Facebook is taking steps to tackle misinformation, hoaxes: Zuckerberg
Submitted by Isha Sondhi on Thu, 02/02/2017 - 10:22Facebook has taken steps to tackle spam and clickbait, and now the company is preparing to deal with misinformation and hoaxes in the same way, CEO Mark Zuckerberg said.
The widely-popular social-networking platform has long been under fire over complaints that it hasn't taken sufficient steps to stem the rise of misinformation and false news stories across its network.
Facebook plans to invest $3bn in virtual reality
Submitted by Gaurav Singla on Wed, 01/18/2017 - 09:24Foreseeing virtual reality (VR) as a future computing platform, Mark Zuckerberg-led Facebook has decided to make a multi-billion investment in VR over the next decade.
Mr. Zuckerberg, chief executive of the popular social-networking platform, recently announced that the company has decided to invest $3 billion in VR to bring virtual reality to the masses.
Zuckerberg & his wife trying to build political muscle for philanthropic causes
Submitted by Isha Sondhi on Wed, 01/11/2017 - 09:51Facebook founder & CEO Mark Zuckerberg and his wife Dr. Priscilla Chan, who have pledged to put their huge wealth toward philanthropic causes, have hired a top political operative to build political muscle for their philanthropic work.
In 2015, Zuckerberg and his wife set up the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, a limited liability company to carry out charitable efforts. Now, they have hired David Plouffe, who managed President Barack Obama's 2008 presidential campaign, as president of policy and advocacy for the non-profit.
Zuckerberg’s 2017 challenge is to meet & listen to as many people as he can
Submitted by Gaurav Singla on Wed, 01/04/2017 - 08:57Excited to explore more of the United States, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has decided to visit and meet as many people as he can across the nation by the end of 2017.
In a post published on Tuesday, Zuckerberg wrote that he would travel to nearly thirty states by year's end to know how people are living, working and what they are thinking about the future.
Facebook has Still Not Responded to Repeated IRS Tax Summons
Submitted by Isha Sondhi on Sat, 07/30/2016 - 08:48In July, the U.S. Department of Justice filed a petition in order to pressurize Facebook Inc. to hand over information to the Internal Revenue Service regarding transfer of assets to social networking companies Ireland based holding company.
Glenn Beck to meet Zuckerberg on Wednesday
Submitted by Sukhbir Dhillon on Tue, 05/17/2016 - 03:13Glenn Beck, the head of embattled The Blaze and leading conservative, is planning to hold a meeting with billionaire co-founder of social networking giant Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg on Wednesday.
More Than Three Years after its IPO Facebook still Faces Lawsuits over the Issue
Submitted by Sukhbir Dhillon on Thu, 12/31/2015 - 08:31Facebook's IPO may have been more than three years old but lawsuits related to it are still not over, as a lot of people feel as if they were defrauded and are still looking for getting their money back.
