Facebook testing Messenger to spot doubtful accounts
Facebook is testing a feature that will identify malicious accounts sending unwanted direct messages to you on its Messenger platform…reports Asian Lite
Google-owned YouTube to invest $25mn in countering fake news
Google-owned video-sharing platform YouTube has announced it will invest $25 million to fight fake news — especially for the urgent coverage of
Facebook enhances security measures ahead of Pakistan polls
Facebook announced to have enhanced security measures ahead of the July 25 general elections in Pakistan…reports Asian Lite News The social media
Facebook appoints another engineer to lead Blockchain Division
Facebook has promoted one of its senior engineers Evan Cheng as the Director of Engineering at its recently launched Blockchain division, signalling
Facebook stock at all-time high despite data breaches
Despite the massive Cambridge Analytica data scandal and a couple of users’ privacy issues owing to internal bugs, Facebook stock closed at
Facebook bots label US Declaration of Independence as hate speech
Facebook has apologised after its content-filtering algorithms flagged the US Declaration of Independence as a hate speech…reports Asian Lite News Parts of
Vetting third-party apps, not reading Gmail
After facing a backlash over reports that third-party app developers can read your Gmail, Google on Wednesday said the company is continuously
‘Addictive’ Facebook bad for kids, admit insiders
Some features in Facebook were designed keep users hooked on the platform which may harm children and adolescents, senior Facebook insiders admitted
Google allowing 3rd-party developers to scan your Gmail
Despite assuring users to “remain confident that Google will keep privacy and security paramount”, the search giant is still reportedly allowing third-party
Facebook shuts down three of its apps
Facebook has announced it is shutting down its fitness app “Moves”, Android app “Hello” and anonymous social media app “tbh”…reports Asian Lite