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Visual Misinformation Is Rife On Facebook

How much misinformation is on Facebook? Several studies have found that the amount of misinformation on Facebook is low or…

10 months ago
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Facebook Parent Meta Cuts 11,000 Jobs

(Source: AP) Facebook parent Meta is laying off 11,000 people, about 13% of its workforce, as it contends with faltering…

1 year ago
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Fake News: Govt’s Heated Meet With Big Tech

Officials have held heated discussions with Google, Twitter and Facebook for not proactively removing what they described as fake news…

2 years ago
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FB Critics Call For The Release Of India Human Rights Review

Facebook critics on Wednesday called on the world's largest social network to release a human rights impact assessment it commissioned…

2 years ago
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Rohingya Refugees Sue Facebook For $150 Bn

Rohingya refugees sued Facebook parent Meta Platforms for more than $150 billion over what they say was the company's failure…

2 years ago
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People Or Profit? Facebook Papers Show Deep Conflict Within

Facebook the company is losing control of Facebook the product, not to mention the last shreds of its carefully crafted,…

3 years ago
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FB’s Language Gaps Weaken Screening Of Hate, Terrorism

As the Gaza war raged and tensions surged across the Middle East last May, Instagram briefly banned the hashtag #AlAqsa,…

3 years ago
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What Happened To WA, Insta, FB Last Night?

Services of Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp are coming back online after several hours of disruption that impacted millions of people…

3 years ago
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Facebook Bans Firm Behind Pfizer, AstraZeneca Smear Campaign

Facebook said on Tuesday that it has removed hundreds of accounts linked to a mysterious advertising agency operating out of…

3 years ago
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FB To Curb Hate Speech As States Go To Polls

Facebook Inc said it was taking steps to combat hate speech and misinformation in India as the world’s biggest democracy…

3 years ago
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Non-Profit Challenges New Content Regulation Rules For News Media

An Indian non-profit which runs an independent news website on Tuesday challenged in court the country’s new rules that seek…

3 years ago
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FB Bans Myanmar Military From Its Platforms With Immediate Effect

Facebook on Thursday said it had banned the Myanmar military from using its Facebook and Instagram platforms with immediate effect,…

3 years ago
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Human Rights Groups Join Lawsuit Against Spyware Vendor

A coalition of human rights groups on Wednesday joined Facebook’s lawsuit against Israeli spyware vendor NSO, alleging that the company…

3 years ago
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‘FB Went Soft On Bajrang Dal To Protect Business, Staff’

Despite being tagged by Facebook's security team as a potentially dangerous organisation that supports violence against minorities across India, the…

3 years ago
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Facebook’s Top India Lobbyist Ankhi Das Quits After Content Row

Facebook Inc’s top India lobbyist Ankhi Das has quit, months after a newspaper report suggested the way the social media…

4 years ago
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Microsoft To Let Employees Permanently Work From Home

Software giant Microsoft will let employees work from home permanently if they choose to, US media has reported, becoming the…

4 years ago
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Facebook Bans BJP Politician For Policy Violation

Facebook Inc has banned a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), India's ruling party, for violating its policies covering…

4 years ago
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Facebook Denounces Hate, Says Its India Chief, Amid Content Row

Facebook is a non-partisan platform which denounces hate and bigotry, the company’s India head said recently, amid a controversy over…

4 years ago
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Question FB’s Role In Peddling Hate News: Rahul Gandhi

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday launched another attack over a report by a foreign publication alleging that Facebook overlooks…

4 years ago
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FB Exec Files Police Complaint After Report On Content Practices

A top Facebook executive in India has filed a police complaint in New Delhi saying she is receiving death threats…

4 years ago
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‘Weaponized’ Facebook Fails To Protect Civil Rights: Audit

Facebook Inc has not done enough to protect users from discrimination, falsehoods and incitement to violence, an external civil rights…

4 years ago
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Facebook Bets On India With $5.7bn Reliance Deal

Facebook is set to spend $5.7 billion to buy a 9.99% stake in Reliance Industries’ digital arm, as it looks…

4 years ago
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Govt. Cracks Down On Use Of VPNs In Kashmir

Authorities in Indian-administered Kashmir are cracking down on virtual private network (VPN) apps used to circumvent a months-long ban on…

4 years ago
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Trump Says ‘I’m No. 1 On Facebook, Modi At No. 2’

US President Donald Trump has said it is a great honour that Facebook has ranked him number one and Prime…

4 years ago
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Panel Wants Encryption Broken In Child Porn Fight

Indian enforcement agencies should be able to break end-to-end encryption to hunt down distributors of child pornography online, a parliamentary…

4 years ago

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