Category: Facebook
Met Police release footage to detect live-streamed terror attacks
Footage of police firearms officer training has been released as part of the work by the Metropolitan Police with Facebook to improve detection of live-streamed Christchurch-style terror attacks. The force hopes the videos will help the social network develop technology that can identify terror attacks so the company can tip police off about attacks early…
Facebook steps up anti-election meddling security in UK
Facebook has set out fresh commitments to protect elections from interference and misinformation should the UK go to the polls. But it maintains that it is not their responsibility to be “setting the rules of the game or calling the shots”. The social network said it will set up a dedicated operations centre if a…
Facebook no longer in Top 10 Global Brands List
Facebook has dropped out of the top 10 most valuable global brands as Apple, Google and Amazon retained the first three places. Facebook dropped five places to 14 this year after its brand value dropped by 11.8% to 39,857 million US dollars (£30.8 million), having first entered the Interbrand Best Global Brands report in 2012…
Facebook officially launches Libra despite defections
Facebook has officially moved forward with its plans to create a new digital currency called Libra, despite several high-profile defections from the project and intense criticism from US regulators and politicians. The Libra Association, the non-profit group that will govern the currency, officially signed 21 charter members on Monday at the organisation’s inaugural meeting in…
Visa and Mastercard pull out of Facebook’s Libra currency
Visa and Mastercard have announced their departure from Facebook’s Libra project in a potentially fatal blow to the social network company’s plan for a worldwide digital currency. Along with the two payment giants, several other large companies have said they are exiting Libra. Payment processing company Stripe said it is stepping back, as well as…
Facebook paid £28.5m tax in UK from £1.65bn revenue
Facebook paid just £28.5 million in UK tax last year despite reporting growing revenue of £1.65 billion from advertising sales. The tech giant’s latest UK accounts reveal that pre-tax profits jumped by more than 50% from the year before, to £96.6 million. Its total tax bill for 2018 came in at £30.4 million, but this…
Facebook removes more misinformation campaigns
Facebook said it has removed hundreds of accounts, pages and groups from the platform which were spreading misinformation about political issues in the Middle East. The accounts, which were part of a large network, originated in the UAE, Egypt and Nigeria posted content promoting the UAE and criticising Qatar, Turkey and Iran, Facebook said. The…
Will Facebook message encryption hinder online crime fight?
Facebook has been accused of reverting to the “digital dark ages” after serious concerns were raised that plans for message encryption could prevent child abusers and terrorists being caught. Politicians have called on the social media platform to think again before introducing end-to-end message encryption for its messaging services, claiming the “right balance is not…
Zuckerberg leak: It doesn’t make sense for me to go to hearings in every country
Mark Zuckerberg does not see the need for him to attend hearings across the globe scrutinising Facebook’s practices, according to leaked audio from an internal meeting. The tech giant’s founder is heard telling workers that other countries do not have the power to demand that he attend such hearings, in recordings obtained by The Verge…
Facebook suspends ‘tens of thousands’ of apps
Facebook has said it has suspended “tens of thousands” of apps made by about 400 developers as part of an investigation following the Cambridge Analytica scandal. Starting in March 2018, Facebook began looking into the apps that have access to its users’ data. The probe came after revelations that data mining firm Cambridge Analytica used…
