Facebook has announced the selection of 12 African community leaders to join its accelerator programme aimed at equipping societies with training mentorship and funding needed for growth. In a statement on Tuesday, it said the six-months programme aims to equip communities with the training, mentorship, and funding they need to grow. “As part of the ...

A Black Facebook Inc worker on Thursday filed a complaint claiming the social media giant’s stated commitment to diversity and civil rights, including its support for the Black Lives Matter movement, masks widespread discrimination against Black workers.  

  Facebook Inc said on Thursday it took down posts and ads run by the re-election campaign of U.S. President Donald Trump for violating its policy against organized hate. The ads showed a red inverted triangle, a symbol the Nazis used to identify political prisoners, with text asking Facebook users to sign a petition against ...

Facebook says it has  launched  “My Digital World”, a programme designed to equip the youths in Africa, including Nigeria with skills needed to navigate the digital world. Facebook made the disclosure in a statement on Monday. It said that “My Digital World” was a consolidation of all Facebook digital literacy programs including Safe Online with ...

  Facebook, Google and Twitter should provide monthly reports on their fight against disinformation, two senior EU officials said on Wednesday as they called out Russia and China for their roles in the spread of fake news. The comments by EU foreign policy Head Josep Borrell and the European Commission’s Vice President for values and ...

  Facebook Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg took pains to distance his company from Twitter and its fight with U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday, as the White House moved to scrap a law protecting social media companies. Republican Trump, who accuses social media firms of bias against conservatives, without evidence, stepped up his attacks on ...

  Facebook Inc is launching Facebook Shops, a service that will allow small businesses to display and sell their products on the social network’s platforms, Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg said on Tuesday. The move to build up e-commerce offerings follows Facebook’s launch last year of limited shopping options on photo-sharing app Instagram and messaging ...

Facebook Inc said on Friday it would allow its workers who are able to work remotely to do so until the end of the year as the coronavirus pandemic forces governments to extend stay-at-home orders to curb the spread of the disease. According to Reuters, the social media giant also expects most offices to stay ...

Facebook said Wednesday said it would place “authoritative” coronavirus content at the top of user feeds as it scrambled to keep up with increased usage and stem the flow of misinformation on its platform and WhatsApp messaging. The leading social network said it has nearly doubled server capacity to power WhatsApp as people in isolation ...