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The popular messaging app, Whatsapp by Facebook finally unveils a dark mode on Apple (iPhones, iPads) and Android devices.

An antitrust investigation into Facebook ramped up on Tuesday with the announcement that 46 state attorneys general from across the U.S. have joined the New York-led probe. Those chief legal officers of states and territories are all…

After successfully pioneering its anti-fake news project in Nigeria, South Africa, Kenya, Cameroon and Senegal, Facebook says it has expanded its Third-Party Fact-Checking Programme to 10 additional African countries. Kojo Boakye,…

Facebook has removed hundreds of accounts, pages and groups from its social network platforms that the company says were involved in coordinated inauthentic behaviour. The tech giant said it removed a total of 443 Facebook and 125…

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu lashed out at Facebook (FB.O) on Tuesday after the social network blocked a “chatbot” from his right-wing Likud party’s account for violating election day rules. “They took a 100 kg hammer and…

Works and Housing Minister Babatunde Fashola has alerted members of the public to a fake Facebook account opened in his name and warned people against falling prey to the antics of the scammers behind it. Fashola, in a statement by Mr…

Facebook said Wednesday it would tighten its rules for political ad spending ahead of the 2020 US elections, notably by requiring more information about who is paying for campaign messages. The move is the latest by Facebook to crack…

Facebook has banned conservative news outlet and US President Donald Trump supporter The Epoch Times from buying ads on its platform for violating its policies. The Epoch Times spent 2 million dollars on Facebook ads supporting Trump…

Facebook Inc said on Thursday it had shut 216 social media pages, groups and accounts in Myanmar, some tied to the army, to stymie efforts to “manipulate or corrupt public debate”. The company closed 89 Facebook accounts, 107 pages, 15…

Facebook has launched its “Developers Circles’’ in Benin, Edo, a platform that allows people who are technologically inclined to engage with experts, learn new technology and collaborate with developers to build tech products.…

Facebook inc is about to rename WhatsApp and Instagram. They are two of the most popular apps on both the Google Play Store and App Store, but WhatsApp and Instagram are about to be renamed. Facebook, which owns the two platforms,…

Facebook has removed the Facebook and Instagram account under the El Paso shooting suspect’s name: Patrick Crusius. The social media giant said it is working with law enforcement after the shooting in Texas, a spokesperson for the…

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission imposed a five billion dollar fine on the social media Facebook for violations of privacy, the agency has said. In a statement said that the punishment is the highest against a company for affecting…

The US Federal Trade Commission has voted to approve a fine of about five billion dollars for Facebook over privacy violations, according to a report. It comes after an FTC investigation into allegations that the social media platform…

Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg might be in serious financial difficulty if the U.S. government make good its threat to impose a fine of about five billion dollars against Facebook over privacy violations. According to a report, the…

The French Parliament on Thursday adopted, by a final vote of the Senate, the introduction of a tax on `GAFA’, making France one of the first countries to impose a tax on digital giants. The GAFA tax refers to an acronym for Google,…

Facebook said it was “back at 100 per cent”  after an outage on all of its services affected users in various parts of the world. Online monitoring service DownDetector reported earlier the outage began around 1200 GMT and affected…

France is creating a G7 task force to ensure that transnational cryptocurrencies like Facebook’s Libra are regulated to protect the economy and the consumer. Leading the campaign for regulation is France’s central bank governor…

Facebook’s plan to operate its own digital currency poses risks to the international banking system that should trigger a speedy response from global policymakers, according to the organisation that represents the world’s central banks.…

Facebook Inc is no longer allowing pre-installation of its apps on Huawei phones, the latest blow for the Chinese tech giant as it struggles to keep its business afloat in the face of a U.S. ban on its purchase of American parts and…