Zuckerberg says Musk ‘not serious’ about cage fight

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Excitement over Threads fades but users return to app

Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg expresses pride in the launch of his new social media app. More »

Facebook to block news on Australian sites after new law, riling lawmakers

SYDNEY (Reuters) – Facebook Inc (FB.O) on Tuesday said it would stop Australians sharing news content on its platforms if a proposal to make it pay local media outlets for their content becomes law, escalating tension with the Australian government. Under Aust... More »

Explainer: Facebook, Google battle Australia over proposed revenue-share law

SYDNEY (Reuters) – Facebook Inc (FB.O) said it will block news sharing on its platforms in Australia if the government goes ahead with a law to force it, and Alphabet Inc’s (GOOGL.O) Google, to pay local media outlets for featuring their content on its platfor... More »

Facebook improving hate speech detection ahead of Myanmar election

(Reuters) – Facebook Inc said on Tuesday that it was preparing for Myanmar’s general election in November by improving the detection and removal of hate speech and content that incites violence and preventing the spread of misinformation. The company said in a... More »

Facebook lifts block on pro-Biden ad, citing ‘enforcement error’

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Facebook Inc (FB.O) said on Monday it had erred in blocking a pro-Biden ad submitted by Democratic political action committee Priorities USA, after initially telling the group the video violated its policy against “sensational” conten... More »

Facebook partners with external researchers to study its impact during U.S. election

(Reuters) – Facebook Inc said on Monday it is partnering with external researchers to examine the impact of the social media site on society during the 2020 U.S. presidential election. The company said findings of the studies will not be published until the mi... More »

Facebook faces heat from Indian lawmakers on content practices

NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Indian politicians are trading barbs over a media report that Facebook Inc’s (FB.O) content policies favoured Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s party, putting the social network at the centre of a political storm in its biggest market by use... More »

Brazil’s central bank says Whatsapp payment tests have begun

RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – Brazil’s central bank said on Monday that tests had begun to trial payments via Facebook Inc’s messaging service WhatsApp in the country, calling them an “important advance.” In a statement, the bank said that the tests involve no re... More »

Facebook brings official music videos to users’ feed

(Reuters) – Facebook Inc said on Friday that its users in the United States would be able to view and share official music videos on its platform, in a move to better compete with Alphabet Inc’s video platform YouTube. Facebook, which had 2.7 billion monthly a... More »

Disney cuts ad spending on Facebook amid growing boycott: WSJ

(Reuters) – Walt Disney (DIS.N) has become the latest company to slash its advertising spending on Facebook Inc (FB.O) as the social media giant faces an ad boycott over its handling of hate speech and controversial content, the Wall Street Journal reported on... More »

EU top court to rule in landmark Facebook, Schrems privacy case

BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Europe’s top court will on Thursday rule on the legality of tools companies use to transfer Europeans’ data around the world, in the latest clash between Facebook and Austrian privacy activist Max Schrems. If the court finds the mechanisms... More »

Canada’s biggest banks join boycott of Facebook platforms

TORONTO (Reuters) – Canada’s biggest lenders confirmed on Friday they had joined a widespread boycott of Facebook Inc (FB.O) begun by U.S. civil rights groups seeking to pressure the world’s largest social media platform to take concrete steps to block hate sp... More »

Facebook removes anti-quarantine protest events in some U.S. states

(Reuters) – Facebook Inc (FB.O) said on Monday that it has removed events in Nebraska, New Jersey and California promoting protests against stay-at-home measures amid the COVID-19 pandemic caused by the new coronavirus. But the social media company, which has ... More »

Facebook, three Indonesian firms in early talks for mobile payment approval: sources

JAKARTA (Reuters) – Facebook Inc is preparing to apply for regulatory approval in Indonesia to launch mobile payments in partnership with three local digital fintech firms, people familiar with the matter told Reuters. The plan, if approved, could be among the... More »

In coronavirus fight, oft-criticized Facebook data aids U.S. cities, states

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Infectious disease researchers are using Facebook Inc mobile location data to provide daily updates to U.S. cities and states evaluating the effectiveness of social distancing orders aimed at slowing the novel coronavirus. The COVID-1... More »

