Facebook is all set to become a news player, according to the Wall Street Journal report. Calling itself a ‘Fifth Estate’, Facebook is into a deal with prominent media houses to add a news tab on its platform. Report says that Washington Post, New York Post, Dow Jones, News Corp and others will help Facebook […]
Apps, social media fuel ‘booming’ online prostitution: study
Apps like Facebook and Tinder are fuelling the “soaring industry” of online prostitution and sexual exploitation, according to a worldwide study published by a French anti-prostitution group on Tuesday. Prostitution has moved “from the street to the Internet”, where pimps recruit young girls via Snapchat and Instagram before prostituting them in apartments rented on Airbnb, […]
Facebook tightens live-streaming in crackdown on violence
Facebook announced Wednesday it is tightening access to livestreaming to prevent the rampant sharing of graphic video as took place with the Christchurch massacre. People who have broken certain rules, including those against “dangerous organizations and individuals,” will be restricted from using the Facebook Live streaming feature, said vice president of integrity Guy Rosen. “Following […]
Break up Facebook, says company’s co-founder
One of the co-founders of Facebook called on Thursday for the social media behemoth to be broken up, warning that the company’s head, Mark Zuckerberg, had become far too powerful. “It’s time to break up Facebook,” said Chris Hughes, who along with Zuckerberg founded the online network in their dorm room while both were students […]
Court directs Facebook and Instagram to release details of fake accounts if any
District Court Lahore has issued a direction to Facebook and Instagram to release details of fake accounts involved in alleged defamation campaign against singer and actor Ali Zafar. The court has accepted his plea and issued the direction after he filed an application that some fake accounts allegedly involved in a defamation campaign. Ali Zafar […]
Controversial memes used in a bid to win over Australia’s far right
Australian Radomir Kobryn-Coletti has no commitment to any political party, right or left, but his job right now is churning out incendiary Facebook memes for a controversial senator, wooing the far-right ahead of this month’s elections. “There’s tight competition for the alternative right-wing vote,” said Kobryn-Coletti, 23, who works for Queensland Senator Fraser Anning, frequently […]
Grassed up: Facebook leads Myanmar police to weed-growing Americans
Myanmar police have arrested one American and two locals after photos on Facebook led them to a huge plantation of towering marijuana plants near Mandalay. Pictures of the fields of weed started circulating on the platform last week — a rare sight online in a country where police photos of seized heroin and methamphetamine are […]
Bharatiya Janta Party’s open violation of Indian Election Commission’s Silence period on Facebook
The ruling Bharatiya Janta Party has committed a violation of the legal rules set by the Indian parliament. The violation falls under the Section 126(1) of the Representation of the People Act 1951 which clearly states that “no person shall display to the public any election matter by means of cinematograph, television or other similar […]
Facebook says it stored ‘millions’ of unencrypted Instagram passwords
Facebook says it stored “millions” of unencrypted Instagram passwords on internal servers “Millions” of Instagram users had their passwords stored in unencrypted form on internal servers, Facebook said Thursday, raising its original estimate of tens of thousands. “We discovered additional logs of Instagram passwords being stored in a readable format. We now estimate that this […]
Man arrested on wife’s complaint for overnight facebook use
In a unique development, a man was arrested over wife’s complaint for overnight usage of facebook in Mardan on Wednesday. The wife alleging her husband of chatting with girls on the facebook whole night filed complaint at the Mardan Police Station against him. The police acting on the complaint woman’s complaint arrested her husband. Reacting […]