Tech/AI Civil rights groups urge global firms to pause ad spending on Facebook Amwal Al Ghad English Jun 17, 2020 0 U.S. civil rights groups have called upon some of the world’s largest companies to pause advertising on Facebook…
Tech news Instagram ‘back to normal’ after bug triggers temporary change to feed Amwal Al Ghad English Dec 29, 2018 0 Facebook Inc’s photo-sharing social network Instagram said on Thursday it has fixed a bug that led to a temporary…
Tech news Facebook takes down more Myanmar accounts over military links Amwal Al Ghad English Dec 19, 2018 0 Facebook has removed hundreds of additional accounts, pages, and groups in Myanmar from its social networks after…
Tech news Twitter to double tweet limit to 280 characters Yomna Yasser Nov 8, 2017 0 Twitter announced Tuesday it would double the limit for tweets to 280 characters, a bid to draw in more users and…
Tech news Facebook says 126 million Americans may have seen Russia-linked political posts Yomna Yasser Oct 31, 2017 0 Facebook Inc said on Monday that Russia-based operatives published about 80,000 posts on the social network over…
Tech news Facebook denies ‘listening’ to conversations Yomna Yasser Oct 29, 2017 0 A Facebook executive has denied the social network uses a device's microphone to listen to what users are saying…
Tech news Facebook buys teen app tbh Yomna Yasser Oct 17, 2017 0 Facebook Inc (FB.O) has acquired tbh, an app popular among teens, as the world’s largest social network looks to…
Tech news Facebook opens up Workplace in bid to replace work emails Ghada Ismail Oct 11, 2016 0 Facebook has opened up its Workplace platform, which lets companies set up their own internal version of the…
Tech news Twitter closes 235,000 More Accounts Over Extremism Ghada Ismail Aug 20, 2016 0 Twitter suspended 235,000 accounts that promoted terrorism over the last six months, as part of a continuing effort…
Tech news Facebook defends position on content standards after Israeli censure Ghada Ismail Jul 4, 2016 0 Facebook is doing its share to remove abusive content from the social network, it said on Sunday in an apparent…