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  No benefit in breaking up Facebook: COO Sheryl Sandberg

  World | May 18, 2019 11:26 IST

  "People are concerned about election security, content, privacy and data portability," Sandberg added.  

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  Mark Zuckerberg rejects co-founder call for breaking up Facebook

  World | May 12, 2019 12:32 IST

  Facebook's social network has more than 2 billion users. It also owns WhatsApp, Messenger and Instagram, each used by more than 1 billion people. Facebook bought Instagram in 2012 and WhatsApp in 2014.

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  Facebook spent $20mn on founder Mark Zuckerberg's personal security in 2018

  Internet | April 13, 2019 11:02 IST

  In a filing with the US Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) on Friday, Facebook said it spent $2.6 million on private plane costs -- up from $1.5 million a year before, CNET reported.

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  A unified messaging platform for Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram won't be happening before 2020

  Technology | January 31, 2019 19:24 IST

  Facebook said that the data encryption would be of bigger concern for the company than the commercial benefits of the chat integration between the apps.

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  Facebook lands in trouble again, seven-nation panel to grill social media giant over data breach scandals

  World | November 24, 2018 16:49 IST

  An unprecedented international grand committee comprising 22 representatives from seven parliaments will meet in London next week to put questions to Facebook about the online fake news crisis.

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  Information and Technology Ministry asks Facebook for update on hacking impact

  India | October 02, 2018 12:51 IST

  Mark Zuckerberg, during a press call, had said the company's engineering team, on September 25, found an attack affecting up to 50 million accounts on Facebook.

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  Facebook executive takes on WhatsApp co-founder calling him 'low-class'

  Technology | September 27, 2018 17:08 IST

  Brian Acton and Jan Koum started WhatsApp that was acquired by Facebook for $22 billion. Brian Acton quit Facebook a year ago, followed with Jan Koum in April.

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  Mark Zuckerberg 'Twitter account' pledges $5 mn for Pakistan dam

  Technology | September 10, 2018 17:44 IST

  After PM Imran Khan called on overseas Pakistanis to contribute for a fund set up to build Diamer-Bhasha dam, an imposter, claiming to be Mark Zuckerberg, has pledged, on twitter, to contribute $5 million for the dam fund.

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  Amid continuous criticisms over election interference, Zuckerberg seeks more time to fix Facebook

  Internet | September 08, 2018 11:09 IST

  In a post, Zuckerberg said that Facebook started on the platform sanitising project in 2017 and "even this work will extend through 2019, I do expect us to end this year on a significantly better trajectory than when we entered it".

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  Facebook, other internet firms in 'arms race' to protect democracy: Mark Zuckerberg

  Internet | September 05, 2018 9:56 IST

  In his opinion piece for Washington Post, Zuckerberg said firms like his Facebook and others are facing "sophisticated, well-funded adversaries who are getting smarter over time."

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  Facebook refutes report 'Zuckerberg doesn't care about publishers'

  Business | August 14, 2018 10:56 IST

  "Mark Zuckerberg doesn't care about publishers but is giving me a lot of leeway and concessions to make these changes" says Facebook's Head of News Partnerships Campbell Brown. He reportedly said that publishers who choose not to work with Facebook will wind up in a dying business.

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  Polls in India, Brazil and EU real tests for Facebook: Mark Zuckerberg

  July 26, 2018 22:31 IST

  Lok Sabha elections 2019: "Over the next 18 months, there are important elections beyond the US in Brazil, India, and the EU, and these will all be real tests for Facebook," Zuckerberg said during a recent investor call.

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  Facebook aims to provide internet through its own satellite - Athena in 2019

  Internet | July 21, 2018 13:29 IST

  Facebook, however, is not alone in aiming to increase Internet accessibility through satellites in low Earth orbit. Elon Musk's SpaceX and Softbank-backed OneWeb are two other prominent names who have similar ambitions. 

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  Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg faces flak for refusing to ban Holocaust deniers

  Technology | July 19, 2018 9:21 IST

  Mark Zuckerberg is facing backlash again on social media for refusing to ban Holocaust deniers on his platform. 

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  Facebook's stock record at all-time high despite Cambridge Analytica data breaches

  Internet | July 07, 2018 16:34 IST

  Investors are also happy at the news that Facebook has grabbed its biggest sports streaming deal yet with the Premier League.

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  Facebook may reveal eye-tracking technology in future

  Internet | June 14, 2018 11:54 IST

  In a 229-page document addressed to US Congress in the wake of Cambridge Analytica data breach scandal, Facebook revealed that it had investigated building the technology, Fortune reported on Wednesday.

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  Facebook admits it tracks users' mouse movement as well as 'online and offline actions'

  Internet | June 13, 2018 16:15 IST

  Facebook in a 225-page document admitted that it collects information from and about computers, phones and connected devices which even includes mouse and various other services.

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  Facebook made special data-sharing deals with some firms: Report

  World | June 09, 2018 10:35 IST

  According to the report citing court documents and unnamed sources, Facebook gave data access to some companies while "others were cut off".

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  14 million users affected by privacy-setting bug, says Facebook

  World | June 08, 2018 10:42 IST

  The problem, which Facebook said it has fixed, is the latest privacy scandal for the world's largest social media company.

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  Facebook kills 'Trending' feature, tests breaking news indicator

  Technology | June 02, 2018 16:00 IST

  Facebook introduced the Trending feature in 2014 aiming to help people discover news topics that were popular across the community. But for this feature that show a collection of headlines, the social networking giant soon faced allegations of political bias.