Orlando mother warns of Facebook shopping scam

ORLANDO, Fla. - An Orlando woman who thought she scored a bargain on a Christmas present for her toddler is warning other families to beware when ordering products from people selling on Facebook. The woman, who asked not to be named, told Channel 9 that she tracked down a seller on ...

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Bigger budgets, fewer shows: Facebook's deals for Watch are changing

Facebook is spending more on individual shows for its Watch video-viewing section as the company scales back the total number of deals it signs with ...

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Facebook's new security measure asks users to upload a photo of their face

We all want Facebook to keep our personal information safe, but when do security measures go over the line? The next time Facebook detects suspicious activity on your account, you may be required to upload a photo of your face in order to unlock your account. That's what some Facebook users have ...

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Facebook to eliminate fees on donations to charitable causes

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said the company will stop levying fees on donations to charitable organizations made via its service, though fees on some personal fundraisers will remain. "Now 100 percent of the money people donate on Facebook is going to go to the causes they care about," ...

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Facebook Uses Artificial Intelligence to Fight Suicide

Facebook says it has successfully tested a computer program that can help keep users from taking their own lives. The social media network now says it will expand the use of the pattern recognition software to other countries. Facebook began testing the software in the United States in March.

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Mark Zuckerberg: Facebook's AI could spot suicidal tendencies in users quicker than friends

Facebook announced on Tuesday that it is using artificial-intelligence technology to pinpoint users at risk of suicide. At an event on Wednesday, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said he believes the AI tool can spot some users with suicidal tendencies even before their friends report it. The tool is one of ...

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Facebook temporarily stops advertisers from filtering by race

A year ago, ProPublica discovered they -- and conceivably anyone else -- could make ads on Facebook that weren't shown to certain ethnic or racial groups. The social network claimed it would fix the issue and prevent legally-prohibited advertising discrimination on its platform. Weeks ago, ProPublica ...

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Facebook Suspends Ad Targeting That Allows for Discrimination

Facebook said on Wednesday it was temporarily disabling the ability of advertisers on its social network to exclude racial groups from the intended audience of ads while it studies how the feature could be used to discriminate. Facebook's chief operating officer, Sheryl Sandberg, told African-American ...

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Facebook is dropping its fundraising fees for nonprofits, but not for personal causes

Mark Zuckerberg announced that Facebook will drop fees to nonprofit fundraisers, but the company will keep them for individuals trying to raise money on the platform. At the company's second Social Good Forum New York Wednesday (Nov. 29), Zuckerberg said nonprofits had requested Facebook ...

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Zuckerberg announces new tools to expand Facebook's community

Why it matters: Zuckerberg announced over the summer that Facebook's new mission was to "give people the power to build community to help bring the world closer together." The new tools and updates announced Wednesday are meant to expand users' communities, by connecting them with mentors ...

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Here Are All the New Tools and Initiatives Announced at Facebook's Social Good Forum

Nonprofit fees have been eliminated, meaning that 100 percent of donations made to nonprofits via Facebook payments will go directly to those organizations. The company also announced the Facebook Donations Fund, a $50 million annual fund for 2018 aimed at helping communities recover from ...

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3 Mental Health Experts Dissect Facebook's Tech-Heavy Plan To Prevent Suicides

Earlier this week, Facebook announced plans to expand its artificial intelligence-based suicide prevention campaign. The company shared how the program has been working so far, essentially using "proactive detection" technology to scan posts for signs that the user might be suicidal and flagging ...

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Facebook Wants To Use Its Data To Identify People In Need After Disasters

Facebook's new Community Help API will aggregate user data–from location to posts calling for a specific type of aid–and funnel it to disaster-relief ...

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Facebook suspends ability to target ads by excluding racial groups

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Facebook Inc (FB.O) said on Wednesday it was temporarily disabling the ability of advertisers on its social network to ...

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Facebook to eliminate transaction fees on donations on its platform

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Facebook Inc has eliminated transaction fees on donations made to non-profit organizations on its platform, Chief Executive ...

