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  UK fines Facebook $69.4 million for failing to supply data

  Technology | October 20, 2021 19:18 IST

  Facebook was fined 50 million pounds for breaching the order, and another 500,000 pounds for changing its chief compliance officer twice without consent.

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  Facebook paying fine to settle US suit on discrimination

  Technology | October 20, 2021 18:20 IST

  Facebook says it ended the April-June quarter this year with over 63,400 full-time employees globally and has 3,000 current job openings.

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  Facebook plans to rebrand company with new name: Report

  Technology | October 20, 2021 14:23 IST

  Facebook first announced its plans to build out the metaverse -- a term used to describe virtual, interactive spaces in the digital world -- last month.

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  Facebook hiring 10,000 people to build metaverse

  Jobs | October 18, 2021 18:03 IST

  "We're announcing a plan to create 10,000 new high-skilled jobs within the European Union (EU) over the next five years," said Nick Clegg, VP Global Affair at Facebook 

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  Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp down again for hours; services now restored

  World | October 09, 2021 9:55 IST

  Facebook took to Twitter to announce the outage. “We’re aware that some people are having trouble accessing our apps and products,” it said.

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  Telegram gained over 70 million users during WhatsApp, Facebook outage: CEO Pavel Durov

  Technology | October 06, 2021 18:57 IST

  As users failed to stay connected via instant messaging services for nearly six hours, many shifted to other platforms such as Telegram and Signal.

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  Netizens wonder how life would be without social media after Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp went down

  Trending | October 05, 2021 10:19 IST

  Many experienced problems in loading chats and receiving notifications on Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp. Now that Twitter was the only medium of communication left, Netizens started showing their creativity yet again in the form of jokes and memes. Not only this but many even wondered how life would be if social media vanished from our lives one day.

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  Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp coming back online after hours of disruption

  Technology | October 05, 2021 8:46 IST

  More than 3.5 billion people use Facebook and its apps to communicate with one another and conduct business.

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  WhatsApp, Instagram, Facebook down: Users unable to refresh feed, send or receive messages

  Technology | October 04, 2021 21:59 IST

  WhatsApp, Instagram, and Facebook not working for many users across India. Here's what has happened.

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  Facebook to let users make group chats across Instagram, Messenger

  Technology | October 01, 2021 11:59 IST

  Facebook will soon let users start cross-app group chats between Messenger and Instagram. Here's all you need to know.

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  iOS 14 privacy changes working as intended; says Facebook

  Technology | September 23, 2021 17:23 IST

  Facebook has admitted that it underreported certain ad performance metrics on iPhone, indicating that iOS 14 privacy changes are having the intended effect on throttling data harvesting.

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  Facebook India appoints former IAS officer Rajiv Aggarwal as Head of Public Policy

  Business | September 20, 2021 10:55 IST

  Rajiv Aggarwal has been closely associated with the India-US bilateral trade forum, besides being India's lead negotiator on IPRs with other nations.

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  5.8 mn FB users have VIP pass that exempts them from harsh action

  Technology | September 14, 2021 12:56 IST

  At least 5.8 million high profile Facebook users have VIP pass that allows them to break rules without consequences, the media reported. 

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  Misinformation on Facebook gets way more engagement than news: Study

  Technology | September 07, 2021 10:57 IST

  Misinformation received six times as many likes, shares, and interactions as legitimate news articles, researchers at New York University and France's Universite Grenoble Alpes have found.

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  Facebook for iOS, Android gets fantasy sports gaming

  Technology | September 02, 2021 17:07 IST

  Facebook has started rolling out Facebook Fantasy Games in the US and Canada on its app for iOS and Android users.

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  Facebook-supported program to tackle COVID-19 misinformation in India

  Technology | August 24, 2021 18:58 IST

  Logically and NewsMobile on Tuesday announced their collaboration on a Facebook-supported programme -- a series of media literacy workshops -- targeting Covid-19 misinformation in India.

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  Facebook, Instagram remove Rahul Gandhi's posts revealing rape victim's parents' identity

  India | August 23, 2021 13:05 IST

  According to sources, Facebook has informed Gandhi and the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) about the removal of the posts from Facebook and Instagram.

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  Ashraf Ghani posts first video message after fleeing from Afghanistan: 'In talks to return'

  World | August 21, 2021 10:21 IST

  Addressing the world via a Facebook video, Ashraf Ghani defended his action of leaving the country saying he did it in a bid to prevent massive bloodshed.

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  Facebook bans Taliban, designates it as 'terrorist organization'

  World | August 18, 2021 17:21 IST

  Facebook has said that the Taliban are sanctioned as a terrorist organization under US law and hence it has banned them from their services under Dangerous Organisation Policies.

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  Rahul Gandhi Instagram post: NCPCR asks Facebook India head to appear on August 17

  India | August 14, 2021 9:03 IST

  Rahul Gandhi had met the family of the minor girl who was allegedly raped and killed in Delhi. Later, he posted a picture of his meeting with the girl's parents on Twitter and a video on Instagram.