As coronavirus misinformation spreads on social media, Facebook removes posts

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Facebook Inc (FB.O) said it will take down misinformation about China’s fast-spreading coronavirus, in a rare departure from its usual approach to dubious health content that is presenting a fresh challenge for social media companies.... More »

U.S. lawmakers say Facebook steps to tackle ‘deepfake’ videos not adequate

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Facebook Inc on Wednesday said it would remove “deepfake” and other manipulated videos from its website to combat the spread of false information ahead of the 2020 presidential race, but lawmakers said those and other changes it has rece... More »

Facebook, privacy activist Schrems battle nears end on Dec. 19

BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Austrian privacy activist Max Schrems’ seven-year battle against Facebook reaches a crucial point on Dec. 17 when an adviser to Europe’s top court will issue his view on whether tools used by companies to transfer data abroad are legal or ... More »

Facebook takes down false ad from PAC on Republican Graham

(Reuters) – Facebook Inc said on Saturday that it had removed an ad which falsely claimed that U.S. Republican Senator Lindsey Graham supported the Green New Deal, demonstrating that it will fact-check ads from political groups but not politicians. The ad, whi... More »

Facebook ad policy challenged by false claim Republican Graham backs Green New Deal

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – A left-leaning political group is challenging Facebook’s policy not to fact-check some political ads by running a spot that falsely claims Republican Senator Lindsey Graham has endorsed the Green New Deal, a plan by prominent Democrat... More »

Zuckerberg defends Facebook’s approach to free speech, draws line on China

WASHINGTON/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Facebook Inc (FB.O) Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg on Thursday defended the social media company’s light regulation of speech and lack of fact checking on political advertising, while citing China’s censorship as a roadblo... More »

Facebook open to currency-pegged stablecoins for Libra project

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Facebook Inc (FB.O), facing growing skepticism about its digital currency project Libra, on Sunday said the initiative could use cryptocurrencies based on national currencies such as the dollar, instead of the synthetic one it initially ... More »

Facebook’s Libra announces board as support shrinks further

LONDON/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Backers of Facebook Inc’s (FB.O) Libra cryptocurrency project pledged to forge ahead after selecting a five-member board on Monday, shrugging off the latest member defection by online travel company Booking Holding earlier in t... More »

PayPal becomes first member to exit Facebook’s Libra Association

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. payments processor PayPal Holdings Inc (PYPL.O) said on Friday it was leaving Libra Association, the entity managing the Facebook-led effort to build global digital currency Libra, making it the first member to exit the group. PayPa... More »

Launch of Facebook’s Libra could be delayed over regulatory concerns: executive

GENEVA (Reuters) – The launch of Facebook’s Libra could be pushed back to tackle the regulatory concerns that have been raised around the world, the head of the organization set up to oversee the cryptocurrency told Reuters. Three months ago, Facebook (FB.O) a... More »

Global regulators to question Facebook’s Libra amid EU concerns: paper

(Reuters) – Global regulators will question Facebook on Monday about its Libra cryptocurrency, amid concerns from European Union governments over the threat the digital currency poses to financial stability, the Financial Times reported on Sunday. Officials fr... More »

France, Germany blast Facebook’s Libra, back public cryptocurrency

HELSINKI (Reuters) – France and Germany said on Friday that Facebook Inc’s (FB.O) Libra currency posed risks to the financial sector that could block its authorization in Europe, and backed the development of an alternative public cryptocurrency. The criticism... More »

Factbox: Facebook’s cryptocurrency Libra and digital wallet Calibra

SAN FRANCISCO/NEW YORK (Reuters) – Facebook Inc (FB.O) revealed lofty plans to establish a cryptocurrency called Libra in June, but the project quickly ran into trouble with skeptical regulators around the world. Opposition deepened on Friday, when both France... More »

Facebook’s Libra seeks Swiss payment system license

ZURICH (Reuters) – Facebook’s (FB.O) Libra cryptocurrency project is seeking a Swiss payment system license, financial watchdog FINMA said on Wednesday, noting the breadth of the planned services would require broad oversight. The world’s largest social media ... More »

Swiss-based Libra will have to meet tough U.S. standards: U.S….

