Tag: Facebook

San Francisco: With Facebook algorithms coming under the lens for being “biased” and failing to check “fake” news, the social network’s security chief tweeted that doing away with algorithms is not the answer. “In any situation where millions/billions/tens of Bs of items need to be sorted, need algos,” Alex Stamos, Chief Security Officer at Facebook, […]

San Francisco: After facing flak for enabling advertisers to reach “Jew haters” and the presence of Russia-linked ads on its platform during the 2016 American presidential election, Facebook is planning to make scrutiny of some advertisements more stringent before they are published on its platforms. The social network is going to require ads that are […]

San Francisco: Online service provider AOL on Friday said it will shut its pioneering AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) on December 15. The company reportedly has no planned replacement for the platform in the times when social apps such as Google’s Gchat (now known as Google Hangouts), Facebook and WhatsApp have taken over. “We know there […]

San Francisco: In a move to help identify stories to read, share and trust on their News Feed, Facebook is testing a button that users can tap to access additional information about where the stories came from. The additional information about a news article will be pulled from across Facebook and other sources to identify […]

San Francisco: Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has apologised for hurting and dividing people through his social media platform and said he would work to do better. In a post written after Yom Kippur, the holiest day of the year for Jews, concluded on Sunday, Zuckerberg said, “We reflect on the past year and ask forgiveness […]

Mumbai: With youth subscribing more digital content over television, the newly-launched Facebook and Twitter Over The Top (OTT) videos may affect the market of other OTT platforms since most people spend a huge time on social media, an sector stakeholder said on Saturday. “… Considering the fact that more and more people spend a huge […]

San Francisco: After Twitter deleted over 200 fake Russian accounts used to meddle the 2016 US presidential election, Google has now launched a probe into the role its services could have played in the Russian interference, reports said. “Google is conducting a broad internal investigation to determine whether Russian-linked entities used its ads or services […]

San Francisco: Facebook is working on a facial recognition feature to help users secure the account and verify identity, reports said. “We are testing a new feature for people who want to quickly and easily verify account ownership during the account recovery process. This optional feature is available only on devices you’ve already used to […]

Brussels: The European Union on Thursday gave an ultimatum to Facebook, Twitter and other social media companies to rid their platforms of hate speech or face legal consequences. The European Commission, EU’s top regulator, said the social media firms are still failing to act fast enough. It said it would pass laws allowing the EU […]

New Delhi: Facebook is rolling out a new tool for its 201 million Indian users that would make it easier for them to donate blood to the needy, while connecting blood banks and hospitals to willing donors residing nearby. Starting October 1 — National Blood Donor Day — Facebook users in India will be able […]

San Francisco: Dismissing US President Donald Trump’s claim that Facebook was hostile against him like The New York Times and The Washington Post, CEO Mark Zuckerberg said that Trump’s allegations were baseless. Trump tweeted late Wednesday: “Facebook was always anti-Trump. The Networks were always anti-Trump hence, Fake News, @nytimes (apologised) and @WaPo were anti-Trump. Collusion?” […]

New Delhi: Digital India is certainly a big opportunity for both economic growth and innovation and the growth Facebook is witnessing in the country is a clear example of that, a top company executive said on Wednesday. According to Kevin Martin, Vice President for Mobile and Global Access Policy at Facebook, the government’s digital initiative […]

San Francisco: Facebook-owned photo-sharing platform Instagram on Tuesday announced it has doubled its advertiser base in the past six months to reach over two million monthly active advertisers. “Our business community has grown to two million advertisers, up from one million advertisers back in March. People are spending more time than ever producing and exploring content, […]

San Francisco: In an incredible feat, Microsoft, Facebook and the telecom infrastructure company Telxius have laid a 6,598 km cable across the Atlantic Ocean that is capable of transmitting 160 terabits of data per second. The companies announced the completion of the highest capacity subsea cable ‘Marea’ (tide) that delivers 16 million times faster Internet than […]

Washington: As Facebook faces intense fake news scrutiny after disclosing the details about the presence of Russian political ads worth $100,000 on its platform during the 2016 US presidential election, it was none other than former President Barack Obama who had warned CEO Mark Zuckerberg about fake news on Facebook. According to a report in The […]