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US lawmakers demand Facebook probes as whistleblower testifies children harmed

Draw comparisons with 'big tobacco', say tech faces jaw-dropping moment of truth

Published 05 Oct, 2021 10:40pm

Opinion

'Metaverse': the next internet revolution?

Imagine a world where you could sit on the same couch as a friend who lives thousands of miles away, or conjure up a...

Published 29 Jul, 2021 04:48am

Technology

Facebook says $1bn to be spent boosting creators

SAN FRANCISCO: Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg on Wednesday said that the internet titan will pour $1 billion into...

Published 15 Jul, 2021 04:03am

Technology

Facebook launches Clubhouse-like live audio rooms and podcasts

Facebook's rollout of a potential Clubhouse rival follows the explosive early success of the invite-only live audio app
Public figures and certain Facebook Groups in the US using iOS will be able to create live audio rooms, with up to 50 speakers and unlimited listeners

Published 21 Jun, 2021 05:09pm

Technology

Facebook panel punt on Trump puts onus back on Zuckerberg

That is not surprising, according to Sarah Roberts, an assistant professor of information studies at University of California, Los Angeles.

Published 07 May, 2021 10:41am

Technology

Ruling on Trump ban marks defining moment for Facebook panel

"This Facebook oversight decision is a key litmus test for whether country-sized technology companies can effectively regulate themselves," said Lindsay Gorman, emerging technologies fellow at the nonprofit Alliance for Securing Democracy.

Published 05 May, 2021 11:25am

Technology

Zuckerberg urged to nix kids' version of Instagram

The children's advocates were dubious about the proposed youth version.

Published 16 Apr, 2021 10:23am

World

'Yes or no?' U.S. lawmakers fume over Big Tech's answers on misinformation

Only Twitter Inc CEO Jack Dorsey replied “yes” to the question, but said the “broader ecosystem” had to be taken into account.

Published 26 Mar, 2021 12:25pm

World

Drama in Congress as tech CEOs face fury over disinformation

Zuckerberg meanwhile said Facebook has ramped up its efforts "to keep hate and violence off our platform" and offered a proposal to address concerns about liability of online platforms, suggesting that each platform have systems in place to weed out illegal content.

Published 25 Mar, 2021 10:32am

Congress to grill US internet giants

SAN FRANCISCO: The heads of Facebook, Google and Twitter will testify before Congress Thursday on disinformation,...

Published 25 Mar, 2021 05:08am

World

Congress to grill US internet giants over disinformation

"It's still politics and you are still going to have the whole Republicans-versus-Democrats and free speech coming into play."

Published 24 Mar, 2021 12:16pm

Technology

Facebook starts to remove recommendations for political and social groups globally

The company also announced in a blog post changes aimed at reducing the reach of groups that break site rules, including showing them lower in algorithmic recommendations and alerting people when they go to join a group that has previously violated policies.
He said newly created groups on any topic would need to wait 21 days before becoming eligible for recommendation in order to give Facebook time to understand how a group would operate.

Published 17 Mar, 2021 09:26pm

Warren Buffett net worth surpasses $100bn: Forbes

WASHINGTON: US businessman Warren Buffett on Wednesday joined the small circle of executives worth more than $100...

Published 12 Mar, 2021 05:10am

World

Warren Buffett net worth surpasses $100bn: Forbes

In 2010, Buffett and Gates launched the "Giving Pledge," which called on billionaires to commit to giving at least half of their wealth to charitable organizations.

Published 11 Mar, 2021 10:34am

World

US lawmakers ask Facebook for details on advertising practices

The lawmakers, led by House Energy Commerce Committee chairman Frank Pallone, cited reports the ads were shown "next to content that amplified election misinformation" and news about the Capitol siege after January 6.

Updated 08 Mar, 2021 10:17pm

World

Facebook's Australia news blackout: a shock four years in the making

Yet this was a shock four years in the making - a potential global turning point for regulation of big social media companies that began with Australia's complex, provincial politics in 2017.
If there is a viable rival to Facebook in years to come, its genesis will be the event that occurred in Australia on the 18th of February.

Published 19 Feb, 2021 05:22pm

World

Facebook, Google, Twitter CEOs will testify about misinformation before U.S. Congress

This will be the seventh time Zuckerberg has testified before Congress since 2018.

Published 19 Feb, 2021 10:30am

Technology

Australia and Facebook in talks over sweeping news ban

The data also suggested users were not yet leaving Facebook in response to the ban, however, with no apparent rise in Google search traffic recorded.

Published 19 Feb, 2021 09:58am

Technology

Fortnite's Epic takes Apple feud to Europe

Apple has angrily called the complaints by Spotify and others as "baseless", describing them as sour grapes by companies that do not want to play by the same rules as everyone else.

Published 17 Feb, 2021 03:05pm

World

Tech giants ‘close’ to deals with Australian media

SYDNEY: Google and Facebook are “very close” to deals with major Australian media to pay for news, a top...

