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Southeast Asia: Contact tracing a COVID-19 hoax

Yvonne T. Chua, Vera Files
Posted at Jan 16 04:58 AM

The diet hoax—that eating high-alkaline foods could beat COVID-19—should have died down by now. After all, science experts and fact checkers across the globe had been quick to bust it when it came out. Read more »

Amid concerns over WhatsApp’s new privacy terms, users wonder whether or not to switch

Ethan Paul, South China Morning Post
Posted at Jan 14 03:39 PM

WhatsApp last week asked its more than 2 billion global users to agree to new terms regarding the way it shares their personal information with Facebook by February 8, or they will no longer be able to use its services. Read more »

Trump throttled press freedom, journalists say

Reuters
Posted at Jan 13 11:02 PM

CNN's Christiane Amanpour, Maria Ressa, who heads a Philippine news website known for its scrutiny of President Rodrigo Duterte, and Sonny Swe, CEO of Frontier Myanmar, told a Reuters Next panel that press freedom had deteriorated sharply. Read more »

WhatsApp stresses privacy as users flock to rivals

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 13 10:12 AM

WhatsApp reassured users about privacy at the Facebook-owned messaging service as people flocked to rivals Telegram and Signal following a tweak to its terms. Read more »

Facebook exec says 'no plans' to end Trump ban

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 12 11:35 PM

Facebook does not intend to lift the suspension on outgoing President Donald Trump, the platform's second in command Sheryl Sandberg said Monday. Read more »

Conservative social network Parler sues Amazon over web shutdown

Juliette Michel, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 12 10:07 AM

The social platform Parler sued Amazon on Monday after the tech giant's web division forced the conservative-friendly network offline for failing to rein in incitements to violence. Read more »

Facebook has no plans to lift Trump ban, Sandberg says

Katie Paul and Elizabeth Culliford, Reuters
Updated as of Jan 12 07:29 AM

Facebook Inc's operations chief Sheryl Sandberg said on Monday the world's largest social network had no plans to lift its block on the accounts of U.S. President Donald Trump, as the company clamped down on a phrase that has become a rallying cry for the president's supporters.   Read more »

White House discusses Trump address on Big Tech ban

Nandita Bose, Reuters
Posted at Jan 12 01:37 AM

WASHINGTON - The White House is discussing the idea of having President Donald Trump make remarks on camera on Monday about Big Tech platforms that took steps in recent days to limit his social media reach, according to a source familiar with the matter. Read more »

Facebook, Instagram to block Trump's account for rest of his presidential term

Elizabeth Culliford, Reuters
Posted at Jan 08 12:51 AM

Facebook Inc and Instagram will extend a ban on U.S. President Donald Trump's accounts for at least the next two weeks until the presidential transition is completed, Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg said. Read more »

Twitter freezes Trump account as tech giants respond to storming of US capitol

Elizabeth Culliford, Katie Paul and Joseph Menn, Reuters
Posted at Jan 07 09:42 AM

Twitter on Wednesday locked the account of US President Donald Trump for 12 hours and threatened its permanent suspension, as tech giants scrambled to crack down on his baseless claims about the US presidential elections amid riots at the US Capitol. Read more »

Facebook, YouTube pull Trump video after protesters storm U.S. Capitol

Elizabeth Culliford and Paresh Dave, Reuters
Posted at Jan 07 08:29 AM

Facebook Inc and Alphabet Inc's YouTube took down a video from President Donald Trump on Wednesday that continued to make the baseless claim the election was fraudulent as he told protesters who had stormed the U.S. Capitol to go home.   Read more »

Facebook drops 'likes' button from public pages

Reuters
Posted at Jan 06 11:23 PM

Facebook Inc has dropped the "likes" button from its redesigned public pages used by artists, public figures and brands, the social media company said on Wednesday.   Read more »

2020 Yearender: Top trending stories on ABS-CBN News' social media pages

ABS-CBN News Social Media Team
Updated as of Dec 31 11:14 AM

Starting with the eventful January -- Taal eruption, the novel coronavirus reaching our shores, to the split of the internet's appointed 'President' and 'First Gentleman,' JaDine-- we thought the worst was over until the rest of 2020 happened. Read more »

Facebook to add more account security features next year

Reuters
Posted at Dec 23 05:07 AM

Facebook Inc said on Tuesday it would start allowing users to set up physical security keys as a way to verify their identity before logging into the social network's mobile app, beginning next year. Read more »

Google, Facebook, coordinated antitrust response: report

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Dec 23 02:15 AM

WASHINGTON - Google and Facebook worked together to help fend off an antitrust investigation into the two tech giants which dominate digital advertising, according to a media report citing a draft of a state lawsuit. Read more »

DFA warns passport applicants vs seeking help from strangers online

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 23 01:47 AM

MANILA - The Department of Foreign Affairs on Tuesday warned the public against seeking assistance on setting up passport appointments on social media. Read more »

Unilever to resume advertising on Facebook, Twitter in US

Reuters
Posted at Dec 18 10:36 AM

Unilever Plc said it would resume advertising on Facebook Inc, Instagram and Twitter Inc in the United States after pausing in June due to divisiveness and hate speech on the platforms during the US election period. Read more »

Texas, nine U.S. states accuse Google of working with Facebook to break antitrust law

Diane Bartz and Paresh Dave, Reuters
Posted at Dec 17 09:46 AM

Texas and nine other states sued Google on Wednesday, accusing it of working with Facebook Inc in an unlawful manner that violated antitrust law to boost its already-dominant online advertising business.   Read more »

French and Russian trolls duke it out in Central Africa election, Facebook says

Jack Stubbs, Reuters
Posted at Dec 16 10:08 AM

Rival French and Russian disinformation campaigns have sought to deceive Internet users in the Central African Republic ahead of a Dec. 27 presidential and parliamentary election, Facebook said. Read more »

US seeks data on how Facebook, Twitter, TikTok and others use personal data

Reuters
Posted at Dec 15 09:01 AM

The Federal Trade Commission is seeking information from Facebook, Twitter and other social media and video streaming companies about how they use the personal information that they collect on their users, the U.S. agency said on Monday. Read more »