Saturday, September 30, 2017

Trump administration is demanding Facebook hand over info on a page 'liked' by 6000 people ...

The Department of Justice has obtained three search warrants from a D.C. court to rifle through the accounts of three Facebook users who it says were ...

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You'll Soon Be Able to Sign In to Facebook With Your Face

According to a report by TechCrunch, Facebook has developed its own facial-authentication software. However, unlike Apple's Face ID, Facebook's ...

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Facebook a Buy on Online Ad Might: Deutsche Bank

In a research report this week, Deutsche Bank analyst Lloyd Walmsley said Facebook's dominant position in online advertising should enable it to ...

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5 metrics to measure the success of Facebook videos

A video view is often defined by watching the video for at least three seconds (though Facebook's newer average watch time replaces that metric).

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ACLU on Trump protest warrants to Facebook: 'Disclosure' is illegal seizure

The ACLU brief contends that the Facebook warrants would give the government unjustified access not only to irrelevant private information about the ...

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What you need to know about Twitter, Facebook and election interference

Congress is taking a closer look at how different technology platforms like Google, Twitter and Facebook were used by foreign actors during the 2016 ...

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The DOJ is trying to force Facebook to reveal Inauguration protesters

The Trump administration wants to know who organized the black-clad agitators who ran through the streets of Washington smashing Starbucks ...

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Trump administration demands Facebook surrender information about hostile activists

Facebook is facing demands from Trump administration lawyers for account information of anti-government activists. The Justice Department has ...

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Facebook needs to slow down and consider consequences

Years of limited oversight and unchecked growth have turned Facebook into a force with incredible power over the lives of its 2 billion users. But the ...

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Mark Zuckerberg wanted Facebook employees to work on his philanthropy projects but was shot ...

Mark Zuckerberg wanted Facebook employees to work on projects for his philanthropic fund, The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, but was forced to ...

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The Democratic Line on Facebook and Russia is Crazy

Facebook has turned over the ads to Robert Mueller's investigative staff, and they in turn have indicated the intention to pass this information along to ...

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Feds asking Facebook for info on anti-Trump activists

The Justice Department in February issued three warrants to search the Facebook accounts of people associated with violent protests of President ...

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Facebook reportedly tests facial recognition to recover your account

Still, that hasn't deterred Facebook from testing "a facial recognition feature to help secure your account," according to a tweet from TheNextWeb's Matt ...

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Filched Ford F-150 found from Facebook friend's photo

A couple weeks ago however, Trevizo was browsing Facebook and a photo caught his attention. It was a very familiar-looking truck that he was seeing ...

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Facebook is sharing its data with Google as the search giant reviews potential Russian meddling in ...

Facebook has shared some details about the Russian-operated profiles it discovered on its platform with Google, as the search giant — with the rest of ...

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Zuckerberg's Preposterous Defense of Facebook

Mark Zuckerberg, shown in Spain last year, defended his company this week from President Trump's assertion that “Facebook was always anti-Trump.

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Trump administration orders Facebook to hand over private information on 'anti-administration ...

The Department of Justice has demanded Facebook turn over information about three anti-Trump activists who organized a mass protest, drawing a ...

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Facebook Tests Putting the 'Face' in Account Recovery

Locked out of your Facebook account? You may soon be able to use something you carry with you at all times to get back in: your face. Social media ...

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The DOJ wants to know if you liked this anti-Trump Facebook page

The Department of Justice wants to know more about the people who liked an anti-Trump Facebook page before the president's inauguration.

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Call of the week: Buy Facebook because of its dominance in advertising

Facebook's (FB) advertising division is in hot water. The social media giant is facing increasing scrutiny for its response after discovering a Russian ...

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Facebook can unlock your account with facial recognition

Facebook has its own version of Apple's Face ID. If you get locked out of your Facebook account, the company is testing a way to regain access by ...

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Senate candidate says Facebook pushed back on AR-15 raffle

Former Libertarian presidential candidate Austin Petersen posted a letter Thursday to the Facebook page promoting his campaign, complaining about ...

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Misinfluencers, Inc.: How Fake News Is Reaching Millions Using Verified Facebook Accounts

As the discussion about Facebook's role in helping spread “fake news” and Russian propaganda in the lead-up to the 2016 presidential election ...

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ACLU fights federal warrants seeking political communications of Facebook users

Civil liberties lawyers are trying to block federal investigators from searching the Facebook accounts of local activists connected to protests of ...

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Who's Playing Whom on Cambodian Facebook?

The requiem was instead streamed live on Facebook by U.S.-funded Radio Free Asia (RFA) and its team of more than 30 video journalists, along with ...

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BEWARE: Investegation reveals Facebook will sell you to the highest bidder

The Russians purchased $100,000 worth of ads on Facebook to spread misinformation during the 2016 presidential election, and Facebook knew it.

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$100000 in Russian-bought Facebook ads could have reached millions of voters

Facebook ads for a mass audience cost about $5 for 1,000 impressions, or the number of times an ad is called from a server to appear on a webpage.

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Americans blame Facebook for fake news, new poll finds

The public has a tough message for Facebook: The social-media giant needs to stop fake news — especially when it's funded by Russia. According to ...

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Feds Demand Facebook Share Information on Anti-Trump Protesters

The U.S. Justice Department is demanding that Facebook turn over information from three accounts that could provide access to the personal details ...

