Tag: Mark Zuckerberg
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Zuckerberg ‘mocks’ Twitter in leaked internal Facebook meetings
Founder Mark Zuckerberg in leaked internal meetings of Facebook laughed over the investment status of Twitter, stressing that the microblogging platform can’t put in investment as does his social media platform. TheNewsGuru (TNG) reports Zuckerberg was addressing the issue of potential breakup of Facebook in one of the meetings when he said Facebook’s investment on…
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Doctored videos: Instagram head addresses ‘menace’ of deepfakes
Instagram is working on a policy to address doctored videos, also known as deepfakes, Adam Mosseri, Head of the popular social media site has said in an interview with CBS on Tuesday. TheNewsGuru (TNG) reports deepfakes use artificial intelligence technology to alter videos – and can go viral – of famous people so they appear…
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Facebook broke rules, should be regulated, say UK lawmakers
Facebook intentionally breached data privacy and competition law and should, along with other big tech companies, be subjected to a new regulator to protect democracy and citizens’ rights, British lawmakers said on Monday. In a damning report that singled out Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg for what it said was a failure of leadership and personal…
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Facebook ‘knowingly’ violated data privacy laws – British lawmakers
British lawmakers on Monday accused Facebook of “intentionally and knowingly” violating data privacy and anti-competition laws as they called for social media companies to assume clear legal liabilities for content shared on their platforms. Facebook, Inc. is an American online social media and social networking service company. “Social media companies cannot hide behind the claim…
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Instagram working on a new main account feature
Instagram has been reported to be working on a new main account feature that could enable advanced users to manage multiple accounts using a single login. The users will have to make one account their main or primary account and logging into that account will enable them to access all other accounts as well. This…
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Facebook fighting hard to earn back trust
Facebook’s operations chief Sheryl Sandberg said on Wednesday that the world’s largest social network needed to win back public trust after facing scandals for violating its users’ privacy. The social media platform is investing billions of dollars a year to improve the security of its network, Sandberg said at the World Economic Forum in Davos,…
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Under fire Facebook COO says company firmly against hate
Under fire from series of scandals and fiascos Facebook has found itself in, Chief Operating Officer (COO) at the social media company, Sheryl Sandberg, has said the firm stands firmly against hate. This is especially following accusations that Facebook played into an anti-Semitic narrative against Mr. George Soros, a Hungarian-American investor and philanthropist. “Being Jewish…
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Zuckerberg stands firm amid questions about Facebook leadership
Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg has said he intends to remain head of the social media giant he founded in spite of calls for changes in management, local media reported on Wednesday. Zuckerberg resisted calls for changes in top management and criticism of how Facebook has handled Russian interference on its platform. He implied little…