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Facebook agrees to audit its hate speech controls

Facebook Inc (FB.O) said on Monday it would submit itself to an audit of how it controls hate speech in a bid to appease a growing advertising boycott of the platform, as it prepared to address a group of advertisers on Tuesday.
Facebook post reunites family after 9 yrs

Sohel Rana used to make a living as a rickshaw-puller in Dhaka city. The youth from Natore was married and had two children, with the family living with him in in the city.
ICT Division, Facebook and Bloodman join forces to save lives

The Information and Communication Technology Division has partnered with Facebook and a local blood bank -- Bloodman Bangladesh -- to promote the use of technology for better access to safe blood to save lives.
Google launches ‘journalism relief fund,’ following Facebook

Google announces it will launch an emergency fund to help local news outlets struggling to maintain operations in the face of the coronavirus pandemic.
Facebook may have to pay more taxes in Europe: Zuckerberg

Facebook Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg has said that global tax reforms mean it may have to pay more taxes in different countries, excerpts of a speech he is due to deliver in Germany on Saturday show.
Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg announces her engagement

Facebook Inc Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg announces her engagement to the head of a consulting firm.
Facebook apologizes for vulgar translation of Chinese leader's name

Facebook Inc blames a technical error for Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s name appearing as “Mr Shithole” in posts on its platform when translated into English from Burmese, apologising for any offence caused.
Facebook video reunites family after 48 years

Habibur Rahman was 30 years old when he left home for a business trip and never returned.
Facebook says investigating data exposure of 267m users

Facebook says it is investigating a report that a database containing names and phone numbers of more than 267 million users was exposed online.
Singapore invokes 'fake news' law for first time

Singapore political figure Brad Bowyer corrects a Facebook post questioning the independence of state investment firms following a government request, in the first use of the country's new "fake news" law.
'Facebook would have let Hitler post anti-Semitic ads'

Adolf Hitler would have been able to put anti-Semitic advertisements on Facebook had the social network existed in the 1930s, according to British comedian and actor Sacha Baron Cohen.
Amnesty calls Facebook, Google rights abusers

Amnesty International issues a scathing indictment of the world’s dominant internet corporations, arguing in a new report that Google and Facebook should be forced to abandon what it calls their surveillance-based business model because it is “predicated on human rights abuse.”
Facebook removes 3.2b fake accounts

Facebook Inc removes 3.2 billion fake accounts between April and September this year, along with millions of posts depicting child abuse and suicide, according to its latest content moderation report.
Facebook unveils news tab to combat spread of fake news, appease critics

Facebook is taking its most dramatic step to date to combat the spread of fake news on the far-reaching platform by introducing a "News" tab on its US user interface that will serve up stories from credible news organisations.
Facebook researchers use maths for better translations

Designers of machine translation tools still mostly rely on dictionaries to make a foreign language understandable. But now there is a new way: numbers.
Facebook hides 'likes' in Australia trial to ease anxiety

Facebook has begun hiding the number of "likes" for posts in Australia, it says, a trial designed to ease social pressure that could be rolled out worldwide.
Facebook unwilling to open office in Dhaka

Facebook has denied to set up any office or install its local service in Bangladesh right now as the market size is not sustainable here enough.
No response from Facebook, Google, YouTube

The government has failed to bring Facebook, Google, YouTube and other digital platforms under its tax network three months after
Govt to push Facebook for opening Dhaka office

Bangladesh will insist on Facebook opening an office in Dhaka and getting a VAT registration from the National Board of Revenue when the government meets with officials of the social media giant in September, Post and Telecom Minister Mustafa Jabbar said yesterday.
Facebook to hold meeting with Govt in Sept

Facebook has approached the government for a discussion to fix some issues, Posts and Telecommunication Minister Mustafa Jabbar said today.
Facebook adds Chakma language after Bangla

Social media giant Facebook has recently added Chakma language as a second language option from Bangladesh after Bangla.
Facebook to unveil new cryptocurrency

Facebook is set to unveil a bid to bring cryptocurrency payments into the mainstream, reportedly with the endorsement of governments and financial giants.
Facebook suspends app pre-installs on Huawei phones

Facebook Inc is no longer allowing pre-installation of its apps on Huawei phones, the latest blow for the Chinese tech giant as it struggles to keep its business afloat in the face of a US ban on its purchase of American parts and software.
Facebook rejects co-founder call for breakup

Facebook Inc quickly rejects a call from co-founder Chris Hughes to split the world's largest social media company in three, while lawmakers urged the US Justice Department to launch an antitrust investigation.
Digital Security Act: JnU student remanded over FB comments

A student of Jagannath University has been placed on a two-day remand in police custody in a case filed under Digital Security Act over a Facebook post.
Facebook, Google face widening crackdown over online content

Tech giants like Facebook and Google came under increasing pressure in Europe when countries proposed stricter rules to force them to block extreme material such as terrorist propaganda and child porn.
Zuckerberg wants active govt role in regulating internet

Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg calls for governments to play a "more active role" in regulating the internet, urging more countries to adopt versions of sweeping European rules aimed at safeguarding user privacy.
Facebook removes 1.5m videos of NZ mosque attack

Facebook Inc says it removed 1.5 million videos globally of the New Zealand mosque attack in the first 24 hours after the attack.
Facebook, please change your business model!

Facebook is one of the largest technology companies in the world. However, the year 2018 was not the best one for Facebook,
Jabbar urges Facebook for setting up office in Bangladesh

Telecom and ICT Minister Mustafa Jabbar has urged the Facebook authority to establish an office in Dhaka to run their smooth business in Bangladesh.