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German prosecutors investigate Facebook over hate postings

EghtesadOnline: German prosecutors are investigating Mark Zuckerberg and other Facebook executives, a spokesman for the Munich prosecutor's office said on Friday, following a complaint alleging the company broke national laws against hate speech and sedition by failing to remove racist postings.

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Publish Date:05/November/2016 | 05:16

Italy antitrust agency probes WhatsApp messaging service

EghtesadOnline: Italy's antitrust watchdog said on Friday it had opened a probe into whether messaging service WhatsApp obliged users to agree to sharing personal data with its parent company Facebook and imposed "unfair" conditions on users.

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Publish Date:29/October/2016 | 05:50

Facebook Told to Stop Exploiting WhatsApp Data During EU Probe

EghtesadOnline: European Union privacy chiefs said Facebook Inc. must stop processing user data from its WhatsApp messaging service while they are investigating the privacy policy changes the company announced in August.

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Publish Date:28/October/2016 | 16:16

Amazon, Facebook Seek Indian Cricket League Streaming Rights

EghtesadOnline: Amazon.com Inc., Facebook Inc. and Twitter Inc. have joined a bidding war for rights to stream Indian Premier League cricket matches, seeking to tap into the nation’s growing mobile internet audience.

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Publish Date:19/October/2016 | 10:58

Facebook Rolls Out Workplace Service to Compete With Slack

EghtesadOnline: Facebook Inc. wants you to use Facebook at work -- and make your company pay for access. A new office version of the social network, called Workplace, becomes widely available Monday. It’s meant to help employees collaborate with one another on products, listen to their bosses speak on Facebook Live and post updates on their work in the News Feed.

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Publish Date:10/October/2016 | 18:00

Facebook Launches a Craigslist Competitor, Again

EghtesadOnline: Facebook Inc. is releasing a feature called Marketplace that will let users post items for sale and shop for things to buy, like they can on Craigslist.

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Publish Date:04/October/2016 | 24:21

German lawyer makes hate-speech complaint against Facebook

EghtesadOnline: German prosecutors are again considering whether to press charges against Mark Zuckerberg and other Facebook executives for failing to staunch a tide of racist and threatening posts on the social network during an influx of migrants into Europe.

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Publish Date:01/October/2016 | 05:48

Facebook and its Lawyers Slammed by Judge in Terrorism Suits

EghtesadOnline: A federal judge slammed Facebook Inc., saying the social media giant might not be doing enough to deter terrorists from using its platform.

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Publish Date:24/September/2016 | 13:17

The commercial viability of virtual reality is still uncertain, but analysts are optimistic.

Sony's Games Guru Races Zuckerberg for Lead in Virtual Reality

EghtesadOnline: Shuhei Yoshida has reason to celebrate. The head of Sony Corp.’s games development is six weeks away from the introduction of its first virtual-reality headset and demand seems promising. The $399 headset is sold out at retailers around the world, even though most customers haven’t been able to try it out.

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Publish Date:03/September/2016 | 24:14

Facebook changes 'Trending' feature to rely less on human editors

EghtesadOnline: Facebook Inc changed its popular "Trending" feature, which shows users the most-talked about topics of the day, to make it more automated and further eliminate the potential for human bias, the company wrote in a blog post on Friday.

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Publish Date:28/August/2016 | 07:41

Facebook can climb more than 20 percent on ad growth: Barron's

EghtesadOnline: Facebook Inc stock has the potential to climb by more than 20 percent over the next year given the growing advertising revenue among its platforms, according to a Barron's report on Sunday.

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Publish Date:22/August/2016 | 10:02

Alibaba's E-Commerce App Has a Social Network Facebook Would Love

EghtesadOnline: China's largest e-commerce company is building a social network that keeps users buying more. Vice Chairman Joseph Tsai explains how.

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Publish Date:22/August/2016 | 06:37

Zuckerberg and his wife Priscilla Chan pledged to donate 99 percent of their wealth.

Zuckerberg Sells $95 Million in Facebook Shares for Philanthropy

EghtesadOnline: Facebook Inc. Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg has made his first big share sale to fund his family's philanthropic initiative.

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Publish Date:20/August/2016 | 09:34

Tepper’s Appaloosa Buys Western Digital, Axes Delta and Facebook

EghtesadOnline: Appaloosa Management, the hedge fund firm led by David Tepper, took a new position in Western Digital Corp. while dropping stakes in Facebook Inc. and Delta Air Lines Inc.

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Publish Date:14/August/2016 | 09:29

Even Executive Pay Is Being Disrupted at Tech Giants Like Amazon

EghtesadOnline: Amazon.com Inc., Alphabet Inc. and Facebook Inc. have upended the establishments in retailing, advertising and media -- so it may not come as a surprise that their pay plans are unusual too.

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Publish Date:08/August/2016 | 11:29

Facebook to let emerging market companies sell through their pages

EghtesadOnline: Facebook Inc is to let small businesses in emerging markets sell to customers for free directly through their Facebook pages, the social media company said on Wednesday, marking a new effort to build up potential advertisers in its fastest-growing regions.

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Publish Date:03/August/2016 | 15:46

The Humbling of American Tech Giants in China

EghtesadOnline: Uber's decision to throw in the towel in China holds lessons for Facebook , Apple and others still craving success in the world's biggest technology market.

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Publish Date:02/August/2016 | 11:42