Facebook has reportedly suspended 70 accounts, 138 pages and 65 Instagram accounts associated with a “troll factory,” which has been sanctioned by US authorities for fake activism and misleading political posts.
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Zuckerberg hits back at Cook’s jab on Facebook
In a recent televised interview with MSNBC and Recode, Apple CEO Tim Cook was asked how we would have responded if he was in the shoes of Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, who is reeling from the Cambridge Analytica fallout.
Will UAE users get off Facebook after data misuse revelations?
Following revelations about Facebook data being misused for political campaigning in 2014, we spoke to members of the UAE public to …
Cambridge Analytica chief brags about role in Trump’s win in secret footage
The suspended chief executive of Cambridge Analytica said in a secretly recorded video broadcast on that his UK-based political consultancy’s online campaign has indeed influenced the 2016 US elections.
Facebook turns 14: Zuckerberg reflects on past “mistakes”
Zuckerberg reflects on his “mistakes” as Facebook turns 14
Zuckerberg was just 19 when he started Facebook, and has admitted this week in a post on his own Facebook page that at the time, he didn’t know anything about building a company or a global internet service.
Facebook upbeat about ad sales amid usage decline
Facebook has reassured investors on Wednesday that its digital ad business will continue to remain profitable, in spite of the …
Facebook update to prioritise “local and trustworthy” news
The social media giant revealed on Monday that it is going to prioritise news stories that are specific to where the user lives, by identifying local publishers as those whose links are clicked on by readers in a tight geographic area
Think before you click: Facebook warns users against spam
Researchers at Facebook have undertaken what they describe as one of the largest scale studies of spam clicking behaviour, to reveal what kinds of people still fall for social media spam scams and why.
Facebook should be regulated like tobacco, says tech CEO
Facebook and other addictive technology products should be regulated like cigarettes, Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff said.