With over 2.4 billion monthly active users, Facebook is the biggest social network worldwide. And with so many users come tons of data, including some…
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Facebook-Owned WhatsApp Looks to Launch Digital Payments in Indonesia
Facebook-owned messaging service, WhatsApp, is purportedly in preliminary talks with multiple digital payments firms as well as a state-owned bank to launch digital payment services…
The White House Readies Draft Of Executive Order That Could Break The Internet
It appears the Trump administration is drafting an executive order that has the potential to radically change how the content posted on social networks are…
China’s Digital Currency Is Ready, Central Bank Says
The People’s Bank of China (PBoC) has claimed that its digital currency “can now be said to be ready.” According to PBoC deputy director Mu…
Regulators from Australia, Canada, UK hit Facebook with Libra privacy concerns
Facebook has been called upon by a group of data protection and privacy regulators to provide further information on its Libra project, asking how the…
WhatsApp is about to get a huge upgrade that’ll let you use the same account across platforms
A big leak has revealed that Facebook is working on a new WhatsApp experience which will let you use the same account to multiple phones,…
US lawmakers troubled by Facebook’s Libra due to ‘pattern of failing to keep consumer data private’
US lawmakers in a hearing at the House Committee on Financial Services on Wednesday expressed widespread mistrust of Facebook’s cryptocurrency plan, saying the company’s attempt…
Privacy Experts: Facebook’s $5B Fine Unlikely to Do Much
The $5 billion fine that the Federal Trade Commission has slapped on Facebook for privacy violations may be the largest ever levied by the agency,…
Facebook $5 Billion U.S. Privacy Settlement Approved by FTC
U.S. officials approved a record $5 billion privacy settlement with Facebook Inc. to resolve the Cambridge Analytica data scandal, people said, prompting an immediate outcry from lawmakers…
Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp repaired without a real explanation
For most of July 3, Facebook Facebook’s sister image-sharing network, Instagram and its popular communications program WhatsApp were having fits. None of the sites were…