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Facebook to overhaul political ads after threat of US regulation

CALIFORNIA: Facebook Inc on Thursday launched an overhaul of how it handles paid political advertisements,… Read More

Facebook bans ‘dangerous’ Rohingya militant group

YANGON: Facebook said it has banned a Rohingya militant group from its site, designating it… Read More

Facebook hires AI expert, launches lab in Canada’s Montreal

TORONTO: Facebook has hired artificial intelligence academic Joelle Pineau to head its new research lab… Read More

Facebook fined 1.2 mn euros by Spanish data watchdog

MADRID: Facebook has been fined 1.2 million euros ($1.4 million) for allegedly collecting personal information from… Read More

Facebook takes the next step to monetize WhatsApp: WSJ

Facebook is gearing up to make money from WhatsApp, the messaging service used by more… Read More

Facebook launches video service to compete with YouTube for ad revenue

CALIFORNIA: Facebook Inc launched its Watch video service to U.S. users on Thursday with plans… Read More

Facebook’s Watch goes up against YouTube for ad dollars

Facebook launched its Watch video service to US users on Thursday with plans to allow… Read More

Facebook discretely fields China photo-sharing app

SAN FRANCISCO: Facebook's interest in China has led it to discretely create a photo-sharing application… Read More

Facebook rolls out video shows, in new challenge

Facebook is rolling out a new video service offering professionally produced shows in a challenge… Read More

Facebook to introduce new video platform to rival Netflix and YouTube

CALIFORNIA: Facebook Inc said on Wednesday that it plans to redesign how people watch videos… Read More

VIDEO: Father dangles baby out of car to get social media likes

SIBERIA: A disturbing video has emerged, showing a father dangling his baby from the window of… Read More

Indian youth arrested for uploading ‘I support Pakistan’ picture on Facebook

BAREILLY: Police in India have arrested a 25-year-old youth and booked him for sedition for uploading… Read More

Facebook funds Harvard effort to fight election hacking, propaganda

LAS VEGAS: Facebook will provide initial funding for a nonprofit organization that aims to help… Read More

Musk, Zuckerberg duel over artificial intelligence

SAN FRANCISCO: Visionary entrepreneur Elon Musk and Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg were trading jabs on… Read More

Facebook acquires Source3 to help fight video piracy

Facebook has acquired Source3 to launch crackdown on users who share content without its creator’s… Read More

Facebook to launch news subscription product: TheStreet

SAN FRANCISCO: Facebook plans to launch a subscription-based news product, and will begin initial tests… Read More

Facebook refuses to comply Pakistan’s request to link users with phone numbers: report

Facebook on Saturday has rejected Pakistan’s request to link all its users with phone numbers,… Read More

Australia to compel chat apps to hand over encrypted messages

CANBERRA: Social media giants like Facebook and WhatsApp will be compelled to share encrypted messages… Read More

Facebook introduces feature to help locate Wi-Fi worldwide

Facebook has introduced a feature called “Find Wi-Fi” worldwide on iPhone and Android to helps… Read More

Facebook changes algorithm to curb ‘tiny group’ of spammers

SAN FRANCISCO: Facebook said on Friday it was changing the computer algorithm behind its News Feed… Read More