Google, Facebook, Twitter and Mozilla must do more to combat fake news as Europeans head towards an election or the companies will face the threat of regulatory action, the European Commission said on Tuesday.

Google, Facebook, Twitter must do more against fake news: EU

Facebook said on Monday it will beef up its rules and safeguards around political adverts to prevent foreign interference in elections, including those in Europe this year.

Facebook tightens paid ads rules ahead of EU elections

Donald Trump signs deal ending longest government shutdown in US history United States President Donald Trump has signed the deal bringing the government shutdown to an end, news agency AFP reported.

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Facebook Inc's operations chief Sheryl Sandberg said on Wednesday that the world's largest social network needed to win back public trust after facing scandals for violating its users' privacy.

Facebook must earn back trust, says Chief operation officer Sheryl Sandberg in Davos

BuzzFeed, one of the highest profile entertainment and news sites on the internet, plans to cut 15 per cent of its workforce, US media reports said Wednesday. The cuts stand to affect between 200 to 250 jobs and come as the company is seeking to reinvest resources in more promising areas such as content licensing and e-commerce, The New York Times and Wall Street Journal reported.

BuzzFeed to cut 15% of its workers: Reports

Microsoft was investigating a disruption in its Bing search engine in China on Thursday, with social media users fearing it could be the latest foreign website to be blocked by censors.

Microsoft's Bing search engine goes offline in China

Tonga has been plunged into virtual cyber darkness after an undersea cable broke, cutting off the Pacific island kingdom from almost all cell phone and Internet services.

Tonga cut off from Facebook, YouTube after undersea cable breaks

Google disclosed in a quarterly filing on Tuesday that it spent a company-record $21.2 million on lobbying the US government in 2018, topping its previous high of $18.

Google, Facebook spend big on US lobbying amid policy battles

Your privacy on Facebook and Twitter may be at risk even if you have never been on social media or have deleted your account, a study suggests. Individual choice has long been considered a bedrock principle of online privacy, said scientists from the University of Vermont in the US and the University of Adelaide in Australia.

Never been on social media? Your privacy may still be at risk, says study

Facebook Inc's WhatsApp messenger service is globally limiting the number of times a user can forward a message to five, in a bid to fight "misinformation and rumours", company executives said on Monday.

Facebook's WhatsApp limits text forwards to five recipients to curb rumours

Russia's communication watchdog said on Monday it was opening administrative proceedings against Twitter and Facebook for failing to explain how they plan to comply with local data laws, the Interfax news agency reported.

Russia opens civil cases against Facebook, Twitter: Report

Facebook has launched German initiatives to defend election integrity and examine the ethics of artificial intelligence (AI), its operations chief said on Sunday, seeking to convince sceptics it is serious about privacy and democracy.

Facebook backs election integrity, AI initiatives in Germany

Global social media and technology giants are gearing up to fight sweeping new rules proposed by the Indian government that would require them to actively regulate content in one of the world's biggest Internet markets, sources close to the matter told Reuters.

Social media giants plan push-back on India's new regulations: Sources

State broadcaster Vietnam Television reported Wednesday that Facebook failed to take down pages allegedly calling for anti-government activities.

Vietnam accuses Facebook of breaching new cyber law

Advertisements on Facebook and other popular social media platforms can encourage people to get a cancer screening, which would help patients spot the disease early enough to get timely treatment, scientists say.

Facebook ads may help reduce cancer deaths: Study

Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg said Friday the world's biggest social network has "fundamentally" changed to focus on securing its systems against manipulation and misinformation.

Zuckerberg sees 'progress' for Facebook after tumultuous year

Facebook users would require an average of more than $1,000 (Rs 70,000) to deactivate their account for one year, according to a study. The study, published in the journal PLOS ONE, assessed Facebook's value to its users, in contrast to its market value or its contribution to gross domestic product.

Facebook users need $1,000 to deactivate account for one year: Report

US government sues Facebook over Cambridge Analytica row Facebook's woes mounted Wednesday as it faced a lawsuit alleging privacy violations related to data leaked to a consultancy working on Donald Trump's 2016 campaign, and as a new report suggested it shared more data with partners than it has acknowledged.

Facebook's woes mounted Wednesday as it faced a lawsuit alleging privacy violations related to data leaked to a consultancy working on Donald Trump's 2016 campaign, and as a new report suggested it shared more data with partners than it has acknowledged.

US government sues Facebook over Cambridge Analytica row

Karandeep Anand, an Indian-origin senior executive of Facebook, will head the social media giant's enterprise communications tool Workplace, the company has announced.

Facebook appoints Indian-origin executive Karandeep Anand as head of its enterprise communication tool ‘Workplace’

Facebook has removed hundreds of pages and accounts in Myanmar with hidden links to the military, the platform said Wednesday, as the company scrambles to respond to criticism over failures to control hate speech and misinformation.

Facebook removes hundreds of Myanmar military-linked pages from platform

Dozens of civil rights groups on Tuesday called on Facebook to purge Mark Zuckerberg and Sheryl Sandberg from its board for blunders including "weaponizing anti-Semitism.

Civil rights groups call on Mark Zuckerberg, Sheryl Sandberg to step down

US President Donald Trump took a swipe on Tuesday at America's tech giants, accusing them of having a liberal bias, and claiming Twitter was making it more difficult to follow his account.

Trump says Facebook, Twitter, Google biased against him

Reject US Senate interference in our internal affairs: Saudi Arabia on Khashoggi case Saudi Arabia on Sunday rejected as "interference" a US Senate resolution to end American military support for a Riyadh-led war in Yemen, and another holding its crown prince responsible for the murder of critic Jamal Khashoggi.

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