Tag: Mark Zuckerberg
Zuckerberg leak: It doesn’t make sense for me to go to hearings in every country
Mark Zuckerberg does not see the need for him to attend hearings across the globe scrutinising Facebook’s practices, according to leaked audio from an internal meeting. The tech giant’s founder is heard telling workers that other countries do not have the power to demand that he attend such hearings, in recordings obtained by The Verge…
Facebook brings facial recognition setting to all users
Facebook is making its facial recognition setting available to all users but is keeping the function turned off by default amid ongoing unease about the technology. The social network’s face recognition system creates a “template” of a user’s face based on other images they are tagged in, which means it can inform people if someone…
Facebook cafes to encourage users to check privacy settings
Facebook is to open a number of pop-up cafes around the UK as part of a scheme to encourage social network users to run privacy check-ups. The social media firm will run the cafes in existing shops in London, Manchester, Brighton, Edinburgh and Cardiff where it will encourage users to examine their privacy settings in…
Facebook to add own name to Instagram, WhatsApp
Facebook is to add its own name to two of its most popular services – Instagram and WhatsApp – to more clearly signal its ownership of the social media platforms. The social networking giant confirmed the rebrand but has not said when it will take effect. It is understood the new names – Instagram from…
Former Zuckerberg classmate claims Facebook has lost control of social network
Facebook bosses have lost control of the social network and are unlikely to regain it, a former Harvard classmate of Mark Zuckerberg has claimed. Aaron Greenspan, who knew Mr Zuckerberg during their time at Harvard College in 2003 and 2004, launched a scathing attack on the chief executive’s ability to lead and reiterated previous accusations…
Facebook plans to launch ‘GlobalCoin’ cryptocurrency next year
Facebook is edging closer to starting its own cryptocurrency, with the aim to launch as early as next year, a report has claimed. Chief executive Mark Zuckerberg is thought to have met Bank of England governor Mark Carney last month to discuss the plans, according to the BBC, as well as speaking to the US…
Facebook co-founder Chris Hughes calls for company to be broken up
The co-founder of Facebook has called for the social network to be broken up, labelling the power of chief executive Mark Zuckerberg “unprecedented and un-American”. Chris Hughes, who created the platform alongside Mr Zuckerberg when the pair were students at Harvard University but left the company in 2007, said government needed to hold the firm…
Facebook reports three month revenue growth of more than 3 billion dollars!
Facebook reported revenue growth of more than three billion dollars on this time last year as the company released its latest financial results. The social networking giant said its revenue for the first three months of the year was 15 billion dollars, up from 11.9 billion in the same period last year. However, in a…
How will an online safety regulator work?
Plans for new laws making tech giants and social networks more accountable for harmful content online have been set out by the Government, in a bid to make the UK one of the safest places in the world to be online. Here is everything you need to know about the long-awaited white paper: Will there…
Government unveils ‘world’s first’ internet safety laws
The Government will introduce “world first” internet safety laws designed to make the UK the safest place in the world to be online, new proposals published today (8th April 2019) claim. A white paper on online harms, published jointly by the Departments for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) and the Home Office, proposes strict…