IANS- Facebook on Thursday said it has fixed a security issue wherein millions of its users’ passwords were stored in plain text and “readable” format for years and according to reports, were searchable by thousands of its employees. The report by KrebsOnSecurity claimed on Thursday around 200-600 million Facebook users may have had their […]
IANS- Stressing that tech giants have too much influence over our lives, Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren said she wanted Apple to surrender control over the iOS App Store or cease selling its own apps within it. The Democratic Senator, who recently launched her 2020 presidential bid, is in favor of passing laws that prevent […]
indica News Bureau – As part of their effort to reduce the spread of dangerous anti-vaccination propaganda, Facebook and its photo-messaging app Instagram will no longer allow advertisements that include misinformation about vaccines. The company has decided to take action against user accounts which promote vaccine misinformation that have been publicly identified by the World […]
IANS- Facebook is sending Joel Kaplan, Vice President, Global Public Policy, to face the Parliamentary Committee on Information Technology (IT) on March 6 that will hear him what the social media giant and its subsidiaries WhatsApp and Instagram are doing to safeguard citizen rights across its platforms. Ajit Mohan, Vice President and Managing Editor, […]
IANS- After a report claimed that content moderators at Facebook, traumatized by harsh working conditions and little emotional support, have resorted to drugs and having sex at the workplace, solution provider Cognizant said it is developing “the next generation of wellness practices” for such employees. A report in The Verge revealed that nearly 1,000 […]
IANS- With the general elections just months away in India, Facebook on Monday added five new partners including the India Today Group to its third-party fact-checking programme aimed at reducing the spread of false news on its platform. With the addition of the new partners, Facebook has expanded the programme to three new languages. […]
IANS – Aiming to bring more transparency to ads related to politics in India ahead of the general elections, Facebook on Thursday launched a tool that will allow its users to know the people behind a particular political ad on the platform and how much they spent for it. Starting on Thursday, users will […]
IANS – In a bizarre development, Facebook has been found to be secretly paying teenagers $20 each, asking them to install a “Facebook Research” app that lets the company access personal data to know how they use their smartphones. According to a TechCrunch report on Tuesday, the social media giant was running the research […]
IANS – In a fresh attempt to woo children into joining its network and boost user growth, Facebook is testing a new hub called “LOL” that will let kids share and post humorous meme content. A Facebook spokesperson confirmed to TechCrunch late Friday that it was experimenting with the “LOL” hub for kids. “We […]
Indica News Bureau – As India gets ready to flex its muscles in the upcoming general elections, Facebook is working round the clock to fight fake news and ramp up its ‘integrity efforts’ in the country. In an interview to the Economic Times, Facebook’s Global Politics and Government Outreach Director, Katie Harbath, said that the […]
