Facebook blocks Thai access to group critical of monarchy
(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) – Facebook has blocked access in Thailand to a million-member group discussing the monarchy, after the Thai…
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Zuckerberg Loses $7 Billion as Firms Boycott Facebook Ads
(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) – Bloomberg – Mark Zuckerberg just became $7.2 billion poorer after a flurry of companies pulled advertising…
CCC together with Citibank and Facebook Hosts Webinar on Sri Lanka Tourism and Way Forward
(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) – The global pandemic of COVID-19 has pushed socio-economic structures into a standstill and has challenged globalization…
Two arrested for spreading false news on Facebook
(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) – Two suspects arrested by CID from Ragama & Bandaragama for spreading false rumours on Coronavirus through…
FB admits the platform was used to incite racism
(FASTNEWS|COLOMBO) – Facebook says it knew as early as 2018 that its platform was being used to incite division and…
Facebook, Instagram & WhatsApp suffer outages
(FASTNEWS|COLOMBO) – Social networks Facebook and Instagram, as well as messaging service WhatsApp, were reportedly unavailable today for more than…
Facebook needs to do lot more, says New Zealand PM
(FASTNEWS|COLOMBO) – New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said on Thursday that Facebook needed to do a lot more to…
Facebook to ban white nationalism and separatism
(FASTNEWS|COLOMBO) – Facebook has said it will block “praise, support and representation of white nationalism and separatism” on Facebook and…
Zuckerberg outlines plan for ‘privacy-focused’ Facebook
(FASTNEWS|COLOMBO) – Facebook boss Mark Zuckerberg has said he believes secure, private messaging services will become more popular than open…
Facebook Use by Air Force Banned
Arising out of National Security Council Meeting , Air Force Commander Sugath Bulathsinhala reported to have directed his administrative director…