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Wall Street closes at record but Facebook weighs; Microsoft up 1.29%

GE rises on lifting 2021 earnings forecast; UPS jumps as results beat on e-commerce demand

Q3 results: Facebook profits top $9 billion amid whistleblower scandal

Social-media giant posts slower sales growth on Apple privacy policy

Costs of engagement

Facebook needs better moderation

Facebook froze as Covid anti-vaccine comments swarmed users

Critics say Facebook was slow to act because it worried it might impact the company's profits.

WhatsApp may soon ask users to verify identity to make payments

Currently, when users set up WhatsApp Pay in India, the service only verifies the phone number linked to your bank account to enable UPI-based transactions

Facebook invests billions in metaverse efforts as ad business slows

David Wehner, Facebook's chief financial officer, said the company expected investment in its hardware division, Facebook Reality Labs, to reduce operating profit in 2021 by approximately $10 billion.

S&P 500, Dow close at new highs as Facebook starts heavy earnings week

The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 64.13 points, or 0.18%, to 35,741.15

Facebook forecasts Q4 revenue below estimates as Apple's privacy rules bite

The company expects fourth-quarter revenue to be in a range of $31.5 billion to $34 billion

Facebook yanks Bolsonaro video claiming vaccines cause AIDS

Facebook's press office confirmed in an emailed statement to The Associated Press that the content was removed Sunday night because it violated Facebook policy regarding COVID-19 vaccines

Facebook admits site hardwired for misinformation, show documents

An internal memo warned Facebook's "core product mechanics", or its basic workings, had let hate speech and misinformation grow on the platform

Quickly introduced steps to remove abusive comments against Shami: Facebook

The US-based company, which has itself been courting controversy over its handling of hate speech in India, said it will "continue to take action against those that violate its Community Standards"

Facebook ad revenue seen feeling brunt of Apple privacy changes

Ad revenue of Facebook, the second-largest digital ad platform in the world after Alphabet Inc's Google, is most likely to be hit compared with the company's tech peers

Whistleblower Frances Haugen says Facebook making online hate worse

Haugen appeared before a parliamentary committee scrutinizing the British govt's draft legislation to crack down on harmful online content, and her comments could help lawmakers beef up the rules

People or profit? Facebook papers show deep conflict within

Thousands of pages of internal documents provided to Congress by a former employee depict an internally conflicted company

The Facebook Papers: Social network shaken by content, user woes

When asked by analysts about growth prospects, Facebook executives frequently paint a rosier picture than the one depicted by internal research, a whistle-blower alleges

Facebook knew about, failed to police, abusive content globally: Report

For over a decade, Facebook has pushed to become the world's dominant online platform

Congress seeks JPC probe into Facebook's alleged role in influencing polls

"Facebook has reduced itself to a Fakebook," Congress spokesperson Pawan Khera said

Australian regulator 'concerned' about Facebook's approach to media law

Facebook and Google must negotiate with news outlets for content that drives traffic to their websites, Australian regulator's code says.

Alternate reality? Facebook plans to launch massive rebranding exercise

Under fire for its business practices and handling of hate speech, Facebook is planning to rebrand itself. The question is whether this can salvage its image

How Facebook's algorithm led a test user in India to fake news, gore

Photos of beheadings and jingoistic scenes of violence fill hypothetical account's feed days after it set up in Feb 2019 to see the content Facebook recommends users.