BERN (Reuters) – The Facebook-led (FB.O) Libra cryptocurrency project must meet the highest standards for combating money laundering and terrorism financing if it is to get off the ground, a senior U.S. Treasury official said on Tuesday. Any cryptocurrency pro... More »

German cartel office to take Facebook case to High Court

BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany’s cartel office said on Monday it would appeal a regional court decision to suspend restrictions it had placed on Facebook’s data collection practices to the country’s highest court. A court in Duesseldorf had earlier suspended a Feb... More »

U.S. lawmaker says still concerned about Facebook cryptocurrency…

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The chair of the U.S. House Financial Services Committee said on Sunday she remained concerned about Facebook’s plans for a digital currency after meeting the government officials in Switzerland that Facebook has said will regulate it. “... More »

Facebook will ban ads that tell people in U.S. not to vote

(Reuters) – Facebook Inc will ban ads that discourage people from voting ahead of the 2020 U.S. presidential election, according to its second annual Civil Rights Audit published on Sunday. Facebook pledged to put its new “don’t vote” policy prohibition into e... More »

Genetics research gets help from social media

(Reuters Health) – Researchers have harnessed the power of social media to build a genetic database, according to a new report. The “Genes for Good” project, which turned to Facebook to recruit people to fill out surveys and send in saliva samples for DNA anal... More »

Facebook in talks with U.S. derivatives regulator over digital…

(Reuters) – Facebook Inc is in talks with the U.S. derivatives regulator, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), over the social media company’s plans for a digital currency, the Financial Times reported on Sunday. The regulator is in the early stage... More »

U.S. presidential contender Kamala Harris favors look at breaking…

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris said on Sunday that U.S. officials should consider breaking up Facebook Inc, the world’s largest social media company, saying it is a utility that has gone unregulated. Harris, a U.S. senat... More »

Facebook rejects co-founder call for breakup, senator urges U.S….

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Facebook Inc quickly rejected a call from co-founder Chris Hughes on Thursday to split the world’s largest social media company in three, while lawmakers urged the U.S. Justice Department to launch an antitrust investigation. Facebook ha... More »

Facebook’s Zuckerberg hails French hate speech plan as EU model

PARIS (Reuters) – Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg hailed France’s efforts to regulate hateful content online as a model for the European Union after meeting President Emmanuel Macron in Paris on Friday. His comments come after the U.S. social media giant was heavil... More »

Facebook ‘labels’ posts by hand, posing privacy questions

HYDERABAD, India/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Over the past year, a team of as many as 260 contract workers in Hyderabad, India has ploughed through millions of Facebook Inc photos, status updates and other content posted since 2014. The workers categorize items ... More »

Factbox: The work at one Facebook ‘labeling’ project

HYDERABAD, India/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Facebook Inc has thousands of content labelers around the world who categorize content with the aim of creating large datasets that can be more readily analyzed by humans and software. One project at outsourcing vendo... More »

Facebook says it removed 1.5 million videos of the New Zealand…

(Reuters) – Facebook Inc said it removed 1.5 million videos globally of the New Zealand mosque attack in the first 24 hours after the attack. “In the first 24 hours we removed 1.5 million videos of the attack globally, of which over 1.2 million were blocked at... More »

Zuckerberg to integrate WhatsApp, Instagram and Facebook Messenger:…

(Reuters) – Facebook Inc Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg is planning to unify the underlying messaging infrastructure of the WhatsApp, Instagram and Facebook Messenger services and incorporate end-to-end encryption into these apps, the New York Times reported ... More »

German antitrust watchdog to act against Facebook: report

BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany’s antitrust watchdog plans to order Facebook to stop gathering some user data, a newspaper reported on Sunday. The Federal Cartel Office, which has been investigating Facebook since 2015, has already found that the social media giant... More »

