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Parliamentary panel plans to summon Facebook in hate-speech case

A report by The Wall Street Journal on Saturday mentioned that Facebook overlooked its hate speech policies

Facebook begins merging Instagram and Messenger chats, says report

Facebook acquired Instagram for $1 billion in 2012 and WhatsApp in 2014 for $19 billion

Facebook allows small businesses to earn from paid online events

Facebook also testing "paid events with Messenger Rooms" for more personal and interactive gatherings

Facebook could face up to $500 billion in fines in new lawsuit: Report

The lawsuit was filed on Monday in state court in Redwood City, California, DailyMail.com reported on Wednesday

Dismiss Big Tech's challenge to social media order, Trump admin asks court

The lawsuit was brought in June by the Center for Democracy and Technology (CDT), a Washington-based tech group funded by Facebook Inc , Alphabet Inc's Google and Twitter Inc

Instagram faces lawsuit over illegal harvesting of biometric data

In the new lawsuit, filed Monday in state court in Redwood City, California, the company is accused of collecting, storing and profiting from the biometrics of more than 100 million Instagram users

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