Mark Zuckerberg-led Meta donates $1 million to Donald Trump's inaugural fund
Dec 12, 2024, at 06:23 pm
New York/IBNS: Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, has donated $1 million to US President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration fund, a company spokesperson confirmed to the media.
Meta was ‘pressured’ by White House to censor Covid-related content in 2021: Mark Zuckerberg
Aug 28, 2024, at 10:33 pm
California/IBNS: The chairman and CEO of the California-based social media company Meta, Mark Zuckerberg, on Monday (August 26) said in a letter to the House Judiciary committee that his teams were “pressured” by the Biden administration to censor some content around the Covid-19 pandemic.
US states sue Facebook owner Meta for causing harm to children's mental health
Oct 25, 2023, at 06:22 am
Dozens of US states are suing Meta Platforms and its Instagram unit, accusing them of causing harm to a youths' mental health through the addictive nature of their social media platforms.
Canada suspends its advertising on Facebook, Instagram over Online News Act disagreement
Jul 07, 2023, at 03:57 am
Toronto/IBNS: Canadian Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez has said that following Meta’s decision to pull Canadian news from its platforms in response to the Online News Act, the federal government would suspend all its advertising on Facebook and Instagram.
'You're such a little blessing': Mark Zuckerberg welcomes third child with wife Priscilla Chan
Mar 25, 2023, at 04:08 am
Facebook Co-founder and Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg Friday welcomed his third child with his wife Dr Priscilla Chan.
Jan 16, 2023, at 04:56 am
Pokhara: A video has gone viral on the internet which allegedly captured the last moments of the Yeti Airlines flight which crashed in Nepal's Pokhara city on Sunday killing 68 people.
Mark Zuckerberg's New Year wish is indeed special, shares cute image of his pregnant wife
Jan 02, 2023, at 12:12 am
New York: Social media giant Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg on Sunday shared a special picture where his wife Priscilla Chan could be seen expecting their third child.
Facebook says hackers in Pakistan targeted Afghan users during former govt collapse
Nov 17, 2021, at 10:43 pm
Social media giant Facebook said hackers from Pakistan used the platform to target people in Afghanistan with connections to the previous government during the Taliban's takeover of the country.
Facebook changes name to Meta, focuses on Metaverse
Oct 29, 2021, at 11:36 pm
San Francisco/UNI/Xinhua: CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced his company Facebook has changed its corporate name to Meta.
Facebook says aware of second outage in a week, working to restore service
Oct 09, 2021, at 02:55 pm
Washington/UNI/Sputnik: Social media site Facebook says that it is aware of reports of users having trouble accessing their apps and products and is working to restore service in the second major outage for the platform this week, the company said on Friday in a tweet.
Ex-Facebook employee says it harms children and weakens democracy, Mark Zuckerberg hits back
Oct 06, 2021, at 03:08 pm
Washington: An ex-Facebook employee has told US lawmakers that the popular social media company's apps and sites 'harm children, stoke division and weaken our democracy', media reports said.
Sorry for the disruption today: Mark Zuckerberg on Facebook outrage
Oct 05, 2021, at 02:04 pm
New York: Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg on Monday night said 'sorry' to the users of the popular social media platform as it went down for several hours.
Facebook, TikTok continue ban on posts promoting Talibans after Afghanistan fall
Aug 18, 2021, at 03:59 am
New Delhi/IBNS: Social media platforms like Facebook and TikTok on Tuesday announced that they won’t lift bans on content that promotes the Taliban after the group took control of Afghanistan.
Facebook removes nearly 100 Pakistani fake accounts
Jun 07, 2021, at 02:19 am
Facebook has removed close to 100 Pakistani fake accounts and pages involved in suspicious activities including misleading domestic audiences by posing as international news entities through fake social media handles.
Twitter, Google, TikTok fined by Russian court for failing to comply with Moscow's directive
May 28, 2021, at 07:23 pm
Moscow: A court in Russia has fined social network site Twitter 19 million rubles (USD 259,000) for not deleting content the country views as illegal, according to reports.
Facebook strikes content revenue-sharing deal with Australian news corp media company
Mar 16, 2021, at 09:55 pm
Moscow/Sputnik: Facebook has signed a multi-year content deal with one of Australia's largest media companies, News Corp, to be able to use its materials on its own platforms following the introduction of media bargaining laws in Australia, News Corp said in a press release.
