Alert! Facebook took down 1.3 billion fake accounts between Oct-Dec
The company also removed more than 12 million pieces of content about COVID-19 and vaccines that global health experts flagged as misinformation, it said in a blog post. False claims and conspiracies about the coronavirus vaccines have proliferated on social media platforms including Facebook and Twitter during the pandemic.
Mar 22, 2021, 19:30 PM IST
Here's why Facebook took down main page of Myanmar military
Facebook in recent years has engaged with civil rights activists and democratic political parties in Myanmar and pushed back against the military after coming under heavy international criticism for failing to contain online hate campaigns. In 2018, it banned army chief Min Aung Hlaing - now the military ruler - and 19 other senior officers and organisations, and took down hundreds of pages.
Feb 21, 2021, 18:46 PM IST
Top Brazilian paper to stop publishing on Facebook
Founded in 1921, Folha de S. Paulo is the Brazil's largest newspaper and boasts 5.95 million followers on Facebook.
Feb 09, 2018, 12:27 PM IST
Facebook page started by Army man's son will move you with stories of bravery and courage
Looking to read stories of bravery and courage from the Indian armed forces? Head nowhere else but to a Facebook page started by Nachiket Pande.
Jul 27, 2016, 14:09 PM IST
US woman livestreams boyfriend's dying moments after police shooting
A video of the dying moments of a black man shot by police after being pulled over while driving in the US state of Minnesota went viral on Thursday, a day after a video emerged of a similar incident in Louisiana.
Jul 07, 2016, 14:36 PM IST
Achutanandan's five-day-old FB page has a lakh 'likes'
A statement issued from his office on Friday said this was achieved without any paid campaign.
Apr 22, 2016, 18:18 PM IST
Rita Bahuguna Joshi files FIR over objectionable posts on her Facebook page
Senior Uttar Pradesh Congress leader Rita Bahuguna Joshi on Friday approached the cyber cell and lodged a complaint against unidentified persons for posting objectionable material in her name on Facebook and some other social networking sites.
Jan 01, 2016, 22:19 PM IST