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Trump administration demands Facebook info on anti-Trump activists

The Trump administration reportedly has obtained search warrants that would allow them access to the Facebook pages of thousands of anti-Trump ...

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Exclusive: Fake black activist accounts linked to Russian government

A social media campaign calling itself "Blacktivist" and linked to the Russian government used both Facebook and Twitter in an apparent attempt to ...

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Facebook Built Its Vision of Democracy on Bad Data

Mark Zuckerberg took to Facebook Wednesday to once more defend himself and his platform. Responding to a cavalierly-tweeted charge of ...

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US Department of Justice demands Facebook account details of anti-Trump activists

The US Department of Justice has obtained search warrants that would allow government lawyers to access the Facebook accounts of anti-Donald ...

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Friday, September 29, 2017

Facebook is a 'highway of hatred' says EU commissioner after closing her account

"When we started discussing the future code of conduct, I first met Facebook managers here and I told them I had just cancelled my Facebook account ...

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Americans blame Facebook for fake news, new poll finds

It's not just Russian-linked fake news the public is concerned about either: 78 percent of people said they want Facebook to prevent inaccurate stories ...

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Shameless drink-driver killed granddad 'and then posted sick Facebook message Twinkle, Twinkle ...

A DRINK driver killed a granddad in a horror smash and then taunted his victim's family with a sick Facebook message, a court heard. Shane Davis, 26 ...

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Tech giants Google, Facebook could soon be helping the rich get richer, analyst says

Will Google and Facebook want to come in?" David Wilson, head of Asia wealth management at financial advisory Capgemini Global Financial ...

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The Trump Administration Is Targeting Anti-Trump Facebook Users

The Justice Department is trying to force Facebook to disclose information about thousands of people who "liked" a page opposing president Donald ...

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Has Facebook learned anything from Trump and Brexit?

Facebook and Twitter invented the tools and wrote the rules of social media. But, after being gamed by dark forces with an eye on disrupting global ...

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Facebook loses attention as publishers shift focus to other platforms

Facebook is often used interchangeably with platform domination. But some publishers are shifting their attention beyond Facebook. In interviews ...

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DOJ demands Facebook information from 'anti-administration activists'

Washington (CNN) Trump administration lawyers are demanding the private account information of potentially thousands of Facebook users in three ...

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Gavin Sheridan: Is Facebook a vector for hate?

Facebook was effectively arguing that ads within its platform were exempt from ... Facebook ads for electoral purposes were left largely unregulated.

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Schiff: Russia turned Americans against each other on Twitter, Facebook

Meanwhile, Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg publicly acknowledged the spread of false information on his platform. Hari Sreenivasan discusses ...

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Amid Facebook's Troubles, Message to Advertisers Stays Consistent

“I want to start off with our mission,” Carolyn Everson, the vice president of global marketing solutions at Facebook, said this week as she faced a ...

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Computers using Facebook 'likes' may be assessing your personality better than your friends ...

A 2015 study found computers can make more accurate personality judgments about a person than most friends and family with enough Facebook ...

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Twitter finds 201 Russian accounts also linked to Facebook ads

Twitter has discovered 201 accounts that appear to be tied to the same Russian accounts that purchased ads on Facebook that may have influenced ...

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Twitter removed 200 Russian accounts that targeted Facebook users during election

SAN FRANCISCO — Twitter told lawmakers it found some 200 accounts linked to the same Russian groups that bought $100,000 worth of ads on ...

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Twitter just told Congress it found about 200 accounts linked to the same Russian agents found on ...

Twitter has found roughly 200 accounts believed to be tied to some of the same Russian-linked sources that purchased ads on Facebook in an attempt ...

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The Question Isn't If Facebook Can Fix Its Problems—It's How Much It Wants To

All eyes are on Facebook, fake news, ads, and whether it and other digital giants can stop bad actors. But the crux of the issue is definitional.

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ACLU challenges DOJ request for info on 6000 anti-Trump Facebook users

The first warrant requires Facebook to divulge extensive information on three users' accounts, including their contact network, while a second requests ...

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Why Facebook keeps stepping in it

Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg just apologized — more than 10 months after the fact — for calling the idea that Facebook might have ...

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Twitter says it found 201 accounts linked to the same Russian activity on Facebook

Facebook recently disclosed that Russian agents purchased roughly $100,000 worth of ads intended to spread divisive messages ahead of the 2016 ...

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The False Dream of a Neutral Facebook

First, Trump tweeted that “Facebook was always anti-Trump.” From all available information, it does seem true that the vast majority of Facebook's ...

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Outraged programmers forced a rare concession from Facebook on its open-source software

Facebook's open-source software is wildly popular among developers and has been used to build countless websites. Chief among those is the React ...

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EU says it'll pass online hate speech laws if Facebook, Google, and others don't crack down

The European Union is once again asking Facebook, Google, Twitter, and other web companies to crack down on hate speech and speech inciting ...

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A clear picture is emerging of how Russia used Facebook to sway the election — here's what we ...

A fuller picture of Russia's use of social media to influence the 2016 US election has begun to emerge, weeks after Facebook announced that ...

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Mark Warner to Facebook: Tell Me What You Know

Reuters reported Wednesday night that executives from Facebook, Google, and Twitter have been asked to testify publicly before the Senate ...

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Black Lawmakers Pressure Facebook Over Racially Divisive Russian Ads

WASHINGTON — Members of the Congressional Black Caucus pressured Facebook this week to seriously examine how the site allowed Russian ...

