Tag: Mark Zuckerberg
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...
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, 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...
Zuckerberg unveils plans for Facebook dating service
AFP | Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg announced Tuesday the world's largest social network will soon include a new dating feature -- while vowing to make...
Key points from Facebook-Zuckerberg hearings
AFP | Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg testified for nearly 10 hours over two days on Facebook's privacy and data protection issues before committees of the...
New policies by Facebook to stop interventions in elections, including Pakistan
News Analysis | Mark Zuckerberg, CEO and founder of Facebook, in his latest post via his own Facebook account, expressed the disposition to adopt an...
Mark Zuckerberg apologizes for “breach of trust”
News Analysis | The CEO of Facebook apologized for what he characterized as a “breach of trust”, yesterday, after being silent ever since the data...
Facebook profits booming despite drop in usage time
AFP | Facebook on Wednesday reported a big jump in profits even though people are spending less time on the world's biggest social network. The...
Facebook to allow users to rank news sources based on ‘trust’
AFP | Facebook announced Friday it will ask its two billion users to rank their trust in news sources, in its latest attempt to combat...
Who are the Richest People of the Year?
Forbes has issued a new list of top billionaires from around the world. The rich are in fact getting richer for the increase in...
