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'Kill more': Facebook fails to detect hate against Rohingya Muslims

A new report has found that Facebook failed to detect blatant hate speech and calls to violence against Myanmar's Rohingya Muslim minority

Ukraine war: Russia bans Instagram, Facebook under 'extremism' law

A Russian court on Monday ruled to ban Instagram and Facebook in the country, labelling its parent company Meta as extremist, according to a media report.

Ukraine crisis: Russia bans Instagram, Facebook under 'extremism' law

Earlier, the Kremlin had threatened to ban Facebook and Instagram after its posts called for violence against Russia

Russia finds Meta guilty of 'extremist activity', says WhatsApp can stay

Russia banned Facebook for restricting access to Russian media while Instagram was blocked after Meta said it would allow social media users in Ukraine to post messages urging violence against Putin

Global Facebook interest declines about 90% in last 10 years: Report

There has been an 87 per cent decline in the search volume for the term Facebook in the last decade, media reports said.

Australia to make Big Tech hand over data on misinformation

The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) will also be able to enforce an internet industry code on uncooperative platforms, the federal government said on Monday

Australian watchdog sues Meta over scam celebrity crypto ads on FB

The Australian consumer watchdog has filed a lawsuit against Meta, saying that the social network allegedly engaged in false, misleading or deceptive conduct by publishing scam advertisements

Meta locks out people who failed to activate Facebook Protect programme

Facebook is locking out people who did not activate the 'Facebook Protect' programme and the users complain that that company sent a mysterious, spam-like email which they ignored for security reasons

Australian watchdog sues Facebook-owner Meta over scam advertisements

Australia's competition watchdog filed a lawsuit against Meta on Friday, alleging the social media giant failed to prevent scammers using its platform to promote fake ads featuring well-known people

Amid war, Meta to connect Ukrainians with timely info to stay safe

Meta (formerly Facebook) has announced to start showing people in Ukraine a message at the top of feed to connect them to high-quality, timely information to stay safe, find family and friends

Meta sues fake customer engagement service provider directed at Facebook

Meta (formerly Facebook) has filed a lawsuit against Chad Taylor Cowan for providing a fake engagement service directed at Facebook.

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg planning to launch NFTs on Instagram

As NFTs are all the rage these days, Facebook chief executive officer (CEO) Mark Zuckerberg is planning to let Instagram users mint non-fungible tokens (NFTs) on the social media platform

Cong chief Rahul Gandhi attacks Facebook, says its 'worse for democracy'

Former Congress president Rahul Gandhi attacked social media giant Facebook on Wednesday and alleged that it was 'worse for democracy'

End Facebook interference in India's democracy: Sonia Gandhi

Congress president Sonia Gandhi urged the government to put an end to the alleged "systematic interference" of Facebook and other social media giants in India's electoral politics.

Meta Platforms slapped with $19 million fine for EU data law breaches

Meta Platforms was fined 17 million euros ($19 million) for violating the European Union's privacy rules by failing to prevent a series of data breaches on its Facebook platform in 2018

Ukraine crisis: Russia bans Instagram, blocks access for 80 mn users

Russian influencers on Instagram posted farewell messages to their followers, asking them to follow them on other social media platforms, or download VPN software to bypass the ban

Meta-Russia standoff worsens, firm says won't tolerate 'Russophobia'

As Russia considers designating Meta as an extremist organisation for applying policies to speech in context of Putin's invasion of Ukraine, the social network has said that its decision is temporary

Facebook owner defends policy on calls for violence that angered Russia

Facebook owner Meta Platforms (FB.O) said Friday that a temporary change in its content policy, only for Ukraine, was needed to let users voice opposition to Russia's attack

Google and Facebook 'Jedi Blue' ad deal probed by EU, Britain

The Jedi Blue agreement enables Meta via its Meta Audience Network, to participate in Google's Open Bidding programme, which is a rival to header bidding.

Nasdaq, S&P 500 slip as tech drags at end of choppy week

Meta shares drop as Russia opens criminal probe; all three major indexes tracking weekly losses