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Facebook admits leaked data on 533 million users back online for free

The leak includes personal information such as phone numbers, full names and locations.

How to set-up Facebook tools to control comments on posts, filter News Feed

Facebook's new tools give its user more control over what they share and see on the social media platform

Facebook steps up efforts to curb hate speech amid polls in Indian states

Facebook is taking several measures, including reducing distribution of content deemed to be hate speech

Delhi HC asks police to file status report on plea for action against FB

The Delhi High Court has asked the city police to file a status report on a plea seeking a direction to authorities to take action against Facebook and senior officials for alleged criminal acts

The threats of 'Western Universalism'

Book review of Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Power: 5 Battlegrounds

Monetising content

Wikipedia's new initiative will make it more sustainable

US trade chief readies tariffs against six countries over digital taxes

The taxes target in-country revenues of digital services platforms, such as Facebook, Google, and Amazon.com

Facebook CEO Zuckerberg blames Trump, rioters for US Capitol attack

Facebook CEO Zuckerberg refused to own up any responsibility for the Jan 6 attack on the Capitol as he put the blame on Trump for his "words" and the people involved in the assault for "their actions"

Big Tech CEOs told 'time for self-regulation is over' by US lawmakers

The chief executives of Facebook, Google and Twitter faced criticism from US lawmakers on Thursday about their approaches to extremism and misinformation

US Congress to press Big Tech CEOs over hate speech, misinformation

The CEOs of social media giants Facebook, Twitter and Google face a new grilling by Congress, one focused on their efforts to prevent their platforms from spreading falsehoods and inciting violence

Facebook disrupts Chinese hackers' operation targeting Uyghurs, journalists

Facebook has taken action against a group of hackers in China who were targeting dissidents, mostly Uyghurs from Xinjiang province, the company's Cyber Espionage team said on Wednesday

Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg lays out steps to reform internet rules

Zuckerberg acknowledged the calls for changes to Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act

CCI orders antitrust probe against WhatsApp's new privacy policy

CCI said that with no fear of erosion of its userbase, Facebook-owned WhatsApp was in a position to compromise quality in terms of protection of individualised data

Robotic futures

Book review of GENIUS MAKERS: The Mavericks Who Brought AI to Google, Facebook, and the World

Facebook lifts S&P 500 and Nasdaq as US Treasury yields pause

Reversing a recent trend, so-called growth stocks mostly outperformed value stocks viewed as more likely to outperform as the economy recovers from the coronavirus pandemic

Facebook services suffer outage with Instagram down for nearly a million

Downdetector showed there were more than 1.2 million incidents of people reporting issues with Instagram

India's share of IPOs continues to fall relative to rest of the world

This year is set to be the third consecutive year when India's share of initial public offers (IPOs) has fallen relative to the rest of the world

Facebook gets tougher with groups that violate its community guidelines

Facebook has announced new measures to prevent its interest-based forums called Groups from spreading harmful content

Enact law to make Facebook, Google pay for news: BJP's Sushil Modi

Rajya Sabha Chairman and Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu remarked that the suggestion is "worth considering"

News Corp inks Australia Facebook deal, signalling truce after blackout

Facebook's shutting out all media content in the country for a week last month angered world leaders, as the blackout included emergency services and government health pages