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Flasher conviction quashed because Facebook village gossip undermined fair trial

She said another woman in the village had found Mr Chandler's Facebook profile and taken a screenshot of his face after word of what happened to ...

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Facebook partners with ZipRecruiter and more aggregators as it ramps up in jobs

Facebook has made no secret of its wish to do more in the online recruitment market — encroaching on territory today dominated by LinkedIn, the ...

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Recode Daily: Congress wants to hear from Facebook, Google and Twitter

Facebook, Google and Twitter have been asked to testify before the Senate Intelligence Committee in November about Russian interference in the ...

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Facebook is as dominant in advertising as IBM was in computing a generation ago, Deutsche Bank ...

Deutsche Bank reiterates its buy rating for Facebook shares, predicting the social media giant will report sales above expectations next year.

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Facebook needs to take a deeper look at its influential role

Can Facebook get away with fine-tuning its systems, or will it need a deeper overhaul? Revelations about the way its network was used by Russian ...

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Now I have a business page on Facebook, how can I delete my personal profile?

I set up a Facebook account for my business but I did it as a personal page. I then ... If you do this, Facebook can and often will delete your account.

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Trump slams Facebook as lawmakers await ads amid Russia probe

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday criticized Facebook Inc (FB.O) as “anti-Trump” and questioned its role during ...

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Facebook helps blood donation go viral

Facebook doesn't just want to make it easy to sign up to be a blood donor from the News Feed. It's also creating a special kind of post for requesting ...

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Facebook Is Sending a Team to Hurricane-Ravaged Puerto Rico to Get the Island Back Online

Facebook has dispatched a "connectivity team" to supply emergency telecommunications support to Puerto Rico, much of which has been rendered a ...

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Facebook is making it easier to find blood in India

Facebook users in India will have the option to sign up as blood donors starting from October 1st, which is National Blood Donor Day. There is a ...

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Trump accuses Facebook of being 'anti-Trump'

President Donald Trump accused Facebook on Wednesday of being “anti-Trump,” hinting without evidence that the social media giant colluded with ...

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Thursday, September 28, 2017

Facebook is sending its connectivity team to help Puerto Rico get back online

In a Facebook post today, Mark Zuckerberg pledged $1.5 million in aid to organizations assisting in Puerto Rico's recovery from Hurricane Maria, ...

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Facebook, Google and Twitter have been asked to testify before Congress on Russia and the 2016 ...

Senate lawmakers investigating Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election have asked Facebook, Google and Twitter to testify at a Nov.

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Facebook's Crackdown Ahead of German Election Shows It's Learning

If the first step to recovery is admitting you have a problem, Facebook is taking baby steps. On Wednesday, the company said it shut down tens of ...

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Facebook says it took down 'tens of thousands' of fake accounts before German election

In the month before Germany's federal elections, Facebook removed "tens of thousands of fake accounts in Germany," the company said on ...

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Facebook isn't consulting the experts to fight Russian election meddling on its platform

As Facebook grapples with how Russia may have used its platform to influence the US election, however, it hasn't reached out to a single one of these ...

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Facebook Removed 'Tens of Thousands of Fake Accounts' for German Election

Facebook released an update on its effort to protect the 2017 German federal elections Wednesday, saying that in the run up to the Bundestagswahl, ...

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Do 2-Second Videos Work on Facebook?

Why should a marketer pay for video ads that aren't even viewed for 2 seconds? It's perhaps the most important question going in mobile marketing, ...

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Facebook says deleted many fake accounts in German campaign

FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Facebook said on Wednesday its efforts to fight fake news during Germany's national elections included taking down tens of ...

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Donald Trump Accuses Facebook of Being 'Anti-Trump'

President Donald Trump on Wednesday said Facebook Inc. was biased against him during the election, marking the second time he has sought to ...

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The NFL looks to Facebook to attract younger viewers

The NFL and Facebook have signed a two-year deal to bring NFL game highlights and exclusive shows to the social platform's over 2 billion monthly ...

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Facebook DOWN - Social network site not working as users complain of major outage

Facebook users have also flocked to Twitter to complain about the outage, with streams of tweets saying that Facebook is down today. One user said: ...

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Facebook 'was always anti-Trump' says the president after it emerges Russia's notorious ads were ...

President Trump proclaimed Wednesday that 'Facebook was always anti-Trump,' suggesting the social media giant is in cahoots with the mainstream ...

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Facebook down: Site breaks for users across world

Facebook just broke down for around 30 minutes, with the site failing to load for many users. Many users reported the site was showing an error ...

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Facebook just pulled back the curtain on how it influences elections

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg last week preached his company's commitment to election integrity. This week, he showed it off. Facebook on ...

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Facebook DOWN - Social networking site not working for hundreds of users

Facebook is down with hundreds of users across the globe saying the social networking giant's site is not working today. Independent website Down ...

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Facebook axed 'tens of thousands' of accounts before German election

Facebook released a recap today about the efforts it made to minimize the spread of fake news during Germany's recent election. Facebook VP ...

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How Facebook's Engineers Try Not To “Get Caught With Their Pants Down” By Massive Real-Time ...

Eager viewers were able to watch the event, in real-time, on Facebook Live. And they did, to the tune of more than 14 million views and 250,000 ...

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11 ways Facebook tried to thwart election interference in Germany

Facebook may have dropped the ball with the U.S. presidential election, but it was much better prepared for last weekend's federal election in ...

