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Facebook co-founder says it is time to break up the company
'Mark Zuckerberg's power is unprecedented and un-American': Chris Hughes writes in NYT
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Privacy-minded US lawmakers divided over giving more powers to FTC
Which is expected to be tasked with enforcing an eventual law
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Facebook executive meets with US lawmakers to discuss privacy
The social media network is accused of inappropriately sharing information belonging to 87 million users
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US lawmakers criticise potential Facebook settlement with FTC
Starting that even a $5 billion civil penalty is a “bargain for Facebook.”
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Facebook deletes more accounts linked to Russia
That were used to spread misleading information on the social network and its Instagram service
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Facebook 'labels' posts by hand, posing privacy questions
A team of as many as 260 contract workers has ploughed through millions of content posted since 2014
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Govt requests Facebook to take down anti-polio content
PM’s focal person says in letter harmful content putting lives of vaccinators at risk
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Facebook's settlement with US regulators likely to include WhatsApp
A possible settlement that would require the company to create an independent privacy oversight committee
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Indian woman calls for rape of girls in 'short' dresses in viral video
Twitter has been ablaze with posts condemning her comments
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Facebook overhauls design as it pivots to private messaging
It also ditched the signature blue banner that has been on the app since its launch
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Facebook to fund research on social media impact on elections
60 researchers from 30 academic institutions across 11 countries were selected under a review process
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Zuckerberg built ‘sleep box’ to help wife sleep better
It emits a very dim light between 6 AM and 7 AM which is when his daughters are likely to wake up
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Facebook files lawsuit against New Zealand company
Alleging the sale of fake engagement services on its Instagram photo-sharing platform
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Facebook users care less about privacy than regulators
Some companies pulled their ads off the social network and users tweeted #DeleteFacebook
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Privacy fine set-aside dents Facebook's profit
The leading social network logged a profit of $2.4 billion
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Google, Facebook, Twitter have to do more to fight fake news: EU
As its latest report showed a lack of progress in some areas
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Facebook's flood of languages leave it struggling to monitor content
The company offers its 2.3 billion users features in 111 different languages
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Facebook hires State Department lawyer as general counsel
As the social media giant faces growing regulatory hurdles and privacy concerns
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Facebook admits to storing 'millions of Instagram passwords'
The social network's handling of user data has been a flashpoint for controversy since the Cambridge Analytica scandal
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Facebook working on voice assistant to rival Amazon's Alexa
The team behind the technology has been contacting vendors in the smart speaker supply chain
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Facebook 'unintentionally uploaded' email contacts of up to 1.5 million users
When a password was entered, a message popped up saying it was “importing” contacts without asking for permission
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Social media outage: Twitter users express outrage
Users on Twitter had various jokes to make
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EU copyright revamp targeting Google, Facebook set for approval on Monday
The new rules would force Google and other online platforms to sign licensing agreements with the creative industry
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Facebook spends $22.6 million to keep Mark Zuckerberg safe
While he has drawn a base salary of $1 for the past three years
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Facebook ordered to pay 30,000 euros in France over 'abusive' usage terms
430 clauses in Facebook's user agreement includes keeping and selling data indefinitely, says petitioner
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Facebook enhances memorialised user accounts
Updates included the addition of a separate tributes section where people can share posts
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British woman held in Dubai after calling love rival 'horse'
Ex-husband's new wife presses defamation charges over comments posted on Facebook
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Facebook says has made headway against abuses ahead of India election
Such as the ability to detect when videos had been doctored
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Singapore's 'fake news' laws upset tech giants
Singapore is among several countries pushing legislation to fight fake news
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Social media gets thumbs-down in new US poll
According to survey, 61 per cent think social media does more to spread unfair attacks and rumours
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Facebook launches country’s first innovation lab in Lahore
The lab will provide start-ups with the infrastructure and access they require
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Facebook reveals how the News Feed algorithm works
As part of a drive to be more transparent and offer greater control to users
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Germany doubtful about Facebook chief's reform pledge
Social media platform has drawn fire for allowing users to spread hate speech
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Facebook CEO calls for updated internet regulations
He wrote that a “standardised approach” for removing content would help keep internet companies “accountable”
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New Australian laws could see social media execs jailed over terror images
Facebook said it "quickly" removed a staggering 1.5 million videos of the massacre from its platform
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Facebook to tighten live stream access after mosque attacks
Social network is investing in improving the software to quickly identify edited versions of violent video or images
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Facebook to deploy new transparency tools ahead of European elections
The tools have been used since last year in other countries where elections have been held
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US accuses Facebook of discrimination over housing ads
The move comes one week after Facebook announced it was revamping how it uses targeted advertising
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Facebook moves to curb white nationalism, separatism on platform
The ban does not apply to some postings because they were expressions of nationalism or political independence
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Facebook blocks more accounts over influence campaigns
More than 2,600 fake accounts linked to Iran, Russia, Macedonia and Kosovo shut down
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Popular NZ website seeks comments detox after Christchurch attack
It cracked down on reader comments that sparked debate about how the media handles online hate
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French Muslim group sues Facebook, YouTube over Christchurch footage
CFCM says companies disseminated material that encouraged terrorism, harmed dignity of human beings
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Smartphones usage surpasses television viewership yet again
With YouTube close to 40% of the traffic, Facebook less than 9%
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German minister on Facebook password glitch: Didn't expect such frightening unprofessionalism
The passwords were accessible to as many as 20,000 Facebook employees
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Facebook admits storing passwords in plain text
A security slip that left them readable by the social networking platform's employees
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Facebook settles with rights groups on ad discrimination
The leading social network said housing, employment or credit ads will no longer be allowed to target by age
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Lawmakers ask tech leaders to explain viral Christchurch video
Calling it "critically important" to filter the kind of violent images seen in the video
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New Zealand to broadcast Muslim call for prayer on national TV, radio on Friday
Jacinda Ardern announces the country will hold two minutes of silence, women being encouraged to wear headscarves
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Facebook says it removed 1.5 million videos of the New Zealand mosque attack
The company to remove all edited versions of the video as well
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New Zealand wants answers from tech giants after mosque attack livestream
A horrific video shot by the gunmen who carried out the mosque massacre was livestreamed on Facebook