The IAMAI had come up with a voluntary code of ethics for social media companies, which will be in force till the end of Lok Sabha elections
Search engines alongside online messaging services and file hosting sites will also come under the remit of a new regulator
The revelation of cybercriminal activity adds to the mounting security and privacy concerns surrounding Facebook.
The records were accessible and downloadable for anyone who could find them online, and they didn't get taken down until April 3, after Facebook contacted Amazon
Facebook said last month it resolved a glitch that exposed passwords of millions of users stored in readable format within its internal systems to its employees.
These include 138 Facebook pages and 549 profiles and have hundreds of thousands of followers
Facebook paying publishers to host their journalism on the social network has long been a dream of media executives.
In his post, Zuckerberg proposes that 'regulation could set baselines for what's prohibited and require companies to build systems for keeping harmful content to a bare minimum'
Facebook is looking into barring people who have previously violated the social network's community standards from livestreaming on its platform, according to Sandberg
All EU advertisers will need to be authorised in their country to run ads related to politics and issues, a move intended to be a barrier to potential election interference from outside a country
'Facebook is discriminating against people based upon who they are and where they live'
The ban will be enforced starting next week at the leading online social network and its image-centric messaging service Instagram.
The blog post had mentioned Kashmir among the list as well
Mr McNamee is right that a 15-year-old company got this powerful because it learnt how to get under the skin of its users
Some of the challenges Facebook faces are less about data and more about questioning the business model, says Beth Comstock
The security slip left the passwords readable by the social networking giant's employees
The changes to Facebook's advertising methods which generate most of the company's enormous profits are unprecedented
Facebook said it had been working directly with New Zealand police and across the technology industry to 'help counter hate speech and the threat of terrorism.'
The shares had their worst day in more than two months Friday, falling 2.5 per cent to close at $165.98
Facebook will also launch a support hub called "Not Without My Consent" on its safety center page for people whose intimate images have been shared without their consent.