Facebook has suspended around 200 apps as part of its investigation into whether companies misused personal user data gathered from the social network. The company has evaluated thousands of apps to see if they had access to large amounts of data, and will now thoroughly investigate those it has identified as potentially misusing that data, …
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Malaysia’s government passed the “Anti-Fake News Bill 2018” in April, making both creating and sharing fake news punishable by up to six years in prison. It was seen as a way for then-Prime Minister Najib Razak to quell political dissent. Just over a month later, Malaysia has a new Prime Minister in Mahathir Mohamad. But he’s not in a rush …
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Snapchat started to roll out its second redesign in six months to iPhone users late on Thursday. It’s hoping to win back the people it alienated with an overhaul introduced earlier this year. The redesign sees the company backtrack on some of the features that failed to resonate with users, including returning Snaps and Chats to chronological order and returning …
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John Condelles III installed two Facebook apps on the Android phone he bought in 2016. Now he’s suing the social network for its alleged collection of information on calls and text messages on all Android phones with a Facebook app installed. Filed in federal court in California, the lawsuit seeks to hold Facebook liable for allegedly violating the privacy of …
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Spotify isn’t shying away from making artists face the music. Spotify on Thursday initiated a new policy around hate. It lets the music-streaming service ban or bury music or artists it judges to be “hateful,” whether it be songs that incite violence or artists whose conduct it won’t tolerate. On Friday, Pandora followed suit. R. Kelly is the first. While the R&B star’s catalog will …
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Facebook has a problem with dick pics, but a leaked memo obtained by Motherboard shows what the social network might be doing about it. In the memo, Facebook’s team of moderators are told to stop punishing people who receive unsolicited nude photos, according to Motherboard. Sometimes Facebook will disable a user’s account after they complain about receiving dick pics. That’s …
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How many messaging apps do you have on your phone right now? It’s probably at least one, if not two or three. Now Yahoo wants to add another. The company is testing a messaging app called Squirrel focused on group messaging. Spotted by Android Police on the Google Play store, the app is currently in invite-only mode. “Organize groups and …
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Facebook might be considering upping its emoji game with avatars that rival Snapchat-owned Bitmoji, according to code found hidden in its Android app by a developer. University of Massachusetts Dartmouth computer science student Jane Wong posted images on Twitter that appear to be from within the Facebook app, showing the option to create an avatar as “a whole new way …
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Facebook is testing the ability for you to rewind live videos while they’re still happening. Viewers have requested the feature so they can rewatch or catch up on important moments in a live video, Facebook said on its media blog Tuesday. After a period of testing, Facebook said it would bring Live Rewind to users globally. Now playing: Watch this: Facebook’s …
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Google updated its News app on Tuesday, adding artificial intelligence to help users find personalized stories and trustworthy sources. Now playing: Watch this: Google News uses AI to give you the news you want 2:43 The new version of Google News will scan millions of articles, videos, podcasts and comments from around the web using AI to assemble them based …
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