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Lawsuit accuses Facebook of age and gender bias in targeted ads

Two law firms have filed a discrimination suit in San Francisco federal court on behalf of a 54-year-old woman living in Washington and will ask a judge to grant the case class-action status.

Twitter pulls the plug on political ads, Facebook not keen to follow suit

Political ads on social media platforms have been a growing cause for concern globally, especially since reports of foreign interference in the 2016 US Presidential elections surfaced

WhatsApp hacked to spy on govt officials in 20 countries, including India

The revelation comes as more than a dozen Indian journalists and human rights activists said on Thursday they were also targeted

CBI analysing 'additional details' given by Cambridge Analytica, Facebook

The agency had sought information from Facebook and Cambridge Analytica on the data collection methods adopted by the latter

Facebook plans to tap start-ups, small and medium businesses in India

Facebook aimed to enable the growth of small and medium businesses and entrepreneurship in the country

Facebook records 29% rise in revenue as user base continues to grow

The social networking giant reported net income of $6.09 billion -- compared with $5.14 billion in the year-ago period

Cognizant to exit Facebook content review contract, 6,000 jobs under threat

Cognizant had about 500 workers in India's southern city of Hyderabad looking for sensitive topics or profane language in Facebook videos

Cambridge Analytica scandal: Facebook to pay a 500,000-pound fine to UK

Facebook said it was pleased to have reached a settlement and the company wished it had done more to investigate the claims about Cambridge Analytica in 2015

Facebook employees write to Mark Zuckerberg opposing political ads policy

While that's a small fraction of Facebook's workforce of more than 35,000, it's a rare showing of employee dissent generally more typical of Google and Amazon

They know what you watched last night

Recent deals involving the media conglomerate AT&T, the streaming device seller Roku, other firms have expanded the surveillance infrastructure that operates in the background of streaming services

Facebook begins rollout of 'News Tab' in US to promote 'quality journalism'

Labelled Facebook News, the new tab "gives people more control over the stories they see, and the ability to explore a wider range of their news interests

'Hell no': Jack Dorsey says Twitter will not join Facebook's Libra

He explained that Libra is not based on an open standard, born on the Internet

Fix Facebook before moving ahead on Libra, US lawmakers tell Zuckerberg

Despite some top-notch firms pulling out, Facebook and 20 partner organisations have formally launched the digital currency Libra project

Delhi HC asks social media firms to remove defamatory video on Ramdev

The defamatory video contained excerpts of a book on Ramdev that were ordered to be deleted by the high court in September last year

SC to hear all HC pending cases on linking Aadhaar with social media

The top court also asked the Centre to submit its report in January on the notification of rules by which social media misuse can be checked and liability could be fastened on intermediaries

Govt to firm up norms to check misuse of internet within 3 months, SC told

The affidavit was filed in a transfer petition moved by Facebook Inc., seeking transfer of cases filed in three high courts, relating to linking of social media profiles with Aadhaar

About incumbents and challengers

In many industries, incumbents have often been trumped in the new product/technology race by rank outsiders. Will EVs' fate be any different?

Libra currency-pegged 'stablecoin', not controlled by one company: Facebook

Central banks and government finance officials have long worried about the challenges posed by digital currencies, and the risk they can be used for money laundering and financing terrorism

Social networks are transforming the way we mourn our dead

Facebook is best suited for memorialising a deceased person's virtual personality, says the author

Zuckerberg defends Facebook's refusal to fact-check political speeches

People of varied political beliefs are trying to define expansive speech as dangerous because it could bring results they don't accept, Zuckerberg said