Tag: Facebook
Facebook bans Alex Jones, other extremist figures
Facebook Inc said on Thursday it was banning Alex Jones and other controversial U.S. political personalities for violating the social…
Facebook profits in heavy fall
Facebook on Wednesday reported quarterly profit sank 51 percent from a year earlier due to setting aside of $3 billion…
Facebook confirms uploading 1.5 million users’ email contacts without consent
The social media giant, Facebook, uploaded the contact details of 1.5 million new users without their permission in the last…
Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp suffer global outage
Down Detector, which monitors online services said many Users around the world can no longer access WhatsApp, Facebook and Instagram,…
Facebook to educate Nigerians users about platform
Facebook says it will educate Nigerian users more about the platform through ”It’s Your Facebook Pop-up Showcase”.
Facebook, Google defend efforts to remove hate speech before Congress
Facebook Inc and Alphabet Inc’s Google unit on Tuesday defended their efforts to remove hate speech from social media sites…
Facebook removes 200 accounts in Philippines
Facebook on Friday said it had removed 200 pages, groups and accounts from its social media platforms in the Philippines,…
Facebook to train female entrepreneurs in 10 universities
Facebook’s Policy Programmes Head in Africa, Sherry Dzinoreva, says the company will intensify its female entrepreneurship training in 10 universities…
Obaseki partners Facebook to connect public schools to internet
Jethro Ibileke/Benin Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State has entered into a partnership with Facebook for the provision of internet…
News Alert! Atiku to make broadcast on Twitter, Facebook 9am tomorrow
Lanre Babalola Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, the presidential candidate of the PDP will be making a broadcast on Twitter and Facebook…
Facebook ‘knowingly’ violated data privacy laws- British lawmakers
British lawmakers on Monday accused Facebook of “intentionally and knowingly” violating data privacy and anti-competition laws as they called for…
Facebook sued by Washington, D.C. over data breach accusations
The attorney general for Washington, D.C. said on Wednesday the U.S. capital city had sued Facebook Inc for allegedly misleading…
Innovations: Facebook expands investment on startups
Facebook says it has expanded its investment on start-ups toward boosting innovations.
My identity has been stolen on Facebook, Soyinka cries out
Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka on Monday cried out over his stolen identity being used on Facebook by a Nigerian…
Zuckerberg refuses to step down as Facebook chairman
Facebook Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg is pushing back against calls for him to step down as chairman and hoped to…
Facebook, Google tools reveal political ad removal data
Public databases that shine a light on online political ads launched by Facebook and Google before Tuesday’s U.S. elections, offer…
Britain fines Facebook $645,000 over data protection breaches
Britain’s data protection watchdog says it has fined Facebook 500,000 pounds (645,000 dollars) for “serious breaches of data protection law’’…
Man jailed for posting nude picture of lover on Facebook
A married man, Ayan Olubunmi, was on Wednesday handed a two year jail term with a fine of N500,000 by…
U.S. Elections: Facebook to ban misinformation on voting
Facebook Inc will ban false information about voting requirements and fact-check fake reports of violence or long lines at polling…
Hackers stole 29m users’ data on Facebook
Facebook Inc on Friday said attackers in the mass security breach it announced late September accessed the accounts of about…
Facebook Messenger gets smart speaker for video calls
Facebook Inc (FB.O) on Monday released a smart speaker designed to ease video calls.
Data breach: Facebook’s lead EU regulator opens investigation
Facebook’s lead regulator in the European Union, the Irish Data Protection Commissioner (DPC), continued on Thursday an investigation into a…
Woman sues Facebook for enabling sex trafficking
A Texas woman, claiming that she was raped, beaten and sex trafficked at the age of 15 by a pimp…
Facebook, Google to tackle spread of fake news
Facebook, Google and other tech firms have agreed a code of conduct to do more to tackle the spread of…
Russia, Facebook dialogue on domestic product sales via Instagram
Russia is engaged in negotiations with Facebook on the promotion and sale of Russian-made products, including fashion industry good, through…
Survey shows Facebook loses more younger users
The world largest social media platform Facebook is losing a large number of young users as about one in four…
UN expert calls on Facebook to narrow its “sweeping” definition of terrorism
Facebook needs to narrow its “sweeping” definition of terrorism to stop governments arbitrarily blocking legitimate opposition groups and dissenting voices.
Myanmar: Facebook admits ‘too slow’ in addressing hate speech
Facebook has been “too slow’’ to address hate speech in Myanmar and is acting to remedy the problem by hiring…
Facebook confirms ban on 3D-printed guns files
Facebook has confirmed blocking blueprints for making 3D guns across its platforms, including Messenger and Instagram, amid the court battle…
Facebook identifies ‘coordinated’ fake pages
Facebook on Tuesday said it had identified 32 accounts and pages that are part of a “coordinated” effort by people,…