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The Russia Story Just Created A Massive Buying Opportunity In Facebook

Facebook has been under fire before; this is not the first time. The numbers and growth remain robust; in fact, analysts recently reiterated buy ratings ...

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Head of Facebook's Messenger says he 'absolutely' wants to replace iMessage and Android ...

Facebook vice president of messaging products David Marcus wants Messenger to be the messaging app of choice for everyone. To convince people ...

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A Facebook Flamewar May Have Just Led to a Major Breakthrough on Confederate Monuments in ...

Last month, a white Georgia Republican state representative — in the heat of a Facebook argument with a black former colleague — warned her that ...

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Facebook, Twitter and Google have two weeks to turnover anti-fracking ads to a House Russia ...

A U.S. House committee investigating whether Russia has tried to influence U.S. public opinion on fossil fuels asked Facebook, Twitter and Alphabet ...

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Russian-Linked Facebook Ad Scandal Shows Just How Intricate Targeting Can Be

In early September, Facebook reported that it conducted an internal investigation and discovered that groups with Russian ties had spent roughly ...

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India's digital initiative key growth enabler for us: Facebook

India's digital initiative key growth enabler for us: Facebook ... to Kevin Martin, Vice President for Mobile and Global Access Policy at Facebook, the ...

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Name-Place-Animal-Thing: What Does Facebook Owe Its Users?

And now tech giants like Facebook and Google are giving rise to similar anxieties about state power – what happens when corporations start wielding ...

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Trump calls Facebook “anti-Trump” so it goes soft on him

Trump may have found a way to tie Facebook's hands as it investigates Russian interference into the election. Without citing any evidence or even a ...

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US lawmakers ask Facebook, Twitter for information on anti-fracking ads

3D-printed Facebook and Twitter logos are seen in this picture illustration made in Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina on January 26, 2016.

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Are Russia's 'Friends' Hiding in Your Facebook Feed?

You can't say you didn't see this coming. Back in January, in its Intelligence Community Assessment on Russia's attack on the 2016 US election, the ...

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Animal videos rule the internet, and are getting tons of views on Facebook

Thanks to early pivoting to online video, the company is among the top Facebook video publishers with an average of 2.1 billion views a month and ...

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Delta to offer free in-flight use of WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger and iMessage

Starting October 1, passengers on most Delta will have free access to WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger and iMessage. To access the feature, ...

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Facebook Deleted 'Tens of Thousands' of Fake Accounts During German Election

It also marked Facebook's first real election security test since the company has fully come to terms with the widespread political misinformation on its ...

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Twitter Tracker: Why Trump Is Going After Facebook

Facebook was always anti-Trump.The Networks were always anti-Trump hence,Fake News, @nytimes(apologized) & @WaPo were anti-Trump.

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Math geeks rejoice: Facebook Messenger lets you write basic mathematical formulae in LaTex

Some of the coolest features in Facebook Messenger exist buried under the surface. You have to really look for them. For instance, did you know that it ...

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Trump slams Facebook as lawmakers await ads amid Russia probe

Representatives for Facebook and the newspapers did not immediately ... His campaign has said it spent some $70 million on Facebook ads, and it ...

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Fake news: Much more than Facebook scams and Russian trolls

In a study released in July, 42 percent of British teenagers reported being bullied on Instagram, 37 percent on Facebook and 31 percent on Snapchat.

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Facebook to be blocked in Russia if it doesn't comply with data storage laws

Russia will block access to Facebook next year if the social media giant does not comply with a law requiring websites to store personal data of ...

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Trump claims Facebook is 'anti-Trump,' and says it's colluding with news networks in tweet

President Donald Trump took aim at Facebook on Wednesday, suggesting the social media company was in cahoots with "Fake News" networks.

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Trump criticizes Facebook, questions its role during campaign

FILE PHOTO: Facebook logo is seen at a start-up companies gathering at Paris' Station F in Paris, France on January 17, 2017. REUTERS/Philippe ...

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President Trump is accusing Facebook of being 'anti-Trump'

U.S. President Donald Trump charged on Wednesday that Facebook has “always” been opposed to him, suggesting it is part of a network of ...

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How Facebook saved a dying mill town

Everything people post on Facebook actually lives somewhere in real life — like a small town in central Oregon that was once decimated by the loss of ...

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Facebook Is Adding More Advertising Objectives for Brands That Use Messenger

Facebook is rolling out specific advertising objectives for brands using Messenger, offering ways to target users based on goals like increasing brand ...

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Adblock Plus offers new Facebook advert filter

Adblock Plus has struck online advertising another blow by offering a new filter for users who want to block Facebook ads. Ad-blocking apps, plugins, ...

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Too much Facebook can give you 'virtual autism', researcher warns

Researchers from the Sunshine Coast University (SCU) found that people who spent the most time looking at Facebook showed traits of autism ...

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Man cleared of raping student, 19, after she sent Facebook messages to pals saying 'I'll ring police ...

A TRAINEE accountant has been cleared of raping a student after she sent a Facebook message to friends telling them how she would call police ...

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Russia May Block Access to Facebook

Russia will block access to Facebook next year unless the social network follows a law requiring the use of Russian servers to store personal data of ...

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Russian-bought Facebook ads sought to amplify political divisons

New descriptions of the infamous Russian-bought politically themed ads on Facebook shared with CNN suggest at least some of the ads were ...

