Facebook exempts political speech from fact-checking
World
September 25, 2019
Facebook exempts political speech from fact-checking
Facebook will not fact-check the statements politicians post to the site, the social network announced Tuesday ahead of the US…
Tech giants beef up body to fight extremist content
World
September 24, 2019
Tech giants beef up body to fight extremist content
Social media companies led by Facebook said Monday they were ramping up an industry body that aims to weed out…
400 mn Facebook users’ phone numbers exposed in privacy lapse: reports
Technology
September 5, 2019
400 mn Facebook users’ phone numbers exposed in privacy lapse: reports
Phone numbers linked to more than 400 million Facebook accounts were listed online in the latest privacy lapse for the…
Banned at home but thriving abroad: China’s social media campaign
World
August 22, 2019
Banned at home but thriving abroad: China’s social media campaign
More than 78 million Facebook users follow the page of the state-run China Daily, where they are served a diet…
Twitter, Facebook accuse China of HK discord campaign
World
August 20, 2019
Twitter, Facebook accuse China of HK discord campaign
Twitter and Facebook have accused the Chinese government of backing a social media campaign to discredit Hong Kong’s pro-democracy movement…
Vietnam’s ‘homespun Facebook’ swamped after launch
World
July 24, 2019
Vietnam’s ‘homespun Facebook’ swamped after launch
A homegrown Vietnamese social media app was overloaded with users hours after launching as the one-party state tries to boost…
Facebook’s Libra currency under fire
Technology
July 14, 2019
Facebook’s Libra currency under fire
Facebook’s planned virtual unit Libra, already under heavy attack from US President Donald Trump and global regulators, faces skepticism among…
Selfies and the self: what they say about us and society
World
June 27, 2019
Selfies and the self: what they say about us and society
The selfie craze speaks volumes about the era in which we live: how images race around the globe and can…
Aussie court rules media companies liable for Facebook comments
Technology
June 24, 2019
Aussie court rules media companies liable for Facebook comments
Media companies are responsible for defamatory comments made on their Facebook pages, an Australian court said in a landmark ruling…
Facebook plans its own currency for 2 billion-plus users
Technology
June 18, 2019
Facebook plans its own currency for 2 billion-plus users
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Facebook already rules daily communication for more than two billion people around the world. Now it…