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Facebook challenges hate-speech hearing summons in Indian court
Agence France-Presse .New Delhi | Updated at 10:57am on September 23, 2020
Facebook India’s chief had lodged a petition with India’s top court challenging a summons to appear before a panel probing allegations the social media giant...
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Facebook appoints Sabhanaz Rashid as Bangladesh country manager
United News of Bangladesh .Dhaka | Updated at 10:44am on September 08, 2020
The authority of Facebook has appointed Sabhanaz Rashid Diya, a Bangladeshi writer and computational social scientist as the country manager of Bangladesh. Facebook announced the...
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Does Facebook’s Zuckerberg have a ‘Muslim’ problem?
Habib Siddiqui | Updated at 12:00am on September 08, 2020
Mark Zuckerberg, the founder and CEO of Facebook, claims to be against the use of his popular social media portal for spreading hatred. He said...
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Facebook blocks bed-ridden man’s end-of-life broadcasts
United News of Bangladesh / Associated Press . Le Pecq, France | Updated at 12:11pm on September 06, 2020
Facebook on Saturday blocked live broadcasts from a chronically ill bed-ridden man who appealed to French president Emmanuel Macron for a medically-assisted death and who...
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Facebook bans India ruling party politician over hate speech
Agence France-Presse. New Delhi | Updated at 10:54am on September 04, 2020
Facebook has banned an outspoken right-wing Indian politician for spreading hate speech about Muslims as the social media giant battles accusations of bias over its...
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Facebook News feature to expand beyond US
Agence France-Presse. San Francisco | Updated at 12:10pm on August 26, 2020
Facebook on Tuesday said it is speeding up plans to go international with a news tab feature that involves paying publishers for stories delivered through...
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Facebook says more work needed on hate speech as India row mounts
Agence France-Presse .New Delhi | Updated at 10:51am on August 22, 2020
Social media giant Facebook admitted Friday it has to do better to curb hate speech as it battled a storm over how it handled comments...
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FB says it’s fielding questions by US regulators
Agence France-Presse . San Francisco | Updated at 10:04pm on August 21, 2020
Facebook on Thursday said that its executives were fielding questions from the US Federal Trade Commission on an antitrust fact-finding mission. CEO Mark Zuckerberg answered...
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HC rejects writ on posting of Shipra photos
Staff Correspondent | Updated at 12:32pm on August 20, 2020
The High Court on Thursday rejected a writ petition seeking action against two senior police officers, who posted photographs of Shipra Devnath, a Stamford University...
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Facebook a major threat to public health: Report
United News of Bangladesh | Updated at 08:14pm on August 19, 2020
Health misinformation on Facebook was viewed 3.8 billion times in the past year, peaking during the COVID-19 crisis, said a report of activist group Avaaz....
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