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At Facebook, Art Becomes A Metaphor For What The Company Wants To Achieve

All of these materials are part of artwork that has been produced by members of Facebook's Artist in Residence program (AIR), a project that began at ...

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Facebook poised to hand over 'inflammatory' Russian-bought ads

Facebook is due within days to hand US lawmakers more than 3,000 Russian-bought political advertisements that sought to exacerbate divisions in ...

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Russian-funded Facebook ads backed Stein, Sanders and Trump

Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein was the beneficiary of at least one Russian-bought ad on Facebook that federal government officials ...

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Russia threatens to ban Facebook in election year

Russia will block access to Facebook next year unless the social network complies with a law that requires websites which store the personal data of ...

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NFL, Facebook partner to show game highlights, recaps

NEW YORK (CNNMoney) - The NFL and Facebook have entered into a huge partnership that will bring official game highlights to the social media ...

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Wednesday, September 27, 2017

Humbler is better for Uber and Facebook

Alphabet, Facebook and Amazon are hugely powerful, with deep pockets and high stock market valuations. Uber is a global company while London's ...

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Buy Facebook On This Dip

The markets haven't been great recently (roughly flat over the past 5 days), but one notable loser has been Facebook (FB). It's down about 4.5% over ...

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Walmart 'Likes' Facebook's Workplace Software

Facebook debuted Workplace last year as a work-productivity tool that easily connects to employees' existing Facebook accounts. But unlike the ...

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Facebook Faces Increasing Scrutiny Over Election-Related Russian Ads

Facebook is under increasing pressure to scrutinize its advertising content after it discovered that at least 3,000 ads on the site had been placed by a ...

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Senators Seeking to Police Facebook Political Ads Move Forward With Draft Bill Dropping $10K ...

Facebook revealed last week that at least $150,000 worth of political ads purchased had been purchased during the 2016 campaign by accounts with ...

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I Wish I Knew How to Quit You, Facebook

Nearly 70 percent of all American adults, 240 million people, use Facebook. With roughly half of those people, the ones who favored Hillary Clinton in ...

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Four times Facebook could have taken its Russia problem seriously, but didn't

It's getting uncomfortably warm for Facebook under the spotlight in Washington, DC. As Congressional committees and the FBI probe the social ...

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Warner: 'Million-dollar question' how Russians knew who to target on Facebook

(CNN) Sen. Mark Warner says the "million-dollar question" still unanswered about the Facebook election ads sold to Russian-linked accounts was ...

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Russia threatens to block Facebook

Russia says it will ban Facebook in 2018 if the social network fails to comply with local data storage laws. Alexander Zharov, head of communications ...

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Russia tells Facebook to localize user data or be blocked

FILE PHOTO: A 3D model of the Facebook logo is seen in front of a Russian flag in this photo illustration taken in Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina, ...

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Facebook Can Absolutely Control Its Algorithm

There is a narrative emerging around Facebook that implies the social-networking giant cannot prevent the spread of fake news, Russian political ...

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Multiple jobs, sleeping in cars and other ways Facebook workers struggle to get by

You often hear about the top-notch employee perks at Facebook: Its headquarters in Menlo Park offers free meals, dry cleaning and even a barber ...

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Facebook wants to know: is it good or bad? You tell us …

Is Facebook good for the world? Does it care about its users? Is it making the world better or worse for people having a tough time in life? Does my butt ...

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Facebook's Slack competitor, Workplace, scores big by signing up Walmart

Facebook is adding Walmart, the world's largest private employer, to its Workplace chat tool for businesses. The move is a sign that Facebook's early ...

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Facebook Couldn't Care Less About Fake Russian-Bought Ads

Donald Trump's election victory has been under the microscope since revelations about Russian-bought Facebook adverts. Photo credit. MANDEL ...

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Facebook Catches Three NFL Highlights Shows Under Multiyear Pact

The NFL is pumping a slew of highlights and game recaps into Facebook's Watch video platform, under a new multiyear deal. Of course, it's not the ...

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Swedish pension fund declares “total victory” over Facebook

Sweden celebrates after Facebook surprisingly dropped its plan to create a new class of non-voting shares. The controversial issuing of Class-C ...

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Facebook, NFL Back In Business Again With Programming Partnership

The NFL and Facebook announced on Tuesday a multiyear programming partnership that includes official video highlights from all games and NFL ...

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Facebook's Workplace Takes A Big Step Forward By Adding Walmart As A Customer

Today Facebook's Workplace takes a giant step forward with the addition of a pretty high-profile customer: Walmart. The addition of the largest private ...

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Workplace, Facebook's enterprise edition, snaps up Walmart as a customer

Workplace — Facebook's bid to take on the Slack, Microsoft and the rest of the players in the market of business chat and collaboration — is getting a ...

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Walmart — America's largest employer — is using Facebook's enterprise office product, Workplace

Walmart has signed on as a new customer for Workplace, the enterprise version of Facebook's social network specifically for interoffice communication ...

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Facebook is popping after signing a massive deal for NFL highlights (FB)

The social media giant is partnering with the NFL in its latest move to help promote the new "Watch" section of its platform. The section hosts ...

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Husband kills wife then himself after posting wedding picture on Facebook

A husband murdered his wife of three years shortly before posting a farewell picture on Facebook and taking his own life in the garden of his parent's ...