Updated 16 Feb, 2021 09:39am

World

Facebook, Twitter CEOs in talks to testify at House hearing as early as March: Politico

The appearance of the Facebook and Twitter CEOs could be contingent on them testifying jointly alongside Sundar Pichai, chief executive of Google and its parent company, Alphabet Inc.
Republican lawmakers questioned them about their content moderation decisions while Democrats primarily focused on insufficient actions against misinformation that interfered with the election.

Updated 13 Feb, 2021 07:18pm

Technology

Facebook, Twitter CEOs in talks to testify at House hearing as early as March: Politico

Facebook has discussed making its chief executive, Mark Zuckerberg, available to appear before the House Energy and Commerce Committee, the report added, citing two people. Twitter and its chief, Jack Dorsey, have discussed the same, Politico said, citing one person.

Published 13 Feb, 2021 12:11pm

Technology

Facebook to temporarily reduce political content for some users in few countries

Zuckerberg said in January that he wanted to "turn down the temperature" of political conversations on the social networking site because "people don't want politics and fighting to take over their experience on our services.
Facebook will exempt content from official government agencies and services, as well as COVID-19 information from health organizations from the drill.

Published 10 Feb, 2021 07:53pm

Technology

Facebook's Zuckerberg reached out to Australian lawmakers over new media rules

"We're told that if we go ahead with this, we're going to break the internet," Frydenberg said on the ABC.

Updated 31 Jan, 2021 06:06pm

Business & Finance

Facebook profit surges

SAN FRANCISCO: Facebook profit surged in the final three months of last year as people enduring the holidays in a...

Published 29 Jan, 2021 04:55am

Technology

Facebook backs away from heated political talk

"Our product focus now is to develop this community infrastructure beyond feeds and message boards to help people build and run full self-sustaining community institutions," he said.

Published 28 Jan, 2021 09:40am

Technology

YouTube suspends Trump channel for week over violence fears

The president's YouTube account has amassed 2.77 million subscribers.

Published 13 Jan, 2021 01:09pm

World

Facebook bans Trump 'indefinitely' for inciting violence

Snapchat confirmed Thursday that it locked Trump out of the photo sharing platform amid concerns over his dangerous rhetoric.

Published 07 Jan, 2021 09:50pm

Markets

Facebook's Zuckerberg says Kenosha post did not violate 'call to arms' policy

“My understanding is that that post did not necessarily violate that call to arms policy at the time,” said Zuckerberg, referring to the Kenosha Guard’s calls for people to “take up arms” and defend the city from “evil thugs.”

Published 18 Nov, 2020 10:12am

Markets

Zuckerberg defends not suspending ex-Trump aide Bannon from Facebook

Zuckerberg acknowledged criticism of Facebook by President-elect Joe Biden but said the company shared some of the Biden team's same concerns about social media

Published 13 Nov, 2020 12:25pm

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / May 2	278.40
USD PKR Interbank Buying / May 2	278.20
USD to Japanese Yen / May 2	155.37
USD to Swiss Franc / May 2	0.91
Pound Sterling to USD / May 2	1.25
Euro to USD / May 2	1.07

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / May 1	5018.39
Nasdaq / May 1	15605.48
Dow Jones / May 1	37903.29
India Sensex / May 2	74720.19
Tokyo Nikkei / May 2	38236.07
Hang Seng / May 2	18192.04
FTSE 100 / May 2	8149.68
Germany DAX 30 / May 2	17906.01

Item	Value
Petrol/Litre / May 2	288.49
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / May 2	79.53
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / May 2	20000
Gold 10 Grams PKR / May 2	206619
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / May 2	2311.74
Diesel/Litre / May 2	281.96

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / May 2 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / May 2 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / May 2 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / May 2 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / May 2 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / May 2 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / May 2 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / May 2 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / May 2 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / May 2 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / May 2 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / May 2 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / May 2 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / May 2 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / May 2 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / May 2 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / May 2 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / May 2 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Volume
P.I.A.C.(A) / May 2 Pakistan International Airlines Corp(PIAA)	47,200,500 ▲ 0.00
Cnergyico PK / May 2 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	29,719,327 ▲ 0.00
Pak Petroleum / May 2 Pakistan Petroleum Limited(PPL)	21,170,581 ▲ 0.00
Pak Refinery / May 2 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	16,965,134 ▲ 0.00
The Searle Co. / May 2 The Searle Company Limited(SEARL)	15,793,227 ▲ 0.00
P.T.C.L. / May 2 Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd(PTC)	15,054,641 ▲ 0.00
K-Electric Ltd. / May 2 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	14,145,556 ▲ 0.00
WorldCall Telecom / May 2 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	13,158,668 ▲ 0.00
Telecard Limited / May 2 Telecard Limited(TELE)	12,358,668 ▲ 0.00

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