Facebook has been accused of reverting to the “digital Dark Ages” after serious concerns were raised that plans for message encryption could prevent child abusers and terrorists being caught.
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Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, the fifth-richest person in the world, was asked by an employee to respond to an assertion by US presidential candidate Bernie Sanders that billionaires shouldn’t exist.
Instagram has unveiled a new messaging app called Threads, which has striking similarities to Snapchat.
Four payments companies that have joined Facebook as founding members of the Libra Association are wavering over whether to officially sign on to the cryptocurrency project.
Underscoring the importance of social media to South African smartphone users, Telkom has unveiled a series of new “social bundles”, offering access from as little as R1.
The European Union’s antitrust chief says she’s taken the unusual step of scrutinising Facebook’s planned cryptocurrency because of the risk that libra will lead to the creation of a new, entirely separate economy.
Historically, powerful entities tend to consolidate their power. But the recent populist backlash might push technologists to move in the opposite direction.
Facebook and WhatsApp will be forced to share users’ encrypted messages with British police under a new treaty between the two countries, according to a person familiar with the matter.
Facebook posts by MPs can break the usual rules on the social network because they are newsworthy, according to the technology giant’s communications head Nick Clegg.
Facebook has said it has suspended “tens of thousands” of apps made by about 400 developers as part of an investigation following the Cambridge Analytica scandal.