Facebook

Lok Sabha Elections 2019: "All Rumours" - Wife Says Missing Bengal Poll Officer Wasn't Depressed

India News | Reported by Rica Roy, Edited by Jimmy Jacob | Saturday April 20, 2019

The wife of a poll official who went missing from his office on Thursday afternoon has denied reports that he was depressed, and asked the media to help find him instead of "spreading rumours". "I want to clarify that my husband, Arnab Roy, is not suffering from depression and we have a healthy and hearty relationship," said Anisha Jash in a Facebo...

Facebook Still Hosting New Zealand Mosque Shooting Videos: Report

Indo-Asian News Service | Saturday April 20, 2019

According to a report in Motherboard on Friday, certain videos on Facebook and Instagram show sections of the raw attack footage.

Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg May Be Held Accountable for Privacy by US FTC: Report

Associated Press | Saturday April 20, 2019

US federal regulators are reportedly considering seeking some kind of oversight of Mark Zuckerberg's leadership of Facebook over the social network giant's mishandling of users' personal information.

Mukesh Ambani Turns 62. 10 Things To Know About Asia's Richest Man

India News | Edited by Richa Taneja | Friday April 19, 2019

Mukesh Ambani, Reliance Industries (RIL) Chairman and India's richest man, turns 62 today. Recently, the TIME's magazine featured the business tycoon in the list of "TIME 100 Most Influential People 2019". The list included US President Donald Trump, Pope Francis, Chinese President Xi Jinping, Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan, Facebook founder Ma...

Facebook Bans Several UK Far-Right Groups and Individuals

Agence France-Presse | Friday April 19, 2019

Facebook says it has banned several British far-right groups and their leaders for spreading hatred.

Facebook Says It Stored 'Millions' of Unencrypted Instagram Passwords

Associated Press | Friday April 19, 2019

"Millions" of Instagram users had their passwords stored in unencrypted form on internal servers, Facebook said Thursday, raising its original estimate of tens of thousands.

Facebook Says It Stored "Millions" Of Unencrypted Instagram Passwords

World News | Agence France-Presse | Friday April 19, 2019

"Millions" of Instagram users had their passwords stored in unencrypted form on internal servers, Facebook said Thursday, raising its original estimate of tens of thousands.

Facebook Confirms It's Working on an AI-Based Voice Assistant for Its Products

Reuters | Thursday April 18, 2019

Facebook is working to develop a voice assistant to rival the likes of Amazon.com's Alexa, Apple's Siri and Alphabet's Google Assistant.

Facebook Says It 'Unintentionally Uploaded' Email Contacts of 1.5 Million Users

Reuters | Thursday April 18, 2019

Facebook said it may have "unintentionally uploaded" email contacts of 1.5 million new users since May 2016.

Facebook "Unintentionally Uploaded" Email IDs Of 1.5 Million Users: Report

World News | Reuters | Thursday April 18, 2019

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.

Buffalo Fights Lions, Crocodiles In Viral Video. Watch How It Ends

Offbeat | NDTV Offbeat Desk | Thursday April 18, 2019

A video that has gone massively viral with over 2.5-million views on Facebook shows a buffalo bull stuck in a hard place - between a pride of lions and a group of crocodiles.

Facebook Messenger Officially Gets Dark Mode Globally, No Need to Send Moon Emoji

Aman Rashid | Tuesday April 16, 2019

Facebook has officially rolled out dark mode for its Messenger app

General Elections: "Somebody Forwarded It": BJP Leader On Obscene Slur For Rahul Gandhi

India News | Reported by Mohammed Ghazali, Edited by Debanish Achom | Tuesday April 16, 2019

Himachal Pradesh BJP chief Satpal Singh Satti, who was seen in a video using an expletive against Congress chief Rahul Gandhi, refused to own up to using abusive language. He said his speech at a rally on Monday that was widely criticised by the Congress was "read out from a forwarded Facebook message" and it was not his own.

Facebook Spotted Testing Merging of News Feed With Stories

Indo-Asian News Service | Tuesday April 16, 2019

Facebook News Feed and Stories are currently two distinct interfaces for its over 2.2 billion monthly active users.

UK Proposes Banning Social Media 'Likes' for Children

Associated Press | Tuesday April 16, 2019

Britain's privacy regulator wants to stop kids from being able to "like" posts on Facebook and other social media sites as part of tough new rules it's proposing to protect children's online privacy.