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Facebook confirms data sharing with Chinese companies
Huawei, Lenovo, OPPO and TCL were among about 60 companies that received access to user data
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Volatility may hit Wall Street as Alphabet, Facebook leave tech sector group
This time the culprit would be the largest-ever shakeup of the stock market’s broad business sectors
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US Senate panel to seek answers from Facebook about data access report
Both Democrats and Republicans raised concerns about the report
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Washington state sues Facebook, Google over election ad disclosure
It recently introduced tools for people to see who is buying political ads on its social network
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Facebook allowed smartphone makers 'access' to user data
The company offered a clarification
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Facebook to pull plug on 'Trending' topics feature
The move comes at a time when the world’s largest social network is combating the spread of fake news on its platform
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Facebook's size no barrier to deals in new areas: executive
It could acquire other large companies without running afoul of antitrust enforcers
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Austrian data privacy activist takes aim at 'forced consent'
Austrian Max Schrems filed complaints against Google, Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp
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Facebook launches searchable archive of US political ads
The archive tool will also be rolled out to other countries in coming months
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'I'm sorry', Facebook boss tells European lawmakers
Zuckerberg is also due to meet French President Emmanuel Macron in Paris
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Calculating the gender gap in the technology sector
Since all of the Silicon Valley companies have a predominately male workforce
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Cambridge Analytica shared data with Russia: whistleblower
Wylie told a Senate panel he believes Russian services had access to data harvested by the consultancy
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Ex-Trump aide Bannon promoted 'culture war': Cambridge Analytica whistleblower
Allegations of improper use of data for 87 million Facebook users by Cambridge Analytica led to global investigation
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Facebook CEO to meet with European Parliament to talk privacy
Zuckerberg to meet party leaders, members of the civil liberties committee
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US investigating Cambridge Analytica
A now-defunct political data firm embroiled in a scandal over its handling of Facebook user information
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Facebook suspends 200 apps over data misuse investigation
Zuckerberg had said the social network will investigate all apps that had access to large amounts of information
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Facebook asks European users which news sources they trust
As a part of its fight against false information on the platform
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Vietnam jails Facebook user for posts seen as anti-state propaganda
People’s Court of Ho Chi Minh City convicted 56-year-old Bui Hieu Vo of carrying out anti-state propaganda
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Facebook launches Blockchain division
David Marcus, the head of Messenger, will set up a group to explore how to use blockchain technology across Facebook
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'Facebook effect' turns Swedish steel town into tech hot-spot
The campus is the first Facebook data center set up outside the United States
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Three-quarters Facebook users active since privacy scandal
The social media giant has faced pressure from regulators, privacy advocates, and shareholders since March
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UK watchdog orders Cambridge Analytica to hand over American's personal data
Data privacy activists say that it would enable millions of other US voters to request information
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Careem and Facebook data breach episodes should be seen as lessons
Need for a digital rights protection agency is greater than ever before
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Pakistan moves to tax US tech giants including Google, Facebook
Budget recommends 5% tax on digital advertising space; Senate panel rejects proposal
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Cambridge Analytica to close after Facebook data scandal
CA vehemently denies exploiting data for Trump's election campaign, claiming it deleted data obtained in breach
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India's Modi twice as popular on Facebook as Trump: study
Modi is by far the most followed world leader on the gargantuan social networking platform
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Zuckerberg announces Facebook dating service
There are 200 million people on Facebook that list themselves as single, so clearly there’s something to do here
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WhatsApp co-founder to quit in loss of privacy advocate at Facebook
Jan Koum’s plan to exit comes after clashing with parent company which intends to weaken Whatsapp's encryption
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Facebook's blood donation feature brings the community to you
Feature connects donors to people in need online
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New privacy drive may limit ‘microtargeting’ on Facebook
The technique was used successfully by Donald Trump's campaign in 2016
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Facebook gets richer despite data scandal
After easily beating Wall Street expectations, shares traded up 7.1 per cent after the bell at $171
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Facebook removes accounts advertising stolen identities
A Google search still pulls up a few public posts that offer to sell personal details including credit card numbers
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Scientist in Facebook data scandal says being scapegoated
The scientist also goes by the name Aleksandr Spectre
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Software better at tackling Islamic State propaganda: Facebook
The leading social network 'took action' on 1.9 million pieces in the first three months of this year
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PwC had cleared Facebook's privacy practices in leak period
The social media giant had established and implemented a comprehensive privacy program
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Indonesia demands more answers from Facebook on data misuse
A Facebook official apologised to Indonesian members of parliament this week at a public hearing
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FIA arrests man for blackmailing girls using doctored pictures, videos
Accused extorted women after befriending them on Facebook
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Facebook to put 1.5 billion users out of reach of new EU privacy law
The online social network is making changes that ensure the number will be much smaller
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Cambridge Analytica planned to issue digital currency
Before it became embroiled in a scandal surrounding the misuse of Facebook personal data
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Facebook says users must accept targeted ads even under new EU law
The EU law promises the biggest shakeup in online privacy since the birth of the internet
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Buying Facebook 'likes' forbidden in Islam: Egypt grand mufti
Shawki Allam says the act can be deceiving if the likes or the following is not reflective of real-life circumstances
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Husband kills wife for excessive use of Facebook, WhatsApp
The man claims he was upset that his wife was ignoring him, their children and her duties as a mother and wife
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Zuckerberg testimony undermines Facebook stance in terrorism case
A lawyer for victims of terrorist attacks urged a federal appeals court to revive their lawsuit against Facebook
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EU digital chief to meet with Zuckerberg amid privacy scandal
Privacy concerns have swamped Facebook since it acknowledged the misuse of its millions users
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US government developing database to monitor thousands of newsrooms worldwide
DHS searching for contractor to build system with “24/7 access to journalists, editors, correspondents etc"
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Facebook hit with class action suit over facial recognition tool
The privacy woes have been mounting as Facebook let Cambridge Analytica use personal information of millions of users
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Police official declared absconder
FIA requests assistance from provincial police and other law enforcement agencies to arrest SP Junaid Arshad
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Facebook fuels broad privacy debate by tracking non-users
Privacy concerns have swamped Facebook since the beginning of the Cambridge Analytica scandal
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Iran bans foreign social media networks in schools
Khamenei called intrusions into online privacy "haram", or prohibited from a religious standpoint
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American woman marries Pakistani man in Haripur
The couple befriended on Facebook a year ago