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App Stores
Facebook may have to disclose some app records in privacy probe
Massachusetts' top court reversed an order requiring Facebook to turn over to state Attorney General Maura Healey records identifying apps suspected of misusing customer data, but the justices said she ultimately could obtain some...
App Stores
Zuckerberg and Dorsey in talks to testify at House hearing as early as March
The CEOs of Facebook and Twitter are said to be in talks with House of Representatives lawmakers to testify at a hearing as early as next month, the Politico website has reported citing people...
Search Engines
As Google threatens an exit from Australia, Microsoft talks up Bing with PM
Software giant Microsoft is confident its search product Bing can fill the gap in Australia if Alphabet pulls its Google search over required payments to media outlets, Prime Minister Scott Morrison has said.
Australia has...
Media & Content Platforms
Zuck reached out to Aussie lawmakers over new media rules
Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg called Australian lawmakers last week to discuss rules that would make internet giants pay news outlets for content but failed to persuade them to change policy, the country's Treasurer has said.
Zuckerberg...
App Stores
Facebook scores earnings win on holiday retail advertising
Facebook has beaten quarterly earnings estimates after heavy holidays advertising by retailers, but cautioned Apple's impending privacy fluctuations could hurt revenue by interfering with ad targeting.
The world's biggest social networking company said it expected...
Social Networks
Zuckerberg and exec’s set Facebook roadmap at year-end meeting
Facebook Inc's leading executives sought to rally employees around business priorities such as commerce and virtual reality in a yearlong assembly on Tuesday, playing criticism confronted this year of the company's record on false...
Social Networks
Facebook estimates hate speech seen in 1 out of 1000 views on its platform
Facebook for the very first time on Thursday revealed numbers on the incidence of hate speech on its stage, stating that from every 10,000 content viewpoints in the third quarter, 10 to 11 contained...
Communication & Collaboration
‘More power than traditional media’: Facebook and Twitter policies attacked
Republican senators have attacked the executives of both Facebook and Twitter for what they called censorship of both President Trump and his allies during the US election while Democrats bemoaned the spread of misinformation.
The...
Social Networks
Ahead of US election, Facebook suspends political and new group recommendations
Late last week Facebook verified it had been temporarily halting recommendations for all political groups and some other new bands in the run-up to tomorrows hotly contested US presidential election.
Facebook's CEO Mark Zuckerberg known...
Communication & Collaboration
Tech CEO’s to defend key law in front of US Senate panel
The CEO's of Twitter, Facebook and Alphabet will inform US lawmakers in a hearing on Wednesday that a federal law protecting internet companies is essential to free expression on the internet, based on written...
Social Networks
Zuckerberg and Chan donate $100 million more to US election infrastructure
Facebook's founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg along with his wife, Priscilla Chan, have stated that they will donate an extra $100 million to support election officials and finance infrastructure for the US election on...
Social Networks
Facebook bans ‘militarized’ calls for poll watching
Facebook has prohibited calls for poll watching that use "militarized language" as it tightened a slew of restrictions before US elections next month amid mounting alarm that unfounded claims online could lead to violence.
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