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Cops nab man who tried to snatch three-year-old girl
The 35-year-old man is arrested following a public tip-off after the attempted abduction went viral.
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Facebook bans self-harm images in fight against suicide
Facebook's statement comes on World Suicide Prevention Day.
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WHO welcomes Facebook pledge to curb anti-vaccine misinformation
Vaccine-related searches would be directed to information from the WHO or CDC, while misinformation will be made less prominent.
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Facebook shuts 216 Myanmar accounts over 'inauthentic behaviour'
Those behind the accounts repurposed legitimate news and entertainment content to manipulate or corrupt public debate.
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Cops nab man over 'readying parang for infidels' FB post
The Jakim assistant director claims his social media account was hacked.
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Facebook loses facial recognition appeal, must face privacy class action
Judge allows Facebook users in US state to sue as a group over company's 'Tag Suggestions' feature.
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Harapan refutes 'official social media' claim by RF8 Facebook group
We never gave anyone a mandate to act for us in this role, says Saifuddin Abdullah.
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US senators raise privacy concerns over Facebook's Messenger Kids
Two US senators say they are 'disturbed' to learn children can join group chats without parents' approval.
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Prosecution files bid to compel Najib to apologise over Facebook posts
NAJIB TRIAL | Posts defending credit card spending were meant to influence public and judiciary, prosecutors say.
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Facebook to pay US$5b over Cambridge Analytica privacy breach
Several US lawmakers criticise the fine, saying Facebook should have been taken to court.
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Waytha's aide lodges police report over fake account posting racist remarks
The imposter FB account made racially-charged comments targetting Malays, Umno and PAS.
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Judge to Najib: Refrain from posting online, or risk contempt
NAJIB TRIAL | This after prosecution seeks apology over ex-PM's Facebook post on credit card spending.
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Echo chambers - Fake news fact-checks hobbled by low reach, study shows
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Islamic studies institute cancels seminar following bomb threat
The threat was received from a Facebook user on Saturday, July 6.
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No evidence Russia influenced Brexit via Facebook, says Clegg
He says any claim that that FB data was used in the Brexit referendum was also false. -
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Plagiarism - cartoonist Zunar to sue two FB, Twitter users
The grace period for them to tender their apologies has expired, he says.
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US presidential contender favours breaking up Facebook
Kamala Harris says the social media company is a utility that has gone unregulated.
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Perlis mufti lodges police report over threatening Facebook message
Mohd Asri lodged the report on the physical harm threat at the Padang Besar police station yesterday. -
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Leaders must be wary when using social media
LETTER | Messaging on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram can be grossly misinterpreted. -
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Facebook admits to storing millions of Instragram user passwords in plain text
Social media giant estimates that accounts were not internally abused or improperly accessed.
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Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram facing outage
This comes after Facebook had experienced one of its longest outages in March.
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US senators introduce social media bill to ban 'dark patterns' tricks
This will stop Facebook and Twitter from tricking consumers into giving up their personal data. -
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Canada mulls crackdown on social media firms to stop election meddling
Major social media companies are not doing enough to help Canada combat potential foreign meddling. -
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Britain plans social media regulation to battle harmful content
Imposing fines, blocking access to websites are some of the steps being proposed.
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WhatsApp allows users to control who can add them to group chats
The user inviting another to a group will be prompted to send a private invite through an individual chat. -
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Facebook cannot guarantee interference-free EU elections: Zuckerberg
'This is an ongoing arms race where we’re constantly building up our defences.' -
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Australia plans tougher social media laws
Prison and hefty fines if companies fail to quickly remove violent material from their platforms. -
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Facebook bans white nationalism, separatism on its platforms
The social media giant had been accused of failing to confront extremism.
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French Muslim group sues Facebook, Youtube over NZ attack footage
This is as the live stream by the attacker was available on the social networking platforms.
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MCMC advises Facebook, Instagram users to change passwords
This applies to users who have been told that their passwords were readable by Facebook employees.