Facebook plans to bring news to its Watch video platform across 2018
"Timely news video is the latest step in our strategy to make targeted investments in new types of programming on Facebook Watch," Facebook's head of news partnerships, Campbell Brown, confirmed with Axios on Tuesday. "As part of our broader effort to support quality news on Facebook, we plan to … Read …
UN says Facebook is accelerating ethnic violence in Myanmar
The United Nations has warned that Facebook's platform is contributing to the spread of hate speech and ethnic violence in crisis hit Myanmar. It's yet another black mark against social media at a time when the tech industry's reputation as an accelerator of false information is attracting criticism from the … …
UN: Facebook has turned into a beast in Myanmar
UN investigators have accused Facebook of playing a "determining role" in stirring up hatred against Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar. One of the team probing possible acts of genocide said Facebook had "turned into a beast." About 700,000 Rohingya have fled to Bangladesh since Myanmar's military … Read More
I downloaded all my Facebook data – here’s what I learned
Those are just a few of the details contained in the archive of my Facebook history, which I downloaded on Monday. I stopped actively using the site years ago, but recently decided to delete my Facebook for good. First, however, I wanted to save a copy of my data. After …
Why comparing your relationship to others on Facebook can make you feel better – or worse
A new study published in the journal Personal Relationships suggests that using Facebook to compare your own romantic relationship to another couple's relationship doesn't inherently make you feel better or worse. Rather, it's all in how you interpret it. “I began by examining relationship social … Read More
Nintendo Switch updated to suggest Facebook and Twitter friends
Nintendo's hybrid console receives its 5.0.0 update today and with it are a couple of tweaks to parental controls, new user avatars from Kirby and Arms, and quicker remote-game purchase downloads. The console also gets the ability to add friends who have their Nintendo accounts linked to Facebook … Read More
Facebook is ‘beast’ used to stoke Rohingya violence, says UN Burma report
Facebook has become a “beast” which is being used to incite hatred and violence against Muslim Rohingyas in Burma, according to two United Nation human rights experts. Speaking at the UN's human rights council in Geneva, Yanghee Lee, the international organisation's chief monitor on Burma, said … Read More
UN investigator blames Facebook for spreading hate against Rohingyas
UN investigator blames Facebook for spreading hate against Rohingyas Chair of the Fact-Finding Mission on Myanmar Marzuki Darusman attends a press conference after addressing his report before the United Nations (UN) Human Rights Council on March 12, 2018 in Geneva. (Agence France … Read More
Malaysia meets social media giants Facebook, Twitter and Google to discuss fake news law
Datuk Seri Azalina said a discussion was held in Parliament on Monday (March 12) with internet giants including Facebook, Twitter, Google and its video sharing website YouTube, as well as the Asia Internet Coalition – an industry association made up of leading internet and technology companies … Read More
UN Fact Finders Say Facebook Played a ‘Determining’ Role in Violence Against the Rohingya
A U.N. fact-finding mission has highlighted the role of social media networks, and Facebook in particular, in fueling hate speech against the Rohingya minority in Myanmar, telling the U.N. Human Rights Council this week that “incitement to violence” is “rampant” and “unchecked.” Reuters reports that in … Read More