American social media giant “Facebook is an engine of anti-Muslim hate the world over,” according to British journalist, broadcaster and author Mehdi Hasan.
TEHRAN, Dec 5_The people of Kashmir, whose access to the Internet has been blocked by the Indian government for the past four months, are gradually losing their WhatsApp accounts one by one over its parent company Facebook’s policy on “inactive” users.
TEHRAN, oct 22_ Mark Zuckerberg’s social behemoth is desperately trying to get into the Democrats’ good graces by handing over cash and control to those who shriek the loudest about “attacks on our democracy.” Not surprisingly, it isn’t working.
TEHRAN, oct 18_US Democratic presidential candidate Senator Elizabeth Warren has criticized Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, saying that his social network giant “is actively helping Trump spread lies and misinformation.”
TEHRAN, Sept 18 -Facebook has unveiled the charter for its ‘supreme court,’ a supposedly independent content moderation board that will take money from, and be appointed by, Facebook itself – while making binding decisions. What could go wrong?
TEHRAN, Sept 14 -A U.S. House of Representatives panel on Friday demanded internal emails, detailed financial information and other company records from top executives of Amazon.com Inc., Facebook Inc, Apple Inc, and Alphabet Inc’s Google, widening the antitrust probe of Big Tech.
TEHRAN, Sept 11 -Facebook’s (FB.O) Libra cryptocurrency project is seeking a Swiss payment system license, financial watchdog FINMA said on Wednesday, noting the breadth of the planned services would require broad oversight.
TEHRAN, Sept 02 -Widespread acceptance of Facebook’s (FB.O) proposed Libra currency could even undermine the European Central Bank’s ability to set monetary policy, a potential risk for the currency bloc, ECB board member Yves Mersch said on Monday.
TEHRAN, August 29 - Facebook Inc (FB.O) acknowledged a flaw in its Messenger Kids app, weeks after two U.S. senators raised privacy concerns about the application, and said that it spoke to the U.S. Federal Trade Commission about the matter.
TEHRAN, Jul 4 - Facebook will face Austrian privacy activist Max Schrems next week at Europe’s top court in a landmark case that could affect how hundreds of thousands of companies transfer personal data worldwide as well as Europeans’ privacy rights.
TEHRAN, Jun 1-Facebook’s lawyer has denied the social media platform invaded American users’ privacy when it allowed their personal data to be slurped up by Cambridge Analytica, claiming they had no privacy to begin with. No crime, no victims?
TEHRAN, May 16 - Facebook cracks down on widespread Israel-linked activity, which it found to be in breach of other subscribers’ privacy and in the service of promoting hate speech.
TEHRAN, May 15 - Facebook announced Wednesday it is tightening access to livestreaming to prevent the rampant sharing of graphic video as took place with the Christchurch massacre.
TEHRAN, May 14 - The social media giant Facebook Inc is headed toward an agreement with the US government over its privacy policies and practices that would put it under 20 years of oversight, according to a source knowledgeable about the discussions.
TEHRAN, May 09 - One of Facebook’s co-founders has called CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s power “unprecedented and un-American,” adding that Facebook should be broken up into multiple companies.
TEHRAN, May 08 - Facebook has chosen London as its base for a payment system on WhatsApp, its mobile messaging service confirmed Wednesday, highlighting the capital's attractiveness as a fintech hub despite Brexit strains.
TEHRAN, May 08 - Facebook has chosen London as its base for a payment system on WhatsApp, its mobile messaging service confirmed Wednesday, highlighting the capital's attractiveness as a fintech hub despite Brexit strains.
TEHRAN, Apr 18 - US social media giant Facebook has banned several high-profile far-right groups in Britain from its platforms for "engaging in hate and violence" against others.
TEHRAN, Apr 17 - Facebook Inc said on Wednesday it may have “unintentionally uploaded” email contacts of 1.5 million new users since May 2016, in what seems to be the latest privacy-related issue faced by the social media company.
TEHRAN, Apr 15 - Facebook Inc said it restored services on Sunday after some users could not access its social networking site, photo-sharing network Instagram and messaging app WhatsApp.