A senior Sri Lankan minister accused social media giant Facebook on Monday of censoring comments he made questioning the citizenship of presidential election frontrunner Gotabhaya Rajapakse.

Sri Lanka minister slams Facebook over 'censorship'

Facebook vowed Tuesday to step up monitoring for any attempt to use its platform to meddle in Taiwan's elections as the island's authorities say they face growing interference from China.

Amid controversies, Facebook steps up monitoring content for Taiwan elections

Activists, lawyers, journalists & diplomats were targets of the WhatsApp hack. As the story continues to evolve, another major data breach has come to the fore. Reports suggest that debit, credit data of customers are up for sale in dark web.

Gravitas: Not just WhatsApp, even credit & debit card data of users stolen!

WhatsApp has sued the Israeli cyber surveillance firm NSO Group over claims that it hacked WhatsApp users earlier this year.

WION Dispatch: WhatsApp sues Israeli cyber surveillance firm NSO Group

Facebook is suing an Israeli cybersecurity company over claims it hacked WhatsApp users earlier this year.

FB's Whatsapp sues shadowy Israeli data firm

An Australian regulator has filed a lawsuit against Alphabet Inc's Google, accusing it of misleading smartphone users about how it collected and used personal location data, advancing a global crackdown on the world's biggest tech firms.

Australian regulator files privacy suit against Google alleging location data misuse

Facebook on Friday began rolling out its dedicated "news tab" with professionally produced content, the latest move by the social network to promote journalism and shed its reputation as a platform for misinformation.

Facebook's 'news tab' seeks to reboot its role within media

Facebook Inc CEO Mark Zuckerberg conceded on Wednesday that the company's planned digital currency Libra was a "risky project," but sought to reassure sceptical US lawmakers that it could lower the cost of electronic payments and open up the global financial system to more people.

Facebook's Zuckerberg grilled in US Congress on digital currency, privacy, elections

Indian Government & Facebook Spar Over Decryption Debate The decryption debate at India's Apex Court has brought to fore - the privacy versus security debate.

Gravitas: 'Decryption' & The 'privacy Vs Security' Debate In India

Facebook's Zuckerberg testifies before U.S. House panel. Watch video to know more.

Facebook's Zuckerberg testifies before United States House panel

Facebook Inc 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 roadblock to operating in the country.

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

A Pakistani court Friday sentenced a man to five years jail and hard labour for a blasphemous Facebook post, in what is believed to be one of the first such cases under controversial cybercrime laws.

Pakistani man jailed for blasphemous Facebook post

The Libra Association, created by Facebook to launch its new cryptocurrency, has announced its 21 founding members after defections by previous supporters including Visa and Mastercard.

Group behind Facebook's Libra coin announces 21 founding members

A hashtag for deleting Facebook has begun trending again after it was revealed that CEO Mark Zuckerberg had reportedly held informal meetings with conservative influencers.

#DeleteFacebook trends after secret meetings revealed

Facebook Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg will testify before the United States House Financial Services Committee on October 23 as the company faces growing scrutiny from US lawmakers.

Facebook CEO to testify before United States house panel on October 23

A group of pro-Kremlin lawmakers has drafted legislation that would allow authorities to block individual e-mail or online messenger users who circulate banned content.

Russian lawmakers look to ban e-mail users who share illegal content

Pioneering digital payments firm PayPal on Friday said it is abandoning an alliance intended to oversee the Facebook-backed Libra cryptocurrency, which has come under attack by regulators.

PayPal abandons Facebook-backed Libra cryptocurrency group

Facebook Inc Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg defended on Thursday his decision to encrypt the company's messaging services, despite concerns about its impact on child exploitation and other criminal activity.

Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg defends encryption, despite child safety concerns

FBI Director Christopher Wray said Friday that Facebook's proposed move to encrypt its popular messaging program would turn the platform into a "dream come true for predators and child pornographers.

FBI director warns Facebook could become platform of 'child pornographers'

The US Justice Department will open an antitrust investigation of Facebook Inc, a person familiar with the matter said on Wednesday, marking the fourth recent antitrust probe of the social media company.

United States Justice Department to open antitrust investigation against Facebook

Facebook will not fact-check the statements which politicians post to the site, the social network announced on Tuesday ahead of the United States 2020 elections, even as it works to discredit false information meant to manipulate public opinion.

Facebook exempts political speech from fact-checking

Facebook has removed a group of pages on its platform reportedly linked to Ukraine which featured US patriotic messages and praise for President Donald Trump, with posts seen by millions of users.

Facebook takes down pro-Trump pages with reported Ukraine links

Facebook on Monday said that it had made a deal to buy a startup working on ways to command computers or other devices using thoughts instead of taps, swipes, or keystrokes.

Facebook buys startup working on 'mind control of machines'

Tech companies led by Facebook on Monday joined world leaders in ramping up an industry body to weed out extremist content online, giving it a permanent staff. Facebook announced the steps at the United Nations, where French President Emmanuel Macron and New Zealand's Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern chaired a meeting on extremist risks on the internet.

Tech giants beef up body to fight extremist content

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