In order to prevent election interference on its platform, Facebook has introduced new changes to increase transparency and accountability for electoral ads and Pages.

San Francisco, April 6, In the wake of the Cambridge Analytica data breach, Facebook has reportedly suspended a research project where it was in touch with several major US hospitals to collect data about their patients.

New Delhi: Between July and December 2017, the Indian government made 315 Twitter account information requests, up from 261 made during the January-June period, and asked the micro-blogging website to remove 144 accounts, up from 102 from the previous period.

The app pulled out data of not only these 335 users but their friends as well as friends of friends also.

"It is reasonable to expect that if you had that (default) setting turned on, that in the last several years someone has probably accessed your public information in this way," Zuckerberg said.

The commission has hired able allies in civil society members and students who care for the democratic process to keep a watch on the virtual space and ensure the campaign for the May 12 election complies with the code.

Berlin: Social media giant Facebook will get stricter regulations from the German government, Justice Minister Katarina Barley said on Monday after meeting with the Facebook representatives here.

Shimla: Social media has the power to play with the minds of people and management of perception through it is difficult to control, a senior police official said on Thursday.