘unsubstantiated’ coronavirus claims

Facebook Inc and YouTube, the video service of Alphabet Inc’s Google, said that they were removing a video that made medically unsubstantiated claims relating to the novel coronavirus pandemic. The…

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07

May

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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01

May

Facebook launches new ‘care’ emojis for the Facebook and Messenger apps

Facebook announced new set of emojis that are rolling out for the Facebook and Messenger apps and now they’re available on the regular web versions of Facebook. The emojis are…

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27

Mar

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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25

Mar

Facebook video calls soar 1,000% during Italy’s lockdown

Facebook has seen usage across its platforms surge in countries that have brought in virus lockdowns. Italy - with some of the toughest restrictions - has seen the biggest rise,…

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24

Mar

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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23

Mar

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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18

Mar

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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06

Mar

Facebook shuts down office after Coronavirus case

Facebook has shut down its London offices after an employee tests positive for Coronavirus. Developing story

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04

Mar

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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18

Feb

EU rejects Facebook’s proposals on Social Media regulation

The EU was reported of having immediately rejected Facebook’s “latest vision of how online content should be regulated, warning that the social media company will have to assume more responsibility…

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31

Jan

Coronavirus misinformation surges on social media

Misleading, unverified and clearly false information about the coronavirus has spread across social media platforms, with some accounts only a few days old reaching millions of views with a mix…

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08

Jan

Facebook and eBay pledge to combat trading in fake reviews

In a win for online shoppers, Facebook and eBay have signed up to agreements to better identify, investigate and respond to fake and misleading reviews after the Competition and Markets…

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23

Nov

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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18

Nov

Facebook services and messenger suffering outages in UK and US

Users are reporting major Facebook outages, with a concentration of the lost services focused in the northeastern United States, alongside outages reported in the UK and in California, according to…

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09

Nov

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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05

Nov

Facebook unveils new brand identity

Facebook unveiled a new logo today that’s meant to represent the parent company that owns Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, and more. The logo just says “Facebook,” but in a really bland…

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02

Nov

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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30

Oct

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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24

Oct

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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22

Oct

Facebook suspends Instagram accounts operated from Russia, that targeted Americans with divisive political messages

Facebook said on Monday it has suspended a network of Instagram accounts operated from Russia that targeted Americans with divisive political messages ahead of next year's U.S. presidential election, with…

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19

Oct

France, Italy and Germany preparing measures to block Facebook Libra

France, Italy and Germany are together preparing measures to block Facebook's new Libra cryptocurrency from use in Europe, French Economy Minister Bruno Le Maire announced Friday. France 24 reports Le…

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12

Oct

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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05

Oct

PayPal pulls out from Facebook’s Libra digital currency project

PayPal is pulling out of the Facebook-led Libra project, in a major blow to the social media platform’s plans to launch a global digital currency. FT reports that the payments company…

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04

Oct

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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03

Oct

EU top court says that states can order Facebook to remove illegal comments online

The EU's top court, the European Court of Justice, ruled that states can order Facebook to remove illegal content online. "EU law does not preclude a host provider such as…

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14

Sep

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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08

Sep

BBC and major tech firms join forces to fight fake news

Plans to help tackle so-called "fake news" have been announced by the BBC and some of the biggest names in journalism and technology. The new measures include an early warning…

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05

Sep

Statement by WHO Director-General on Facebook and Instagram and Vaccine Misinformation

  The World Health Organization welcomes the commitment by Facebook to ensure that users find facts about vaccines across Instagram, Facebook Search, Groups, Pages and forums where people seek out…

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05

Sep

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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