YANGON (AFP) – Facebook has removed the page of a Myanmar monk once dubbed the "Buddhist Bin Laden" for his incendiary posts about Muslims, the company confirmed, as it faces pressure to clamp down on hate speech. Wirathu, a prominent face of Myanmar's Buddhist ultra-nationalist … Read More

Google and Facebook aren't just incredibly profitable tech companies — they are “public goods” with a responsibility to serve the public, says Barack Obama. “I do think the large platforms — Google and Facebook being the most obvious, Twitter and others as well, are part of that ecosystem — have …

Facebook and its top execs have agreed to pay out $35m to get shareholders off their case over allegations the biz knew mobile use was affecting ad revenue before it went public in 2012. The company filed its initial public offering on May 17, 2012, when it sold more than …

Prentis Robinson rarely went a day without using Facebook Live – his go-to way of broadcasting his music and his musings. He was on Facebook Live Monday, recording himself with a selfie stick, wearing the straw cowboy hat he often wore in videos. He talked about how his phone was …

Facebook is in a sharing mood at the Mobile World Congress (MWC) trade show this year, inviting telcos and equipment vendors to share the spotlight with it. Jay Parikh, the social network's infrastructure chief, held a briefing for the media with five telco partners, announcing partnerships and projects … Read More

Facebook's recent changes aren't the only hit brands will take this year. Changes in socials and customer behaviour means brand pages will begin to hemorrhage audience members if they don't start to adapt. The first quarter opens the floodgates for new gym memberships, refreshed wardrobes and of … Read More

Scrutiny of pages and private groups on Facebook, as well as publicly viewable pages on Instagram, show that “upskirt” has become a common reference. There are at least a dozen member-only groups that reference upskirting on Facebook and about 50 pages dedicated to the topic. One closed group … Read More

Australia's competition and consumer watchdog will use its compulsory information gathering powers to obtain data from tech giants including Google and Facebook as part of its wide-ranging “world-first” inquiry into news and digital platforms. The ACCC will consider direct regulatory intervention and … Read More

“We will continue to work with Australia's publishers so we can deliver value to them, help them monetise their content, and help them connect to their audience on Facebook.” A Google spokesman would only say it “look forward to engaging with this process as relevant”. News Corp Australasia, which … Read …

Facebook and Google have been criticized for profiting from content produced by traditional media companies, which have been hit by falling revenue and a drop in advertising in recent years as consumers switched to digital media. The tech giants have also faced increasing scrutiny and from European … Read More