Apple jams Facebook's web-tracking tools
Apple unveils new operating systems for its iPhones and computers with features designed to thwart the use of secret trackers to monitor people's online activities.
5 June 2018, 05:38 AM
Papua New Guinea mulls 'temporary' ban on Facebook
Papua New Guinea says it is mulling a temporary shutdown of Facebook to uncover false accounts and block fake news in the Pacific nation, which hosts a major global summit later this year.
30 May 2018, 05:33 AM
FB hasn't done enough
Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg apologised to the European Parliament yesterday and said the social media giant is taking steps to prevent a repeat of a massive breach of users' personal data.
22 May 2018, 19:43 PM
Facing Facebook's Responsibility
When Facebook went public in May 2012, its capacity for effective corporate governance was already in doubt. Fast-forward six years, and Facebook has accumulated massive power, access, and influence—and, in many ways, proved the doubters right.
15 May 2018, 18:00 PM
How Facebook could help empower older adults and relieve social isolation
Using social networking sites such as Facebook could help older adults interact with others and feel more empowered and less lonely, according to new research.
3 May 2018, 10:22 AM
Zuckerberg unveils plans for Facebook dating service
Facebook Inc is entering the dating game, Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg says, planning a dating service to matchmake millions of people on the world's largest online social network and nudge them into spending more time there.
2 May 2018, 12:19 PM
Tech firms, including Microsoft, Facebook, vow not to aid government cyber attacks
Microsoft, Facebook and more than 30 other global technology companies announce a joint pledge not to assist any government in offensive cyber attacks.
19 April 2018, 07:31 AM
Ananta Jalil expresses willingness to bear education cost of Rajib's siblings
Businessman and former actor Ananta Jalil has expressed his willingness to bear the educational expenses of the two younger brothers of Rajib Hossain, a college student who died in a tragic road accident in Dhaka.
18 April 2018, 04:40 AM
Facebook must face class action over facial recognition - US judge
A US federal judge rules that Facebook Inc must face a class action lawsuit alleging that the social network unlawfully used a facial recognition process on photos without user permission.
17 April 2018, 09:17 AM
Realise revenues from Google, Facebook, YouTube, HC asks govt
The High Court orders the government to realise appropriate tax, VAT and other charges from the revenues earned by different digital platforms like Google, Facebook, Amazon, Yahoo and YouTube.
12 April 2018, 12:37 PM
Instagram to allow users to download their data
Facebook Inc’s Instagram will soon allow its users to download a copy of all the content they have uploaded on the photo-sharing platform, a spokesman says.
12 April 2018, 05:39 AM
Facebook to verify identities, require labels for political ads
Facebook announced Friday it will require political ads on its platform to state who is paying for the message and would verify the
7 April 2018, 18:00 PM
Facebook to verify identities, require labels for political ads
Facebook announces it will require political ads on its platform to state who is paying for the message and would verify the identity of the payer, in a bid to curb outside election interference.
7 April 2018, 04:43 AM
Facebook says sorry to rights groups
Facebook yesterday apologised to Myanmar civil society groups who took issue with Mark Zuckerberg's defence of the platform's record on curbing hate speech roiling the country.
6 April 2018, 18:00 PM
Facebook used to ‘incite real harm’ in Myanmar: Zuckerberg
Facebook's chief executive and co-founder Mark Zuckerberg says the social media company is aware that its tools have been used to spread anti-Rohingya propaganda and "incite real harm" in Myanmar.
3 April 2018, 10:54 AM
Facebook needs 'a few years' to fix problems: Zuckerberg
Facebook will likely need "a few years" to fix the problems uncovered by the revelations on the hijacking of private user data, chief executive Mark Zuckerberg said in an interview released yesterday.
2 April 2018, 18:00 PM
Unicef-Facebook for child-safe internet
Unicef and Facebook launch a joint initiative to create a safe digital world of internet for children in Bangladesh.
30 March 2018, 11:16 AM
UK information commissioner welcomes Facebook move to cut ties with data brokers
Britain's Information Commissioner welcomed Facebook's decision to end its partnerships with several large data brokers who help advertisers target people on the social network.
29 March 2018, 12:41 PM
India sends notice to Facebook over alleged data breach
India's government sends a notice to Facebook asking whether the personal data of Indian voters and users has been compromised by UK-based Cambridge Analytica or any other downstream entity.
29 March 2018, 07:46 AM
Facebook announces new steps to protect users' privacy
Facebook says it would overhaul its privacy settings tools to put users "more in control" of their information on the social media website.
28 March 2018, 12:22 PM