Vietnam says Facebook violated controversial cybersecurity law

HANOI (Reuters) – Facebook has violated Vietnam’s new cybersecurity law by allowing users to post anti-government comments on the platform, state media said on Wednesday, days after the controversial legislation took effect in the communist-ruled country. Desp... More »

Facebook CEO plans public debates about tech for 2019 personal…

(Reuters) – Facebook Inc Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg said on Tuesday he will host a series of public discussions about the future of technology in society as part of his personal challenge this year. Zuckerberg sounded his plan in a Facebook post, ... More »

Instagram ‘back to normal’ after bug triggers temporary change to feed

(Reuters) – Facebook Inc’s photo-sharing social network Instagram said on Thursday it has fixed a bug that led to a temporary change in the appearance of its feed for a large number of users. The bug led to a small test being distributed widely, the company sa... More »

Tech firms should be made liable for ‘fake news’ on sites: UK…

LONDON (Reuters) – Tech firms like Facebook (FB.O) should be made liable for “harmful and misleading” material on their websites and pay a levy so they can be regulated, British lawmakers said, warning of a crisis in democracy due to misuse of personal data. F... More »

Facebook suspends U.S. conspiracy theorist Alex Jones

(Reuters) – U.S. conspiracy theorist Alex Jones has been suspended from Facebook for bullying and hate speech and is close to having pages tied to him and his Infowars website removed from the platform, the social media network said on Friday. The radio host’s... More »

Facebook is sued after stock plunge ‘shocked’ market

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Facebook Inc (FB.O) and its chief executive Mark Zuckerberg were sued on Friday in what could be the first of many lawsuits over a disappointing earnings announcement by the social media company that wiped out about $120 billion of shareho... More »

Rubens museum steers visitors away from nudes, in jab at Facebook…

BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Visitors to a Belgian art gallery were stunned when security guards ordered them away from nude paintings by Flemish master Peter Paul Rubens, in what turned out to be a stunt to protest at Facebook blocking the pictures on the grounds of ... More »

Facebook to double office presence in London

(Reuters) – Facebook said on Monday it would double its presence in London, acquiring nearly 600,000 square feet (56,000 square meters) of office space across two buildings in King’s Cross – enough for more than 6,000 workstations. The social network did not s... More »

Australian lawsuit funder files complaint against Facebook, flags…

SYDNEY (Reuters) – Litigation funder IMF Bentham Ltd (IMF.AX) is preparing to potentially sue social media giant Facebook Inc (FB.O) in Australia over its sharing of users’ data with political consultancy Cambridge Analytica. The world’s largest social network... More »

Facebook still evasive over Cambridge Analytica and fake news: UK…

LONDON (Reuters) – Facebook continues to be evasive in its answers to a British parliamentary committee examining a scandal over misuse of the social media company’s data by Cambridge Analytica, the committee’s chair said on Friday. Britain’s digital and media... More »

Socially responsible funds dump or rethink Facebook over data privacy

BOSTON (Reuters) – Several socially conscious investment firms are selling or rethinking their Facebook Inc holdings, unsatisfied by the company’s moves to strengthen personal data protection and online safety after scandals involving the improper sharing of u... More »

UK watchdog orders Cambridge Analytica to hand over American’s…

(Reuters) – Britain’s data privacy watchdog has ordered Cambridge Analytica to hand over all the personal information it holds on a U.S. academic, confirming the right of people abroad to seek data held by a UK firm. Data privacy activists say that it sets a p... More »

Three-quarters Facebook users as active or more since privacy…

NEW YORK/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Most of Facebook’s U.S. users have remained loyal to the social network despite revelations that a political consultancy collected information about millions of accounts without owners’ permission, a Reuters/Ipsos poll releas... More »

Facebook’s hidden data haul troubles German cartel regulator

BONN, Germany (Reuters) – That the personal data of tens of millions of Facebook (FB.O) users fell into the wrong hands is troubling politicians, but Germany’s top competition regulator is questioning the sheer volume of information that the social network har... More »

