Tag: Facebook
Facebook’s call for global internet regulation sparks debate
AFP | Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg's call for "globally harmonized" online regulation raises questions about how internet platforms can deal with concerns about misinformation and...
Facebook paid teens to track smartphone use
AFP | Facebook paid users, including teens, to track their smartphone activity as part of an effort to glean more data that could help the...
Trust Trump’s money for Facebook with earnings due
AFP | Winning back trust is seen as the key priority for Facebook as the world's biggest social network readies its update on the final...
Facebook uncovers political influence campaign ahead of midterms
AFP | Facebook said Tuesday it shut down 32 fake pages and accounts involved in an apparent "coordinated" effort to stoke hot-button issues ahead of...
Food businesses encourage customers to vote on 25th July
News Desk | The General elections 2018 are scheduled on 25th July and people are eagerly waiting to witness a peaceful transition of a democratic...
17 Types of Online Work at Home Jobs that Really Pay...
Lifehack | Some of us prefer the stability and certainty of a nine to five office job. However, increasingly more people choose the flexibility of...
German court to rule on parents’ access to dead daughter’s Facebook
AFP | German judges will rule Thursday on Facebook users' "digital legacy", or the fate of their private data after they die, in a case...
Britain to fine Facebook over data breach
AFP | Britain's data regulator has said it will fine Facebook half a million pounds ($660,000) for failing to protect users' data, in an inquiry...
WhatsApp offers tips to spot fake news after India murders
News Desk | WhatsApp took out full-page advertisements in Indian newspapers Tuesday offering "easy tips" to identify fact from fiction after a slew of recent murders...
Starbucks back in hot water, ‘disrespects’ stutterer
AFP | Starbucks was back in hot water Friday, three months after a branch manager called the police on two black men -- this time...
India slams WhatsApp over deadly rumours
News Desk | India has told WhatsApp to take "immediate action" after a spate of horrific lynchings sparked by false rumours being shared on the...
Facebook responding to US regulators in data breach probe
AFP | Facebook acknowledged Tuesday it was facing multiple inquiries from US and British regulators about the major Cambridge Analytica user data scandal. The leading...
Your blocked contacts on Facebook knew what you were up to...
AFP | Facebook on Monday said it is notifying more than 800,000 users that a software bug temporarily unblocked people at the social network and...
Facebook boosts ad transparency as it braces for US elections
AFP | Facebook announced new steps Thursday to let people see who is behind ads and other content on the leading social network as it...
Facebook, Google ‘manipulate’ users to share data despite EU law: study
AFP | Facebook and Google are pushing users to share private information by offering "invasive" and limited default options despite new EU data protection laws...
Data Pirates, Google, Facebook under scrutiny for manipulating users
AFP | Facebook and Google are pushing users to share private information by offering "invasive" and limited default options despite new EU data protection laws...
Mahwish Arshad’s case: Violence against women is a demonstration of power
News Analysis | Mahwish Arshad, a 19-year-old, worked for a local travel company. She was shot and killed by a man, Umer Daraz -one of...
Google faces EU anti-trust fines over Android: sources
AFP | The EU's powerful antitrust authority is set to decide in the coming weeks that Google unfairly punishes rivals of its Android mobile phone...
Facebook admits privacy settings ‘bug’ affecting 14 million users
AFP | Facebook acknowledged Thursday a software glitch that changed the settings of some 14 million users, potentially making some posts public even if they...
Facebook says Huawei had access to data
AFP | Facebook on Tuesday confirmed that a Chinese phone maker deemed a national security threat, it was among the companies given access to data...
Facebook ‘not aware of any abuse’ of data by phone makers
AFP | Facebook said Monday that it does not know of any privacy abuse by cellphone makers who years ago were able to gain access...
Facebook sinking fast among US teens: survey
AFP | Facebook is rapidly losing ground against rival internet platforms in attracting and keeping US teenagers, a survey showed Thursday. The Pew Research Center report...
Placid Singapore braces for Trump-Kim storm
AFP | Singapore hotel rooms are being snapped up, police are preparing to lock down the city and thousands of journalists are set to jet...
School shooter video game draws criticism
AFP | An upcoming video game that lets players simulate a school shooting is coming in for criticism from parents of shooting victims and from...
Papua New Guinea mulls ‘temporary’ ban on Facebook
AFP | Papua New Guinea said Wednesday it was mulling a temporary shutdown of Facebook to uncover false accounts and block fake news in the...
Mistaken as child kidnapper, transgender lynched to death by Hyderabad mob
News Analysis | An Indian transgender has been beaten to death over rumors on the social media sphere that the person was the member of...
Facebook, Twitter tighten rules for political ads
AFP | Twitter on Thursday announced new guidelines to clearly mark political ads on its platform as Facebook said it began implementing a policy requiring...
Jury tells Samsung to pay big for copying iPhone design
AFP | A federal court jury on Thursday ordered Samsung to pay Apple $533 million for copying iPhone design features in a patent case dating...
Egypt opens Gaza border for month of Ramadan: president
AFP | Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has made a rare decision to open the Rafah crossing with Gaza for a month, allowing Palestinians to...
World leaders send best wishes for Ramadan
News Desk | The Muslims throughout the world marked the month of Ramadan on 17th May. World leaders, including the President of the United States...
From Yahoo to Uber, major hacks of data
AFP | The European Union's new data protection rules, which take effect on May 25, will give people more control over the way their personal...
Russian Facebook ‘ads’ show strong effort to divide US society
AFP | Thousands of Facebook and Instagram advertisements taken out by a Russian internet group were released Thursday in a database that illustrates how a...
Pakistan rejects Toyota, Honda and Suzuki after decades
News Analysis | As per previous demonstrations on how social media has become a powerful unification tool against hecklers and aggressive business owners in Murree,...
The Government of Pakistan wants to put taxes on Facebook, Google
News Analysis | As if undue taxation was not already a national crisis, the government of Pakistan has proposed taxes on digital revenues, targeting tech...
Challenges in cyber space & Pakistan’s counter strategy
Muneeb Imran | In the 20th Century, oil was the most important commodity that drove growth and production but that is not entirely the case...
PM Modi is a more popular global leader than President Trump:...
News Desk | According to a study published by communication firm Burson-Marsteller on Wednesday, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is more popular on social media...