The term “data science” was coined by scientists working at the social networks LinkedIn and Facebook in 2008. A few years later, they dubbed it “the...
The Australian government released a report Friday recommending tighter oversight over multinational digital platforms including Google and Facebook, to ensure fairness for other media businesses and...
A controversial Israeli software company claims to be able to hack people’s private data held by Amazon, Apple, Facebook, Google and Microsoft, according to a report....
Social media giants, Facebook is set to be fined for privacy lapses: The deal, which would be the largest penalty ever imposed by the FTC for...
Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp are back up again after being down for around 9-10 hours globally. Facebook informed via a tweet that it has finally managed...
Facebook has been fined more than $2 million in Germany for inaccurately reporting the amount of illegal content on its platform. German authorities said Tuesday that...
Social media giant, Facebook is working on a policy to police deepfakes, an emerging threat on the social network that involves users posting videos altered by...
Facebook said Friday it would cut off Huawei from its popular social networking apps to comply with U.S. sanctions, further isolating the Chinese tech giant considered...
A lawyer on the payroll of social media giants Facebook has revealed that users don’t really have any privacy on the site, in comments coming a...
Facebook chief operating officer, Sheryl Sandberg said a breakup of big U.S. technology firms would not address “underlying issues” facing the sector and suggested that such...
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, on Sunday decribed the All Progressives Congress, APC, as the real enemies of Nigeria’s democracy in it. The opposition party was...
Facebook is suing a South Korean firm it accuses of unlawfully using data to sell marketing and advertising, the BBC reports. The social network is asking...
Social media giants, Facebook said it could face a fine of up to $5 billion as the result of an investigation by the Federal Trade Commission,...
Social media giants, Facebook on Wednesday confirmed that it “unintentionally uploaded” the email contacts of some 1.5 million users without their express consent since May 2016,...
Social media freaks can now heave a sigh of relief after Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp services were restored after a partial global shutdown, Arab News reports....
Facebook more than doubled the money it spent on top executive Mark Zuckerberg’s security in 2018 to $22.6 million, a regulatory filing has showed. A report...
Social media giants Facebook has announced moves to address ‘problematic content’ on its platform, including reducing the reach of Groups that spread misinformation, Slash Gear reports....
Facebook on Friday said it is tightening live video streaming rules in response to the service being used to broadcast deadly attacks on mosques in New...
Facebook Inc’s decision to ban praise, support and representation of white nationalism and white separatism on its social media platforms has been backed by New Zealand....
Facebook and Instagram appear to be partially down for some users around the world today. While you can open both platforms and some services appear to...
Facebook Inc and its Instagram unit have slapped law suits on four companies and three people based in China for promoting the sale of fake accounts,...
New York’s governor, Andrew Cuomo, has ordered two state agencies to investigate a media report that Facebook may be accessing far more personal information than previously...
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg will finally meet face to face with a top UK official who’d like to regulate Facebook as he tries to defend his...
Days after it was indicted for using an Iranian cyber-spying operation, UK MPs have called for a stricter regulation of social media giants Facebook. The MP’s...
A former US Air Force intelligence officer allegedly worked with Iranian hackers who used Facebook and e-mail to try to trick her former colleagues into downloading...
A former Facebook executive has likened the culture in the senior ranks of the company to “Game of Thrones.” Speaking to CNN’s Laurie Segall in an...
Facebook has acquired GrokStyle, an artificial intelligence startup that helps users shop for furniture. GrokStyle is a visual shopping app that was used by the likes...
Authorities in Germany have prohibited Facebook from combining user data from different sources. This decision is not yet final, and Facebook has one month to appeal...
A US privacy investigation of Facebook Inc, which began after a major data breach was exposed in March, is likely to result in a record fine...
UK-based Privacy International revealed on Sunday to the 35th Chaos Communication Congress a glimpse of the extent to which app developers are handing data to Facebook,...
Facebook has suffered a near non-stop drip of bad news in 2018, and with each event advertisers have barely uttered a peep while continuing to spend....
Facebook gave technology companies more access to personal user data than was previously made public, according to “hundreds of pages of Facebook documents” obtained by the...
Social media giants Facebook says it has discovered a bug that allowed outsiders access to private photos, potentially affecting some 6.8 million people who use the...
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) is concerned about the market power held by Google and Facebook, their impact on businesses and the extent to...
The refusal of Mark Zuckerberg, the CEO of Facebook to honour an invitation by the UK parliament to attend a hearing into the scandal involving Cambridge...
Some Facebook documents have been seized in an unusually aggressive step by the UK parliament. A number of internal documents belonging to the social media giant...
One of the world’s youngest billionaires Mark Zuckerberg fiercely defended Facebook in a question-and-answer session with employees on Friday afternoon, pushing back against criticism of the...
The inquiry into Russian influence in the last 2016 elections led by special counsel Robert Mueller continued with the US Senate grilling Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg....
Facebook on Thursday announced it has removed hundreds of pages and accounts as the company cracks down on spam. The move comes at a time when...
A woman employed as a moderator for Facebook has sued the company for mental trauma. The woman, Selena Scola, who monitored content on Facebook, alleged that...
One of the most fascinating families in the world invites viewers into their home as Facebook announces the return of Red Table Talk. Reports say the...
Facebook has said it will not provide protection for victims of identity fraud in its latest data breach. Facebook had said on Friday that 14 million...
Facebook has added new tools in a bid to stop bullying and harassment on social media. The new tools and programs are meant to help users...
Facebook is reportedly trying to steady its ship after it lost six key executives over the past year, following the departure of Instagram co-founders, Kevin Systrom...
In a bid to empower creative communities across Nigeria, Facebook and Afrinolly have announced the launch of its new ‘Naija Storybuilders Bootcamp’. The creators training programme...
Facebook has hit back at BlackBerry with a lawsuit claiming that the company has stolen its voice messaging technology. This is coming months after BlackBerry sued...
Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg, Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey, and Larry Page, CEO of Google’s parent company Alphabet, have been invited to testify before committees on Capitol...
Social media giants Facebook have reportedly suspended more than 400 applications following an audit. In May a report by New Scientist revealed that a Cambridge University-developed...
Three unnamed sources have confirmed to Reuters that the U.S. government is trying to force Facebook’s hand regarding the encryption on its Messenger app. The government...
Renowned international investigative Cameroonian journalist, Simon Ateba, has explained why he was recently banned from Facebook. The Washington DC based editor-in-chief of online news website, Today...