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Facebook Reveals Growth Of Government Data Requests

Governments around the world demand more and more data on Facebook users, but the US leads by far

9 years ago

Facebook Ordered To Stop Tracking Non-Users Or Face Daily £178,000 Fine

Belgian Privacy Commissioner says Facebook must get user consent to track non-users, but social network will appeal

9 years ago

Anonymous Publishes Names Of Ku Klux Klan Members

Hacker collective names and shames 1,000 alleged members of the Ku Klux Klan

9 years ago

Facebook Users Cross Billion Threshold As Mobile Ads Grow

Facebook averages over one billion users a day, as mobile continues to be principle growth driver

9 years ago

RBS To Make Facebook At Work Available To All 100,000 Employees

Facebook at Work hopes to take market share away from Yammer and LinkedIn

9 years ago

Facebook Admits Its iOS App Is A Battery Killer

Improvements to iPhone and iPad app will provide better performance, Facebook says

9 years ago

Ireland Confirms Facebook Data Sharing Probe

Fallout begins after court ruled data sharing with America is invalid, as Ireland kicks-off investigation

9 years ago

Facebook Introduces Gov’t Attack Warning

Affected users should 'ideally' consider wiping or replacing affected devices

9 years ago

Amazon Invests More Than £70m Into New Irish Data Centre

Following the recent ruling on Safe Harbour by the ECJ, Amazon takes first step to secure EU data within European…

9 years ago

Tech Giants Slam US Cybersecurity Bill

Tech firms voice opposition to US bill amid concerns about data privacy and ‘collateral damage’ to third parties

9 years ago

Jimmy Wales: Good Luck Trying To Stop Wikipedia Doing What It Wants

Wikipedia's co-founder says ECJ's dismissal of the safe harbour agreement won't impact his company, but will be a nightmare for…

9 years ago

Facebook’s Internet.org To Cover Africa With Satellite Broadband

Facebook and Eutelsat to build satellite broadband system for Sub-Saharan Africa

9 years ago

Met Anti-Terror Chief Slams “Unhelpful” Social Media Companies

Assistant Commissioner Mark Rowley claims social media giants aren't doing enough to help police with the fight against terrorism

9 years ago

Microsoft, Google, Facebook Push Global Connectivity Agenda

Facebook outlines plans for refugee camp connectivity as Microsoft and Google chase after India

9 years ago

Internet.org App And Mobile Site Become ‘Free Basics By Facebook’

Internet.org aims to separate controversial free curated web service from its charitable aims and programmes

9 years ago

EU US Data Sharing Deal Is ‘Invalid’, Says ECJ’s Advocate General

Potential world of hurt for Facebook and others after AG says data sharing deal with US is invalid

9 years ago

Advocate General To Advise On EU, US Data Sharing Agreement

Legal expert to offer his opinion on whether EU Safe Habour data sharing agreement is binding

9 years ago

Facebook Preparing The Launch of ‘Facebook At Work’

New version of the social network will offer a way for users to stay in touch with their co-workers

9 years ago

Facebook Is Finally Launching A ‘Dislike’ Button

Mark Zuckerberg says the new option will allow Facebook users to ‘express empathy’

9 years ago

Greater Manchester Police Website Suffers DoS Attack

Police website knocked offline for several hours following denial-of-service attack

9 years ago

Data Centre Laws Postponed In Russia For Facebook, Google

Roskomnadzor comms regulator delays data sovereignty enforcement for big US techies until January amidst data centre build refusals

9 years ago

One Billion People Access Facebook In A Single Day

Facebook rebuffs concerns about fatigue as social network reaches one billion milestone

9 years ago

Facebook M Is Your New Social Media Virtual Assistant

Siri-esque service will live inside Facebook Messenger and help answer life's tricky questions

9 years ago

Facebook ‘Loophole’ Allows Personal Data Harvesting

Facebook dismissed claims that the technique could be used to build massive scam databases

9 years ago

Facebook Gets Green Light For Irish Data Centre

Local Councillor says approval is the "best news" he's had in the county in his 30 years of service

9 years ago

Facebook Solar-Powered Drone Is The Size Of A Boeing 737

Aquila drone project will see Internet laser-beamed to unconnected parts of the world from 90,000ft in the sky

9 years ago

Facebook Shifts Focus With Internet.org

Facebook is now presenting Internet.org it as a way of getting more users onto paid Internet services

9 years ago

Facebook Developing Digital Assistant

‘Moneypenny’ should make sure your Messenger usage never gets shaken or stirred

10 years ago

Facebook Reveals Wind-Powered Texas Data Centre

Fort Worth Facebook data centre will be 100 percent renewable energy powered at expand firm's fleet of data centres to…

10 years ago

Zuckerberg: Machines Will Not Win, But Expect Telepathic Comms

Professor Stephen Hawking and Arnold Schwarzenegger drop in for townhall Q&A with Zuckerberg

10 years ago