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Footage from the stream remained on Facebook, Twitter and Alphabet Inc’s YouTube, as well as Facebook-owned Instagram and WhatsApp.(Photo: AP)

New Zealand massacre shows how online users find ways to share violent videos

The massacre in Christchurch was live-streamed by an attacker through his Facebook profile for 17 minutes.

17 Mar 2019 12:02 PM

A horrific video shot by the gunmen who carried out the mosque massacre was livestreamed on Facebook. (Photo:Pixabay)

NZ intend to question tech giants after carnage video was livestreamed

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern on Sunday said she would be looking for answers from Facebook and other social media firms.

17 Mar 2019 11:30 AM

The Friday massacre at two New Zealand mosques, live-streamed to the world, was not the first time that violent crimes have been broadcast on the internet. (Representational Image)

NZ gun incident shows how social media is used to share violent videos

Frustrated with years of similar obscene online crises, politicians around the globe voiced the same conclusion: social media is failing.

16 Mar 2019 10:25 AM

A member of Facebook’s community operations team would review the content found by the new technology, and if found to be an offending image, remove it or disable the account responsible for spreading it.

Facebook readies AI tech to combat 'revenge porn'

The new technology is in addition to a pilot program here that required trained representatives to review offending images.

16 Mar 2019 10:08 AM

Facebook has been partnering with the music community around the world to bring music into the ways people can share moments and express themselves on Facebook. (Photo: AP)

Facebook teams up with Indian music labels

People in India can now express themselves with music in their posts on Facebook and Instagram.

15 Mar 2019 4:56 PM

This image taken from the shooter’s video, which was filmed Friday, March 15, 2019, shows him as he drives and he looks over to three guns on the passenger side of his vehicle in New Zealand. (Photo: AP)

Brenton Tarrant: ‘A regular white man’ who wanted to rid Europe of immigrants

New Zealand mosque shooter said attack that killed 49 was to avenge death of Swedish girl.

15 Mar 2019 2:20 PM

Cox informed the company of his intention to resign on Monday, according to a regulatory filing on Thursday. (Photo: AP)

Facebook product chief Cox to exit as focus shifts to messaging

Shares of Facebook were down 1.7 percent in extended trading following the announcement.

15 Mar 2019 12:13 PM

Telegram does not run on targeted ads model.

Facebook’s outage becomes Telegram’s gain with 3 million new users

The jump in new users is significant as Telegram recorded 200 million active users as of March last year.

15 Mar 2019 11:09 AM

Telegram benefited from Facebook’s agony. (Photo: ANI)

Facebook, Instagram deny DDoS attack behind global outage

As its services as back, the social networking giant has denied any DDoS (denial of service) attack as the cause behind the outage.

15 Mar 2019 10:50 AM

Facebook was considering whether to refund advertisers for lost exposure due to the problems, which internet outage trackers showed affected users in Europe, Japan, North and South America.

Facebook services back online after global outage

Facebook takes tens of millions of dollars of advertising revenue every day.

15 Mar 2019 9:44 AM

"Starting today, people in India can include hundreds of thousands of licensed Indian music in the videos and posts they share on Facebook, making their moments more meaningful and personal," Facebook said in a statement. (Photo: File | ANI)

Facebook partners Indian music firms to allow users post their music

Before this partnership, Facebook pulled down any post that used the music of famous labels due to copyright issues.

14 Mar 2019 5:50 PM

Facebook goes down for some users across the globe

A Facebook spokesman confirmed the outage, but did not provide an update.

14 Mar 2019 9:55 AM

“Facebook has a lot of momentum but it’s not completely invincible. (Photo: AP)

Facebook’s messaging ambitions amount to much more than chat

The company’s ambitions harken to how WeChat has become the centerpiece of digital life in China.

13 Mar 2019 12:26 PM

Big tech has been criticized by politicians in the United States and in Europe in recent years over issues ranging from Facebook losing track of users’ data to how Google ranks the results of searches.

UK needs to meet Facebook, Google competition with new rules: report

Smaller companies should also have access to the data that social media platforms hold on their users.

13 Mar 2019 9:38 AM

Facebook Hubs will be part of a global network for training and mentoring facilities for startups, developers, small and medium businesses, creators, and job seekers, the statement added. (Photo: File | AP)

Facebook Hubs to support startups

Facebook said it has partnered with 91springboard for a year-long programme to help startups and entrepreneurs scale up their businesses.

12 Mar 2019 6:41 PM

Democratic US Senator Elizabeth Warren. (Photo: AP)

Facebook pulls but then restores Warren ads aimed at Big Tech

“We removed the ads because they violated our policies against the use of our corporate logo,” Facebook told AFP.

12 Mar 2019 5:32 PM

The lawsuit filed by the social networking giant accuses some of the malicious. (Photo: AP)

Facebook sues two Ukrainians for using quiz apps to extract user data

The lawsuit claims the hackers scraped public profile information and non-publicly viewable list of friends.

12 Mar 2019 1:15 PM

Zuckerberg’s plan, outlined Wednesday, expands Facebook’s commitment to private messaging, in sharp contrast with his traditional focus on public sharing.

How Facebook stands to profit from its ‘privacy’ push

Facebook “wants to be the operating system of our lives.”

10 Mar 2019 4:09 PM

Facebook so far isn’t elaborating much on Zuckerberg’s manifesto. (Photo: AP)

What Facebook’s ‘privacy vision’ really means

Zuckerberg suggested that Facebook’s future growth will depend more on private messaging.

10 Mar 2019 3:33 PM

Facebook aspires to be one such platform as it believes that the new development will help it overcome its shortcomings.

Facebook turns ambitious

Inspired from China’s WeChat, Facebook is spreading its wings to be a one-stop solution for a person’s everyday needs.

10 Mar 2019 6:43 AM

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