Facebook Archives - Cyprus Mail

Social media platforms ban satirical rap video after Singaporean government complaint

Reuters News ServiceAugust 2, 2019

By Reuters News ServiceAugust 2, 20190122

Facebook and other social media sites have restricted access to a satirical rap video in Singapore after the wealthy city-state’s government requested the removal of

Tech & Science

Facebook should not be trusted with ‘crazy’ cryptocurrency plan

Reuters News ServiceJuly 17, 2019

By Reuters News ServiceJuly 17, 20190203

Democratic and Republican lawmakers said on Tuesday that Facebook Inc’s track record of what they described as untrustworthiness should stand in the way of it launching

Tech & Science

Facebook says glitches affecting its platforms resolved

Reuters News ServiceJuly 4, 2019

By Reuters News ServiceJuly 4, 20190110

July 3 (Reuters) – Facebook Inc said an issue with uploading or sending media files on its apps and platforms has been resolved. Many users

Tech & Science

Facebook CEO may have known of questionable privacy practices

Reuters News ServiceJune 13, 2019June 13, 2019

By Reuters News ServiceJune 13, 2019June 13, 20190154

Facebook Inc emails appear to show Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg’s involvement in discussions about its much criticized privacy practices, the Wall Street Journal reported

Tech & Science

Apple touts privacy in web sign-on war with Facebook, Google

Reuters News ServiceJune 4, 2019June 4, 2019

By Reuters News ServiceJune 4, 2019June 4, 20190123

By Stephen Nellis Apple Inc on Monday a “Sign In With Apple” function this week to rival Facebook and Google web login accounts, drawing a contrast with

Cyprus

Russian ambassador accuses Ozersay of trying to discredit him

Evie AndreouMay 24, 2019

By Evie AndreouMay 24, 201902106

Russian Ambassador Stanislav Osadchiy on Friday chastised Turkish Cypriot ‘foreign minister’ Kudret Ozersay after the latter posted on the official social media profile of his

World

Facebook’s Zuckerberg hails French hate speech plan as EU model

Reuters News ServiceMay 11, 2019

By Reuters News ServiceMay 11, 2019060

Facebook‘s Mark Zuckerberg hailed on Friday France’s efforts to regulate hateful content online as a model for the European Union after meeting French President Emmanuel

World

Facebook bans Alex Jones, Milo Yiannopoulos and other extremist figures

Reuters News ServiceMay 3, 2019May 3, 2019

By Reuters News ServiceMay 3, 2019May 3, 2019083

By Katie Paul SAN FRANCISCO, May 2 (Reuters) – Facebook Inc said on Thursday it was banning Alex Jones and other controversial U.S. political personalities

World

EU lawmakers back copyright reforms targeting Google, Facebook

Reuters News ServiceMarch 27, 2019March 27, 2019

By Reuters News ServiceMarch 27, 2019March 27, 2019037

By Foo Yun Chee STRASBOURG, March 26 (Reuters) – EU lawmakers have endorsed an overhaul of the bloc’s two-decade old copyright rules, which will force

Tech & Science

Facebook struggles into day 2 of global outage (update)

Reuters News ServiceMarch 14, 2019March 14, 2019

By Reuters News ServiceMarch 14, 2019March 14, 2019057

March 13 (Reuters) – Instagram is back up after suffering a partial outage for over several hours, the photo-sharing social network platform said in a

Cyprus

Peyia starts Facebook page to highlight illegal dumping

Bejay BrowneFebruary 15, 2019February 15, 2019

By Bejay BrowneFebruary 15, 2019February 15, 20190111

A new Facebook page highlighting illegal dumping and garbage discarded in the area is being started in Peyia. The public will be encouraged to take

Cyprus

Man sentenced to five years for statutory rape and possessing child porn

Peter MichaelJanuary 25, 2019

By Peter MichaelJanuary 25, 2019049

A 26-year-old man was sentenced to five years in prison by the Nicosia court on Friday, after he was found guilty of possessing child pornography

Cyprus

Facebook user fined for insulting couple who adopted Asian girl

Evie AndreouJanuary 9, 2019

By Evie AndreouJanuary 9, 20190111

A woman has been fined €800 after being found guilty of spreading racist and xenophobic material online for describing a couple as ‘idiots’ on Facebook

Cyprus

Authorities in the north slammed for arrest over photo caption

Evie AndreouDecember 27, 2018December 27, 2018

By Evie AndreouDecember 27, 2018December 27, 2018053

Authorities in the north are under fire following the arrest of a Turkish Cypriot cameraman was after he posted a picture of women in Islamic

Tech & Science

Facebook hits back at NYT accusations

Reuters News ServiceDecember 19, 2018December 19, 2018

By Reuters News ServiceDecember 19, 2018December 19, 2018034

Dec 19 (Reuters) – Facebook Inc said it did not give some companies access to people’s data without their permission, after the New York Times

Cyprus

Turkish national goes after ex with a knife following Facebook block

Lizzy IoannidouNovember 23, 2018

By Lizzy IoannidouNovember 23, 2018043

By Lizzy Ioannidou A Turkish national was detained by a court in the north on Friday after he admitted to threatening to kill his ex-girlfriend

Tech & Science

Private messages of 81,000 Facebook users leaked online – BBC

Reuters News ServiceNovember 2, 2018

By Reuters News ServiceNovember 2, 2018036

The personal data of 257,000 Facebook users, including the private messages of 81,000 users, has been freely available online since early September, shared by what

Tech & Science

Facebook extends TV tentacles, buys Libertadores rights

Reuters News ServiceOctober 5, 2018

By Reuters News ServiceOctober 5, 2018034

Facebook bought the television rights for the 2019-2022 Copa Libertadores on Friday, adding South America’s premier club competition to a growing list of football tournaments

World

Facebook, responding to lawsuit, says sex trafficking banned on site

Reuters News ServiceOctober 4, 2018

By Reuters News ServiceOctober 4, 2018036

Facebook said in response to a lawsuit accusing it of not doing enough to protect users from human traffickers that it works internally and externally

World

Woman sues Facebook, claims site enabled sex trafficking

Reuters News ServiceOctober 3, 2018October 3, 2018

By Reuters News ServiceOctober 3, 2018October 3, 2018050

A Texas woman, claiming that she was raped, beaten and sex trafficked at the age of 15 by a pimp who posed as a Facebook