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Inside the Industry: Tech and live streaming with Kumu
Migrating from Silicon Valley to "social media capital of the world," Kumu CEO Roland Ros champions Philippine tech as the next big thing
Esports social network Kalaro to be launched in October
Kalaro wants to be an online hub for esports in the Philippines
Instagram expands fact-checking globally
(UPDATED) Instagram posts deemed to be false will be ignored by the platform's search or recommendation tools and are shown with a warning label if users come across it
As 'streaming wars' rage, social networks create own TV series
Facebook, YouTube, and Snapchat are investing in original programs to stream in their platforms
Lawsuit accuses Facebook ad targeting of abetting bias against women, older people
The company allegedly lets ad targeting tools to be used to exclude women and older people from offers regarding loans, investments and other financial services
Facebook profit climbs along with user base
Profits top $6 billion on revenue that climbed 28% to $17.4 billion in the quarter that ended on September 30
Instagram is removing the Following tab
The Following tab displays what posts and accounts your friends engage with
Zuckerberg discusses Twitter, TikTok, Big Tech breakup in leaked audio
A two-hour audio recording of the Facebook CEO at internal meetings comes out
Facebook hides 'likes' in Australia trial to ease anxiety
'We don't want Facebook to feel like a competition,' the company says in a statement
Twitter closes thousands of fake news accounts worldwide
The information release is part of the company's push to improve understanding of how its platform is used by state actors to manipulate public opinion
Zuckerberg meets Trump, senators; nixes breaking up Facebook
The world's biggest social network is facing a myriad of regulatory and legal questions surrounding issues like competition, digital privacy, censorship and transparency in political advertising
Facebook might start hiding 'Like' counts for posts
Such a change may ease pressure to win approval with images, videos or comments and, instead, get people to simply focus on what is in posts
Facebook changes ‘It’s free and always will be’ slogan on its homepage
It now reads, 'It’s quick and easy'
Facebook hiring journalists to curate its new News Tab
Earlier this year, Mark Zuckerberg has said he wanted 'to make sure that to the extent that we can, we're funding as much high-quality journalism as possible'
Facebook to fix kids app flaw allowing chats with strangers
The social network says it has been shutting down the group chats involved and notifying thousands of parents that their children many have unintentionally connected with strangers
New Facebook competitor in Vietnam swamped after launch
Gapo has been billed as a local version of Facebook, which is wildly popular in communist Vietnam with more than 53 million registered users in the country of 95 million
In revamp, Facebook bets on 'Secret Crush' feature, groups
The company details its new strategy emphasizing romance, private communications and small groups
Facebook expected to report 1st drop in profits in nearly 4 years
Facebook’s plans for reform amid a string of scandals can kick up its expenses and lower its profits
Facebook seeks tab to promote 'high quality news'
'We want this to surface high quality and trustworthy information,' Zuckerberg says in a video
Facebook blames server problem for massive outage
The outage was believed to be the worst ever for the internet giant that reaches an estimated 2.7 billion people with its core social network, Instagram and messaging applications
Key changes from social media platforms in 2018
We take a look back on the most interesting changes introduced in some of our frequently used platforms
3 ways Facebook and other social media companies could clean up their acts
Social media companies could stop allowing their ad services to be used as freewheeling experimental laboratories for examining their users’ psyches, US communication and journalism professors suggest
Facebook defends data sharing after new report on partner deals
'None of these partnerships or features gave companies access to information without people's permission,' says Konstantinos Papamiltiadis, Facebook's head of developer platforms and programs
New Facebook bug may have exposed unposted photos from 6.8 million users
'When someone gives permission for an app to access their photos on Facebook, we usually only grant the app access to photos people share on their timeline,' engineering director Tomer Bar says in a message to developers
Instagram adds voice feature to direct messages
Users will be able to record messages up to a minute long, either to a chat partner or a chat group
Facebook expands 'local news' to 400 U.S. cities
Unveiled in January, Facebook's 'Today In' feature shows 'local alerts from relevant government pages' which may include information city council meetings, crime or weather, for example
Facebook was warned of alleged Russian meddling back in 2014
Internal Facebook emails show the company's engineers telling management in October 2014 that Russian IP addresses were accessing 3 billion data points a day
Instagram follower count appearing de-emphasized in redesign tests
Like Twitter, the image-sharing platform may be pushing for people to not boost their follower counts
Facebook rollout of political ad transparency report in PH uncertain
(UPDATED) Facebook's political ad transparency reports are currently only active in the US, the United Kingdom, and Brazil
Facebook's Zuckerberg says he is not considering resigning
'That's not the plan,' Zuckerberg tells CNN Business when asked if he would consider stepping down as chairman
How to check how long you've been spending on Facebook's app
Here’s how you can access the new feature that lets you track the time you spend on the social network
Facebook says services tripped up by server problem
It is the second instance in the past two weeks in which technical issues appeared to affect access to Facebook
Instagram ousting fake followers from accounts
The crackdown comes as Instagram parent Facebook strives to assure people that the leading social network and its services can be trusted
Facebook News Feed suffers outage
(UPDATED) 'Something went wrong. Try refreshing this page.'
Facebook vulnerability could have let websites obtain users' interests
Facebook has since patched the bug. The bug itself is not unique to Facebook, but the social network remains a target due to its standing and the data it has available.
Google+ to shut down after vulnerability exposes 500,000 users
The company did not immediately disclose the bug in fear of regulation from lawmakers, reports say
50M Facebook users hacked? ‘Tip of the iceberg’ – expert
The September 16 attack may just have been the 'clumsiest one that alerts the palace guards,' says Beau Woods, a cybersecurity fellow from the American think tank, Atlantic Council
Facebook hacked, attack affects up to 50 million users
(UPDATED) 'An attacker exploited a technical vulnerability to steal access tokens that would allow them to log into about 50 million people's accounts on Facebook,' says Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg
Facebook suffers apparent downtime, forced logouts
(UPDATED) DownDetector.com reports Facebook as having some issues around 10 am on Friday, September 28. The issues may be forcing people to get logged out of the service or have an intermittent connection to Facebook.
Facebook admits users' phone number may be used to target ads
Phone contacts who aren't necessarily on a user's Facebook network may be targeted too when a user syncs their phone with Messenger
Facebook boosts 'stories' format, now open to ads
Facebook will now be putting ads on its 'Stories' format after having hit 300 million daily users
Facebook unveils upgraded wireless Oculus headset in VR push
'This is the wireless virtual reality experience we have been waiting for,' says Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg
How Instagram may change after founders' departure
More and more, Facebook may try to funnel more Instagram users, known for being a younger demographic, onto its main platform
Twitter to ban 'dehumanizing' comments with user help
The social network asks for feedback from users around the world regarding wording to be used in the policy amendment
Twitter bug may have exposed some users' customer service interactions
Twitter says the bug only affected less than 1% of its users and that the bug has been resolved
Most Americans get news from social media, despite doubts – study
Even though they are skeptical, two-thirds of American adults still get some of their news from social media
Twitter not based on 'political ideology,' CEO tells lawmakers
Days ago, US president Donald Trump, has been accusing the tech giants of being against conservative voices
Facebook chief says internet firms in 'arms race' for democracy
A day before the tech hearings, Mark Zuckerberg chimes in
Twitter to verify those behind hot-button US issue ads
In response to foreign meddling, Twitter sets new policy prohibiting state-owned media or national authorities from buying political ads on Twitter that will be shown outside their home countries
Facebook testing feature that connects users based on similar interests
The proposed feature places a label above a user’s name that tells people what they might share in common with another user
