Facebook beefing up team to thwart election manipulation
Facebook on Monday said it will hire more than 1,000 people to thwart deceptive ads crafted to knock elections off course.
EU fines Facebook 110 mn euros over ‘misleading’ info in WhatsApp takeover
The European Commission on Thursday fined US social media giant Facebook 110 million euros ($120 million) for providing incorrect and misleading information on its takeover of WhatsApp, imposing its biggest penalty linked to a merger. “Today’s decision sends a clear signal to companies that they must comply with all aspects of EU merger rules, including […]
Facebook to play down links to websites with deceptive ads
Facebook is planning to intensify its crackdown on so-called click bait websites, saying it will begin giving lower prominence to links that lead to pages full of deceptive or annoying advertisements.
Zuckerberg to add 3,000 staff to stop suicide, murder on facebook
In addition to investing in more people, we’re also building better tools to keep our community safe
Facebook warns of fake news danger ahead of British election
Facebook has launched a British newspaper advertising campaign to warn users of the dangers of fake news, in the latest drive by the social media giant to tackle malicious information ahead of a national election.
Facebook records 1.3bn users daily, says Zuckerberg
Facebook Founder, Mark Zuckerberg says the social media platform has 1.3 billion daily active users as at the first quarter of 2017.
