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Facebook in early talks for mobile payment approval
Indonesian digital fintech firms are working with Facebook to apply for regulatory approval to launch mobile payments
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Facebook to introduce gaming app, says NYT
Facebook is planning to launch a gaming mobile app in a bid to take on Amazon’s Twitch
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Australia to force Google, Facebook to pay for news content
The landmark move is aimed at shielding traditional media from the tech giants' digital dominance
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In this Covid-19 era, families live-stream funerals on Facebook
The idea of live-streaming a loved one's funeral on Facebook or Instagram may seem strange or even shocking
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Facebook to notify users who have engaged with harmful Covid-19 posts
Facebook has taken an uncharacteristically aggressive stance on false coronavirus posts
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G20 sets ground rules ahead of Facebook's Libra stablecoin
The G20’s Financial Stability Board set out 10 recommendations for an international approach to regulating stablecoins
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Facebook is adding a Quiet Mode that mutes push notifications on mobile
You can schedule Facebook's Quiet Mode for a certain time period or use it immediately
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Facebook must face renewed privacy lawsuit over user tracking
Facebook users had accused the company of quietly storing cookies on their browsers
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Facebook launches new chat app for couples
Facebook launched a new messaging app for couples called “Tuned”
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Facebook asks users about coronavirus symptoms, releases friendship data to researchers
Facebook will start surveying US users about their health as part of a Carnegie Mellon University research project
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PM Imran thanks Facebook COO for coronavirus campaign collaboration
Federal government also recently launched a Corona Helpline on WhatsApp
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Coronavirus pushes reluctant Aung San Suu Kyi to Facebook
The Myanmar leader has spent 15 years under house arrest and missed the emergence of laptops and smartphones
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Facebook launches desktop version for Messenger as video calls surge
The move comes as the use of videoconferencing apps like Zoom have soared
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Facebook launches fact-checking service on WhatsApp to fight coronavirus hoaxes
Users can send content to Facta through a WhatsApp message to check it is authentic
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COVID-19 pranks off the table on April Fools' Day
The deadly outbreak has already been accompanied by online misinformation
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Facebook and Instagram remove Bolsonaro video questioning virus quarantine
Facebook and Instagram removed videos of Brazilian president as they spread misinformation about the coronavirus
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Facebook commits $100 million to support news media hurt by virus crisis
Facebook pledged $100 million in financing and advertising spending to support news organisations
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Why the novel coronavirus became a social media nightmare
So far, AFP has debunked almost 200 rumors and myths, but experts say stronger action from tech companies is needed
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Facebook eyes multi billion dollar stake in Reliance Jio
Facebook was in talks for a 10% stake in Jio, controlled by India's wealthiest man Mukesh Ambani
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Facebook revenue slips as usage leaps during pandemic
Online voice and video calls at Facebook-owned Messenger and WhatsApp have more than doubled
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Instagram to remove coronavirus related content from recommendations
Hoaxes have spread widely online, promoted by conspiracy theorists and exacerbated by a dearth of information
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Tech billionaires including Tim Cook, Elon Musk, and Mark Zuckerberg promise 18 million masks to fight COVID-19
Tim Cook, Elon Musk, and Mark Zuckerberg promised 18 million masks to fight COVID-19
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Facebook to cut video streaming quality in virus-hit Europe
Netflix, Alphabet’s YouTube, Amazon and Disney said they would downgrade their video quality
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Facebook donates emergency reserve of 720,000 masks due to coronavirus outbreak
Facebook has donated its emergency reserve of 720,000 masks to provide health workers with more protective gear
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Coronavirus conspiracies go viral on Whatsapp
A researcher at Oxford University said misinformation could hamper efforts to control spread of the coronavirus
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Facebook struggles as use increases during coronavirus lockdown
Facebook said it would place "authoritative" coronavirus content at the top of user feeds
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Facebook bug causes legitimate coronavirus posts to be marked as spam
Topics including coronavirus being erroneously marked as spam
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Facebook to send content review contract workers home amid virus concerns
Facebook said it would work with its partners to send home all contract workers
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Artificial intelligence moderating YouTube, Twitter as coronavirus empties offices
YouTube, Facebook, and Twitter warned that more videos and other content could be removed for policy violations
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This Facebook coronavirus post attributed to Stanford University is false
Facebook post wrongly suggests if you can hold your breath for more than 10 seconds easily you don't have COVID-19
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Facebook offers support to Pakistan for coronavirus awareness campaign
Dr Zafar Mirza says the social media platform could help sensitize people in the country against the pandemic
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Israeli spyware firm NSO seeks court sanctions against Facebook
Facebook’s WhatsApp sued NSO in October after finding evidence related to the hacking firm
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Facebook, Twitter place warning labels on altered Biden video
Facebook, which has taken a hands-off policy on content from politicians
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Facebook gets sued for breach of user data
Facebook was accused of inappropriately sharing information belonging to 87 million users
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Facebook, Google ask San Francisco staff to work from home as coronavirus spreads
Microsoft confirmed that two of its employees have been diagnosed with COVID-19
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Coronavirus triggers work-from home trend in Seattle
Facebook and Google are also encouraging workers in the state of Washington to stay away from the office
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Facebook decides to take down Trump 2020 campaign's 'census' ads
Link to a survey on an official campaign website and then to a page asking for donations
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Doctors seek to counter coronavirus panic with SKMH Facebook live session
Citizens ask panel of experts on infectious diseases about preventive measures, ways of transmission for COVID-19
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Twitter, Facebook suspend accounts linked to Indonesian army's Papua campaign
The 10 sites in the network appear to be independent news outlets
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YouTube is demonetising videos about coronavirus
YouTubers are avoiding the subject of coronavirus because it may cause their ads to be shut off
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Facebook gives WHO free ads in battle with coronavirus misinformation
Users who search for posts on the virus on Facebook would now see a pop-up
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Facebook to ban misleading ads about coronavirus
Increasing regulatory scrutiny over the type of content posted
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Internet giants fight the spread of coronavirus untruths
Google, Facebook, and other platforms are struggling to keep ahead of scammers
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Facebook would have to pay $3.50 per month to US users for sharing contact info
It addresses the growing concern about how companies from technology platforms
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Ex-Facebook executive starts group to help employees push companies on climate
Hundreds of companies have committed to reducing emissions
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‘No tax on digital giants like Google, Amazon by end of 2020 would mean chaos’
Finance ministers, central bankers from the G20 met in Riyadh for talks, with digital taxation topping their agenda
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G20 officials call for unity to tax tech giants
OECD says this could boost national tax revenues by a total of $100b a year
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Let's come together to tax tech giants, say G20 officials eyeing $100 billion boost
Global rules are being developed
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Private WhatsApp chats easily discoverable in Google searches
A simple Google search lets you can gain access to private chat groups on WhatsApp
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Encryption on Facebook, Google, others threatened by planned new bill
The bill, proposed by the Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee