A report released by the Digital Rights Foundation (DRF) claims that complaints of online harassment by women in Pakistan are mostly in reference to Facebook and WhatsAapp. According to data analysed from…
Social media giant Facebook has expressed its desire to work with the government of Pakistan in a bid to counter hateful and extremist views. Facebook Asia-Pacific (APAC) Vice President Simon Milner called…
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan on Tuesday underscored the need for putting in place a robust mechanism to effectively check misuse of social media in spreading fake news, violence and hate content. The…
ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Fawad Chaudhry on Monday sought Facebook’s cooperation to counter hate speech and boost e-commerce in Pakistan. Fawad, in a meeting with Facebook Public Policy Vice…
Facebook has blocked over 2,203 posts or videos in Pakistan for allegedly violating local laws, which is the highest number of content restrictions for any country within the first six months of…
NEW YORK: Facebook says there was a steep rise in data requests from India’s government in the first half of this year as compared to the previous two years. The company, in…
Karachi police on Sunday claimed to have arrested a man who is accused of organising a ‘couple swap’ event on social media. The arrested person is a member of a gang allegedly…
SAN FRANCISCO: Facebook Inc said on Wednesday that company moderators during the last quarter removed 8.7 million user images of child nudity with the help of previously undisclosed software that automatically flags…
BRASILIA: Facebook Inc’s popular messaging service WhatsApp has become a political battleground in Brazil’s most polarized election in decades, raising concerns that it is distorting debate beyond the public eye. Silhouettes of…
Days after its co-founders resignation, popular social media application Instagram stopped working, with people unable to see people’s pictures or profiles, in various parts of the world including London, United States, Singapore…
AUSTIN: A Texas woman, claiming that she was raped, beaten and sex trafficked at the age of 15 by a pimp who posed as a Facebook “friend,” has filed suit against the…
Social media giant, Facebook has selected two women – Kanwal Ahmed of Soul Sisters Pakistan and Nadia Patel Gangjee of Sheops – from Pakistan for its first Community Leadership Program. The program aims to…
BRUSSELS: The European Union’s consumer protection chief said Thursday she’s growing impatient with Facebook’s efforts to improve transparency with users about their data, warning it could face sanctions for not complying. EU…
Journalist, author, and filmmaker Reham Khan has announced to launch Facebook show ‘440 Volts with Reham Khan. The programme would be telecast live on Facebook. Reham Khan is a Libyan-born British Pakistani…
BANGKOK: Police in Thailand have arrested 12 people who shared a Facebook post about a British tourist’s allegation that police had refused to accept her rape complaint. A lawyer for the 12…
All Twitter accounts of Prime Minister Imran Khan’s spouse Bushra Bibi are fake, a report in the local media has revealed. The report quoting PTI Deputy Information Secretary Sarah Ahmed stated that the…
MENLO PARK, CALIFORNIA: Facebook said on Monday it was removing certain Myanmar military officials from the social media website and an Instagram account to prevent the spread of “hate and misinformation” after…
