Social media giant Facebook has been in the eye of the storm globally for allegedly moulding narratives that influence elections in any major country. In the US, both the Democrats and Republicans have accused the company of filtering out posts, or simply not filtering content enough.

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Facebook has unveiled a new prototype of Augmented Reality (AR) glasses that can amplify what the wearer aims to hear. It also silences everything else around. The AR headset gives users "perceptual superpowers", says a report in The Next Web.

Facebook unveils AR glasses with 'auditory superpowers'

Facebook has blocked a terminally ill French euthanasia campaigner from livestreaming his own death. Alain Cocq, who has been suffering for 34 years from a rare and incurable degenerative disease, has stopped taking food, drink or medicine, and says he wants his death to be seen to help persuade French authorities to lift a ban on medically assisted suicide.

Facebook blocks livestream of euthanasia campaigner's death

Islamabad is trying to save its face after a social media purge. Facebook has suspended several Pak-based accounts for peddling malicious content against India

Gravitas: Facebook's biggest crackdown on Pak Propaganda

Amid a political slugfest over the Facebook issue, the company's India head Ajit Mohan on Wednesday appeared before a parliamentary panel, which is discussing alleged misuse of social media platforms.

Facebook India chief Ajit Mohan appears before Parliamentary panel

Indian Law and Justice Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad wrote to Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg on September 1, amid reports of the company’s selective filtration of content, where certain voices were amplified while others were stifled.

Law Minister Prasad urges Zuckerberg to protect FB from 'a lobby that abhors free speech'

Facebook Inc 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 Google, to pay local media outlets for featuring their content on its platforms.

Facebook to Australians: Will block news sharing if government passes proposed law

Facebook Inc made an "operational mistake" in not acting sooner to remove a page for a militia group that posted a call to arms in Kenosha, Wisconsin, the company`s Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg said on Friday.

Zuckerberg says Facebook's failure to remove militia page an 'operational mistake'

Facebook has blocked access within Thailand to a group with million members. The popular group was named ‘Royalist Marketplace’ and the discussions primarily revolve around criticising the Thai monarchy.

Thailand Protest: Facebook blocks access to group criticising monarchy

Facebook blocked access within Thailand to a group with 1 million members that has criticised the country's king, but said it was planning a legal challenge to the government's demand that it block the group.

Facebook planning to challenge Thai government's demand to block group critical of monarchy

Facebook's French subsidiary has agreed to pay $125 million (106 million euros) in back taxes and penalties following persistent government efforts to get online giants to pay more taxes where they make their money.

Facebook to pay $125 million in back taxes to France

British finance minister Rishi Sunak plans to drop a tax on technology companies such as Facebook and Google

UK denies plans to drop 'Facebook tax'

Denouncing "hate and bigotry", Facebook India on Friday said the platform is "open, transparent and non-partisan" where people are allowed to "express themselves freely".

Facebook 'transparent, non-partisan', says India head amid political controversy

Facebook Inc is considering halting political advertising after US presidential election to curb post-election misinformation. The company has spoken with experts about potential election scenarios, including the possibility of US President Donald Trump using the platform to dispute election results.

Facebook mulling halting political ads after US election to curb misinformation

An activist group has sent out a warning that social media giant Facebook is a danger to public health. Over the last one year, misleading health content has got 3.

Facebook spreading misleading health content amid pandemic, claims activist group

Facebook is failing to quarantine fake news. Bogus posts about health have raked up 3.8 billion views in the past year. The pandemic has made it worse with mind-boggling myths about cures.

Gravitas: Facebook: A Danger To Public Health?

Facebook has confirmed that its executives including CEO Mark Zuckerberg are fielding questions from the US Federal Trade Commission (FDC).

FTC questions Facebook on business practices & prior acquisitions

Facebook's executives are fielding questions from the US Federal Trade Commission on an antitrust fact-finding mission. CEO Mark Zuckerberg answered FTC queries under oath remotely over the course of two days this week, news website Politico reported, citing unnamed people familiar with the case.

Facebook says it's fielding questions by US regulators

US President Donald Trump has said he doesn't know much about the QAnon conspiracy theory movement but understands it is gaining in popularity and has a favourable view of him.

Trump says he doesn't know much about QAnon but has heard it likes him

Facebook Inc has removed nearly 800 QAnon conspiracy groups for posts celebrating violence, showing intent to use weapons, or attracting followers with patterns of violent behaviour.

Facebook removes hundreds of QAnon groups, citing public safety risks

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Tech giant Facebook has won preliminary approval from a federal court on Wednesday for settlement of a lawsuit that claimed it illegally collected and stored biometric data of millions of users without their consent.

Facebook wins preliminary approval to settle facial recognition lawsuit

A top Facebook executive in India has filed a police complaint in New Delhi saying she is receiving death threats following a media report that said she and the US social network company allegedly favoured the BJP.

Facebook executive in India files police complaint after being accused of favouring BJP

Facebook has reportedly started merging Instagram and Messenger chats -- in a bid to allow cross-messaging among its family of apps. The update comes with the message: "There's a New Way to Message on Instagram".

Facebook begins merging Instagram, Messenger chats, says report

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