Facebook to mentor start-ups leveraging AI
Wed, Mar 27, 2019
The social media giant also launched "100 Scholarships for students and developers" who are focused on nurturing their ideas for utilising AI for social good. The scholarships would enable the students to gain access to advanced courses on Deep Learning.
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Facebook Hubs to nurture startups in India - How it will boost the startup ecosystem
Mon, Mar 25, 2019
The social media giant has partnered with co-working space provider 91springboard for a year-long programme, which will include activities like learning and skill development programmes for startups and entrepreneurs to help scale their businesses.
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Facebook stored users' passwords in 'readable' form
Fri, Mar 22, 2019
Earlier this month, Facebook came under scrutiny for using phone numbers provided for security reasons -- like two-factor authentication (2FA) -- for things like advertising and making users searchable by their phone numbers across its different platforms.
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Facebook agrees to advertising overhaul to settle U.S. discrimination suits
Wed, Mar 20, 2019
Facebook Inc has agreed to change its paid advertising platform as part of a wide-ranging settlement to prevent discriminatory and "harmful" practices, the company and U.S. civil rights groups said on Tuesday.
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Facebook plans more fact-checking ahead of European Parliament election
Tue, Mar 19, 2019
Facebook plans to ramp up efforts to fight misinformation ahead of the European Parliament election in May and will partner with German news agency DPA to boost its fact-checking, a senior executive said on Monday.
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Christchurch mosques shootings: Some of New Zealand's biggest companies to pull ads from Facebook, Google
Mon, Mar 18, 2019
Kiwibank suspended all digital advertising on March 15 shortly after the carnage took place at the Al Noor mosque and the Linwood Avenue Masjid that also left over 40 others injured.
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AirAsia CEO Tony Fernandes deletes his Facebook account over circulation of Christchurch mosques carnage videos
Mon, Mar 18, 2019
New Zealand police alerted Facebook about the livestream, and Facebook said it quickly removed the shooter`s account and the video. But that was not enough for Fernandes. Although the CEO said he was a "social media fan", the livestream caused him to leave Facebook.
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