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Facebook is locking out some users who won't upload a selfie

Facebook is testing a feature that forces mobile app users to upload a selfie in order to gain access to their account. Screenshots uploaded to the web ...

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Caught Again, Facebook Is (Still) Very Sorry for Letting Advertisers Exclude Black and Latino Users

Facebook announced Wednesday that it would temporarily stop letting advertisers exclude users from seeing their ads based on race and ethnic ...

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Facebook disabling "multicultural affinity" group advertising tool

Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg said in a letter today to Congressional Black Caucus chairman Cedric Richmond that it is disabling a tool that allows ...

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Facebook's new community tools help you become a mentor

Facebook is once again hosting a Social Good Forum, and that means a new suite of tools and updates to help communities. To start, there's a ...

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Facebook Will Disable Option to Exclude Races From Ad Targeting

Facebook Inc. said it's disabling an option that let advertisers exclude certain races from their targeting, taking a further step to address concerns about ...

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Facebook will now share Community Help data with rescue and relief organizations

Facebook officially launched its Community Help tool last year, integrating it with Safety Check and allowing people affected by crisis to ask for help, ...

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Slump in Facebook, Apple raises prospects of tech rally brake

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Shares of Facebook (FB.O), Apple (AAPL.O) and other technology heavyweights dropped on Wednesday, creating ...

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What Facebook's Latest Revenge Porn Effort Gets Wrong

Earlier this month Facebook raised eyebrows with a pilot effort in Australia designed to fight “revenge porn” by asking users to proactively upload nude ...

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Facebook to give disaster relief groups access to its data and real time maps to reveal what people ...

Facebook is giving disaster-relief organizations such as the Red Cross access to data on what users need and where they are as part of an expansion ...

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Facebook takes its deepest dive yet into community service

Despite Facebook's mission, nation-state actors have taken advantage of the website to destroy some of the common ground Zuckerberg talks about.

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Facebook could block your account unless you send them a 'clear' selfie for their files

FACEBOOK users could risk being locked out of their accounts, unless they're willing to send over a selfie. The social media giant has been telling ...

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Facebook launches new tool to help connect users with mentors

Mentors often play a crucial role in helping people achieve their goals. Now, Facebook wants to help foster those relationships all in one place.

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Snapchat's Evan Spiegel not-so-subtly bashes Facebook for spreading fake news

In order to promote the “new Snapchat,” a massive redesign of the struggling app, the company's CEO also penned an op-ed for Axios that tore into ...

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Facebook claims it now wipes 99% of terrorist content with the help of AI BEFORE it is reported

The blog post comes a week before Facebook and other social media companies like Google and Twitter meet with European Union governments ...

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Facebook tests using selfies as login verifications

Facebook is asking some of its users to upload a photo of themselves to verify their identities. This feature isn't exactly new to Facebook: users on Reddit and in Facebook's help section have reported that they experienced it as early as April. The screen prompts users with a message: “Please upload a ...

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Facebook will no longer let users exclude racial groups in ad targeting

“Until we can better ensure that our tools will not be used inappropriately,” Facebook wrote, “we are disabling the option that permits advertisers to exclude multicultural affinity segments from the audience for their ads.” Facebook's advertising systems came under scrutiny after ProPublica found last year ...

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Facebook may ask you to prove you're not a bot with a selfie

Captcha-designed tests that prove you're not a robot range from typing in a random series of characters to picking all the photos that contain a certain object — but Facebook is testing a new way to determine if a user is really human: a selfie. On Tuesday, November 29, Facebook confirmed that it is ...

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Facebook drops fee on donations, will match $50M/year, adds Mentor feature

Facebook has always been about friends, but now it's seeking a broader purpose. So today, Facebook is lending a hand with what it does best: social connections, APIs, and money. At its first Facebook Social Good Forum conference in New York City, the social network just unveiled a slew of new ...

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Snapchat is becoming the anti-Facebook

Snap announced today (Nov. 29), that it was rolling out a redesign for Snapchat that's intended to separate users' feeds between their friends from the brands that publish content on the app. Founder and CEO Evan Spiegel published an op-ed in Axios this morning about the direction that social media ...

