IANS- Sanyam Jain, a security researcher at The Hague-based non-profit organization GDI Foundation, has discovered a massive database containing over 419 million phone numbers of Facebook users on an unsecured server, available for anyone to access. The database included 133 million records of US-based Facebook users, 18 million records of users in the United Kingdom, […]
IANS- In a new letter sent to Facebook executives, US lawmakers are officially asking the social networking giant to cease all development of its Libra cryptocurrency, the media has reported. Under Facebook subsidiary Calibra, the social networking giant has planned to introduce a digital wallet for Libra. The wallet will be available on Messenger, […]
IANS- Facebook has announced a civil rights task force that would help the social networking giant fight political interference in the 2020 presidential campaign and census. The task force will have onboard civil rights expertise to ensure it is effective in addressing areas like content policy, fairness in artificial intelligence, privacy, and elections. “We […]
IANS- In Silicon Valley, the world tech mecca, spring is synonymous with developer conferences and state-of-the-art software presentations, but this year those events are running side by side with a most peculiar trend – tarot card reading craze among “techies”. In recent months, tarot images such as that of the Magician, the Hermit, the […]
IANS- In its first-ever equity investment in an Indian start-up, Facebook on Thursday, June 13, announced an investment in Meesho, a platform that enables Indian entrepreneurs to establish online businesses via social channels. Although the social networking giant did not disclose the amount, the move by Facebook is seen as a commitment to the […]
IANS- Tech giant Google spent $21.7 million on lobbying efforts last year to influence lawmakers as the government and regulators sought great scrutiny from tech companies related to users’ privacy and unfair market practices. According to a CNBC report on Sunday, Google has been the top spender on lobbying for two consecutive years. “Amazon and […]
IANS- A US judge has asked Facebook to hand over data privacy records related to the massive Cambridge Analytica scandal. According to a report in Engadget on Friday, Facebook shareholders in September 2018 sued the social networking platform to obtain information pertaining to the data leak of 87 million users. “Today, a US judge sided […]
IANS- The Indian government requested Facebook to provide data for 20,805 users (including 861 emergency requests) — second only to the US government — in the July-December 2018 period and the social networking giant provided some data in 53 percent of the cases. During the second half of 2018, the volume of content restrictions […]
IANS- We should take a serious look at breaking up Facebook as the social network platform is a “utility that has gone unregulated”, Democratic presidential candidate Senator Kamala Harris has stressed. In an interview with CNN on Sunday, Harris said that Facebook has experienced massive growth and has prioritized its growth over the best interests […]
IANS- Facebook should take new steps, including the issuance of alerts to users, to address the proliferation of fake accounts operated by law enforcement agencies in the US, according to the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), a digital civil liberties not-for-profit organization. A report in the Guardian earlier revealed that the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement […]
