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Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg speaks during preparation for the Facebook Communities Summit, in Chicago. Zuckerberg embarked on a rare media mini-blitz, in the wake of a privacy scandal involving a Trump-connected data-mining firm. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh, File)

Fed up with Facebook? Here's how to break it off

A growing number of people are deleting FB, or at least wrestling with whether they should, in light of its latest...

23 March 2018 1:10 PM IST

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg speaks during preparation for the Facebook Communities Summit, in Chicago. Zuckerberg embarked on a rare media mini-blitz, in the wake of a privacy scandal involving a Trump-connected data-mining firm. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh, File)

Can Zuckerberg's media blitz take the pressure off Facebook?

This is the worst backlashes Facebook has ever seen, politicians in the US and Britain have called for CEO to explain...

22 March 2018 8:33 PM IST

Denham launched her investigation after weekend reports that Cambridge Analytica improperly used information from more than 50 million Facebook accounts. Facebook has suspended the company from the social network. (Representational Image)

Facebook to bring in changes to protect user data

Facebook said it is changing the login process in a way that will reduce the data that an app can seek.

22 March 2018 4:33 PM IST

Denham launched her investigation after weekend reports that Cambridge Analytica improperly used information from more than 50 million Facebook accounts. Facebook has suspended the company from the social network. (Representational Image)

Facebook: A community like no other. Should you leave it?

On March 20, angst was popping up all over as people discussed the virtues and drawbacks of leaving Facebooktown...

21 March 2018 7:19 PM IST

While people dont exist in a Facebook-only vacuum, it is possible that bogus information users saw on the site could later be reinforced by the rabbit hole of clicks and conspiracy sites on the broader internet. (Representational Image/ Pixabay)

Cambridge Analytica CEO claims influence on US election, Facebook...

The social media network's shares fell for a second day, closing down 2.5 per cent.

21 March 2018 5:31 PM IST

Rick Eaton, a senior researcher at the Wiesenthal Center, said hateful and violent posts on Instagram, which is part of Facebook, are quickly removed but not before they can be widely shared.

Facebook fined in South Korea for limiting user access

The Korea Communications Commission said that Facebook should pay 396 million won as a penalty.

21 March 2018 5:01 PM IST

Facebook insisted the data was misused but not stolen, because users gave permission, sparking a debate about what constitutes a hack that must be disclosed to customers. (Representational Image)

Academic behind Facebook breach says he is a 'scapegoat': BBC

Facebook has been rocked this week by a whistleblower who said that Cambridge Analytica had accessed information on 50...

21 March 2018 2:39 PM IST

Employees Provident Fund Organisation or EPFO stores members PF corpus.

EPFO suspends services with Aadhaar seeding platform, says no data...

EPFO said there is nothing to be concerned about and all necessary measures are being taken to ensure that no data...

3 May 2018 10:59 AM IST

At a rally in Mysuru BJP national president Amit Shah said in Karnataka, Siddaramaiah and corruption are synonyms. (Photo: File)

After Cong, Siddaramaiah accused of data breach, app removed

French security researcher on Twitter alleged that the app was selling personal data of the users to a private company.

30 March 2018 4:20 PM IST

The government has issued notice to Facebook on Wednesday seeking information over the alleged data leak. (Photo: AFP/File)

Facebook begins 'fact-checking' photos and videos

Facebook has for months faced an uproar among users whose complaints range from the spread of fake news to the use of...

30 March 2018 11:07 AM IST

Amrish Tyagi claimed that OBI came into existence in the year 2010 and that at the time of its incorporation neither of its directors had undertaken any work of political nature. (Photo: Facebook)

OBI never associated with Cambridge Analytica, says JD(U) leader's son

Amrish Tyagi asserted that any work of any nature (if any), undertaken by Cambridge Analytica cannot be read against...

29 March 2018 9:31 PM IST

Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said many in the country share the surname Modi and attributed the Congs attack on the PM to the opposition partys anger at its defeat in multiple elections. (Photo: ANI | Twitter)

Will take action after Facebook, Cambridge Analytica respond: Ravi...

Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said, 'We are very tough when it comes to data protection in India.'

29 March 2018 3:58 PM IST