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Facebook is testing a 'breaking news' tag for developing stories

Facebook will set a cookie to keep you logged in, but it won't set one to remember whether you want to stick with a chronological News Feed. That sort ...

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Facebook drops fee on donations, will match $50M/year, adds Mentor feature

Facebook's lending a hand with what it does best: APIs and money. Today at its first Facebook Social Good Forum conference in New York City, the ...

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Snapchat boss: Rise of Facebook's news feed 'came at huge cost to our minds'

Snapchat's inventor has attacked Facebook for spreading fake news and accused the social media company's news feed of damaging people's minds.

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Facebook and Twitter back 'ENOUGH,' a new bipartisan revenge porn bill

A number of internet companies have already expressed their support for the bill, including social media platforms Facebook and Twitter. Indeed ...

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Snapchat founder Evan Spiegel took a massive shot at Facebook's fake news problem

Writing in an op-ed for Axios, Spiegel made several barely veiled criticisms of his firm's biggest rival, Facebook, by describing social media as ...

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Facebook Could Soon Ask You to Upload a Photo to Confirm Your Identity, Test Shows

To strengthen security for its over two billion users, Facebook may soon ask them to upload a photo that clearly shows their face to prove that they are not a bot. Facebook is testing a new type of captcha test that will use faces to verify whether real users are accessing the social network, and not bots.

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Popular tech stocks like Nvidia, Facebook are getting smoked as investors rotate into bank names

Shares of Facebook, Netflix, Nvidia and Micron are all down more than 4 percent. Micron was down more than 7 percent. The Technology SPDR fund dropped 2.2 percent, its biggest one-day decline since June. As popular tech stocks fell, the Financial Select Sector SPDR Fund rose 2.1 percent.

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Refinery29 has hired a Facebook exec to help it compete against Facebook

Digital media companies are in a tough fight for ad dollars with Google and Facebook. Will hiring a Facebook exec help? Refinery29 is going to find out. The online publisher that targets millennial women has hired Sarah Personette, a top Facebook marketing executive, to be its chief operating officer.

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Facebook Says It's Removing 99 Percent of Terror Content Before It's Even Reported

Facebook announced that 99 percent of the ISIS and al-Qaida terror-related content it removes from the social network is detected before even being flagged and, in some cases, before it even goes live. Head of global policy management Monika Bickert and head of counterterrorism policy Brian ...

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Facebook continues to dominate global app market

Facebook's control of the global app ecosystem continued in Q3 2017, during which the company's primary apps — Facebook, WhatsApp, Messenger, and Instagram — all ranked in the top 5 in terms of downloads, according to Sensor Tower. Facebook's primary apps have held 4 of 5 top app positions ...

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Want to score a job at Microsoft, Facebook, IBM or Amazon? Here are top tips from their HR execs

As tech companies continue to raise the bar to secure top talent, American workers are responding by applying for open positions in droves. With companies like Microsoft, Facebook, IBM and Amazon receiving thousands of applications a year, your hiring chances may appear slim. That's why high level ...

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How Facebook's Annual “Hacktober” Campaign Promotes Cybersecurity to Employees

Facebook runs security engagement programs year-round, but the most important tool in our arsenal is Hacktober, an annual, monthlong tradition each October designed to build and maintain a security-conscious culture. It's our version of National Cyber Security Awareness Month, a campaign to get ...

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Snapchat founder Evan Spiegel took a massive shot at Facebook's fake news problem

Snapchat founder and CEO Evan Spiegel said the rise of social media came at "a huge cost to facts" and that it had "fuelled fake news." Writing in an op-ed for Axios, Spiegel made several barely veiled criticisms of his firm's biggest rival, Facebook, by describing social media as "mindless scrambles for ...

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Snapchat redesigns app in new effort to challenge Facebook

Snapchat chief Evan Spiegel is launching a challenge to Facebook's successful newsfeed feature as part of an overhaul of the photo-sharing app that the company hopes will help it to claw back market share from its social media rival. In what is billed as its biggest redesign for years, Snapchat will ...

