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Facebook has no plan to reinstate Trump's account across apps: Adam Mosseri

Facebook has no plan to reinstate the outgoing US President Donald Trumps account on any of its platforms as of now, Adam Mosseri, Head of Instagram, has said.

Data privacy row: Why you need to switch from Facebook Messenger now

Messenger does not offer any end-to-end protection and is more prone to data breach, a security expert has claimed, adding that Messenger users should opt for safer apps first

Facebook to use AI in predicting if Covid-19 patients need more care

Facebook is publishing a research conducted by its artificial intelligence unit in an effort to help healthcare providers predict in advance if a Covid-19 patient may need more intensive care solution

Can Google fix the $108 billion news industry it helped break?

Google and Facebook are striking deals to start paying news organisations for their content

Parliamentary panel summons Facebook, Twitter officials on January 21

Earlier, the committee had summoned Facebook's India head Ajit Mohan over the issue of political bias on the social media platform

Traders' body moves SC against WhatsApp, Facebook over privacy policy

CAIT said it will not allow any Corporate or Conglomerate to enforce its obnoxious policies and sinister designs to make a profit in an unethical manner

Facebook blocks creation of events close to White House, US Capitol

Facebook is also doing a "secondary review" of all inauguration-related events and will remove those that violate the platform's rules

WhatsApp to delay launch of new business features after privacy backlash

The delay is a setback for WhatsApp's plan to generate revenue by facilitating commercial exchanges on the messaging app, which Facebook acquired for $19 billion in 2014 but has been slow to monetize

WhatsApp revised privacy policy: Justice Singh recuses herself from plea

Justice Singh took objection to an email sent to the Court from WhatsApp and the matter will now be heard by another bench on Monday, January 18

Social media app Parler, suspended after Capitol riots, may not return: CEO

"It could be never," he said. "We don't know yet." The app said in a legal filing it has over 12 million users

Open to answering any queries from govt on privacy policy update: WhatsApp

WhatsApp is under fire over its recent privacy policy update

WhatsApp's new policy: Signal high on privacy, misses out on backup

Since Signal is an open source app, its claims can be verified

Facebook tracking a rise in violent rhetoric tied to Biden's inauguration

Violent rhetoric on online platforms had already ramped up in the weeks before last week's unrest as right-wing groups planned the assault, largely in open public view

As tech giants banish Donald Trump, here's the next big question

Major tech platforms have shown him the door in the wake of his incitement of violence by supporters at the US Capitol on January 6. He's gone from Twitter, Facebook, Snapchat even Shopify

Free speech is under assault like never before, says Donald Trump

Free speech is under assault in the United States like never before, outgoing President Donald Trump said as almost all major social media outlets moved to block him after Capitol attack by supporters

Banning of social media accounts by tech firms a big mistake: Trump

US President Donald Trump on Tuesday said that the steps being taken by big tech companies, who have banned and suspended his social media accounts, is going to be a catastrophic mistake. I think that big tech is doing a horrible thing for our country and to our country. And I believe it's going to be a catastrophic mistake for them, Trump told reporters before boarding Air Force One at Andrews Air Force Base. This was Trump's first remarks in the public after Twitter permanently suspended his account. Facebook, Instagram and other social media outlets have also banned his account alleging that his postings incite violence. They're dividing and divisive, and they're showing something that I've been predicting for a long time. I've been predicting it for a long time and people didn't act on it. But I think big tech has made a terrible mistake, and very, very bad for our country--and that's leading others to do the same thing. And it causes a lot of problems and a lot of danger, Trum

Laws are just the start: Australian watchdog warns Google, Facebook

Google and FB will be subject to mandatory price arbitration if a commercial agreement on payment for Australian media cannot be reached

Removed record number of disinformation campaigns in Dec, says Facebook

The activity spanned 11 countries, including Argentina, Brazil, Morocco, Ukraine, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan

WhatsApp says latest policy update doesn't affect privacy of messages

WhatsApp on Tuesday said its latest policy update does not affect the privacy of messages as the Facebook-owned company sought to address concerns around security of user data on the platform

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WhatsApp's new terms can affect privacy