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Prasad writes to Zuckerberg, says problematic when bias of individuals bec
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 1 (ANI): Amid row over Congress allegations of Facebook's "complicity" in favour the BJP, Union Electronics and Information Technology Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad has written a letter to the chief executive of the social media company saying that he has been i
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Rahul Gandhi demands probe into operations of Facebook, WhatsApp in India
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sep 1 (ANI): Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has called for an investigation into the operations of social media giants, Facebook and WhatsApp, in India and asserted that no one can be allowed to interfere in our nation's affairs.
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Congress behaving as business house competing against Facebook: BJP
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 30 (ANI): After Congress wrote two letters to Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and made charges against its operations in India, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) chief whip in Rajya Sabha Shiv Pratap Shukla on Sunday taunted Congress and said that the party is behaving like
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Congress writes to Zuckerberg alleging BJP-Facebook nexus
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 29 (ANI): Congress alleged "quid-pro-quo" relationship between Facebook and the BJP on Saturday and wrote a letter to the social networking platform founder Mark Zuckerberg seeking information about steps the company is planning to take to investigate the matter. Read More
Congress demands high level inquiry into Facebook India amid bias, fake ne
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 18 (ANI): The Congress party has repeatedly raised the issue of bias between Facebook and WhatsApp executives towards the BJP and now it has demanded a high-level inquiry into Facebook India, said Congress General Secretary KC Venugopal in a letter to Facebook CEO M
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CEOs of four tech giants testify before House subcommittee on issue of com
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [US], July 30 (ANI): The CEOs of four tech giants -- Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Google -- appeared before the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial, and Administrative Law on Wednesday to address concerns that their businesses may be harming competition.
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Facebook to ban ads encouraging racial divisions, religious affiliation
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
California [USA], June 27 (ANI): Social media giant Facebook will update its advertising policy to restrict hateful content and explicitly ban ads that encourage racial divisions.
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Facebook commits USD 200 mn to support "black-owned businesses"
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
California [USA], June 19 (ANI): Social media giant Facebook will contribute USD 200 million to support "black-owned businesses and organizations" in one of its several initiatives announced by COO Sheryl Sandberg on Friday to support "black communities."
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Facebook CEO Zuckerberg to allow users to switch off political ads in new
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
California [USA], June 17 (Sputnik/ANI): Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg has announced that his social networks will be launching a campaign to increase voter turnout in the upcoming US presidential election and that a feature to block political ads will be introduced.
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Facebook shuts down efforts to make site less divisive among users
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], May 27 (ANI): Facebook have shelved their own research to understand how the social media platform shaped user behaviour and how the company might address potential harms of polarizing its users, people familiar with the matter told The WallStreet Journal.
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Facebook allows permanent work from home for many employees
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], May 22 (ANI): Through a live-streamed town hall, Facebook's CEO Mark Zuckerberg on Thursday announced that many of the employees of the tech giant will be allowed to work from home even after COVID-19 crisis.
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Facebook launches 'Shops' feature to bring more businesses online during c
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], May 20 (ANI): Making a major push into e-commerce, Facebook has launched 'Shops' -- a new feature that will allow small businesses to sell products on Facebook and Instagram platforms.
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