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Recode Daily: Those Russia-backed Facebook ads were intended to divide Americans before the ...

The Kremlin-sourced ads on Facebook ahead of the 2016 U.S. presidential election were aimed at stoking social tensions and potential political ...

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The NFL partners with Facebook to distribute game highlights and recaps on the social network

Facebook and the NFL this morning announced a new multi-year programming deal that will see the sports organization distributing official NFL video, ...

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'Jilted' bride who swindled benefits caught after writing 'I love my wife' on Facebook

A bride who swindled £30,000 in benefits by lying that she was jilted four weeks after her wedding day was caught after her husband posted on ...

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Why Russia Is Threatening to Block Access to Facebook

Russia will block access to Facebook next year unless the social network (fb, +0.08%) complies with a law that requires websites that store the ...

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Amazon, Facebook and others in tech will commit $300 million to the White House's new computer ...

As part of the initiative, Amazon, Facebook, Google, Microsoft and Salesforce each have committed $50 million, Lockheed Martin plans to spend $25 ...

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Facebook, NFL Strike Video Deal

The National Football League plans to put game highlights and recaps on Facebook, as the social network works to increase premium video content ...

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Facebook has signed a monster global deal to distribute NFL highlights

Facebook has inked a multiyear deal with the National Football League to deliver game highlights across the globe. As part of the deal, the NFL will ...

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A new deal will let Facebook users watch NFL highlights immediately after the game

Donald Trump may have a problem with football, but Mark Zuckerberg likes the NFL just fine: Facebook has signed a two-year deal to bring highlights ...

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Danish minister republishes controversial Prophet cartoon on Facebook

The Facebook post comes as a reaction to a decision by the Skovgaard Museum in Viborg, Denmark, not to include the drawing in a new exhibition ...

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Russia Threatens to Shut Facebook Over Local Data Storage Laws

Facebook Inc. will by shut down in Russia next year if it fails to comply with requirements to store user data locally, according to the head of Russia's ...

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Facebook will host recaps of every NFL game in a new partnership with the league

Facebook will soon host official NFL content, including recaps of every regular season and playoff game, in a partnership with the league.

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Russian Regulator Threatens To Block Facebook In 2018

The Russian state agency that monitors and regulates the Internet has threatened to block Facebook in 2018 if it fails to comply with a law requiring IT ...

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Facebook scoops NFL video highlights and in-depth recaps

With its recently launched Watch video section still fresh, Facebook is wasting no time in expanding its line-up. This time it's ditching original shows in ...

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What We Know—and Don't Know—About Facebook, Trump, and Russia

Facebook is now enmeshed in several investigations into Russia's interference in the 2016 election. Last week, the company agreed to give Congress ...

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Facebook DOWN - Users report world's most popular social network is not working

UPDATE ONE: Facebook users are reporting the service is still down more than an hour after issues with the social networking first emerged.

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No One is Tracking the Illegal Political Ads in Your Facebook Feed - VICE

The "Trump 2020" Facebook page launched on Nov. 10, 2016, two days after the presidential election. With a few thousand dollars in paid promotion ...

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Facebook And Russia

Investors are fearing increased regulatory risks as congress might make it harder for foreign businesses to use Facebook. However, these risks are ...

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Mark Zuckerberg built Facebook into a behemoth whose power he underestimates

When it comes to business, Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg is undeniably a visionary. He made a big bet that paid off on photo-sharing app ...

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Russian-Linked Election Ads Highlight Scope Of Facebook's Power

Facebook is facing pressure after news that Russia was behind a vast number of ads that tried to take votes away from Hillary Clinton in last year's ...

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Tuesday, September 26, 2017

Facebook's underclass: as staffers enjoy lavish perks, contractors barely get by

Unique Parsha, a Facebook employee, poses for a portrait next to the Mercedes Benz where she lives, with her dog Pink Princess, in San Jose, ...

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How Facebook, Google Handle Political Ads Will Inevitably Change, Marketers Say

Facebook and Alphabet's Google have little choice but to rein in internet political ads in the face of growing U.S. government pressure, a panel of ...

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Russia-linked Facebook ads sought to exploit US social divisions

There's been a lot of fuss over a Russian group buying Facebook ads in the run-up to the 2016 presidential election, to the point where it's handing the ...

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Russian-linked Facebook ads reportedly aimed 'to sow chaos' between racial and religious groups

Russian operatives worked to capitalize on racial and religious tensions leading up to the US election by purchasing Facebook ads aimed at ...

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Russia-purchased ads on Facebook during the 2016 election were aimed at stoking social tensions

Some of the suspicious Facebook ads purchased by Russian agents ahead of the 2016 presidential election were aimed at influencing its outcome by ...

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Facebook, Google bound to change handling of politics ads - marketing executives

By David Ingram NEW YORK (Reuters) – Facebook Inc and Alphabet Inc's Google have little choice but to rein in internet political ads in the face of ...

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Russians targeted Black Lives Matter and other hot-button issues in Facebook ads

The Facebook ads that Russian operatives purchased to try to influence U.S. voters during the 2016 election will be shared with congressional ...

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WPP chief Sir Martin Sorrell: Google and Facebook should worry about government regulation

WPP CEO Martin Sorrell believes that Facebook and Google have a reason to be worried. In a conversation with best-selling author and long-time ...

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Facebook shares drop on worries about Russian ads

In a Monday note, Pivotal Research media analyst Brian Weiser said that being able to trust that Facebook has mastered its data is crucial for ...

