Critics warn of Apple, Google 'chokepoint' repression
The companies were facing international outrage after pulling a Russian opposition voting app off their online marketplaces in response to authorities' escalating pressure, including arrest threats
Russia fines Facebook and Twitter over banned content
Russia regularly takes legal action against internet platforms for not removing content it labels illegal, such as pornographic material or posts condoning drugs and suicide
BTRC’s indifference to defamatory pictures and videos unwarranted
The High Court had directed the Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission to remove all images, videos and reports from various online platforms that violate the right to privacy
Facebook, Netflix fined over privacy violations in S Korea
A South Korean watchdog on personal information protection on Wednesday fined major foreign platform service providers nearly 6.7 billion won (US$ 5.7 million) over privacy violations
Facebook status
Demonstration against DU professor Asif Nazrul, room locked
Asif Nazrul’s Facebook status could trigger incidents that would tarnish the image of the country and destabilise law and order situation, alleged a central Chhatra League leader
TikTok overtakes Facebook as world's most downloaded app
The app's popularity grew during the pandemic, when it became the leading download in Europe, South America and the US
'Facebook Fundamentals for News’ launched for Bangladeshi journalists
Center for Communication Action Bangladesh (C-CAB), in partnership with Facebook Journalism Project and Colombo-based Center for Investigative Reporting (CIR) has launched Facebook Fundamentals for ...
FB developing AI, new ways to detect users under age 13
Facebook is also working with operating system (OS) providers, internet browsers and other providers so they can share information to help apps establish whether someone is of an appropriate age
Covid-19
Facebook launches ‘Vaccine Finder’ in Bangladesh
The tool can be found on Facebook’s online Covid-19 Information Center, which is also available in Bangla
Bangladesh to launch ‘Jogajog’ as alternative to Facebook, says Palak
Bangladesh is going to create its own social media platform called 'Jogajog' as an alternative to Facebook and 'Alapon" for WhatsApp, state minister for information and communication technology ...
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