Facebook Inc

• Facebook prioritized profits over calming hate speech, whistleblower claims

  "There were conflicts of interest between what was good for the public and what was good for Facebook," the whistleblower said in an interview.

  World

  Oct 4, 2021
  
• Facebook deploys team to monitor content as posts about conflict in Gaza spread online

  Misinformation, hate speech and calls for violence about the conflict have circulated on social media platforms amid the deadly fighting.

  World

  May 19, 2021
  
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• Facebook benefits from ad spending amid COVID-19 but new Apple policies could ruin it

  A surge in digital ad spending during the pandemic when consumers shopped online, along with higher ad prices, helped Facebook revenue surge 48 per cent.

  Consumer

  Apr 28, 2021
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• U.S. election: Facebook to remove posts with ‘militarized’ calls for poll watchers

  Facebook also said that it would respond to candidates or parties making premature claims of victory or contesting declared outcomes by adding labels and notifications with authoritative information about the state of the race.

  Politics

  Oct 7, 2020
• Shopify joins controversial digital currency group backed by Facebook

  The Ottawa-based e-commerce company said Friday it has become a member of the Libra Association, a non-profit organization Facebook co-founded to act as an authority for the currency.

  Tech

  Feb 21, 2020
• Facebook tightens rules around political advertisers ahead of U.S. election

  Paid Facebook ads have become a major tool for political campaigns and other organizations to target voters.

  World

  Aug 28, 2019
• Facebook to join Google, Amazon in developing voice-activated assistant technology

  Facebook Inc is working to develop a voice assistant to rival the likes of Amazon.com Inc's Alexa, Apple Inc's Siri and Alphabet Inc's Google Assistant.

  Tech

  Apr 17, 2019
• Some Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp users experience temporary outages

  Facebook said a networking issue was to blame for a temporary outage to its social media network, as well as Instagram and WhatsApp, which are owned by Facebook Inc.

  Consumer

  Sep 3, 2018
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• Fidelity Investments wants to make financial planning fun using virtual reality

  Fidelity Investments aims to change financial planning woes with an experiment in 3-D technology designed to make money management seem more like a mesmerizing video game than mundane number crunching.

  Lifestyle

  Nov 19, 2014