Facebook is planning to hire 10,000 people in the European Union in order to develop a metaverse, which is an online world where people can game, work and communicate in a virtual environment, often using VR headsets.

Facebook plans on hiring 10,000 people in EU to work on metaverse

Facebook is developing a new project called EGO 4D which is a long term 'AI' project. The new machine learning project has one aim, i.e., to teach 'AI' how to understand the world - but through a first-person perspective. The EGO-4D project involves a consortium of researchers who are spread across 13 universities and labs in nine countries.

Facebook develops new long term 'AI' project, EGO 4D

A global alliance of child protection campaigners and experts have warned Facebook founder and chief executive, Mark Zuckerberg that Facebook must take steps to restore faith in its platforms.

Facebook must prioritise children’s wellbeing, Zuckerberg has been warned

Social media giant Facebook is changing its approach to the harassment of journalists and human rights defenders. Facebooks global safety chief said that it would now count activists and journalists as involuntary public figures.

Facebook increases protection against harassment, bullying

Senate Commerce Committee Chair Maria Cantwell on Tuesday called on Facebook Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg to preserve all documents related to a testimony last week from company whistleblower Frances Haugen.

US senator asks Facebook CEO to retain documents linked to testimony

A US Senate Commerce Committee chairperson Maria Cantwell has called on Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg to preserve all documents related to a testimony from company's whistleblower.

'Testimony raises significant concerns,' US Senator sends letter to Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg

Learning from your mistakes is an important part of growth, but what happens when you repeat same mistake twice in a short period of time? You get trolled on the internet.

Facebook, Instagram stop working yet again; Twitterati open bag of memes

Days after one of the longest outages in Facebook's history, the social media platform, and its sister apps experienced another service interruption on Friday. According to reports, some users were unable to load their Instagram feeds, while others were not able to send messages via Facebook messenger. Web monitoring group down-detector showed that there were more than 36,000 incidents of people reporting issues with Instagram on Friday. While another 800 issues were reported on Facebook's messaging app.

Facebook experiences another service interruption

Facebook has said that it will begin clamping down on the illegal sale of protected areas of the Amazon rainforest on its site. The new measures will only apply to conservation areas and not to publicly owned forest land.

Facebook makes an attempt to stop the illegal sale of Amazon rainforest

Facebook is in the sights of US lawmakers once again. A recent Wall Street Journal report cites internal knowledge of its harmful effects and the company's reticence to act. A whistleblower, a former Facebook employee, came out in public this week to testify against the social media company, only adding to the scrutiny.

Facebook algorithms promote falsehood faster than truth: Frances Haugen

An error during routine maintenance on Facebook's network of data centers caused Monday's collapse of its global system for more than six hours, leading to a torrent of problems that delayed the repairs, the company has said. The outage was the largest that Downdetector, a web monitoring firm, said it had ever seen.

Error during routine maintenance of data centers: Facebook

Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen testified before a Senate panel Tuesday, telling lawmakers that how platforms like Facebook and Instagram work and cause harm in a way that was accessible and mostly jargon-free.

How Facebook algorithm harms children

Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg has posted strong defence on FB. The FB founder posted a 1,300 word rebuttal and said that the claims against FB do not make sense.

Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg posts strong defence on FB

Will the 6-hour-long Facebook outage force the World to rethink over-reliance on the tech giant? Facebook whistleblower says the platform is more dangerous than we will ever know, and it will haunt an entire generation. Palki Sharma brings you a report.

Gravitas: Outrage over Facebook outage

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has broken his silence on whistleblower Frances Haugen's allegations and has launched a passionate defence on his company and platforms.

Mark Zuckerberg breaks silence on Haugen's allegations, says claims do not make sense

Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen testified before a Senate panel Tuesday, telling lawmakers that the platform's decisions are "a huge problem" for children, public safety, and democracy.

Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen testifies before Senate committee

Facebook is putting profit over public good, stated a former employee of the social media giant. The whistle blower's testimony landed the social media bigwig in a major controversy.

Social media giant Facebook's big dark ugly secret

Social media giants Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp were back online after sixh-ours-long outage earlier in the day; no official cause for outage given.

Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp restored after hours-long outage

The world's largest social media platform has been in limelight for sometime now. The Facebook whistle-blower responsible for a series of bombshell leaks has now revealed her identity. Watch this report for more details.

Series of accusations against social media bigwig Facebook

The whistleblower who shared a trove of Facebook documents alleging that the social media giant knew its products were fueling hate and harming children's mental health revealed her identity on Sunday in a televised interview.

Hate speech for profit: Facebook whistleblower reveals identity

A former Facebook whistleblower responsible for a series of bombshell leaks has revealed her identity. Watch this report for more details.

Whistleblower's new allegations against Facebook

US lawmakers grilled Facebook over the potential harm its services are causing and its impact on the mental health of children. However, Facebook has defended the impact of its products, saying Instagram has "affirmatively helped" young people. Its global head of safety, Antigone Davis, testified to the US Senate, about child protection.

US lawmakers grill Facebook over Instagram's mental health impact

Facebook knew Instagram is causing mental health issues in teens. The company didn't reveal the findings. Now, US lawmakers are asking Facebook: "Can you quantify how many children have taken their own lives because of your products?". Palki Sharma has more.

Gravitas: Facebook "concealed" that Instagram could trigger suicidal thoughts in teens

US lawmakers grilled Facebook over the potential harm its services are causing and its impact on the mental health of children. However, Facebook has defended the impact of its products, saying Instagram has "affirmatively helped" young people.

US lawmakers grill Facebook over teen mental health

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