Category: Facebook

Facebook could soon offer encrypted audio and video calls

Post author By Randall
Post date October 31, 2019
Categories In Facebook, gear, Internet, Mobile, secret conversation, secret conversations, Tech

[ad_1] Facebook Messenger is testing Video/Audio calls over Secret Conversation pic.twitter.com/aNgnvtzsBf — Jane Manchun Wong (@wongmjane) October 31, 2019 Facebook rolled out Secret Conversations in 2016, giving you a way to encrypt Messenger chats if you want to wrap your words with a layer of privacy. It uses the same encryption used by the Signal […]

Mark Zuckerberg still won’t ban ‘political’ ads from Facebook

Post author By Randall
Post date October 30, 2019
Categories In ad, ads, Advertising, business, earnings, earnings report, Facebook, fake news, gear, Internet, Mark Zuckerberg, misinformation, Mobile, political ads, Politicians, Politics, services, social, Social Media, Tech, Tiktok, Twitter, zuckerberg

[ad_1] He added that, while it may be easier for Facebook to “choose a different path,” it is more important to stand up for free speech and free expression. “We need to be careful about adopting more rules that can restrict what people can say,” he said. “I don’t think it’s right for politicians to […]

Facebook sues Israeli firm over WhatsApp call exploit attacks

Post author By Randall
Post date October 30, 2019
Categories In Facebook, gear, nso group, pegasus, Security, spyware, Tech, whatsapp

[ad_1] In a statement sent to Engadget, the NSO Group has strongly denied that it had a hand in the attacks. It also claimed that its surveillance technology called Pegasus, which it sells to governments around the world, is being used to save lives: “In the strongest possible terms, we dispute today’s allegations and will […]

Facebook’s Preventive Health tool urges you to take screening tests

Post author By Randall
Post date October 29, 2019
Categories In Facebook, gear, Internet, preventive health, Tech

[ad_1] At the moment the tool focuses on tests related to heart disease and cancer, the top two leading causes of death in the US, and on flu that affects millions each year. You’ll be able to set a reminder for your checkup if you scheduled one for a particular recommended test, or mark it […]

Hundreds of employees criticize Facebook’s political ad policies

Post author By Randall
Post date October 28, 2019
Categories In ads, Advertising, employees, Facebook, false, Internet, letter, Mark Zuckerberg, misinformation, policy, political ads, Politicians, Politics, protest, recommendations, Tech, tomorrow

[ad_1] In the letter, obtained by The New York Times, the employees argue that allowing misinformation to run could increase distrust in Facebook and undermine Facebook’s integrity. They recommend six ways to remedy the situation, including holding political ads to the same standards as other ads, restricting political ad targeting and clearer policies in general. […]

Facebook takes down fake political ad meant to test its fact checking

Post author By Randall
Post date October 27, 2019
Categories In ads, Advertising, Facebook, gear, Internet, lindsey graham, pac, political ads, Politics, Social Media, social network, social networking, Tech

[ad_1] The ad was prompted by a line of questioning from Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, who asked Mark Zuckerberg at an October 23rd House hearing if Facebook would let her get away with posting a misleading ad about Graham. The takedown suggests that Facebook is consistent in its approach to truthful ads. However, it also underscores the […]

Facebook AI can ‘hide’ people from facial recognition

Post author By Randall
Post date October 26, 2019
Categories In Ai, Artificial Intelligence, deepfake, Facebook, facial recognition, gear, Internet, Privacy, Social Media, social network, social networking, Tech

[ad_1] The AI doesn’t need to be retrained for different people or videos, and produces only a “little” time distortion. Don’t expect this to reach Facebook in the near future. A spokesperson told VentureBeat that there were no plans to implement the research in its products. With that said, some of the practical applications are […]

Facebook releases Zuckerberg’s upcoming testimony in defense of Libra

Post author By Randall
Post date October 22, 2019
Categories In banking, business, calibra, congress, Cryptocurrency, digital wallet, Facebook, finances, financial services committee, gear, Internet, libra, Mark Zuckerberg, money, Politics, statement, Tech, testimony

[ad_1] According to Zuckerberg, Facebook is “committed to taking the time to get this right.” But he also points out that China could reveal a similar system in the coming months. “If America doesn’t innovate, our financial leadership is not guaranteed,” Zuckerberg’s prepared statement reads. Supposedly, Facebook isn’t just motivated by self-interest. “Over the long […]

Amazon joins Facebook’s fight against deepfakes

Post author By Randall
Post date October 21, 2019
Categories In Ai, Amazon, amazon web services, Artificial Intelligence, deepfake, deepfake detection challenge, dfdc, Facebook, gear, Internet, social network, social networking, Tech

[ad_1] The Challenge will also add two professors, the Technical University of Munich’s Laura Leal-Taixé and the University of Naples Federico II’s Luisa Verdoliva, as academic advisors. At the same time, Facebook is giving researchers some of the samples they need to help spot deepfakes. It’s releasing the first 5,000 example videos out of the […]