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Facebook is asking users to upload a selfie to prove who they are

Facebook has begun requesting users upload a selfie to verify they are a real person and not a bot. The automated photo verification process, which checks if the photo uploaded is unique, is being tested by Facebook on a small pool of users. “Please upload a photo of yourself that clearly shows your ...

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Facebook could soon lock you out of your account unless you're willing to upload a 'clear' selfie to ...

Facebook may ask you to upload a 'clear' selfie of yourself to prove you're not a robot, a new report suggests. According to a screenshot shared on social media the prompt asks user to 'upload a photo of yourself that clearly shows your face' under new security rules. Some sources suggest users are ...

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Facebook's creepy Captcha test is forcing users to upload selfies

THE SOCIAL NETWORK Facebook has begun forcing users to upload a picture of their face in order to gain access to their account. The request appears to be a new, creepy kind of Captcha authentication, and according to a screenshot shared on Twitter on Tuesday (below), the request reads: "Please ...

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Roshan signs partnership agreement with Facebook

(Pajhwok): A leading telecom firm on Wednesday announced signing a partnership agreement on having Facebook servers placed in its data centres in the country. The partnership is designed to provide faster and higher-quality access to Facebook's social network content for Roshan's customers ...

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Facebook using AI to expunge terror posts even before they are flagged

Using Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) techniques, Facebook is successfully removing all Islamic State (IS) and Al Qaeda-related terror content from its platform before anyone flags it, the social media giant said on Wednesday. "Today, 99 per cent of the IS and Al Qaeda-related terror ...

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Facebook is threatening to lock users out of their own accounts unless they upload a 'clear' photo ...

Facebook is concerned about the proliferation of bots, after they were linked to the spread of fake news and propaganda ahead of the US election and the EU referendum. The new system requires users to upload a photo of themselves that clearly shows their face, to prove they are who they say they are ...

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Barclays: Facebook to soar nearly 20% as social network raises ad prices to combat slowing growth

Barclays says Facebook can counter slowing ad impression growth with gradual increases in price like Google did before it. Analyst Ross Sandler reiterates his buy rating and $215 price target, reflecting 18 percent upside over the next 12 months. Shares of Facebook are up nearly 60 percent since ...

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Evan Spiegel defends algorithms, criticizes Facebook in a new op-ed ahead of Snapchat's redesign

Algorithms and social media are bad, unless they're good, according to Snap CEO Evan Spiegel. Yes, quite confusing, but that's exactly what the cofounder of the app Snapchat argues in his first-ever op-ed posted on Axios Wednesday. The piece dropped just hours before Snapchat is expected to ...

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36000 people are now 'attending' Prince Harry's stag do on Facebook — and the organisers are ...

Nine university Facebook groups — including IC Dogspotting, which posts pictures of dogs seen at Imperial College, and university-related meme account Memes College London — teamed up to start the Facebook event titled "Prince Harry's Stag Do," set to be held on May 10 to 12 2018 at ...

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Snap CEO hits back at Facebook and its fake news problem

Facebook has been steadily stealing Snapchat's features and ideas for years and profiting from them. Whether it's popular face filters, camera features, stories, or even messaging streaks, Facebook has lifted features from Snapchat and repurposed them without a care in the world. That complete lack of ...

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Facebook asking users to upload a face photo to verify identity when it spots suspicious activity

The company told Wired that face recognition is automated, and that the photo is deleted from its servers as soon as verification is complete. It appears that the user is locked out of their account until they upload the verification photo. To guard against someone using an existing photo of a Facebook user ...

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Facebook launches new tool to scan posts for suicidal thoughts then automatically tell your pals or ...

“This is about shaving off minutes at every single step of the process, especially in Facebook Live,” says VP of product management Guy Rosen. Facebook already allows users to report worrying posts at which point a moderator can choose to send the person help such as numbers for helplines or the ...

