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Germany clamps down on Facebook's user data collection practices
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Bonn [Germany], Feb 7 (ANI): In a landmark regulation, Germany has restricted Facebook from combining user data from different, Facebook-owned sources like Whatsapp and Instagram in a bid to limit the social media giant's dominance in the German market for social networks.
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Deploy AI tools to curb objectionable contents: MHA to social media platfo
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), December 8 (ANI) The central government has asked social media giants to soon deploy Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools to identify obscene and objectionable contents inciting violence and hatred, Ministry of Home Affairs officials said here on Friday.
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Facebook internal documents in hand of UK Parliament
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
London (UK) Nov 25 (ANI): In what could be perceived as another setback for Facebook, the British Parliament has obtained a set of internal documents that could malign the image of the social media giant.
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Ex-UK Dy PM to head Facebook's global policy, communications teams
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
California [USA], Oct 20 (ANI): Social media giant Facebook announced the appointment of United Kingdom's former deputy prime minister Nick Clegg as the vice president of the firm's global affairs and communications department.
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Facebook to repost Burt Reynolds' nude picture
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington DC, [USA] Sep 09 (ANI): Social media giant Facebook that took down one the nude picture of late Hollywood star Burt Reynolds, is posting it back.
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Facebook notifies 800K users about 'blocking bug'
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 3 (ANI): Social media giant Facebook sent out notifications to over 8,00,000 users regarding a bug on the social media site and Messenger that automatically unblocked some people on a user's blocked list.
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Now, a single tab for all Facebook memories
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 12 (ANI): Social media giant Facebook announced the launch of a new 'Memories' section, allowing users to view all their memories shared with family and friends, including posts and photos, in a single window.
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Zuckerberg's European Parliament testimony leaves lawmakers frustrated
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
Brussels [European Union], May 23 (ANI): Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has apologised on Tuesday (local time) to the lawmakers of the European Union (EU) over the social media giant's role in the Cambridge Analytica scandal.
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Facebook revamps 'Bookmarks' section to easily access settings
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
New York [USA], Apr. 15 (ANI): Amid a revamp following the breakout of the data breach scandal involving Cambridge Analytica and Facebook, the social media giant announced a facelift for its 'Bookmarks' section to facilitate easy access and navigation of settings.
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After WhatsApp, unsend your messages on Facebook Messenger soon
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
New York [U.S.A.], Apr. 07 (ANI): The Urban Dictionary defines the term Text Regret as the "sending of a text and immediately regretting that you ever wrote the text in the first place". And now, social media giant Facebook in several months will make available to its users a feature that wi
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Amidst Cambridge Analytica row, Facebook launches bulk app removal
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
New York [U.S.A], Apr. 04 (ANI): In the wake of the Cambridge Analytica row, users have flocked to their privacy settings on social media giant Facebook in recent times, to sever their connection to third-party apps. However, deleting them all has taken an awful lot of time because it involv
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Facebook enables update to make data settings, tools 'easier to find'
Updated : 7 years, 12 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar. 29 (ANI): Social media giant Facebook announced a revamp of its settings menu on mobile devices from top to bottom to make things easier to find.
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