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Facebook's Clegg: We're getting better at protecting elections
Facebook will do a better job of preventing bad actors from abusing its platform to manipulate this year's US presidential election than it did four years ago, public affairs chief Nick Clegg said on Jan 20.
YouTuber slammed for faking ankle injury to get free business class upgrade on flight
An Australian YouTuber has been widely criticised for using a fake ankle injury as an excuse to get an upgrade to business class for free on a Cathay Pacific flight.
How to spot manipulated photos and deepfaked videos in social media
In the fight against fakes, unfortunately, there's no one tech solution.
Brazil’s tribes stride into digital age to defend their culture, forests
In the 1980's Brazil's first indigenous Congressman, Xavante chief Juruna, went around with a recorder to tape conversations with other politicians because he said the white man's word was not to be trusted.
Pakistan says Facebook to help in fight against polio
Pakistan says Facebook will help the country in its fight against polio after authorities blamed anti-vaccine content posted last year on the social network site for a leap in the number of cases.
Rise in pre-teen girls tricked into online sex acts
A growing number of girls as young as 11 are being tricked or coerced into sharing selfies of themselves being sexually abused online, a charity that removes such content said on Jan 15.
Spanish delivery firm Glovo out to conquer the world
With an ambitious 27-year-old boss and a growing army of computer engineers, Spanish startup Glovo is chasing international growth by expanding beyond food deliveries, despite criticism of the working conditions of its drivers.
A parody Carlos Ghosn video game is already in the works
Carlos Ghosn’s dramatic flight from Japan may not be the subject of a Netflix deal yet, but a video game parodying his escape may be in the works.
Facebook again refuses to ban political ads, even false ones
Despite escalating pressure ahead of the 2020 presidential election, Facebook reaffirmed its freewheeling policy on political ads Jan 9, saying it won’t ban them, won’t fact-check them and won’t limit how they can be targeted to specific groups of people.
EU takes aim at ticket bots, data harvesters
EU countries will from Jan 7 begin rolling out tougher laws against online operators who play fast and loose with consumers, including those harvesting personal data or deploying bots to snap up tickets.