Facebook stock went down by about 5.5 per cent, while its Chief Executive Officer, Mark Zuckerberg, also lost nearly $7bn to the outage that plagued the social media platform on Monday. Also affected were WhatsApp and Instagram, both owned by … Continue reading Zuckerberg Loses Nearly $7bn to Facebook Outage -NetBlocks
Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg on Friday said the social network will launch a drive this weekend to recruit much-needed workers to staff US polling places in the coming election. “We are seeing a massive shortage of poll workers to staff … Continue reading Facebook to Recruit Ad Hoc Staff for US Election
Facebook on Friday joined the attack on Apple’s operation of its App Store after the iPhone maker refused to forgo its commission on live online events hosted on the social network that allow people to make money during the pandemic. … Continue reading Facebook Joins Attack on Apple Over App Store Commission
Mark Zuckerberg has joined the world’s most exclusive club of the ultra rich.The Facebook CEO on Thursday became a centibillionaire, someone who is worth at least $100 billion. He crossed the milestone after shares in the social network surged. Only … Continue reading Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg Now Worth $100 Billion
Be cautious of what you post or do on Facebook. But some people won’t heed to that simple advice. Someone in Abuja told of a chilling story about a plight of his niece. She has done her traditional marriage and … Continue reading How a Facebook Comment Crashed a Lady’s Marriage
The feature being rolled out in the United States from Wednesday and some other countries will give Facebook and Instagram users the option of blocking paid ads from candidates and political groups. The initiative announced late Tuesday comes amid intense … Continue reading Facebook Lets Users Block Political Ads, Aiming to Quell Outcry
Facebook said Wednesday it would tighten its rules for political ad spending ahead of the 2020 US elections, notably by requiring more information about who is paying for campaign messages. The move is the latest by Facebook to crack down … Continue reading Facebook Tightens Rules for Political Ads Ahead of US Elections
“It’s time to break up Facebook,” Hugh said, who along with Zuckerberg founded the online network in their dorm room while both were students at Harvard University in 2004. Chris Huges, one of the co-founders of Facebook called on Thursday … Continue reading Mark Zukerberg Becoming Too Powerful, Facebook Co-Founder Warns
Facebook’s Policy Programmes Head in Africa, Sherry Dzinoreva, says the company will intensify its female entrepreneurship training in 10 universities in Nigeria in 2019. Speaking during the ”SheMeansBusiness” dinner in Lagos, Dzinoreva said that Facebook was collaborating with ”She Leads … Continue reading Facebook Set to Train Female Entrepreneurs in Nigerian Universities
This time, the company acknowledges that it mishandled sensitive passwords for hundreds of millions of its users, primarily those who use its Facebook Lite product. The disclosure casts doubt on the company’s abilities to protect its users’ information as it … Continue reading Facebook Employees had Access to Private Passwords for Hundreds of Millions of People
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