Turkish regulator starts probe against WhatsApp, Facebook over privacy policy - Reports
Jan 11, 2021, at 10:45 pm
Ankara/Sputnik: Turkey's competition regulator has launched investigation against WhatsApp and Facebook due to their new privacy policy, Anadolu news agency reported on Monday.
Hate speech on Facebook poses ‘acute challenges to human dignity’: UN expert
Dec 25, 2020, at 01:51 am
New York: An independent UN human rights expert called on Wednesday for Facebook’s Oversight Board to give greater consideration to the rights of ethnic, religious and linguistic minorities before making decisions over controversial content, particularly involving hate speech.
Facebook, Instagram ban all QAnon-linked accounts - Statement
Oct 07, 2020, at 02:30 pm
Washington/Sputnik: Facebook and Instagram will immediately begin removing all accounts linked to the QAnon conspiracy theory movement, the company said in a statement.
Facebook removes 150 fake accounts run from China
Sep 25, 2020, at 03:54 am
San Francisco: Social media giant Facebook has removed over 150 fake accounts which were allegedly run by China.
Facebook fears ban on sending EU user data to US will halt Europe operations : Reports
Sep 21, 2020, at 12:21 am
Moscow/Sputnik: Facebook has told Ireland’s High Court that not being able to send data on EU users to the United States, as per a regulator order, might endanger its operations in Europe, the Sunday Business Post reported, citing court papers.
Facebook removes several Pakistani accounts over 'coordinated inauthentic behaviour'
Sep 04, 2020, at 12:58 am
San Francisco: Social media giant Facebook on Thursday said it has removed 453 Facebook accounts, 103 Pages, 78 Groups and 107 Instagram accounts operated from Pakistan for 'coordinated inauthentic behavior'.
Facebook, Twitter Remove 13 Russia-Linked Accounts
Sep 02, 2020, at 04:13 pm
Washington/Sputnik: Facebook has removed 13 allegedly Russia-linked accounts focused on affairs in the United States, the United Kingdom, Algeria and Egypt, the company said in a statement on Tuesday.
Japanese Cybersecurity firm finds stolen data of over 7,600 Facebook accounts
Aug 04, 2020, at 10:34 pm
Tokyo/Sputnik: A Japanese cybersecurity firm said it found stolen login details for over 7,600 Facebook accounts stored on a server based in Russia, media reported Tuesday.
Social media giant Facebook bans US based extremist network 'Boogaloo'
Jul 01, 2020, at 09:46 am
Washington/UNI: Facebook banned a violent anti-government network from its platform, the social media giant said in a statement.
Facebook to ban hateful content in ads, label newsworthy posts over rules breaches – CEO
Jun 27, 2020, at 04:15 pm
Moscow/Sputnik: Facebook will ban hateful content in ads published in the social network as well as label newsworthy posts that are violating the rules company's rules, CEO Mark Zuckerberg said.
Facebook CEO Zuckerberg to allow users to switch off political ads in new voting campaign
Jun 17, 2020, at 04:18 pm
Washington/Sputnik: Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced on Tuesday that his social networks will be launching a campaign to increase voter turnout in the upcoming US presidential election and that they will be introducing a feature to block all political ads.
Facebook says it found no foreign interference in Floyd protests
Jun 06, 2020, at 01:51 pm
Los Angeles/Xinhua: Facebook said on Friday that it has not seen any foreign interference using its platform to meddle in the demonstrations across the country related to the death of George Floyd.
You are my everything: Sheryl Sandberg announces her engagement
Feb 04, 2020, at 09:39 am
Los Angeles/IBNS: Nearly five years after being widowed, Facebook's number two executive Sheryl Sandberg on Monday announced that she has decided to marry marketing executive Tom Bernthal.
Social media giant Facebook removes Jamaat Islami Karachi's official page over Kashmir March
Dec 10, 2019, at 07:27 pm
Washington/IBNS: Social network giant Facebook on Monday removed Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) Karachi chapter’s official page from its platform, allegedly over the party’s promotion of its Kashmir March, media reports said.