Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg rejected the idea that bogus stories shared at the social network paved a path of victory for President-elect Donald Trump.
The first industry association regulation on the medical procedures that include tattoo, eyebrow and eyelash reshaping, and on the procedures to beautify scars left by medical operations, was released in Beijing during a news conference on Sept 13.
Facebook Inc and Twitter Inc have joined a network of over 30 news and technology companies to tackle fake news and improve the quality of information on social media, the group said on Tuesday.
As of Monday, more than 200,000 Pakistani users have downloaded Asia Pacific Daily (APD) NEWS App since it was launched in July 2015.
For years, Facebook has courted publishers of all sizes, asking them to depend more and more on the social media giant to expand their audiences. Now, Facebook has a new message for publishers: Tamp down your expectations.
Some 51 percent of all surveyed online users across 26 countries say they use social media as a source of news each week, according to a report recently published by the University of Oxford.
Facebook said on Monday that it had changed some of the procedures for its "Trending Topics" section after a news report alleging it suppressed conservative news prompted a U.S. Congressional demand for more transparency.
With more information than ever at our fingertips, why has it become harder to fathom your neighbor’s point of view? Facebook contributes to an online echo chamber—but could also be part of a solution
Contrary to what you might have thought, there’s a team of journalists that puts together the “trending” news section on your Facebook page—it’s not a robot’s job (yet). And those journalists, or “news curators,” may not be objective about the news stories they choose to display.
The Australian investigative news team detained in Lebanon for its involvement in a child "abduction" attempt has arrived back in Australia overnight, after cutting a deal to secure their release earlier this week.
On Monday, news that a boy had died after a vaccination sparked more anger, though officials said there was no link to the Shandong scandal.
President Xi Jinping's speech at a symposium on news reporting and public opinion on Friday has generated discussions across domestic media outlets.
Streaming service Netflix, the Paris terror attack, the Rugby World Cup and the Asian Cup football tournament were among Australia's top 10 searched items for 2015, according to Google.
Greek media unions called a 24-hour strike on Thursday evening as French President Francois Hollande was paying an official visit to Athens.
Brazil's Minister of Finance Joaquim Levy hastily cancelled his participation at the G20 Summit starting Thursday in Turkey, where all the finance ministers from the top 20 economies in the world gathered to have a meeting.
Egypt decided to deport jailed reporter Peter Greste back to his native Australia, Egypt's state news agency MENA reported on Sunday.