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Facebook launches buy-and-sell 'Marketplace'

The new feature puts Facebook squarely in competition with local online selling platforms led by Craigslist

Facebook launches 'Marketplace' on app

More than 450 million people already visit buy and sell groups on Facebook each month

Facebook launches 'lite' version of Messenger overseas

Facebook said tha 'Messenger Lite' is launching on Android devices in Kenya, Tunisia, Malaysia, Sri Lanka and Venezuela

Facebook testing Snapchat feature inside Messenger

It has rolled out a new feature called Messenger Day which lets users post photos and videos that disappear after a day

Despite Delhi HC order, WhatsApp to share data with Facebook

WhatsApp has to completely delete all data of users who chooses to opt out of the instant messaging app

Don't share with FB info of users who stop using WhatsApp: Delhi HC

As per new privacy policy of WhatsApp, user information would be shared with Facebook

Facebook teams up with ABC News to live stream US Presidential debates

Viewers will be able to ask questions and make comments on Facebook Live coverage

Facebook ropes in Anand Chandrasekaran for Messenger app

I am joining Facebook to work on Facebook Messenger platform, said Anand Chandrasekaran,

Ex Snapdeal honcho Anand Chandrasekaran to join Facebook: WSJ

He had quit Snapdeal in May to start his own venture; will take global leadership role at Facebook

India 2nd-largest base for Facebook with 155 mn users

Facebook said it does not have any plans of monetising the service anytime soon

80 mn Indians use Facebook Groups every month

India, home to the second largest userbase for the social networking giant, had 155 million monthly active users as of June 2016

Facebook, Twitter join coalition to improve online news

First Draft News, which is backed by Google, announced today that 20 news organisations will be part of its partner network

Facebook and Israel agree to tackle terrorist media together

At a meeting Monday in Tel Aviv, Facebook Inc.'s Joel Kaplan and Monika Bickert heard Israeli ministers loud and clear: the social network must do more to eliminate the incitement of terrorism on its pages."The internet can't be allowed to become an incubator for terrorism," said Public Security Minister Gilad Erdan, who participated in a meeting with Kaplan, Facebook's vice president of U.S. public policy, and Bickert, its head of global policy management and counter-terrorism.Many of the Palestinians arrested after attacking Israelis in the past year said they were influenced by content on Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and other online platforms, according to a statement from Erdan and Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked.The sides agreed to create joint teams to further discuss how to deal with internet incitement and Shaked said the common interest was clear "especially during the week that commemorates Sept. 11, the event that changed the face of the United States."The talks in Israel came

Facebook apologises for removing 'napalm girl' photo

Following protests in Norway the tech giant reversed its decision and allowed the photo Terror of War to be seen on its pages

Facebook loses bid to prevent girl suing over naked picture

The girl has sought damages for misuse of private information, negligence and breach of the Data Protection Act

Facebook Messenger allows for direct merchant sales

The free messaging application is used by over a billion people

Bullying on Facebook ups depression risk in young adults

Young adults who have experienced negative experiences on Facebook - such as bullying, meanness or unwanted contacts - may be at significantly higher risk of depression, a new study has found. "I think it's important that people take interactions on social media seriously and don't think of it as somehow less impactful because it's a virtual experience as opposed to an in-person experience," said Samantha Rosenthal, from the Brown University in the US. "It's a different forum that has real emotional consequences," Rosenthal said. Since the young adult participants were also enrolled as adolescents in the New England Family Study, the researchers knew how participants were faring in 2002, before the advent of Facebook. The study, therefore, suggests that their later negative experiences on Facebook likely led to their increased levels of depressive symptoms, rather than just reflecting them, said Stephen Buka, professor at Brown. "This as close as you can get to answering the ...

Facebook Co-founder Dustin Moskovitz donates $20 million to defeat Donald Trump

He said that if Donald Trump wins, the country will fall backward, and become more isolated from the global community

Facebook's Trending Topics puts hoax story about 9/11 at top

Facebook currently has more than a billion monthly active users, and its Trending Topics is prominent section for views

Facebook reverses move to censor 'napalm girl' photo

Norwegian Prime Minister Erna Solberg posted the photograph, which the US social network says violates its nudity rules