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Facebook Bans Holocaust Denial Topics And Results

Facebook Bans Holocaust Denial Topics And Results

October 12, 2020 3:01 pm

Facebook is banning Holocaust denial on its platform, with the social media giant saying it is concerned by rising anti-Semitism, in the latest move restricting controversial content.

“If people search for the Holocaust on Facebook, we’ll start directing you to authoritative sources to get accurate information,’’ Facebook Chief, Mark Zuckerberg, said on Monday.

Zuckerburg said he has “struggled with the tension’’ between protecting free speech and limiting hateful content.

“Drawing the right lines between what is and isn’t acceptable speech isn’t straightforward, but with the current state of the world, I believe this is the right balance,’’ Zuckerburg said.

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Dr Stella Immanuel - Trump Goes On Rampage Over COVID Claims

Dr Stella Immanuel: Trump Goes On Rampage Over COVID Claims

July 28, 2020 11:25 am

Facebook and Twitter have taken down a viral video retweeted by Donald Trump which claims that Dr Anthony Fauci misled the country on hydroxychloroquine.

The clip, which was originally posted by the right-wing news site Breitbart, featured four people who identified themselves as doctors speaking in front of the Supreme Court building.

One was Stella Immanuel, who claims to be a physician in Houston, and said hydroxychloroquine, a malaria drug often touted by Trump, was a cure for COVID-19.

She attacked ‘fake doctors’ who doubt the efficacy of the drug, and claimed it’s a ‘cure’, adding ‘you don’t need a …

Facebook Bans Holocaust Denial Topics And Results

Top EU Court To Rule On Facebook Data Transfer To The U.S

July 16, 2020 5:46 pm

The European Court of Justice could on Thursday pause the transfer of private data between the European Union and the United States in a case involving Facebook.

According to reports, the court is to rule in a case initiated by Austrian privacy activist Maximilian Schrems.

He complained to Irish authorities that his Facebook data, which were compiled by Facebook Ireland, were transferred to its U.S. branch without his permission.

Schrems argues that because American intelligence agencies can access Facebook users’ private data, EU citizens’ data are not sufficiently protected and that there is no means of appeal for this transfer.…

Canada’s Banks Join Campaign To Boycott Facebook

Canada’s Banks Join Campaign To Boycott Facebook

July 4, 2020 7:50 am

Canada’s biggest lenders confirmed on Friday they had joined a widespread boycott of Facebook Inc. begun by U.S. civil rights groups.

The groups are seeking to pressure the world’s largest social media platform to take concrete steps to block hate speech.

More than 400 brands have pulled advertising on Facebook in response to the “Stop Hate for Profit” campaign, begun after the death of George Floyd, a Black man who died in police custody in Minneapolis on May 25.

Read Also: Hate Speech: 400 Brands Set To Boycott Facebook

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Facebook rejects call to share revenue with Australian media

Facebook Rejects Call To Share Revenue With Australian Media

June 15, 2020 4:33 pm

Facebook on Monday rejected calls from the Australian government and news companies that it share advertising revenue with the media, suggesting it would rather cut news content from its platform.

The US tech giant said in a submission to Australia’s competition watchdog that news represents a “very small fraction” of the content in an average user’s news feed.

“If there were no news content available on Facebook in Australia, we are confident the impact on Facebook’s community metrics and revenues in Australia would not be significant,” it said in a thinly veiled threat to boycott local news companies.

“Given the …

misinformation Facebook slams 'severe' Singapore misinformation law

Facebook Slams ‘Severe’ Singapore Misinformation Law

June 2, 2020 5:36 am

Facebook said Monday Singapore’s use of an online misinformation law is “severe” and risks stifling free speech, after the company was again forced to block a page in the city-state.

It was the latest criticism from the tech giant over legislation that empowers ministers to tell internet platforms to put warnings next to posts they deem false and order the blocking of pages.

Fringe political website the National Times Singapore was accused of making false statements via its Facebook page, including a claim that “every criticism” of the government had been outlawed under the disinformation law.

