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Facebook launches suicide prevention tools in India

These tools are already available in the US, Australia, New Zealand and the UK

Facebook rolls out updated suicide prevention tools in India

In a bid to curb self-injury and suicide episodes in the country

Facebook details how it uses your personal information

Social network collects data on roughly 1.6 billion users, which is then used to determine behavioural patterns

Facebook mistakenly declares the Philippines at war, apologises

The Philippines marked its 118th anniversary of independence from Spain on June 12 with a flag-raising event by the President

Facebook introduces 360-degree photos

Users will be able to identify the photos by the compass icon floating on the upper right hand corner of the image

Umang Bedi is new head of Facebook India

Bedi's appointment comes as Facebook increasingly looks at monetising its platform in the country

Umang Bedi to join Facebook as India MD

Bedi will take over from Kirthiga Reddy, who will be returning to US to take on a new role at company's headquarters at Menlo Park

Facebook co-founder bets on Singapore underdog

Eduardo Saverin's found another scrappy internet startup he's proud to put his name behind

Facebook is disabling messaging in its mobile web app

For now, the users can skip the notice but soon the users might be asked to download the Messenger app

Facebook seeks new rules to curtail Mark Zuckerberg's full control if he quits

Company's board on June 20 will vote on a proposal to convert Zuckerberg's Class B shares into Class A shares

Facebook to pull 'Notify' app from App Store

It will begin integrating Notify functionality into other Facebook products, like Messenger

Facebook ads to target non-members around the internet

The company said it will be able to better target non-Facebook users and serve relevant ads to them

Mark Zuckerberg to use Facebook Live to chat with ISS astronauts

Interesting questions from facebook viewers include - Who provides the food eaten on the space station?

FB defends news app, changes policies

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg met last week with conservative politicians and media to discuss trust issues

Facebook acquires Two Big Ears to ramp up VR dreams

This technology focuses largely on how sound plays in 3D spaces and how it interacts with surfaces that surround viewer

Facebook to make changes to avoid political bias out of 'trending' stories

The company however clarified that an internal investigation revealed no evidence of a biases in trending stories

Is Facebook biased?

Facebook employees lean Democratic, but CEO Mark Zuckerberg gives more evenly to both parties.

Facebook users customise their religious faith

Social media users also are more likely to see it as acceptable for others of their faith tradition to practice other religions, said reseatrcher Paul McClure

Rosebud

Facebook better off liking title of top media firm

Facebook shows how editors and algorithms guide news

As the guidelines make clear, at practically every point in the process, a human editor is given the leeway to exercise his or her editorial influence