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Apple's Cook criticises social media practices, intensifying FB conflict

Cook critiqued apps that he argued collect too much personal information and prioritize "conspiracy theories and violent incitement simply because of their high rates of engagement."

Facebook earning in Q4 soar over pandemic, new challenges await in 2021

The Apple move drew a rare public rebuke from Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, who during a conference call accused Apple of favoring its own interests and not those of users

92% of Whatsapp users won't use pay features if info shared with FB: Survey

Around 79 per cent respondents said that they are not likely to use Whatsapp Business Accounts if the instant messaging app decides to implement the policy in May

UK opens formal investigation of Facebook's purchase of Giphy

The UK's competition watchdog launched a formal investigation on Thursday into Facebook's purchase of Giphy over concerns it will stifle competition for animated images

Facebook oversight board overrules company on most cases in first test

The first rulings will be scrutinized to see how independent the board appears from the world's largest social media platform

Facebook usage, revenue soared during pandemic as screen time skyrocketed

American technology company Facebook ended 2020 on a high note

WhatsApp adds additional security layer to link account to computers

Millions of people now access WhatsApp on their PCs and laptops

Facebook beats quarterly revenue estimates; monthly active users up 12%

The results validate the company's foray into e-commerce with Instagram Shopping and Facebook Marketplace that banked on the trend of social shopping

Facebook to let researchers access election ad data from Feb 1

Facebook will let researchers access the targeting information for more than 1.3 million social issue, electoral and political ads through the Facebook Open Research and Transparency platform

Data of 533 million Facebook users being sold via Telegram bot: Report

Alon Gal, co-founder and CTO of cybersecurity firm Hudson Rock first alerted about the Telegram bot selling Facebook users' information

WhatsApp Privacy Policy: European users treated differently, govt tells HC

Opt out available to Europeans, all or nothing for Indians, claims Centre

WhatsApp treating Indian users differently from Europeans, Govt tells HC

The Centre on Monday told the Delhi High Court that WhatsApp was treating Indian users differently from its European ones with regard to opting out of its new privacy policy

Facebook says 'configuration change' at back-end logged out some users

A so-called configuration change at the back-end forced some Facebook users to log out of their accounts unexpectedly, according to the social network.

Indian lawmakers keenly watching Facebook board's decision on Trump ban

The Parliamentary Committee also asked if the platforms have the right to take down or suspend accounts.

Infamous for manipulating polls, Cambridge Analytica is a non-entity today

On Friday, CBI registered a criminal conspiracy case against Cambridge Analytica and Global Science Research for illegally harvesting personal data of Facebook users in India

CBI books Cambridge Analytica, Global Science over illegal data harvesting

Facebook reported the leak of personal data of nearly 562.000 Indians users by the UK data firm

'Inciter-in-chief': Facebook's oversight board to decide on Trump's ban

Facebook has a decision to make-whether or not to allow the ex-president his bullhorn

Parliament panel questions Facebook on WhatsApp's privacy policy changes

The committee asked why Facebook needed to change WhatsApp's privacy terms and how it will impact users, a panel member told reporters on condition of anonymity after the meeting

Oversight Board to examine Donald Trump's Facebook profile suspension

Facebook has also requested policy recommendations from the Board on suspensions when the user is a political leader, the Oversight Board said in a statement

Facebook's oversight board to decide if Donald Trump should stay suspended

Trump will remain suspended while the board, a recently created body that can overrule the company's decisions on content, reviews the decision