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Nine photo editing and app-lock Android applications found stealing Facebook passwords
Trendingdesk •Google Play Store has removed all nine Android apps that were found to be stealing Facebook passwords of users.
Facebook will publish an interim report on 2 July as mandated by IT rules, final report on 15 July
•The interim report will provide information on the number of content it removed proactively between 15 May - 15 June.
Facebook might launch its own podcasts platform as soon as next week: Report
Trendingdesk •Facebook's podcast platform might allow only a limited number of page owners to access it.
Facebook will no longer recommend politics-themed groups to users, says Mark Zuckerberg
•Facebook would also reduce political content in users' main news feeds as part of a push "to turn down the temperature and discourage divisive conversation."
WhatsApp row: How messaging app's new privacy policy impacts legal rights of Indian citizens
Sayan_bhattacharya_shamik_datta •With the data collected from WhatsApp, Facebook Inc may establish a monopoly in digital marketing leading to justified concerns from anti-trust activists
Facebook found no element in Bajrang Dal's content to necessitate ban, says company’s India head Ajit Mohan
•Mohan was summoned by the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Information Technology, led by Congress leader Shashi Tharoor to discuss the data safety of users
'Facebook denounces hate, bigotry in all forms'; social media giant responds to Congress letters
•Congress leaders wrote to Mark Zuckerberg following reports by the WSJ and the Time magazine about the conduct of company's team in India, alleging bias and proximity with the ruling BJP
Facebook bans BJP's T Raja Singh for hate speech amid allegations it favoured saffron party
Fp Staff •At least five profiles of Singh, which had more than three lakh followers, showed the message that 'this content is not available right now'
Facebook India chief Ajit Mohan appears before Parliamentary panel over WSJ report on hate speech
•A parliamentary panel lead by Congress MP Shashi Tharoor had taken note of a WSJ article claiming that Facebook ignored its hate-speech rules in favour of the BJP
'Enough evidence to prove Facebook's bias towards BJP': TMC MP Derek O'Brien writes to Mark Zuckerberg
•Earlier, the Congress party had written to Zuckerberg, demanding a probe into the alleged bias and interference by Facebook India in the country's electoral democracy