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Facebook's stock just had its worst day since November

Upon his return from paternity leave, CEO Mark Zuckerberg took swift action on two major conflicts facing Facebook: a lawsuit over his shares, and a ...

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Why Facebook's Rosh Hashanah Message Was So Creepy

When it comes to creepers on Facebook, it's often not your ex or a mysterious coworker, it's actually Facebook's algorithm, which last week gave the ...

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Steve Bannon wanted to infiltrate Facebook before the election

According to leaked emails obtained by BuzzFeed News, Steven Bannon has long been interested in using Facebook's power to further the ...

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Facebook adds new features to Messenger as competition heats up for business messaging

Facebook unveiled three updates to Messenger on Thursday that help to offer more compelling AI-powered experiences within the chat app, ...

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Facebook friends annoying you? Here's how to 'take a break' from their posts

The floodgates opened and vitriol poured out in your News Feed. Perhaps you already hit the unfriend button on some of your Facebook contacts.

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This New Facebook Feature Could Help You Find Out Who's Running A Page

Facebook just launched a way for page managers to identify themselves to the public. The new feature is now available on all pages, but it is optional ...

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Steve Bannon reportedly tried to place a mole inside Facebook before joining Trump's campaign

Former White House chief strategist and current Breitbart News chief Steve Bannon reportedly tried to infiltrate Facebook last year with the help of ...

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What the Russian Ad Buy on Facebook May Have Bought

Some context: Facebook ads can do several different things. They can promote a piece of existing content somewhere on the internet. They can be ...

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Welcome to Corporate Adulthood, Facebook. It's Awful.

Facebook could also rightfully claim it had its worst week ever (so far). It was dealing with the ramifications of Russian propagandists using Facebook ...

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How Facebook fought to keep political ads in the shadows

Facing mounting criticism, Mark Zuckerberg announced last week that Facebook will overhaul its approach to political ads, bringing more ...

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Breaking News From the New Cold War: Facebook Ads Work

Facebook is under scrutiny for (among other things) allegedly selling political ads to the Russians, allowing people to set up fake accounts, and not ...

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Gadfly's Ovide Explains Why Facebook Execs Aren't 'Villains'

Facebook Inc (NASDAQ: FB) announced last week that it will no longer proceed with a plan to create a new classification of company stock. While this ...

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How to Regulate Facebook Like a Broadcaster

Russian agents paid to promote thousands of Facebook accounts in a bid to poison the U.S. political system with propaganda and fake news.

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Facebook Watch 'Working Spectacularly' for Discovery-backed Group Nine—Ad Week

Facebook's new video platform, Watch, is “working spectacularly for us,” said Ben Lerer, CEO of Group Nine Media, the Discovery-backed owner of ...

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Facebook Was Built for This

95981589 Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg delivers the commencement address at Harvard University on May 25 in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

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Facebook is falling amid share structure and Russian election influence controversies

The latest came on Friday as Facebook dropped its plans to issue a new class of non-voting shares. A special committee of the company's board ...

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Steve Bannon Tried to Set Up Breitbart Employees as Moles at Facebook, According To Leaked ...

Lots of people want to know how to get a job at Facebook, including Steve Bannon, the former White House chief strategist to President Donald Trump.

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Steve Bannon reportedly wanted a mole to apply for a Facebook job

Breitbart chairman and former Trump adviser Steve Bannon once hoped to infiltrate Facebook's hiring process to obtain information on the company, ...

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Trump's campaign manager reportedly tried planting a mole at Facebook

Former chief White House strategist Steve Bannon had designs to infiltrate Facebook's hiring practices leading up to last year's election, according to ...

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​Facebook poaches SAS LatAm head

Facebook has poached a top executive at analytics firm SAS to become its Brazil head. Conrado Leister will be taking over as Brazil general manager ...

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Steve Bannon Sought To Infiltrate Facebook Hiring

Steve Bannon plotted to plant a mole inside Facebook, according to emails sent days before the Breitbart boss took over Donald Trump's campaign ...

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Facebook: Zuckerberg Headwind?

With CEO Mark Zuckerberg planning to sell millions of shares, one needs to consider whether Facebook (FB) faces a headwind from constant selling.

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Facebook broadens location-based ad tools and Canvas ad offerings

Facebook built on its existing location-based ad tools and Canvas ad offerings, by introducing two ad tools that should help marketers reach their ...

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Facebook Inc. (FB) Is Falling After Zuckerberg Scraps Stock Plan

A group of investors had sued over the proposal, which would have allowed Zuckerberg to retain voting control of Facebook but own a smaller share ...

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Facebook knew about Russian meddling well before the US election

Despite once saying that it was "crazy" to believe Russians influenced the 2016 election, Facebook knew about a possible operation as early as June, ...

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Zuckerberg Brushed Off Obama's Private Warnings About Facebook

In the days immediately after the 2016 election, Facebook C.E.O. Mark Zuckerberg seemed offended by suggestions that the social network he created ...

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Spartan Race Latest To Partner With Facebook Watch

The endurance-focused obstacle racing series, Spartan Race, is set to kick off a new partnership with Facebook that will feature live video streaming ...

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Monday, September 25, 2017

Facebook tests WhatsApp shortcut in its app

Facebook tests WhatsApp shortcut in its app San Francisco: Facebook appears to be testing a new feature which will allow the users to launch ...

