Facebook had said that it stored millions of unencrypted Instagram passwords. Instagram’s parent company- Facebook, made the revelation last month. The social media firm has been under fire since last year over alleged data leak. It was alleged that a political consultancy Cambridge Analytica leaked the private data of 87 million users. Meanwhile, the social giant had announced a slew of measures to tighten the handling of data. (Hindustan Times)read more

Facebook, Instagram’s parent company, revealed last month that the unencrypted passwords of hundreds of millions of users had been stored, putting the number of Instagram users affected in the tens of thousands. read more

Facebook says the contacts were not shared with anyone and the company is deleting them. read more

Nearly $20 million went towards security for Zuckerberg and his family, up from about $9 million the year prior. Zuckerberg also received $2.6 million for personal use of private jets, which the company said was part of his overall security programm... read more

Teams across operational centres in Menlo Park, India, Dublin and Singapore scan videos, audio and the written word while India’s elections get underway. read more

Facebook could have a direct relationship with publishers in order to make sure that the content is really high-quality. read more

At least three states are investigating the Menlo Park, California-based company’s user data-protection practices, as is a federal grand jury in New York. read more

Admitting that people want private, encrypted services, Zuckerberg said Facebook will become like the mobile messaging platform WhatsApp which is more secure with end-to-end encryption. read more

The ‘Clear History’ is described as “a simple control” to clear your browsing history on Facebook -- what you’ve clicked on, websites you’ve visited, and so on. read more

Companies like Facebook should not be allowed to behave like ‘digital gangsters’ in the online world, considering themselves to be ahead of and beyond the law, a hard-hitting report on ‘fake news’ by an influential committee of UK parliament said on... read more

Before he was at Cambridge Analytica, Wylie worked as a fashion-trends forecaster. When H&M learned of his former life, it started talking to the Canadian about a potential collaboration. read more

The potential fine stems from an FTC investigation opened after revelations that data mining firm Cambridge Analytica had vacuumed up details about as many as 87 million Facebook users without their permission. read more

During Parakilas’ stint in Facebook, he warned senior executives that the company’s data-sharing policies could have potentially damaging consequences. read more

Every year, Zuckerberg comes up with a resolution for himself. In past years he’s learned Mandarin, gone on a tour of US states, and sent daily thank-you notes read more

To safeguard users’ privacy, we need to be able to move away from platforms like Facebook without losing access to their networks. read more