The group pulled the ads before they were posted or paid for, but the results confirmed that despite its promises to do better, Facebook’s leaky controls still fail to detect hate speech and calls for violence on its platform.
Tag: Facebook
Facebook, Instagram to allow posts calling for violence against Russians
Media reports said that the Russian websites of BBC and Deutsche Welle, Twitter, and Apple and Google’s app stores were all blocked.
Facebook plans to rebrand company with new name: Report
According to a source with direct knowledge of the matter, Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg is expected to announce the name at the company’s Connect conference on October 28, reports The Verge.
Facebook can’t be trusted to manage payment system: US lawmakers
In a letter, Senators Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii), Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), Elizabeth Warren (D-Massachusetts) and others said that Facebook is once again “pursuing digital currency plans on an aggressive timeline.”
Facebook says outage affecting Instagram, Messenger fixed after 2nd attempt in a week
On Friday, some users were unable to load their Instagram feeds, while others were not able to send messages on Facebook Messenger.
Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram suffer major global outage
According to DownDetector, a website that tracks WhatsApp outages, 40 per cent users were unable to download the app, 30 per cent had trouble in sending messages and 22 per cent had problems with the web version.
What is the metaverse? A high-tech plan to Facebookify the world
So what is “the metaverse”? It sounds like the kind of thing billionaires talk about to earn headlines, like Tesla chief Elon Musk spruiking “pizza joints” on Mars.
Facebook Cloud gaming arrives on Apple devices with web app
Facebook’s cloud games are currently available in the US, Canada and Mexico, and will reach Western and Central Europe by early 2022.
Facebook Cloud gaming sees 1.5M users a month, expanding to more regions
The social network also welcomed top gaming company Ubisoft as a partner and the popular Assassin’s Creed Rebellion has arrived as a cloud-streamed game on Facebook Gaming.
Australia passes law to make Google, Facebook pay for news
The Parliament on Thursday passed amendments to the so-called News Media Bargaining Code agreed between Treasurer Josh Frydenberg and Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg on Tuesday.
Facebook to offer hardware security keys to users in 2021
Facebook’s head of security policy Nathaniel Gleicher told Axios that the social network plans to roll out mobile support for hardware security tokens for users in 2021.
Facebook launches another Tik Tok-rival Collab for iOS users
Part of the Facebook’s app-focused New Product Experimentation (NPE) team, the app allows users to create short-form music videos by combining up to three independent videos of 15-second timeframe.
More Indians now hiding real identities on Facebook, YouTube
The platform being used the most by Indian users who want to keep their identities anonymous are Facebook (76 per cent), YouTube (60 per cent), Instagram (47 per cent) and Twitter (28 per cent), according to the data provided by a global cybersecurity company Kaspersky.
Facebook workers don’t need vaccine to return to work: CEO Mark Zuckerberg
According to a report in The Daily Beast, the Facebook CEO said this during an all-hands meeting “when a Facebook employee asked about how the forthcoming vaccine will affect their return to in-person work”.
Facebook to remove posts that deny or distort Holocaust
Facebook said it has to date banned more than 250 white supremacist organisations and updated its policies to address militia groups and far-right group QAnon.
Facebook announces bug bounty ‘loyalty’ programme for hackers
Researchers have been placed into leagues based on the cumulative quantity of their submissions, scores and signal-to-noise ratio over the last 24 months, the company said in a statement on Friday.
Facebook fixes Instagram bug that turns phones into spying tools
The researchers revealed the critical vulnerability as remote code execution (RCE) that allows an attacker to take over a computer or a server by running arbitrary malicious software (malware).
Kids need Facebook account to play Oculus VR games, parents furious
Parents have slammed Facebook for the change in rules as kids who play the Oculus VR games will soon need to have a Facebook account, reports USA Today.
Over 1.25 billion people visiting Facebook Watch every month
With growing demand to connect around music on Facebook, the company has introduced music videos in Watch to everyone in the US, India and Thailand.
Facebook limits forwarding to 5 people or group at a time on Messenger
The move comes after there has been a surge in spread of misinformation around the Covid-19 pandemic and major elections in the US, New Zealand and other countries inch closer.
The next Google, Facebook & Twitter are coming from India: PM Modi
The Aatmanirbhar App Innovation Challenge selected the best apps from around 7000 entries across India. These were from different categories like gaming, entertainment, business, utilities, social media, fitness, etc.
Facebook to pay over 100mn euros in back taxes in France: Report
The issue dates back to 2012 when tax authorities raided its French offices, said the report on Monday.
Mark Zuckerberg incited fears about TikTok in US: Report
Zuckerberg argued that TikTok, owned by Chinese unicorn ByteDance, is not committed to freedom of expression and represents a threat to the technological supremacy of the US, the report said on Sunday.
Oculus users slam Facebook for new account login policy
Facebook said that starting from October, everyone using an Oculus device for the first time will need to log in with a Facebook account.
BJP’s Plan ‘A’ and ‘B’ to block Shashi Tharoor’s summons to Facebook
The saffron party is also ready with two plans to block Tharoor’s moves, with the first already set in motion.