Philippines complains Facebook fact-checkers are biased

MANILA (Reuters) – The Philippines government criticized on Monday Facebook’s (FB.O) choice of two independent online news platforms to help fight the spread of fake news, saying they are biased against President Rodrigo Duterte. Facebook said last week it wou... More »

Philippines’ watchdog probes Facebook over Cambridge Analytica data…

MANILA (Reuters) – The Philippines’ privacy watchdog said on Friday it has started investigating Facebook Inc (FB.O) over a data breach involving British firm Cambridge Analytica that affected more than a million Filipino users of social media. The move follow... More »

Zuckerberg faces Senate hearing but little hope for action

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Facebook (FB.O) Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg’s No. 1 mission during his appearance before U.S. lawmakers on Tuesday and Wednesday will be to defend against calls to regulate internet-based companies. The prospect of new laws that rest... More »

Factbox: ‘I know we can do better’: Zuckerberg’s many Facebook…

(Reuters) – Facebook Inc (FB.O) has often angered users by its handling of personal information. Almost as often, Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg has apologized. He did so again on Monday in written testimony to U.S. Congress, and will likely repeat that on Tu... More »

Vietnam activists question Facebook on suppressing dissent

HANOI (Reuters) – Vietnamese human rights activists and independent media groups have written to Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook Inc’s chief executive, questioning whether the social media platform was helping suppress dissent in the communist country. The letter, r... More »

Zuckerberg ditches T-shirt, apologizes for Facebook mistakes

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Facebook Inc Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg swapped his trademark T-shirt and jeans for a dark suit and a purple tie on Monday as he met U.S. lawmakers to apologize for the social network’s misuse of its members’ data and to head off po... More »

Facebook ends six-country test that split News Feed in two

FILE PHOTO: Facebook logo is seen on a wall at a start-up companies gathering at Paris’ Station F in Paris, France, January 17, 2017. REUTERS/Philippe Wojazer SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Facebook Inc on Thursday put an end to a test of splitting its signature Ne... More »

Facebook plans to use U.S. mail to verify IDs of election ad buyers

FILE PHOTO: Balloons are seen in front of a logo at Facebook’s headquarters in London, Britain, December 4, 2017. REUTERS/Toby Melville/File Photo – RC1AE21EBF40 WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Facebook Inc will start using postcards sent by U.S. mail later this year t... More »

Facebook loses Belgian privacy case, faces fine of up to $125 million

FILE PHOTO: A man is silhouetted against a video screen with an Facebook logo as he poses with an Samsung S4 smartphone in this photo illustration August 14, 2013. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/File Photo BRUSSELS (Reuters) – A Belgian court threatened Facebook (FB.O) on... More »

Facebook makes privacy push ahead of strict EU law

A 3D-printed Facebook logo is seen in front of the logo of the European Union in this picture illustration made in Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina on May 15, 2015. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Facebook said on Monday it was publishing its privacy pri... More »

Facebook: Russian agents created 129 U.S. election events

FILE PHOTO: Balloons are seen in front of a logo at Facebook’s headquarters in London, Britain, December 4, 2017. REUTERS/Toby Melville/File Photo WASHINGTON/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Facebook Inc said Russian agents created 129 events on the social media netw... More »

Facebook to open digital training hubs in Europe

FILE PHOTO: Balloons are seen in front of a logo at Facebook’s headquarters in London, Britain, December 4, 2017. REUTERS/Toby Melville/File Photo BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Facebook (FB.O) said on Monday it will open three new centers in Europe to train people in d... More »

Contrite Facebook executives seek to ward off more European rules

A 3D-printed Facebook logo is seen in front of the logo of the European Union in this picture illustration made in Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina on May 15, 2015. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic MUNICH (Reuters) – Facebook executives are fanning out across Europe this week... More »

Facebook to emphasize friends, not news, in series of changes

FILE PHOTO: Facebook Founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg speaks on stage during the annual Facebook F8 developers conference in San Jose, California, U.S., April 18, 2017. REUTERS/Stephen Lam/File Photo SAN FRANCISCO/LONDON (Reuters) – Facebook Inc (FB.O) on Thurs... More »

