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Facebook bans insurgent groups in Myanmar
Facebook has banned four insurgent groups fighting Myanmar’s military saying it wanted to prevent offline harm by removing “dangerous organisations”. Read more…
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Facebook removes Indonesian accounts linked to fake news
Facebook has removed hundreds of Indonesian accounts, pages and groups linked to online group spreading hate speech and fake news. Read more…
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Messaging – the next skirmish in the digital war zone?
Facebook is in the spotlight. The free and open platform became the not so free commercial platform and two things happened. Read more…
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Plans to unify WhatsApp, Instagram and Facebook Messenger
Mark Zuckerberg is planning to unify the underlying messaging infrastructure of WhatsApp, Instagram and Facebook Messenger and add end-to-end encryption according to NYT report. Read more…
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Is Facebook really playing with space lasers? Well, maybe …
There’s a pretty good chance Facebook is quite possibly working on satellites that will use lasers to beam internet connectivity from space: report Read more…
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Facebook aims to curb election interference in India
Facebook to extend some of its political advertising rules and tools to curb election interference in India and other countries before coming elections. Read more…
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Cambodian jailed three years for insulting king on Facebook
A Cambodian court jailed a man on Wednesday for three years for insulting the king in Facebook posts, the second known conviction under a new lese majeste law enacted last year. Read more…
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Vietnam claims Facebook violated new cybersecurity law
Facebook has violated Vietnam’s new cybersecurity law by allowing users to post anti-government comments on the platform days after the controversial legislation took effect in the communist-ruled country. Read more…
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Who needs govt web censorship when you have Tumblr?
ITEM: Microblogging site Tumblr banned “adult” content from its site as of December 17th. And the reasons behind it highlight the amount of control that web giants have over what people can and can’t see online. Read more…
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Facebook, Twitter remove accounts before Bangladesh elections
DHAKA (Reuters) – Facebook and Twitter said on Thursday they had removed accounts and fake news pages linked to the Bangladesh government which had posted anti-opposition content, days ahead of an election in the South Read more…