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TBH: Facebook's Latest App Falls Fast in Rankings

The last time the hot teen polling app TBH was No. 1 on the charts was the day after Facebook bought the company. That was on Oct. 17. Facebook had just announced the surprise purchase of the hit app, which had seemingly come from nowhere to capitalize on the polling phenomenon. On Tuesday ...

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Sick of the same old stocking fillers? The VERY bizarre lots for sale on Facebook Marketplace ...

The Christmas rush has kicked off in earnest, as shoppers pound the streets in search of the perfect gift for loved ones. It's why some prefer to snap up their presents online, away from the crowds and in the comfort of their own home. But while internet shopping certainly requires less effort, the quality of ...

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How to know if someone blocked you on Facebook

You will not be able to view their profile, send a friend request, send a message, comment or see what they have commented anywhere on Facebook ...

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New tech helps Facebook remove 99% of IS posts before users flag it up

In a review of its counter-extremism efforts, Facebook executives acknowledge there is more to do, but the company said it was actively investing in the ...

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How to know if someone's blocked you on Facebook

Websites like Facebook and Twitter allow you to block (or "mute") other users and stop them from seeing what you post. You can also stop their tweets ...

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The six simple questions Facebook refused to answer about its creepy suicide-detection AI

Analysis Facebook is using mysterious software that scours material on its social network to identify and offer help to people who sound potentially ...

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Facebook Uses Artificial Intelligence To Spot Suicide, Refer Help

The technology will flag posts and live videos in which someone may be expressing thoughts of suicide, and specially trained Facebook employees ...

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Facebook faces the tragedy of the commons

It is hard to keep up with the stream of scandals, big and small, involving social networks such as Facebook and Twitter. From unwittingly aiding Russian efforts to subvert elections to finding themselves exploited by extremists and pornographers, they are constantly in trouble. The latest is YouTube ...

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Facebook wants you to upload a photo to beat its new Captcha

Wired reports that Facebook has begun asking some users to verify their identity and prove they're not bots by uploading a picture of themselves. The picture needs to clearly show your face in order to pass the social network's security check. Facebook says it'll delete the image from its servers ...

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Facebook's 'report' feature allegedly abused to censor anti-corruption protests in Romania

One of the tools Facebook employs to keep law and order in its vast social network is the “Report” feature. Facebook users can report other users or pages that break Facebook's many rules, and the offending content may be removed following these reports. But the feature, which should be used to ...

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Facebook's New Captcha Test: 'Upload A Clear Photo of Your Face'

Facebook may soon ask you to "upload a photo of yourself that clearly shows your face," to prove you're not a bot. The company is using a new kind of captcha to verify whether a user is a real person. According to a screenshot of the identity test shared on Twitter on Tuesday and verified by Facebook, ...

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Facebook to demand "clear photo of your face"

Facebook is planning to request a "clear photo of your face" on pain of lockout, reports Wired's Nitasha Tiku. It wants you to prove you are a real ...

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Facebook Says 99% of IS, Al Qaeda Content Spotted by AI

Today, 99 percent of Islamic State and Al Qaeda-related content Facebook removes is detected by the company's AI before any user flags it, Monika ...

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Facebook reports progress in removing extremist content

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Facebook (FB.O) said on Wednesday that it was removing 99 percent of content related to militant groups Islamic State and al ...

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Facebook is giving some publishers a 'breaking' label for news posts

Facebook will now let some publishers add a “breaking” tag to news stories, making it easier for readers to identify news while scrolling through their ...

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Facebook says it deletes most terror content before it's flagged

Facebook says nearly all ISIS and Al Qaeda-related terror content is removed through machine learning before anyone flags it, and most copies of that ...

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Facebook says artificial intelligence has sped up removal of terrorist content

SAN FRANCISCO — Facebook says it's able to remove 99% of Islamic State and Al Qaeda terrorist content before it's flagged by users thanks to ...

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Facebook Claims Big Progress in Removing Pro-Terrorist Content

Facebook said on Wednesday that it was removing 99% of content related to militant groups Islamic State and al Qaeda before being told of it, as it ...