Facebook, Universal Music strike multi-year licensing deal

(Reuters) – Facebook Inc and Universal Music Group on Thursday announced a global agreement that will enable users to upload videos featuring music from Universal’s library across the social media network as well as Instagram and Oculus. Through the agreement,... More »

Facebook opens new London HQ, to create 800 UK jobs

A Facebook like button is pictured at the Facebook’s France headquarters in Paris, France, November 27, 2017. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier LONDON (Reuters) – Facebook opens its new London office on Monday and said it would add 800 more jobs in the capital next year,... More »

Facebook, in reversal, to publish cache of political ads

Facebook Inc (FB.O) announced a plan to increase transparency about its role in political advertising on Friday, ahead of congressional hearings next week on social media companies and Russia's meddling in last year's U.S. presidential election. More »

Facebook buys teen app tbh

Facebook Inc (FB.O) has acquired tbh, an app popular among teens, as the world's largest social network looks to attract more users. More »

Facebook says 10 million U.S. users saw Russia-linked ads

Some 10 million people in the United States saw politically divisive ads on Facebook that the company said were purchased in Russia in the months before and after last year's U.S. presidential election, Facebook said on Monday. More »

Facebook says about 10 million U.S. users viewed Russian-sponsored ads

Facebook Inc said that about 10 million individuals in the United States had viewed Russian ads that it had shared with the U.S. Congress on Monday. More »

Top House Intelligence Democrat intends to make sample of Russia-bought Facebook ads public

The top Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee said on Monday he intended to make a "representative sampling" of Facebook Inc political ads believed to have been purchased by Russia available to the public later this month and that he hoped to make them ... More »

German competition watchdog to announce Facebook findings by year-end

The initial findings of Germany's investigation of U.S. social network company Facebook over possible market abuse will be announced by the end of the year, the country's cartel office said on Friday. More »

Facebook OKs local firm`s launch of Moments-like app in China: New York Times

Facebook Inc, whose social media platform is blocked in China, authorized a local company to launch a photo-sharing application in the country in May, the New York Times reported, citing a person with knowledge of the company's plans. More »

Facebook`s Oculus cuts price of virtual reality set, matching rival

A virtual reality head set is on display following an Oculus event in San Francisco, California June 11, 2015. REUTERS/Robert Galbraith Oculus, the virtual reality company owned by Facebook Inc, is temporarily cutting the price of its hardware, as the industry... More »

Facebook to build housing in Silicon Valley for first time

Architectural rendering of Facebook’s proposed Willow Campus is seen in Menlo Park, California, U.S. in this undated photo obtained by Reuters July 7, 2017. The goal for the Willow Campus is to create an integrated, mixed-use village that will provide housing,... More »

Facebook in talks to produce original TV-quality shows: WSJ

The logo of the social network Facebook is seen on a beach during the Cannes Lions Festival in Cannes, France, June 21, 2017. REUTERS/Eric Gaillard Facebook Inc is in talks with Hollywood studios about producing scripted, TV-quality shows, with an aim of launc... More »

Facebook launches UK initiative to counter online extremist material

The logo of the social network Facebook is seen on a beach during the Cannes Lions in Cannes, France, June 21, 2017. REUTERS/Eric Gaillard Facebook Inc is launching a UK program to train and fund local organizations to combat extremist material online, as inte... More »

Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg returns to Harvard as commencement speaker

Facebook Founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg waves as he arrives on stage during the annual Facebook F8 developers conference in San Jose, California, U.S., April 18, 2017. REUTERS/Stephen Lam One of Harvard University’s most famous dropouts, Facebook Inc founder ... More »

Exclusive: Facebook signs BuzzFeed, Vox, others for original video shows – sources

FILE PHOTO: The Facebook logo is displayed on the company’s website in Bordeaux, France, February 1, 2017. REUTERS/Regis Duvignau/File Photo Facebook Inc (FB.O) has signed deals with millennial-focused news and entertainment creators Vox Media, BuzzFeed, ATTN,... More »

