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Society

WHO takes to TikTok to combat Covid-19 misinformation

Facebook and Twitter too join in to check the fast spreading misinformation and theories on coronavirus

Mar 2, 2020

By Parvathy Rajagopal

Coronavirus

Social Media

Facebook now lets you take 3D photos from your single camera phone

The social network has developed an AI-powered 3D depth sensing technology that allows it to bring its 3D photos feature to devices that don't have portrait mode capable cameras

Feb 29, 2020

By Gani Mohamed Waseem

Health

Hoax debunked: None of these Coronavirus news on Facebook, YouTube are true [VIDEO]

During the alarming situation, instead of sharing relevant information about the COVID-19, fake news has been shared on social media platforms

Feb 27, 2020

By Bhaswati Guha Majumder

Coronavirus Fake news

Business

Mastercard to hire 1,500 tech staff in Dublin; to make Ireland its technology hub for Europe

Mastercard started with 36 employees in Dublin in 2008 and now has 650 employees, which will treble over the next three to five years

Feb 25, 2020

By R. Ghosh

Technology

Shopify joins Facebook's Libra cryptocurrency project

Shopify stated that it would work with other members of the association to collectively build a payment network that makes money easier to access

Feb 22, 2020

By IANS

Business

Facebook invests in Indian education start-up Unacademy

Facebook invests in the Indian edtech start-up Unacademy, Ajit Mohan, Vice President says the company is an ally for India's economic growth

Feb 19, 2020

By IANS

Education

Politics

Remove Zuckerberg and Sandberg from Facebook: Soros

Billionaire philanthropist George Soros called for the removal of Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and COO Sheryl Sandberg while discussing about the policy on political ads

Feb 19, 2020

By IANS

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Technology

Treat us like something between a telco and a newspaper, says Facebook's Zuckerberg

During a conference in Germany, the Facebook founder and CEO said that online content regulation should be somewhere between the rules used for the telecoms and media industries

Feb 16, 2020

By Reuters

Mark zuckerberg Fake news

Business

Facebook says it will allow political sponsored content

Political campaigns and brands will however have to give a disclaimer that the content is "sponsored content"

Feb 16, 2020

By R. Ghosh

Us election 2020

Health

Mother seeks advice from anti-vax Facebook group leading to the child's death

A young boy passed away in Colorado causing the second pediatric death and Facebook posts revealed that the mother didn't give the children Tamiflu

Feb 8, 2020

By Parvathy Rajagopal

Technology

Facebook, Google use leads to more diverse news consumption

The new study, published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, contradicts this widespread conjecture

Feb 8, 2020

By IANS

Facebook celebrates Mother's Day with temporary reactions of a flower

Technology

Hackers take control over Facebook's accounts on Twitter and Instagram

A hacking group called OurMine temporarily took over Facebook's accounts on Twitter and Instagram on Friday

Feb 8, 2020

By Bhaswati Guha Majumder

Cybersecurity

Technology

New malware campaigns: Delete these Android apps that can log in to your Google, Facebook accounts

Security researchers found two malware campaigns which included compromised Play apps with 470k installs as well as Anubis

Feb 7, 2020

By Bhaswati Guha Majumder

Cybersecurity

Society

Twitter video shows how China is monitoring netizens amid Coronavirus epidemic

Video floating in twitter shows mobile screens being monitored on a desktop giving rise to the speculation that the people are being monitored even during the coronavirus

Feb 6, 2020

By Parvathy Rajagopal

Coronavirus