Facebook shares first COVID-19 symptom maps, set to expand globally
Using aggregated public data from a survey conducted by Carnegie Mellon University, Facebook released its first county-by-county…
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Better data can help weather this health crisis: Mark Zuckerberg
If we use data responsibly, it can help the world respond to the ongoing health crisis and get us started on the road to recovery…
Hackers sold data of 267 million Facebook users for just Rs 41,500
Hackers have sold personal data of a whopping 267 million Facebook users for just Rs 41,500 (approximately 500 Euros) that…
Facebook Flashes Warning To 40 Million ‘Misinformation’ Posts
Every era comes with a struggle of its own and for this internet-booming era, it is misinformation. We are way past the phase of…
Facebook builds shadow platform to catch trolls, scammers with bots
In an effort to better understand how trolls and spammers work on social media, Facebook is building bots that can imitate such…
WHO now provides interactive coronavirus service on Facebook Messenger
The World Health Organization (WHO) has launched an interactive experience on Facebook Messenger to provide people accurate…
Instagram Now Allows People To Send And Receive DMs On Web
Instagram users have been ecstatic as Instagram finally rolled out the much-awaited feature that users have been demanding for a…
Facebook unveils new app review system to spot data misuse
Alarmed by various data privacy scandals like the Cambridge Analytica one which involved 87 million users, Facebook has instituted…
Facebook expands location sharing data by providing it to Covid researchers
Facebook Inc is expanding the user location data that the company offers to researchers and non-profits trying to study the…
Government asks TikTok, Facebook to remove rogue content spreading misinformation
The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) is learned to have asked social media platforms like Tiktok, Helo…