Facebook changes name to Meta, focuses on Metaverse
San Francisco/UNI/Xinhua: CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced his company Facebook has changed its corporate name to Meta.
Ex-Facebook employee says it harms children and weakens democracy, Mark Zuckerberg hits back
Washington: An ex-Facebook employee has told US lawmakers that the popular social media company's apps and sites 'harm children, stoke division and weaken our democracy', media reports said.
Sorry for the disruption today: Mark Zuckerberg on Facebook outrage
New York: Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg on Monday night said 'sorry' to the users of the popular social media platform as it went down for several hours.
US Congress grills tech giants' CEOs over their role in spreading misinformation, Capitol Hill riot
Washington/IBNS: The US Congress has grilled the CEOs of tech giants Facebook, WhatsApp and Google over their brands' role in fueling the violence at the US Capitol in January this year and also for spreading misinformation about Covid-19 vaccines.
Ban on Donald Trump's Facebook, Instagram accounts extended 'indefinitely'
Washington/IBNS: Outgoing US President Donald Trump's Facebook and Instagram accounts have been banned for at least two weeks after his supporters stormed into the iconic Capitol building and created chaos over his defeat in the polls.
Facebook CEO Zuckerberg to allow users to switch off political ads in new voting campaign
Washington/Sputnik: Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced on Tuesday that his social networks will be launching a campaign to increase voter turnout in the upcoming US presidential election and that they will be introducing a feature to block all political ads.
Facebook intends to merge Whatsapp, Messenger, Instagram
Menlo Park, Jan 26 (IBNS): Social networking site Facebook is intending to merge its messaging apps Whatsapp, Messenger and Instagram, media reports said.
Mark Zuckerberg now third richest person in the world
California, Jul 7 (IBNS): Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg has overtaken Warren Buffett as the world’s third-richest person.
Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg apologises to US Congress for data breach
New York, Apr 11 (IBNS): Facing the US Senators, Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg has apologised for the data leak of tens of millions of social media users.
Facebook reports new data breach, over 87 million user accounts compromised
New York, Apr 5 (IBNS): In its latest report, social networking site Facebook has said that over 87 million user accounts were compromised due to a data breach.
Data leak: US Federal Trade commission confirms investigation of Facebook
Washington, Mar 27 (IBNS): The US Federal Trade commission has said it is investigating social media giant Facebook after the leak of personal and other data of its users.