6.9 million interactions on social network: UK royal wedding attracts over 29 million viewers in US

Britain's royal wedding of Prince Harry of Wales and US actress Meghan Markle attracted over 29 million TV viewers in the United States and 6.9 million interactions on social network, according to ratings issued Sunday by US information and measurement company Nielsen Media Research.

EU fights hate speech

Facebook's Instagram and the Google+ social network have agreed to join an EU-sponsored group of US internet giants to combat online extremism, EU officials announced Friday.

Facebook works with Harvard against hackers targeting US elections

Facebook Inc., an online social media and social networking service, said Wednesday it will work with a Harvard University project against hackers who target elections in the United States.

Bundestag passes law to fine social media companies for not deleting hate speech

German lawmakers have approved a controversial law that would impose high fines on social media companies like Facebook, Twitter or YouTube for failing to swiftly delete posts deemed to exhibit hate speech.

Facebook told it must remove hate speech postings by Austrian court

A court in Austria has ruled that Facebook must remove postings deemed as hate speech.

Facebook prend de nouvelles mesures contre les "fake news"

Le géant des réseaux sociaux Facebook a annoncé mercredi accroître sa lutte contre les fausses informations ("fake news"), via la surveillance de comportements suspects, comme les messages répétitifs ou massifs, et la fermeture de comptes.

Trust in news stories on Facebook depends more on who they're shared by, not who wrote them : study

Social media users are becoming increasingly skeptical about news outlets, and now decide whether to believe a story based on whether a person they trust has shared it, not where it came from, says a landmark US study.

Facebook and Instagram ban private gun adverts

Private individuals will no longer be allowed to advertise guns on Facebook and Instagram, the photo-sharing service owned by Facebook.

Βέλγιο: Το Facebook χρησιμοποιεί προσωπικά δεδομένα χωρίς άδεια

Με πρόστιμο 250.000 ευρώ ημερησίως απειλείται η Facebook, εάν δεν σταματήσει εντός των 48 ωρών να παρακολουθεί  χρήστες του διαδικτύου, χωρίς τη συγκατάθεσή τους.

Austrian aid convoy heads for Hungary to help refugees

Volunteers in a convoy of around 140 vehicles have set out from Vienna to cross into Hungary to distribute aid to refugees and bring them back to Austria.

It’s Often Difficult to Distinguish Fact from Fiction on the Internet

BY HARUT SASSOUNIAN
It is ironic that in this modern age of technology and abundance of information at the fingertips of everyone with an electronic device, it is becoming increasingly difficult, and sometimes impossible, to distinguish fact from fiction.

Οι μισοί χρήστες του διαδικτύου χρησιμοποιούν Facebook

Οι μισοί από τους χρήστες του διαδικτύου χρησιμοποιούν το Facebook τουλάχιστον μια φορά το μήνα. Οι χρήστες της ιστοσελίδας αυξήθηκαν κατά 13%  και έφτασαν τους 1,49 δισ. στο τέλος του Ιουλίου.