Despite lockdowns and economic shutdowns caused by the new Novel Coronavirus pandemic around the world, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg has amassed more than $30 billion (over 48 trillion Pakistani rupees) in just two months. According to the Bloomberg Index, Mark Zuckerberg has become the third richest man in the world after this increase and he … Read more
Facebook Shops: A brand new feature to promote e-commerce on the social networking platform. This feature allows businesses to create free store fronts on Facebook and Instagram. It was announced on Tuesday night and several e-commerce initiatives were also announced in the company’s proprietary apps. The new feature Facebook Shops will further improve Facebook’s advertising-based … Read more
Facebook has bought the world’s most popular animated photo-sharing service, GIPHY, and made it part of Instagram. Vishal Shah, Facebook’s vice president of product division, confirmed in a blog post. He wrote “GIPHY, a leader in visual expression and creation, is joining the Facebook company today as part of the Instagram team.” “GIPHY makes everyday … Read more
Facebook, the most popular social networking site, has introduced a redesigned website or desktop version with a dark mode. The new design was first unveiled by the company at its annual F8 Developers Conference last year. Limited number of users had tested the design earlier this year. Now this new desktop version has been introduced … Read more
Facebook and Google have announced that employees will be allowed to keep working from home for the rest of the year. Both Facebook and Google are going to reopen businesses, but they have given work from home flexibility to the workers. Facebook has decided to reopen its offices from July 6 as lockdown eases. Google’s … Read more
In this age of smart warfare, however, Social media platforms Google, Twitter and Facebook are being sued for spying on users. However, for the first time, Facebook Insurance has filed a lawsuit against an Israeli company for hacking or accessing the accounts of users of its messaging application WhatsApp. Facebook sued an Israeli technology firm … Read more
Facebook has launched Messenger Rooms for unlimited video calls with up to 50 people as group calls feature is getting famous among masses due to the prevailing situation of COVID-19 lockdown across the world. Facebook Messenger had video chat feature already, but it limited the total number of people who can be participated on the … Read more
Facebook recently introduced a new tool for the campaign against fake news and misinformation, whereby users will be warned if they were involved in any false information or fake news regarding the coronavirus pandemic. Meanwhile, Facebook has also taken several steps to spread accurate information about Coronavirus to people in Pakistan, Facebook took initiatives in … Read more
WHO has introduced a Health Alert platform. It will be a Facebook Messenger chatbot and will provide COVID-19 updates through Facebook’s global reach. The World Health Organization (WHO) has come up with an initiative to keep the public updated in an advanced way. This health alert service will be available in a variety of languages … Read more
Pakistan’s VJ-turned-television host, Waqar Zaka is againg on the trend with his new show, LockDown Show. According to the details, BOL’s famous program host, Waqar Zaka is now hosting a show on the social media which is a source of entertainment during this COVID-19 pandemic. Waqa Zaka started this live session called, Headphones Show to … Read more
Prime Minister Imran Khan has appreciated Facebook for disseminating timely and authentic information regarding the Coronavirus pandemic. On March 27, Facebook has launched Coronavirus helpdesk Chat-bot on Messenger to share authentic and accurate information and also to raise awareness coronavirus, as part of efforts to help people access authentic information about the pandemic, and counter … Read more
Facebook Messenger now can automatically notify your friends about what you are doing. With the recent update, facebook messenger can notify your closest friends whether you are in the gym or are driving. The Messenger has prototyped a ported version of the Instagram close friends-only Threads app’s Auto Status option that was introduced in October. … Read more
Facebook officially rolled out on Friday its dark mode for the desktop users, the majority of people will now have access to the new mode. Facebook officially announced this in last year’s F8 conference. Users now can opt in to turn on redesign before it becomes the default for everyone later this year. How to … Read more
A delegation of Facebook’s Asia Pacific headquarters’ visited the office of Director General Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) Wajid Zia to discuss issues of cooperation and data sharing between FIA and Facebook. According to the details, a team headed by Amber Hawkes, Head of Safety Policy and Michael Yoon, Manager Trust and Safety, held a discussion … Read more
