Tag: Facebook
Italy’s privacy regulator fined Facebook $1.1 mn over Cambridge Analytica case
Italy’s data protection watchdog slammed Facebook Friday with a fine of one million euros ($1.1 million) for violating privacy laws over the Cambridge Analytica scandal. The penalty was for “illegal […]
Facebook emails show EU must toughen regulation on social media ‘monopoly,’ lawmaker says
A European lawmaker has called for updated regulation on Facebook and other social networks after a trove of revelatory emails was released by the British Parliament. Internal documents made public […]
Mark Zuckerberg Says He Will Highlight Steps Taken to ‘Fix Facebook’
As countries over the world including India face elections amid the spread of fake news and political interference on social media platforms, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said in a post on Friday that the company had […]
New Facebook AI System Could ‘Open’ Closed Eyes in Photo
HIGHLIGHTS Facebook researchers presented a Generative Adversarial Network It is an ML system that fools itself into thinking its creations are real Facebook researchers found the results quite promising Facebook researchers […]
Europe’s Antitrust Cop, Margrethe Vestager, Has Facebook and Google in Her Crosshairs
HIGHLIGHTS Vestager was scrutinising tech companies long before the latest scandals She said scandals “changed the context very much” Later this month, GDPR will go into effect Margrethe Vestager is […]
Facebook Lite for Android Review: Made for India
While phone makers are now launching 4G handsets and companies like Airtel and Reliance working towards bringing the networks in India, you might think that there’s no need for apps […]
Facebook Messenger Now Lets You Convert a Voice, Video Chat Into a Group Call
HIGHLIGHTS Users will not need to hang up and then add people into a conversation After chat ends, a group chat is created automatically in the inbox Download the latest […]
WhatsApp’s New Terms of Service Leaked, Detail Facebook Data Sharing and Advertising
HIGHLIGHTS The Terms of Service have been found in beta version 2.18.57 WhatsApp will share personal user information with Facebook Companies The app will collect data to help businesses on […]
After London Attack, Facebook to ‘Aggressively Remove Terrorist Content’
Facebook said it wanted to make its social media platform a “hostile environment” for terrorists in a statement issued after attackers killed seven people in London and prompted Prime Minister […]
Facebook Charts a Course for Sports While Rivals Spend on Rights
Facebook is backing away from the high-priced market for big-time sports, setting the social network apart from other digital media companies and drawing a line in the sand for the […]