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Google, Facebook business models threat to rights: Amnesty report
AFP, Published on 21/11/2019
» SAN FRANCISCO - The data-collection business model fueling Facebook and Google represents a threat to human rights around the world, Amnesty International said in a report Wednesday.
WhatsApp sues Israeli firm NSO over cyberespionage
AFP, Published on 30/10/2019
» SAN FRANCISCO: WhatsApp on Tuesday sued Israeli technology firm NSO Group, accusing it of using the Facebook-owned messaging service to conduct cyberespionage on journalists, human rights activists and others.
Facebook 'news tab' seeks to reboot its role with media
AFP, Published on 25/10/2019
» WASHINGTON - Facebook on Friday began rolling out its dedicated "news tab" with professionally produced content -- the latest move by the social network to promote journalism and shed its reputation as a platform for misinformation.
Facebook says it will deliver News Corp stories
AFP, Published on 19/10/2019
» SAN FRANCISCO - Facebook on Friday confirmed that some stories from News Corp, publisher of The Wall Street Journal, will be among the headlines delivered in a news tab the leading social network plans to launch in coming weeks.
Facebook chief hosts conservative guests amid bias debate
AFP, Published on 15/10/2019
» SAN FRANCISCO: Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg on Monday confirmed reports that he had hosted a series of dinners with right-wing figures, as the social media platform stands accused of stifling conservative voices.
Apple pulls Hong Kong app used by protesters after China warning
AFP, Published on 10/10/2019
» HONG KONG - Apple on Thursday removed an app criticised by China for allowing protestors in Hong Kong to track police, as Beijing steps up pressure on foreign companies deemed to be providing support to the pro-democracy movement.
Twitter admits phone numbers meant for security used for ads
AFP, Published on 09/10/2019
» SAN FRANCISCO: Twitter on Tuesday apologised after "inadvertently" using phone numbers and email addresses for advertising even though the personal data was provided for account security.
Officials push Facebook for way to peek at encrypted messages
AFP, Published on 04/10/2019
» SAN FRANCISCO - Officials are calling on Facebook not to use encryption in its messaging services that does not provide authorities a way to see what is being sent.
Facebook to pay 'subset' of news tab publishers
AFP, Published on 01/10/2019
» SAN FRANCISCO - Facebook said Monday it plans to pay only a portion of the publishers whose stories appear in a news "tab" set to launch in the weeks ahead.
400m Facebook users' phone numbers exposed in privacy lapse
AFP, Published on 05/09/2019
» WASHINGTON: Phone numbers linked to more than 400 million Facebook accounts were listed online in the latest privacy lapse for the social media giant, US media reported Wednesday.