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After WhatsApp, Facebook messenger hit by temporary outage

NEW YORK/KUALA LUMPUR: Facebook messenger, an instant messaging service application, reportedly suffered a temporary outage… Read More

Facebook says it’s investigating WhatsApp’s global outage

CALIFORNIA: Facebook Inc’s WhatsApp messenger suffered a temporary outage across the world, prompting the top social… Read More

US senators hammer Facebook for power over elections

WASHINGTON: U.S. senators on Tuesday pressed Facebook’s chief lawyer on why the company did not… Read More

Internet giants find more Russia-linked election meddling

WASHINGTON: Internet giants were expected to tell Congress this week that Russian-backed content aimed at… Read More

Chinese President meets Zuckerberg, Tim Cook in Beijing

BEIJING: Apple's Tim Cook and Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg met Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing,… Read More

Facebook moves toward revealing backers of political ads

SAN FRANCISCO: Facebook says it will take steps to deliver on a promise to reveal… Read More

Father films his suicide live on Facebook in protest at daughter’s wedding

ANKARA: A distressed 54-year-old man filmed his own suicide live on Facebook because his daughter… Read More

Facebook joins effort to boost newspaper subscriptions

WASHINGTON: Facebook announced Thursday initiatives to help struggling news organizations gain paid subscribers, following a… Read More

Writing’s on the wall for Trump, Zuckerberg in West Bank

JERUSALEM: Newly daubed graffiti on the Israeli wall cutting off the occupied West Bank lambasts… Read More

Facebook buys popular teen app tbh

CALIFORNIA: Facebook Inc has acquired tbh, an app popular among teens, as the world’s largest… Read More

Facebook helps children to fight cyber bullying in UK schools

LONDON: Facebook said on Monday it would fund young “digital safety ambassadors” in every secondary… Read More

Facebook beefs up food delivery options from its app

SAN FRANCISCO: Facebook on Friday announced a new feature to make it easier for users… Read More

Facebook pushes ad overhaul before 2018 US election

CALIFORNIA: Facebook Inc has begun overhauling how it handles political ads on its platform and… Read More

Facebook, Instagram restore services after worldwide outage

ISLAMABAD/KARACHI: Facebook and Instagram users in Pakistan and elsewhere found themselves unable to access the… Read More

Facebook ‘context’ button is latest effort to fight fake news

WASHINGTON: Facebook said on Thursday it was testing a new "button" to allow users to… Read More

Facebook is hiring 1000 people to thwart election manipulation

CALIFORNIA: Facebook on Monday said it will hire more than 1,000 people to thwart deceptive… Read More

Zuckerberg fires back at Trump over Facebook criticism

CALIFORNIA: Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg fired back at US President Donald Trump on Wednesday after… Read More

Trump slams Facebook as lawmakers await ads amid Russia probe

WASHINGTON: U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday criticized Facebook as “anti-Trump” and questioned its role… Read More

Russia threatens to ban Facebook in 2018 over data law

MOSCOW: Russia's internet watchdog on Tuesday warned Facebook it would be banned in 2018 unless… Read More

Internet giants, once above the fray, on the defensive in Washington

WASHINGTON: Internet giants, including Alphabet’s Google and Facebook, are moving to compromise on several major… Read More