Facebook’s privacy move: major pivot or headfake?

by Nigerian Oracle - March 8, 20190

After building the world’s biggest and most powerful social network in history, Mark Zuckerberg says the future of Facebook is something else. The strategic shift announced this week by Zuckerberg suggests Facebook no longer wants to be a “digital town square,” but a “digital living room” for secure, private communications, in what could be a […]
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Facebook knew about Russian activity in 2014

by Nigerian Oracle - November 27, 20180

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A British MP on Tuesday claimed Facebook knew about potentially malicious Russian activity in 2014, long before such activity becomes public, during a parliamentary hearing where international lawmakers grilled the company. …

Facebook, Twitter takedowns show quandary in curbing manipulation

by Nigerian Oracle - August 22, 20180

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Facebook and Twitter unveiled fresh crackdowns on misinformation campaigns from Russia and Iran as analysts warned of more efforts to manipulate public debate ahead of the November US elections. …

Facebook uncovers political influence campaign ahead of midterms

by Nigerian Oracle - August 1, 20180

Facebook said Tuesday it shut down 32 fake pages and accounts involved in an apparent “coordinated” effort to stoke hot-button issues ahead of November midterm US elections, but could not identify the source although Russia is suspected of involvement. …

Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg loses $17.6bn, plunges to world’s sixth-richest

by Nigerian Oracle - July 26, 20180

As Facebook stock plunged over 20 per cent in after-hours trading on Wednesday following a disappointing earnings report, CEO Mark Zuckerberg lost $17.6bn in net worth. The 34-year-old Facebook billionaire, who had been worth as much as $86.5bn when Facebook stock traded at an all-time high earlier in the day, now has a net worth […] …

Facebook probes whether data firm violated policies

by Nigerian Oracle - July 21, 20180

Facebook has suspended a Boston analytics firm from its site and says it is investigating whether the company’s contracts with the US government and a Russian non-profit violated policies, the Wall Street Journal reported. …

Zuckerberg at center of Holocaust denial controversy

by Nigerian Oracle - July 19, 20180

Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg has found himself at the center of a fresh row after saying the social network should not prohibit posts which deny the Holocaust. …

Facebook boss Zuckerberg now world’s third richest

by Nigerian Oracle - July 9, 20180

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is now the third richest man in the world, overtaking Warren Buffett on Bloomberg’s list of the world’s richest people.
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Turnbull wants Zuckerberg to answer questions in Australia

by Nigerian Oracle - June 7, 20180

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull would “love” Facebook boss Mark Zuckerberg to be grilled by Australian lawmakers, he said Thursday, in the wake of revelations the tech giant allowed Chinese smartphone makers access to user data. …

Facebook boss to apologise to European Parliament over data scandal

by Nigerian Oracle - May 22, 20180

Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg will say sorry to the European Parliament on Tuesday, pledging that the social media giant has learned hard lessons from a massive breach of users’ personal data. Zuckerberg’s comments, released in advance of the hearing in Brussels, are the latest part of a tour of contrition over the Cambridge Analytica scandal […] …