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Facebook fends off new NYT charges over data access

Facebook on Sunday rejected claims by the New York Times that it had allowed Apple… Read More

Lebanese tourist referred to criminal trial for insulting Egypt on Facebook

CAIRO: A Lebanese tourist who posted a video on Facebook complaining of sexual harassment and conditions… Read More

‘Facebook can influence 2018 polls’-LHC moved for closure of fake accounts

LAHORE: A petition seeking directives for the federal authorities and the Election Commission of Pakistan… Read More

Facebook to pull plug on ‘Trending’ topics feature

Facebook Inc said on Friday it will remove the ‘Trending’ topics feature that compiles popular… Read More

Facebook to swap ‘trending’ topics for breaking news

SAN FRANCISCO: Facebook on Friday said it is getting rid of a "trending" topics feature… Read More

Happy GDPR Day – but not for some US websites

The EU's flagship new data protection laws came into effect on Friday but hit an… Read More

Facebook’s Zuckerberg apologises to EU lawmakers over data leak

BRUSSELS: Facebook boss Mark Zuckerberg apologised to European Union lawmakers on Tuesday for a massive… Read More

Facebook agrees to live-stream EU parliament hearing

  CALIFORNIA: Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg has agreed to live-stream his meeting with European Parliament… Read More

Cambridge Analytica shared data with Russia: whistleblower

Political consulting group Cambridge Analytica used Russian researchers and shared data with companies linked to… Read More

Facebook suspends 200 apps over data misuse investigation

CALIFORNIA: Facebook Inc has so far suspended around 200 apps in the first stage of… Read More

UK orders Cambridge Analytica to hand over American’s personal data

UNITED KINGDOM: Britain’s data privacy watchdog has ordered Cambridge Analytica to hand over all the… Read More

Pakistan considers to impose tax on Google, Facebook

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan is considering to impose tax on offshore digital companies, including tech giants such as… Read More

Facebook fires engineer who ‘violated user access’ to stalk women

WASHINGTON: Facebook spokesperson on Thursday said that they fired an employee accused of bragging about his… Read More

Cambridge Analytica shutting down: WSJ

LONDON: The Cambridge Analytica consultancy at the centre of this year’s Facebook privacy row is… Read More

No language barrier: Facebook adds real time translations to Messenger

SAN FRANCISCO: Facebook has gaven its popular Messenger app the ability to translate missives in… Read More

Facebook to use augmented reality to draw ads to Messenger app

MENLO PARK:  Facebook Inc’s Messenger app launched an augmented reality feature on Tuesday to allow… Read More

Indonesian man jailed for Facebook post allegedly insulting Islam

JAKARTA: An Indonesian was jailed for five years Monday for a Facebook post deemed offensive… Read More

Facebook privacy drive may restrict some political campaigns

WASHINGTON:  Facebook's new focus on protecting private user data is likely to change the game… Read More

Amazon ad sale boom could challenge Google-Facebook dominance

SAN FRANCISCO/NEW YORK: Amazon.com’s expanding business of selling space on its site to merchants helped… Read More

Facebook unveils appeal process for when it removes posts

CALIFORNIA: Facebook said Tuesday it will give users the right to appeal decisions if the… Read More