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Offensive Facebook post leads to riots in Bengaluru, three dead

Around 700 youths attack police station, torch vehicles and assault policemen

3 dead in Bengaluru, 110 arrested for rioting over Facebook post

Around 60 police personnel have sustained injuries in the violent incidents of stone pelting

External auditors to evaluate our content review process: Facebook

Facebook has said it will go through an independent third-party audit to validate the numbers and metrics it publishes in its Community Standards Enforcement Report

Facebook removes 7 mn posts for sharing false information on Covid-19

Facebook said it relied more heavily on automation technology for reviewing content during the months of April, May and June as it had fewer reviewers at its offices due to the Covid-19 pandemic

Mail trail shows how Big Tech is pulling tricks from monopolists' handbook

Even though antitrust law might need to be amended to clarify what is -and isn't - acceptable practices by big tech, these documents show that there is enough evidence to file antitrust lawsuits

Delhi to Mumbai, police scramble to save man's 'suicide on Facebook'

The man had been posting videos on Facebook that apparently showed him preparing to end his life and this raised a red flag

With Instagram Reels' launch, Zuckerberg's personal wealth hits $100 bn

With Reels, one can record and edit 15-second multi-clip videos with audio, effects and new creative tools

Facebook makes key Instagram security tool Pysa available to users

Pysa is a security-focused tool built on top of Facebook's type checker for Python called Pyre

Facebook builds 600 affordable homes to address housing crisis in US

The company said it is on track to creating approximately 750 affordable homes by 2022

Mark Zuckerberg joins centibillionaire club after launch of TikTok rival

The 36-year-old joins fellow tech titans Jeff Bezos and Bill Gates as the only people in the world who currently have centibillionaire status, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index

Facebook employees get $1,000 for home office, work from home until July

Facebook says the company will continue reopening offices in a restricted capacity where government guidance permits and where virus mitigation has taken place for about two months

After Google, Facebook asks employees to work from home until July 2021

Social media giant is giving an additional $1,000 to employees to buy supplies for a home office

Top Headlines: RBI puts rates on hold, FB lists India plan, and more

From RBI policy review, Facebook planning further expansion to Voda Idea reporting Q1 loss, here are the top news on Friday morning

Facebook plans to expand footprint, steps up product testing in India

Plans to export JioMart-WhatsApp model

Twitter, Facebook block Trump video, citing Covid-19 misinformation

The Trump re-election campaign's Twitter account, @TeamTrump, was briefly banned from sending new tweets after it posted a clip of an interview Trump did Wednesday with Fox News

US TikTok ban: Why Facebook, Google should be worried by Trump's moves

The decision opens a Pandora's Box that digital platforms might one day wish had been kept closed

Facebook, Twitter target Trump, team's posts for coronavirus misinformation

Facebook removed from Trump's official account the post of a video clip from a Fox News interview in which he said children are 'almost immune' from Covid-19

'Bulletproof' Big Tech: Why Apple, Amazon, Google are not going to break up

Washington lawmakers see their job as protecting the consumer first and foremost

Spotting opportunity, Facebook launches a new TikTok clone, Instagram Reels

Instagram Reels will let users record and edit 15-second multi-clip videos with audio, and will let users add visual effects

WhatsApp adds 'Search the Web' feature to curb fake news spread: Know more

The 'Search the Web' option is currently being rolled out in Brazil, Italy, Ireland, Mexico, Spain, UK and the US