Facebook is exploring ways to tap blockchain technology across apps on its platform. In one of the biggest management shakeups in the history of Facebook Inc, its CEO Mark Zuckerberg ordered one of its biggest management overhauls and handed over more responsibility to its chief product officer. Facebook also announced the launch of a blockchain…
Of the 87 million Facebook users who were affected by the personal data privacy breach, 3 million were from Europe. A spokesman for Hamburg’s data protection ombudsman stated, the city has opened non-compliance procedures against Facebook, the world’s biggest social network which in recent days have been accused of abusing its users’ data. In a…
A ruling by a U.S Federal judge has paved the way for a potential class action lawsuit against Facebook for its unlawful usage of the facial recognition process it uses on photos without getting prior user permission. In a blow to social media giant Facebook Inc, a U.S. federal judge has ruled that it must…
In a welcome move, the EU’s Social Media Working Group will formulate a long term strategy to deal with the protection of personal data harvested from social networks. Following the reporting of Facebook Inc’s fiasco in the way personal data of 87 million of its users were harvested for economic or political purposes, privacy watchdogs…
It is very likely that the way social media giants, including Facebook, collect and use user data is going to be scrutinized under a microscope. British privacy regulators are now zeroing in on the offices of the political consultancy Cambridge Analytica with a search warrant following reports that the company may have improperly gained access…
This policy will be effective from July 1, 2018. On Wednesday, Alphabet Inc’s Google stated starting from June it will ban advertisements for cryptocurrencies and related content including binary options, and financial services that aid betting. In a separate blog post, Google said in 2017 it had taken down 3.2 billion ads, up by nearly…
Facebook Inc has hired Matthew Henick, to lead its global video content strategy and planning, and has hired Mike Bidgoli to lead its Facebook Watch product team. Through a social media post Facebook Inc disclosed that it has hired the former head of BuzzFeed Studios to lead its global video content; it also said, it…
In the first of its kind Seattle’s election authority has pulled up tech firms, under a 1977 law that requires companies, that sell election advertising, to maintain and make public records showing the names of those who bought the advertisement space, the quantum of the payments as well as the “exact nature and extent of…
Powered by Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 821 chipsets, the Occulus Go is likely to ship to retailers in early 2018. Facebook owned Occulus stated it is partnering with Xiaomi Technology Co, a Chinese phone maker, to make its new standalone virtual reality headset. Oculus also disclosed that it will launch a version of its new product exclusively…
Google’s YouTube has made rapid gains in machine learning technology and said, 83% of violent extremist content is removed without the need for human intervention. Britain may impose new taxes on tech giants, including Facebook, Apple and Google, as it finds way to mitigate the threat of online extremism by taking down material aimed at…
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