United News of Bangladesh

Washington, July 17 (AP/UNB) — Under sharp criticism from senators, a Facebook executive on Tuesday defended the social network's ambitious plan to create a digital currency and pledged to work with regulators to achieve a system that protects the privacy of users' data.

Washington, Jul 16 (AP/UNB) — Facebook's ambitious plan to create a financial eco-system based on a digital currency faces questions from lawmakers, as it's shadowed by negative comments from President Donald Trump, his treasury secretary and the head of the Federal Reserve.

Dhaka, Jul 13 (AP/UNB) - The FTC has voted to approve a fine of about $5 billion for Facebook over privacy violations, the Wall Street Journal reported Friday. The report cited an unnamed person familiar with the matter.

Dhaka, Jul 6 (UNB) - Chinese police have arrested a man in connection with an incident that left the boss of tech giant Baidu drenched with water, reports the BBC.

Paris, July 4 (AP/UNB) — France’s lower house of parliament approved Thursday a small, pioneering tax on internet giants like Google, Amazon and Facebook — and the French government hopes other countries will follow suit.

Dhaka, July 3 (UNB) Some Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp users cannot upload photos, videos and files.

San Diego, Jul 3 (AP/UNB) — Before the rise of social media, Border Patrol agents gathered in parking lots at the end of their shifts for what was known as "choir practice" — a chance to share what they saw that day and anything else on their minds.

Dhaka, Jul 3 (UNB) - Video-sharing app TikTok says it is "sorry" that some children and other young people have felt pressured into sending money to their favourite influencers on the app, reports the BBC.

Dhaka, Jul 3 (AP/UNB) - Aleksandr Kogan, the data scientist at the center of Facebook's Cambridge Analytica privacy scandal, said he is dropping a defamation lawsuit against the social network rather than engage in an expensive, drawn-out legal battle.

Dhaka, July 2 (UNB) - Over the past few months, Mark Zuckerberg has spoken at length about his grand plan for fixing Facebook, reports BBC.