Japan's first lady offers critics a household hotline to Abe
With high approval ratings stoking speculation that Shinzo Abe could become Japan's longest-serving prime minister in recent history, he faces the risk of becoming complacent. Enter Akie Abe, his wife of 29 years. The 54-year-old daughter of a confectionery magnate is known as "the household ...
Will Facebook be China's propaganda tool?
By cozying up to the communist regime Facebook will help enable Beijing's relentless crackdown on dissent.
Over 70 rights groups want Facebook to explain content-removal policy
More than 70 rights groups asked Facebook on Monday to clarify its policies for removing content, especially at the behest of governments, alleging the company has repeatedly censored postings that document human rights violations. In a letter sent to Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg, the ...
U.S. police used Facebook, Twitter data to track protesters: ACLU
U.S. police departments used location data and other user information from Twitter, Facebook and Instagram to track protesters in Ferguson, Missouri, and Baltimore, according to a report from the American Civil Liberties Union on Tuesday. Facebook, which also owns Instagram, and Twitter shut off the ...
Republican White House candidate Donald Trump stole the social media spotlight during Monday night's U.S. presidential debate on at least one count — what Twitter users branded his #Trumpsniffle. The wealthy businessman sniffed repeatedly as he faced off against Democratic rival Hillary Clinton in their ...
Men in Iran don hijab veils in solidarity with women
Authorities in Iran may find the latest social media campaign for women's rights difficult to cover up. Under Islamic law in force in Iran since the 1979 revolution, women must wear a loose veil, known as hijab, that covers the head and neck while concealing ...
Facebook Japan launches social sharing of streamed music
Facebook Japan has launched a music streaming function, Music Stories, on the Japanese version of its social networking platform. "The function was announced in the U.S. in November last year. Music streaming services AWA and D Hits have cooperated with us to make it available ...
Facebook rolls out suicide alert system for users in Japan
The tool offers a way for those in despair to be noticed and given a sympathetic ear.
French IS killer's Facebook broadcast underscores live video challenges
After Larossi Abballa killed a French police commander and the commander's partner on Tuesday, he took to Facebook Live to encourage viewers in a 12-minute video to follow his example: Kill prison staff, police officials, journalists, lawmakers. The incident underscores the immense challenges companies such ...
Man suspected of hacking into celebrities' social media accounts
Police served a further arrest warrant Wednesday on a 29-year-old man suspected of repeatedly accessing the Facebook and iCloud accounts of celebrities without authorization. Daichi Kaneko, who was initially arrested last month over a separate unlawful access case, allegedly logged in a total of 236 ...
Facebook loses first round in lawsuit over storing biometric data
Facebook lost the first round in a court fight against some of its users who sued the social networking company, alleging it unlawfully collected and stored users' biometric data derived from their faces in photographs. The judge presiding over the case in a California federal ...
Dangers of Facebook cozying up to Beijing
Mark Zuckerberg's China ambitions are a no-brainer but he risks being a pawn in Beijing's censorship push.
