San Francisco: In a move that could help limit the virality of harmful content on its platform, Facebook has said that it can limit expression that lacks authenticity. “We want to make sure the content people are seeing on Facebook is authentic. We believe that authenticity creates a better environment for sharing, and that’s why […]
New Delhi: With India pressing for traceability of WhatsApp messages to check the spread of fake news, Nick Clegg, Facebook Vice President, Global Affairs and Communications, has offered alternative ways to help the country, without any reference towards tracing the origin of the WhatsApp messages. WhatsApp had categorically said in the past that the government’s […]
Amsterdam: Aimed at video creators and publishers, Facebook has announced some new features to its video capabilities and now publishers will have more tools to use with its Watch Party and Creator Studio tools. The social networking giant made the announcement during a session at the International Broadcasting Convention (IBC) taking place here. For Live Videos, […]
San Francisco: As Facebook faces mounting scrutiny over its privacy and content moderation practices, the company has decided to construct a new independent “Oversight Board” like an internal “Supreme Court” that will review appeals from both Facebook and its users over controversial posts. For now, the board will begin its operations by hearing Facebook-initiated cases. The […]
San Francisco: Facebook removed more than 26 million pieces of content related to global terrorist groups like Islamic State (IS) and Al Qaeda in the last two years, 99 per cent of which were proactively identified and removed before anyone reported it to the company. “We have identified a wide range of groups as terrorist […]
New Delhi: Facebook is rolling out a suite of new interactive ad solutions, including ‘Poll ads’, Augmented Reality (AR) ads, Instagram poll stickers for Stories ads and ‘Brand Playables’, the company announced on Friday. According to the social networking giant, this suite of interactive ads can help advertisers to engage with their consumers in new […]
San Francisco: Facebook has suspended thousands of apps associated with nearly 400 developers for a variety of reasons, as it continues to investigate suspicious apps after the Cambridge Analytica data scandal. The social networking giant said that it is not yet confirmed these apps were posing a threat to people. “Many were not live but […]
San Francisco: Facebook has announced it will soon shut down its group stories feature which allows administrators and members of the social media’s groups to post videos and photos that disappear within 24 hours, media reported on Saturday. The company is shutting down this feature on September 26. Soon, the existing group stories will be […]
New Delhi: To encourage research on Artificial Intelligence (AI) ethics, Facebook has selected six projects from India that will focus on three key areas – governance, cultural diversity and operationalising ethics. The winners, declared on Friday, included the top two submissions in each category. Facebook announced the Ethics in AI research awards in June with […]
San Francisco: Facebook-owned instant messaging app WhatsApp has begun rolling out a feature for Android users to let them share their status stories directly on Facebook Story and other apps. Just like Instagram, WhatsApp’s status Stories let users post images, text and videos on your profile that disappear after 24 hours. WhatsApp hasn’t made an […]
San Francisco: Facebook has acquired New York-based startup CTRL Labs which is building a wristband that lets people control their devices as a natural extension of movement. In a Facebook post, Andrew “Boz” Bosworth, Vice President of Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality, said the company wants to build mind-reading technology at scale. According to report, […]
San Francisco: US tech multinational Amazon announced that it will lead an initiative to make different voice assistants like Alexa and Cortana compatible among themselves and with all the different mobile devices on the market, a move for which the firm has obtained the support of more than 30 companies. A day before the company […]
San Francisco: Facebook hosted the sixth Oculus Connect conference where the company shared its vision for VR (virtual Reality) and plans to build the future of computing with people at the centre with new updates for Quest VR Headsets. A few big announcements of the conference on Wednesday were Oculus Link, which allows user to […]
Washington: A research initiative launched in cooperation with Facebook in the wake of the Cambridge Analytica scandal has hit a roadblock as the social media platform is not keen to provide more sensitive and detailed data without compromising user privacy. According to a Nature report on Thursday, the US-based research initiative funded 12 projects that […]
San Francisco: In yet another attempt to clone Snapchat, Facebook has launched a stand-alone app for Instagram users called “Threads” — a new camera-first messaging app that will help users stay connected to close or smaller circle of friends. After the Facebook announcement, Snap shares fell as much as 7 per cent on Thursday. Instagram […]
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