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Facebook's Internal Conversations, Memos Leaked Online: Report

Indo-Asian News Service | Saturday February 23, 2019

Internal conversation between Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and other company executives were leaked online, according to a report.

"Absolutely Indian By Heart," Says Karachi Bakery After Protest In Bengaluru

India News | Reported By Nehal Kidwai, Radhika Bordia; Edited By Swati Bhasin | Sunday February 24, 2019

"Absolutely Indian by heart," reads a post shared by a six-decade old bakery chain, Karachi Bakery, on its official Facebook account today adding that its founder had set up the chain after he migrated to India from Pakistan after partition.

Facebook Being Sent Sensitive User Data by Several Apps: Report

Associate Press | Saturday February 23, 2019

Several phone apps are sending sensitive user data, including health information, to Facebook without users' consent, according to a report by The Wall Street Journal.

Facebook's Internal Conversations, Confidential Memo Leaked Online: Report

World News | Indo-Asian News Service | Saturday February 23, 2019

Internal conversation between Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and other company executives were leaked online that contained a highly confidential 2012 memo detailing several policy matters, a report said.

After Twitter, Parliament Panel Summons Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram

India News | Edited by Divyanshu Dutta Roy | Friday February 22, 2019

After Twitter, a parliamentary panel has summoned representatives of Facebook, its messaging services WhatsApp and photo-sharing app Instagram to appear before it early next month and discuss concerns over safeguarding "citizens' rights on social media".

Python On TV Antenna Eats Bird. Viral Video Will Give You The Chills

Offbeat | NDTV Offbeat Desk | Friday February 22, 2019

Footage shared by Cathy Gall on Facebook shows a huge carpet python devouring a currawong while wrapped around a TV antenna.

Facebook Meeting Shows Challenges Ahead for Proposed 'Oversight Board'

Reuters | Friday February 22, 2019

Facebook has long faced criticism for doing too little to block hate speech, incitements to violence, bullying and other types of content that violate its "community standards."

Facebook Removes Onavo Protect VPN App From Google Play Store

Gaurav Shukla | Friday February 22, 2019

Facebook has removed the Onavo Protect app from Google Play store. It will continue to remain functional for the existing users for the time being.

Facebook Summoned by Parliamentary Panel Over Citizens' Rights Protection

Reuters | Friday February 22, 2019

A parliamentary panel has summoned representatives of Facebook, its messaging services WhatsApp, and photo-sharing app Instagram to appear before it early next month.

"Share Your Dreams, Thoughts": DMK Chief's Poll Outreach On Facebook

Tamil Nadu News | Edited by Debjani Chatterjee | Thursday February 21, 2019

A day after DMK and the Congress sealed the deal for the Lok Sabha elections, chief of the southern UPA ally, MK Stalin, reached out to voters on Facebook and asked for "thoughts and comments" for the party's manifesto.

Facebook Interested in Blockchain-Based Authentication: Zuckerberg

Indo-Asian News Service | Thursday February 21, 2019

Zuckerberg said he is "potentially interested" in putting the Facebook login on the Blockchain technology.

Facebook Improves Location Settings, Adds New Privacy Control on Android

Indo-Asian News Service | Thursday February 21, 2019

Facebook is adding a new privacy control feature to its Android app that will allow users to block the app from collecting and saving their background location information.

EU Countries Back Copyright Reforms Aimed at Google, Facebook

Reuters | Thursday February 21, 2019

EU countries have endorsed an overhaul of copyright rules which would force Google and Facebook to pay publishers for news snippets and filter out copyright-protected content on YouTube or Instagram.

India Will Not Be Cowed in Internet Consultations: Ravi Shankar Prasad

Reuters | Thursday February 21, 2019

"We'll be fair, we'll be objective, but India's sovereign right to frame rules and laws will always be there," he said.

Anger Over Pulwama Singes 3 Kashmiri Shawl Traders Near Delhi

India News | Edited by Anindita Sanyal | Wednesday February 20, 2019

Three Kashmiri shawl traders were assaulted and robbed while on a train to Haryana from Delhi today, the CPM said in a Facebook post. The attack, in which the men sustained serious injuries, adds to the growing instances of public anger Kashmiris are facing across the country following the terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama, in which 40 ...