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Sid Miller wasn't equating Auschwitz and Confederate monuments in Facebook post, consultant says

A spokesman for Sid Miller says his Facebook post showing a Nazi concentration camp and the line "never tear down memorials" had nothing to do ...

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Facebook introduces ad performance measurement solutions for advertisers

The product is currently available to eligible advertisers via their Facebook representative in the US and the UK and will be available in Australia by ...

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Will Mark Zuckerberg 'Like' This Column?

All these years, the 33-year-old founder of Facebook has been dismissive of the idea that social media and A.I. could be used for global domination ...

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No Chetan Bhagat Books, Facebook Post Writing Course In DU Syllabus

National dailies did considerable reporting on the issue, Twitter was 'shocked' with the news and Facebook and WhatsApp were no behind with ...

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Facebook boss Zuckerberg to sell shares for charity efforts

He said because Facebook is now so valuable, he can sell a smaller allotment of his stake in the company to contribute capital to his charity initiatives ...

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Dark Posts And Facebook's Deals With The Devil

Social media, especially Facebook, has taken down the guard rails that used to offer us at least some protection. Advertising used to be mostly ...

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Philanthropy at work! Mark Zuckerberg wants to sell 35-75 million Facebook shares

SAN FRANCISCO: Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has said he wants to sell 35-75 million Facebook shares in the next 18 months to fund the ...

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Microsoft, Facebook complete 160Tbps undersea cable

Microsoft has teamed with Facebook and Spanish telco giant Telxis on a new undersea communications cable that is 17,000 feet below the surface of ...

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Loved ones turn to Facebook for Puerto Rico updates

The Machados have been utilizing the PR Informa Facebook page to track conditions and communications on the island. (Photo source: Facebook).

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Brandon Knapp succeeds in Facebook memes business

GREENSBORO — Brandon Knapp, 22, is proving what researchers are telling us: Millennials save money, connect online and invest in forming their ...

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Facebook's pros still outweigh its cons — Virginia Postrel

SEPTEMBER 24 — My reasons for wanting to quit Facebook were pretty standard: It's a time sink. It exacerbates my depression and, perversely, my ...

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Saturday update fixes crippled Facebook Messenger app

On Saturday afternoon, Facebook released version 135.1 of the app, which appears to have fixed the issue. The release notes make no mention of the ...

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Mark Zuckerberg Says He Wants To Sell 35-75 Million Facebook Shares

San Francisco: Facebook chief executive officer Mark Zuckerberg has said he wants to sell 35-75 million Facebook shares in the next 18 months to ...

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Delhi University professor charged for Facebook post allegedly insulting goddess Durga

A Delhi University assistant professor has been booked for a Facebook post in which he allegedly insulted the goddess Durga, The Hindu reported.

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Why are Google and Facebook trying to block sex trafficking laws?

Yvonne Ambrose's voice quivered as she recounted to a roomful of congressmen the last day of her 16-year-old daughter's life. Desiree Robinson was ...

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Sunday, September 24, 2017

Weird Facebook 'Following Me' Hoax Has Unintended Consequences

There's a message making the rounds on Facebook suggesting that users search "following me" in their blocking settings to see who might be ...

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Delhi University professor booked for penning controversial Facebook post on goddess Durga

New Delhi: A Delhi University assistant professor who allegedly insulted Hindu goddess Durga in a Facebook post has reportedly been booked.

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The tide is starting to turn against the world's digital giants

In May this year, the European commission fined Facebook €110m for “providing misleading information” about its takeover of WhatsApp. And in June ...

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Police: Facebook taunting led to shots fired by Asheville youth

ASHEVILLE — Police believe taunting on Facebook between two juveniles in which one of them called the other "gay" led that youth to shoot a gun ...

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Woman charged after 'secretly taking picture of friend getting dressed and posting it on Facebook'

A woman has been charged after being accused of secretly taking an X-rated picture of a friend getting dressed and posting it on Facebook.

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Facebook nixes plan to create new class of stock

Within the next 18 months, Zuckerberg said, he would sell between 35 million and 75 million Facebook shares -- between $6 billion and $13 billion ...

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Complaint Against Delhi University Teacher For Insulting Goddess Durga In Facebook Post

New Delhi: A Delhi University (DU) assistant professor has been accused of insulting Hindu goddess Durga using obscene words in a Facebook post, ...

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Facebook can't handle the pravda

It was just a week ago — or roughly a decade ago in WebTime 2.0 — that Facebook refused to let Congress have copies of the election-year ads that ...

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Facebook should share those Russian ads with the public

EARLY THIS month, Facebook announced the first hard evidence of Russian efforts to spread disinformation over social media during the election: ...

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Facebook nixes plan to create new class of stock

Facebook is dropping a plan to create a class of non-voting stock. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said the plan was intended to allow him to fund his ...

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Facebook Following Me List: Is It a Hoax or Not?

Once again, a rumor is making the rounds in social media, convincing Facebook users that there's a secret list of people who are following them and ...

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Microsoft and Facebook complete 4000-mile 'Marea' undersea cable

With its massive bandwidth, the Marea cable ensures a reliable connection between the U.S. and Europe. The first undersea transatlantic cable was ...

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From Facebook to Volkswagen and Samsung: why national stereotypes matter during corporate crises

From Facebook to Volkswagen and Samsung: why national stereotypes matter during corporate crises Timo Mandler , TBS Business School and ...