Tag: Facebook
Coronavirus: Facebook, Google staff to work from home
The managements of Facebook Inc and Google have urged their San Francisco Bay area employees to work from home to…
Zuckerberg backs regulation of harmful online content
Facebook Chief Executive, Mark Zuckerberg, said harmful online content should be regulated, adding that his company should be treated with…
Tech guru, Elon Musk says Facebook is ‘lame’
Engineer and technology entrepreneur Elon Musk has taken another swipe at a social networking service company, Facebook, calling it 'lame.'
Nnamdi Kanu’s Facebook accounts running
P.M.News can confirm that several Facebook accounts of Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra were running Friday,…
Facebook hammered for Nigerian child trafficking adverts on its platform
The Africans Unite Against Child Abuse, United Kingdom, and Centre for Children’s Health, Education, Orientation and Protection, Nigeria, have criticised…
Facebook goofs horribly in calling Chinese president ‘Mr. Shithole’
Facebook apologised Saturday for a distasteful mistranslation of Chinese President Xi Jinping's name from Burmese language posts during his much-touted…
Facebook makes adjustment ahead of U.S. election
Facebook Inc said on Thursday, ahead of the U.S. presidential election that it was making some changes to its approach…
Facebook, Instagram to block sexually explicit content from 2020
Facebook and Instagram will start block under-18s from viewing sexual content from 2020.
Explosion of fake news on Facebook threatens US election: Report
An explosive new study by Avaaz, an international non-profit has revealed that political misinformation is running rampant on Facebook as…
Facebook rebrands in new logo
Facebook is wearing a new logo, a change the company said is meant to separate the wider corporation -- and…
EU urges Facebook, Google, Twitter to combat fake news
Facebook, Google, and Twitter must do more to tackle fake news or face regulatory action, the European Commission said on…
Facebook intensifies efforts against hate speech
Facebook says it has intensified efforts to combat the use of hate speech on its platform.
Facebook expands third-party fact-checking to Nigeria, South Africa, others
After successfully pioneering its anti-fake news project in Nigeria, South Africa, Kenya, Cameroon and Senegal, Facebook says it has expanded…
Facebook removes accounts from UAE, Nigeria, others
Facebook has removed hundreds of accounts, pages and groups from its social network platforms for their involvement in 'coordinated inauthentic…
Facebook suffers legal blow over hate speech
Facebook on Wednesday was dealt a major blow in the EU’s top court, which said that national courts in Europe…