The information commissioner of Australia is suing Facebook over allegedly breaching the privacy of over 300,000 Australians caught up in the Cambridge Analytica scandal without their knowledge. According to the details, Information Commissioner Angelene Falk said in a statement, “The design of the Facebook platform meant that users were unable to exercise reasonable choice and … Read more
Facebook has removed deceptive advertisements from the Donald Trump campaign that promotes “the Official 2020 Congressional District Census”. The advertisements showed respondents were participating in the official 2020 US census that will commence on 12th March. Fundraising group backed by Republican officials and Trump’s re-election team has promoted them. Facebook gave its stance, “There are policies … Read more
All members of the federal cabinet have been tested negative for the Coronavirus. According to details, the members of the Federal Cabinet were screened before the meeting chaired by Prime Minister Imran Khan. The Ministry of Health tested all the members, including secretaries and senior officials, before attending the meeting for precautionary measures. Health Ministry … Read more
Social media platform Twitter has asked its employees to work from home to prevent the spread of contagious coronavirus. Twitter mentioned in a blog post that it was necessary for the employees in Hong Kong, Japan, and South Korea to work from home. Twitter has encouraged its 5,000 employees across the world to work from … Read more
The Asia Internet Coalition (AIC) comprising global digital media giants have banded together against the government’s newly-introduced social media rules, threatening to suspend their services if the laws were not changed. According to the details, The letter written to Prime Minister Imran Khan said that the AIC which includes Facebook, Twitter, Google, Apple, Amazon, Airbnb, … Read more
Facebook announces to launch a Creator Studio app for iOS and Android that assists users with managing page content and monitoring performance. This marks the first time Facebook’s Creator Studio has had a mobile app, which is designed to be a companion to the more robust desktop app. The app, just like its desktop equivalent, … Read more
Facebook’s chief executive Mark Zuckerberg has suggested a mixed system consisting of current rules applied in telecoms and media industries. He suggested strict rules to handle ‘harmful online content’ Mark Zuckerberg, while talking at the Munich Security Conference in Germany, suggested a framework that encodes “democratic and open values” to operate social media. He hoped … Read more
LAHORE: Chief Justice of Pakistan Justice Gulzar Ahmed on Saturday urged the government to introduce strict cyber laws in the country. Addressing a seminar on cyber crimes organized by the Punjab Judicial Academy at a local hotel here, CJP Gulzar Ahmed said there was a general impression that cyber crimes occurred on Facebook and Whatsapp … Read more
LONDON: Facebook (FB.O) on Wednesday said it had suspended a network of accounts used by Russian military intelligence to seed false narratives online targeting Ukraine and other countries in Eastern Europe. Facebook head of security policy Nathaniel Gleicher said, Other accounts originating in Iran, Vietnam and Myanmar were also blocked on Facebook and Instagram for … Read more
Facebook shares came under heavy selling pressure Thursday as the latest earnings report for the leading social network highlighted mushrooming costs in dealing with privacy, abuse and misinformation. Shares plunged seven percent in opening trade to $207.57 as investors soured on Facebook. Even after a fourth quarter update largely in line with analyst estimates. Profit … Read more
Facebook has said that growth would continue to slow as its business matured and it reported a surge in quarterly expenses, disappointing Wall Street expectations that the costs of improving privacy would level off. Reuters reported that The news raised concerns that Facebook’s days of astronomical growth were firmly in the rear view mirror, and … Read more
Social networking site Facebook is rolling out a new tool that would allow users to have more control on data sharing with other sites. As per details, a new tool allowing users of the social network to view and delete data it collects from third parties is rolling out to the estimated two billion members of … Read more
Content moderators and writers are asked to participate in a survey and sign the forms regarding post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). They are asked to sign the forms stating whether the job could lead to PTSD. According to international news sources, contractor Accenture hired Facebook and YouTube moderators and sent them the forms. Moderators examine objectionable … Read more
WhatsApp on evening of Sunday faced a global outage in India and other parts of the world. The services resumed after roughly three hours of an outage. “Earlier today, some people may have experienced trouble sending and receiving files on WhatsApp.. The issue has since been resolved, we are back to 100% for everyone and … Read more
