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Mark Zuckerberg sets talks in Washington on 'future internet regulation'

Zuckerberg's visit comes five months after his stormy appearance before Congress, where he was grilled on Facebook's data protection and privacy missteps

Don't welcome Facebook's Libra

India's policy makers must be alert to any attempt by Facebook, Mastercard and others to force a cryptocurrency on us

Facebook, Instagram users in India can now add music to 'Stories'

Earlier this year, Facebook India had announced partnerships with music labels T-Series Music, Zee Music Company and Yash Raj Films, licensing their music for use in social experiences on Facebook and

Whatsapp monitoring: FB moots 'prospective' solution, fails to appease govt

The issue of traceability has been a flashpoint between the government and WhatsApp

Global regulators to question Facebook's Libra amid EU concerns: Report

Officials from 26 central banks, including the U.S. Federal Reserve and the Bank of England, will meet with representatives of Libra in Basel on Monday

France, Germany oppose Facebook's Libra, back public cryptocurrency

The criticism came as the European Central Bank said it was working on a long-term plan to launch a public digital currency that could make projects such as Libra redundant

US Lawmakers ask Google, Facebook, other companies for documents in probe

The move comes as scrutiny of the big tech companies deepens and widens across the federal government and US states and abroad

Facebook counters Mukesh Ambani, says data is not new oil

Facebook said data sharing is crucial for national security as India right now finds itself "locked out" of major global data-sharing initiatives

US tech giants Google, Facebook to face another phase of antitrust probes

The latest probes come on top of a review launched earlier this year by federal regulators of major online platforms to determine if they have "stifled" innovation or reduced competition

Facebook consumer data at risk? US states announce antitrust probe

New York state Attorney General Letitia James released a statement announcing the action on behalf of seven other states and the District of Columbia

China says new digital currency to have some similarities to FB's Libra

China's central bank set up a research team in 2014 to explore its own digital currency to cut the costs of circulating traditional paper money and boost policymakers' control of money supply

400 million Facebook users' phone numbers exposed in privacy lapse: reports

Exposed server stored 419 million records on Facebook users across several databases.

Facebook might start hiding 'Like' counts for posts to ease social pressure

Such a change could ease pressure to win approval with images, videos or comments and, instead, get people to simply focus on what is in posts

Facebook to tighten rules for political ad spending ahead of US elections

Facebook said Wednesday it would tighten its rules for political ad spending ahead of the 2020 US elections, notably by requiring more information about who is paying for campaign messages. The move is the latest by Facebook to crack down on efforts to deceive or manipulate users after the social network admitted lapses in the 2016 election. While Facebook has already begun requiring political advertisers to provide identification to confirm who they are and where they are located, the new policy requires more information to show they are registered with the US government. This new verification can be done by submitting a tax identification number or proof that the group is registered with the Federal Election Commission. "People should know who is trying to influence their vote and advertisers shouldn't be able to cover up who is paying for ads," a Facebook blog post said. The new steps call for "strengthening the authorization process for US advertisers, showing people more ...

Linking Aadhaar with social media or ending encryption is counterproductive

The need of the hour is sustained research and development of privacy protecting surveillance mechanisms

As tech giants fight fake news, a right wing publisher lands in trouble

Each day, in an office outside Phoenix, a team of young writers and editors curates reality

Facebook, Tesla want to read your mind: here's why you should be worried

If mind-reading devices become the normal way to interact with computers, we may end up with little choice but to use them in order to keep up with more productive colleagues

Facebook plans to hire team of editors to help curate your news stories

The Silicon Valley company said that journalists would help curate News Tab, a new section inside of the company's mobile application that will surface the most recent and relevant stories for readers

Facebook's tool will allow users to see which apps, websites tracked them

The introduction of the new tool is Facebook's latest response to criticism over how it safeguards users' privacy

Gun sellers sneaking onto Facebook's booming secondhand marketplace

Facebook launched its Marketplace feature four years ago, allowing its more than two billion users to buy and sell almost any secondhand item by clicking a button on their home page