Vietnam says Facebook commits to preventing offensive content

FILE PHOTO: The Facebook logo is displayed on the company’s website in an illustration photo taken in Bordeaux, France, February 1, 2017. REUTERS/Regis Duvignau/File Photo Vietnam’s government said Facebook has committed to work with it to prevent content that... More »

Canadian police investigate Facebook beating video in murder case

Canadian police said on Wednesday they were investigating whether a beating captured on video, reported to have been distributed through social networking site Facebook Inc, may be connected to a young woman’s murder. More »

Facebook gives peek inside unit studying brain-to-text technology

Regina Dugan, vice president of engineering of Building 8 at Facebook, speaks on stage during the second day of the annual Facebook F8 developers conference in San Jose, California, U.S., April 19, 2017. REUTERS/Stephen Lam Facebook Inc on Wednesday pulled asi... More »

Facebook cracks down on 30,000 fake accounts in France

Facebook logo is seen on a wall at a start-up companies gathering at Paris’ Station F in Paris, France, January 17, 2017. REUTERS/Philippe Wojazer Facebook Inc said on Thursday it suspended 30,000 accounts in France as the social network giant steps up efforts... More »

Chicago teen arrested in Facebook Live sex assault, others sought

Chicago police have arrested a 14-year-old boy and expect to charge a second youth in connection with the sexual assault of a teenage girl by multiple young men that was seen on Facebook Live (FB.O) in March, officials said on Sunday. More »

Facebook`s Zuckerberg and wife expecting a second daughter

FILE PICTURE: Mark Zuckerberg (R), founder and CEO of Facebook, and wife Priscilla Chan arrive on the red carpet during the 2nd annual Breakthrough Prize Award in Mountain View, California November 9, 2014. REUTERS/Stephen Lam Facebook Inc founder Mark Zuckerb... More »

Exclusive: Facebook in talks to live stream one MLB game per week – sources

Jul 26, 2016- Miami, FL, USA- Miami Marlins center fielder Ichiro Suzuki (51) walks past the MLB sign during the fifth inning against the Philadelphia Phillies at Marlins Park. Mandatory Credit: Steve Mitchell-USA TODAY Sports Facebook Inc (FB.O) is in talks w... More »

TransferWise launches international money transfers via Facebook

The Facebook logo is displayed on their website in an illustration photo taken in Bordeaux, France, February 1, 2017. REUTERS/Regis Duvignau Money transfer company TransferWise has launched a new service that allows users to send money internationally through ... More »

Facebook CEO warns against reversal of global thinking

Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg waves to the audience during a meeting of the APEC (Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation) Ceo Summit in Lima, Peru, November 19, 2016. REUTERS/Mariana Bazo Facebook Inc Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg laid out a vision on Thursday... More »

Facebook launches app for watching its videos on TV

The Facebook logo is displayed on their website in an illustration photo taken in Bordeaux, France, February 1, 2017. REUTERS/Regis Duvignau Facebook Inc is launching an app for smart TVs that will help the social network’s users enjoy its videos on a bigger s... More »

Top Italian official says Facebook must do more against hate speech

FILE PHOTO: Italy’s lower house President Laura Boldrini smiles at the end of the first day of consultations with Italian President Giorgio Napolitano at the Quirinale Palace in Rome February 14, 2014. REUTERS/Remo Casilli/File Photo Facebook must do much more... More »

Facebook doubles its bereavement leave for employees

3D-printed models of people are seen in front of a Facebook logo in this photo illustration taken June 9, 2016. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration Facebook Inc is doubling its bereavement leave for employees and also introducing paid family sick time, Chief Opera... More »

Facebook, Google, others launch drive against fake news in France

The Facebook logo is displayed on their website in an illustration photo taken in Bordeaux, France, February 1, 2017. REUTERS/Regis Duvignau Social media companies Facebook, Google and a group of news organizations launched an initiative on Monday to tackle fa... More »

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