The site was ordered …

Facebook Acquires Animated Graphics, GIPHY

Facebook Acquires Animated Graphics, GIPHY

May 16, 2020 1:39 pm

Social media and tech giant, Facebook said Friday it had acquired the animated graphics startup GIPHY and would integrate the company in its Instagram visual social network.

Terms of the deal were not disclosed, but the news site Axios said the California-based tech giant was paying $400 million.

GIPHY is a platform and search engine for “stickers” and other products using the graphics interchange format or GIFs.

“GIPHY, a leader in visual expression and creation, is joining the Facebook company today as part of the Instagram team,” Facebook said in a statement.

“GIPHY makes everyday conversations more entertaining, and so …

Facebook Reveals Members Of Its Supreme Court For Content

Facebook Reveals Members Of Its Supreme Court For Content

May 6, 2020 5:15 pm

Facebook on Wednesday announced the first members of its independent “supreme court” empowered to make binding decisions about what content should be allowed or removed at the social network and Instagram.

The oversight board is to make final decisions regarding the kinds of posts known to embroil Facebook in controversy about censorship, misinformation or free speech.

Facebook public policy director Brent Harris described creation of the board as the “beginning of a fundamental change in the way some of the most difficult content decisions on Facebook will be made.”

The 20 announced members of the panel come from various countries …

Facebook Surges On User Growth In Pandemic

Facebook Surges On User Growth In Pandemic

May 1, 2020 4:58 pm

Facebook on Wednesday reported a sharp jump in usage as the global pandemic unfolded, in a quarterly update that sparked a rally in shares of the social network despite its warning of turbulence in the coming months.

Shares climbed some 10 percent after Facebook reported a profit of $4.9 billion on revenue that grew 17 percent to $17.4 billion during the first three months of this year.

Chief executive Mark Zuckerberg vowed to keep pouring money into social networking “needs” revealed by the crisis despite uncertainty about the impact of the health emergency on the economy and its business.

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Facebook Takes $5.7bn Stake In India's Jio Platforms

Facebook Takes $5.7bn Stake In India’s Jio Platforms

April 22, 2020 6:25 pm

Facebook has taken a $5.7 billion stake in the Jio digital platforms business of India’s richest man, Mukesh Ambani, in one of the country’s biggest foreign investments, the companies said Wednesday.

The deal will give the US social media giant a 10 percent stake in Jio Platforms, part of Ambani’s oil-to-telecoms Reliance Industries empire.

Facebook, which has about 400 million users in India, said it wanted to connect the “power of WhatsApp”, its messaging subsidiary, with the Indian platform, which has grown on the back of a massively successful telecom venture.

In four years Ambani has turned his Jio telecoms …

Australia Orders Google, Facebook To Pay Domestic Media

Australia Orders Google, Facebook To Pay Domestic Media

April 20, 2020 6:46 am

Australia Government has ordered Facebook Inc and Google’s Alphabet Inc to share advertising revenue with local media firms, as the new coronavirus pandemic hits the country’s media business hard, with several regional outlets reporting steep declines in advertising revenue.

According to the country’s treasurer, Josh Frydenberg, the move comes after talks with Facebook and Alphabet failed to yield a voluntary code to address complaints by domestic media players that the tech giants have too tight a grip on advertising, their main source of income.

“We understand the challenge that we face, this is a big mountain to climb,” Frydenberg …

Banned From Facebook, Twitter, UK Far-Right Hits TikTok

Banned From Facebook, Twitter, UK Far-Right Hits TikTok

April 16, 2020 1:24 pm

Far-right groups and figures in the UK who have been banned from sites such as Facebook and Twitter have started posting on TikTok, a Chinese social media app which is popular among young people and used to share short videos.

Britain First, a fascist political organisation, began using the application at the start of April.

Many of its TikTok posts are anti-immigration, with one depicting leader of the group Paul Golding telling two Black men in Calais, France: “We don’t want any more migrants coming to our country … don’t come to England, we’re full up, we’re a small country.

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