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Cambridge Analytica Nightmare Not Over For Facebook
Columns
March 31, 2020
Cambridge Analytica Nightmare Not Over For Facebook
If Facebook thought that 2020 might be the year that the company manages to shake off its disastrous news cycle…
Facebook Ban on App Pre-Installation on Huawei Phones
Apps & Software
June 10, 2019
Facebook Ban on App Pre-Installation on Huawei Phones
Huawei is still on U.S. “Entity List” — that bans the Chinese firm from conducting any business with U.S. companies.…
Facebook Improves Location Settings For Android App
Apps & Software
February 21, 2019
Facebook Improves Location Settings For Android App
Facebook is adding a new privacy control feature to its Android app that will allow users to block the app…
Facebook Lets You Search For Photos of Your Female Friends, But Not Males
Apps & Software
February 13, 2019
Facebook Lets You Search For Photos of Your Female Friends, But Not Males
A Belgian security researcher has found an unusual quirk in Facebook’s search function. Facebook lets you search for photos of…
Facebook to Open a Content Review Centre in Nairobi
Company News
February 7, 2019
Facebook to Open a Content Review Centre in Nairobi
Social media giant Facebook has announced that it will open its first Content Review Centre in the Sub Saharan region…
Facebook Adds Revoke Feature in Messenger App
Apps & Software
February 6, 2019
Facebook Adds Revoke Feature in Messenger App
Facebook has added a revoke/un-send feature to its Messenger app that will give users a 10-minute window after sending a…
Facebook Paid Teenagers to Mine Device Data
Facebook
February 1, 2019
Facebook Paid Teenagers to Mine Device Data
Facebook is halting a scheme that gathered highly personal data from paid volunteers, after it was exposed. TechCrunch said participants –…
EU Asks Google, Facebook, Twitter & Mozilla To Do More Against Fake News
Facebook
January 30, 2019
EU Asks Google, Facebook, Twitter & Mozilla To Do More Against Fake News
Google, Facebook, Twitter, and Mozilla must do more to combat fake news as Europeans head towards an election or the…
We Don’t Sell People’s Data – FB CEO, Mark Zuckerberg Claims
Facebook
January 25, 2019
We Don’t Sell People’s Data – FB CEO, Mark Zuckerberg Claims
Facebook boss, Mark Zuckerberg on Thursday renewed his defens of the social network’s business, arguing that targeting ads based on…
WhatsApp will limit message forwarding to 5 individuals or groups to fight fake news
Social Media
January 21, 2019
WhatsApp will limit message forwarding to 5 individuals or groups to fight fake news
In its efforts to fight fake news and it’s spread, Facebook-owned messaging service WhatsApp has announced that it has globally…