Facebook whistle-blower’s document cache suggest pro-BJP inactionCommunications between Sophie Zhang and Facebook officials suggest that despite Zhang’s repeated follow-ups, action was not taken to take d...
06 Jun, 2022, 04.22 PM IST
Facebook whistleblower: 'I want to start a youth movement'Facebook has faced stinging criticism over the whistleblower's document drop, not least the revelations that the company knew its Instagram...
13 Nov, 2021, 01.05 PM IST
Governments must check if Facebook really does scrap face recognition, Frances Haugen saysFacebook made the announcement on Tuesday, partly in response to growing scrutiny from regulators and legislators over user safety and abus...
04 Nov, 2021, 02.31 PM IST
Facebook asks employees to preserve internal documents for legal inquiries after whistleblower scandalFrances Haugen accused Facebook of pursuing profit over safety.
28 Oct, 2021, 12.07 PM IST
Facebook tells employees to preserve all communications for legal reasonsThe move, known as a "legal hold" follows intense media, legal and regulatory scrutiny over the social network's harms.
28 Oct, 2021, 11.29 AM IST
Facebook’s 2019 India experiment paints damning picture of gore, fake newsAmong the trove of documents released by Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen is a 46-page research note on Facebook's India experiment in...
24 Oct, 2021, 09.23 AM IST
Facebook spends $5 million on lobbying as whistleblower leaks spark probe...The social media company's lobbying outlays represented a 6.7% increase from last quarter and a 3.9% increase compared to the third quarter...
21 Oct, 2021, 11.39 PM IST
Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen and the power of oneOn Monday, Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram went offline for six hours. That was only the second worst thing to happen to the social media ...
09 Oct, 2021, 06.37 PM IST
Could Facebook sue whistleblower Frances Haugen?US law protects whistleblowers who disclose information about potential misconduct to the government. But that protection doesn't necessari...
09 Oct, 2021, 04.54 PM IST
Facebook disputes claims of inadequate flagging of vernacular contentThe company has disputed this saying it uses technology to proactively detect hate speech in the two languages as well as have reviewers fl...
06 Oct, 2021, 10.34 PM IST
- Facebook disputes claims of inadequate flagging of vernacular content
India, with over 530 million users, according to government data, is the largest market in terms of users for Facebook. In contrast, the US...
06 Oct, 2021, 09.54 PM IST
Facebook an 'urgent threat' to US, whistleblower Frances Haugen to tell Congress"The core of the issue is that no one can understand Facebook's destructive choices better than Facebook, because only Facebook gets to loo...
05 Oct, 2021, 07.22 PM IST
Facebook does not believe it is a primary cause of polarisation: Executive to CNNThe company's vice president of policy and global affairs, Nick Clegg, acknowledged that the company's platform can serve as a conduit for ...
04 Oct, 2021, 02.24 PM IST
Former Facebook manager alleges social network fed Capitol riotThe whistleblower, former Facebook product manager Frances Haugen, asserted that a 2018 change to the content flow in Facebook's news feeds...
04 Oct, 2021, 10.45 AM IST
Facebook ‘chooses profits over safety’, whistleblower Frances Haugen saysA former product manager at Facebook, Frances Haugen, gave thousands of internal documents to WSJ which published the findings, including t...
04 Oct, 2021, 08.35 AM IST
Facebook research shows company knew of Instagram harm to teens, senators sayThe hearing in front of the Senate consumer protection subcommittee was called after the Wall Street Journal published several stories earl...
01 Oct, 2021, 03.00 PM IST
Facebook whistleblower to testify at US Senate hearing next week, lawmakers say"This whistleblower's testimony will be critical to understanding what Facebook knew about its platforms' toxic effects on young users, whe...
29 Sep, 2021, 10.48 AM IST