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Facebooks CEO Mark Zuckerberg has defended the social networks business model of using targeted advertising. (Photo: AFP)

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Mark Zuckerberg's personal security chief accused of sexual harassment

Liam Booth, a former Secret Service agent, is also accused of making racist, homophobic, and transphobic comments.

1 Jun 2019 6:09 AM GMT

After a series of privacy scandals, Facebook needs to regain users trust as it prepares to roll out a single messaging service combining Facebook messenger, WhatsApp and Instagram. (Photo: AP)

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US imposes record USD 5 bn fine, restrictions on Facebook in privacy...

Federal Trade Commission said the penalty was the largest ever imposed on any company for violating consumers' privacy.

24 July 2019 1:48 PM GMT

Facebook is also extending researchers and developers programmatic access to Ad Library API, which was previously in closed beta.

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Is a USD 5 billion fine the least painful part of Facebook's...

The real question, remains what type of restrictions and requirements will be placed on FB to ensure future compliance.

24 July 2019 8:09 AM GMT

Trump late Thursday posted a picture on Facebook and Twitter showing him shaking hands with Zuckerberg, but didnt share details of their conversation. (Photo: Twitter)

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Facebook CEO meets Trump, mends fences in Washington after years of...

While some lawmakers like Josh Hawley were quick to upbraid the CEO, several senators praised Zuckerberg for taking...

21 Sep 2019 7:40 AM GMT

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Mark Zuckerberg meets Donald Trump, senators; says no to selling...

A Facebook spokesman said discussions were focusing in part on future internet regulation.

20 Sep 2019 6:57 AM GMT

Facebook also confirmed that some of its official social media accounts were hacked on Friday.

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Treat us like something between a telco and a newspaper, says...

Facebook improved its work countering online election interference; expanded on his previous calls for regulation of...

17 Feb 2020 1:30 AM GMT

Zuckerberg described preventing electoral interference as a little bit of an arms race against countries such as Russia, Iran and China. (Photo | Wikimedia Commons - Anthony Quintano)

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Was behind in 2016, but confident of stopping election interference...

Facebook had been accused of helping Trump win in 2016 through misinformation that was posted by foreign governments...

21 May 2020 3:48 PM GMT

The EU law would include all aspects of the digital world, including cracking down on hate speech, protecting user data and preventing big companies from abusing their dominant market positions.(Photo of the European Commission building | Wikimedia Commons - Nuno Nogueira)

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As EU seeks accountability, Mark Zuckerberg urges approach that won't...

European Commission working on a Digital Service Act to curb powers of US big tech even as Google, Facebook lobby hard...

19 May 2020 11:28 AM GMT

Content moderation at Facebook is going to be a long fraught battle, led by the board. (Photo | AFP)

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Tech This Week | Will Facebook's Supreme Court' make the internet a...

Best case scenario: The body achieves incremental progress by laying out key principles that guide Facebook's content...

11 May 2020 11:41 AM GMT

The Facebook oversight board will be able to overturn decisions by the company and Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg on whether individual pieces of content should be allowed on Facebook and Instagram. But critics call the oversight board a bid by Facebook to forestall regulation or even an eventual breakup. (Photo | Flickr - Anthony Quintano)

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Facebook's Supreme Court' of Nobel winner, former Guardian editor,...

The oversight board is to make binding decisions on hate speech and misinformation, following free speech norms and...

7 May 2020 10:49 AM GMT

$\I dont think its right for private companies to censor politicians and the news,\ Facebooks Jewish CEO Mark Zuckerberg had said defending his stand to accept political ads that told lies to garner votes. But Facebook has removed a campaign ad by President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence that featured an upside-down red triangle, a symbol once used by Nazis to designate political prisoners, communists and others in concentration camps alongside Jewish prisoners.$ Technology

Use of Nazi symbol touches a nerve with Zuckerberg, but he's fine with...

Trump campaign ad removed for featuring Nazi-era symbol used to denote political prisoners in concentration camps...

19 Jun 2020 12:21 PM GMT

The threat to democracy is real and ongoing, but our systems are more prepared than ever, says Mark Zuckerberg. Facebook says it has more than 35,000 people working on safety and security issues, three times the number of four years ago. (Photo | Wikimedia Commons - Anthony Quintano)

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This time, we'll block foreign state ads on US election, says Facebook

Social media giant however puts onus on users to decide whether they want to see other political ads or not.

17 Jun 2020 12:57 PM GMT