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Facebook's AI wipes Islamic State and Al Qaeda posts

Facebook has said that efforts to use artificial intelligence and other automated techniques to delete terrorism-related posts are "bearing fruit" but more ...

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Blackpills Lands on Facebook's Watch Platform to Promo Original Series 'Junior,' 'Playground'

Facebook is not funding the Blackpills shows, which are among several hundred longer-form series that it's brought to the Watch platform. Facebook's ...

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Facebook is using AI and pattern recognition to try to prevent suicide

Facebook said that it will use pattern recognition to scan all posts and comments for certain phrases to identify whether someone needs help.

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Facebook using artificial intelligence as means of suicide prevention

NEW YORK -- Facebook is turning to artificial intelligence to detect if someone might be contemplating suicide. The social media giant already has ...

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Facebook Is Testing a Way for Brands to Send Mass Messages via Messenger

Facebook vice president of messaging products David Marcus said in announcing the expansion of sponsored messages to more advertisers earlier this month, “People using Messenger shouldn't worry about getting spammed, because the starting principles still remain: Businesses can't send a ...

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Facebook to expand artificial intelligence to help prevent suicide

The tech giant revealed it is now using artificial intelligence to identify posts, videos, and Facebook Live streams containing suicidal sentiments. “It will also use the technology to prioritise the order its team reviews posts,” said CNN. The software, which originally rolled out in the US in March, “works by ...

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More Facebook and Instagram Users Discussed Holiday Shopping Than Super Bowl LI

Facebook said in an email to Social Pro Daily that more people took part in conversations about the three huge shopping days than about Super Bowl LI in February. On Facebook, 90 million people generated 226 million interactions about Black Friday, Small Business Saturday and Cyber Monday, ...

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Facebook teams up with Ryerson to take its battle against 'fake news' to the startup world

Facebook's highly-publicized efforts to combat online misinformation and improve media literacy are coming to a Toronto university next year. The Facebook Journalism Project is collaborating with the Ryerson School of Journalism and the DMZ (Ryerson's business incubator) to create the "digital news ...

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Facebook and Twitter to Share Information with United Kingdom Over Brexit

Facebook and Twitter will help the United Kingdom determine whether Russia played a role in spreading misinformation leading up the Brexit vote. The United Kingdom parliament revealed two letters on Tuesday written by Facebook (fb, -0.43%) and Twitter (twtr, +0.00%) representatives indicating that ...

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Facebook trains AI to help prevent suicides

San Francisco - Facebook says it is stepping up the use of artificial intelligence (AI) to identify users of the leading social network who may be thinking of suicide. Software will look for clues in posts or even in videos being streamed on Facebook Live, then fire off reports to human reviewers and speed up ...

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The Master's Guide to Facebook Advertising for Events

Billions of people use Facebook on a daily basis. This makes it the perfect place to create and launch a targeted ad campaign for an upcoming event. People are already on the social media platform to be social and participate in these types of events. On Facebook, you'll find music festivals, rallies and ...

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School's 'successful shoes' Facebook post sparks anger

A school which suggested its students' academic success was linked to their footwear has apologised. Crispin School, in Street, Somerset, claimed on its Facebook page that "achieving" pupils were "sharply dressed" and in "the correct footwear". The post attracted hundreds of angry comments from ...

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Facebook to Use Artificial Intelligence to Help Prevent Suicides

(NEW YORK) — Facebook is turning to artificial intelligence to detect if someone might be contemplating suicide. Facebook already has mechanisms for flagging posts from people thinking about harming themselves.The new feature is intended to detect such posts before anyone reports them.

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Facebook and Alphabet hit record highs as investors shrug off inappropriate content and ads

Investors don't appear to be concerned by the inability of Google and Facebook to keep illegal or unsavory content and ads off their services. Stock prices of both internet giants hit fresh intraday highs Tuesday, extending their 2017 bull runs. Google parent Alphabet shares touched $1,080 before falling ...

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The Facebook community has already raised over $2 million for Giving Tuesday

Following up on a day of Thanksgiving and a weekend of deals, November 28 is Giving Tuesday — and Facebook is encouraging donations with a partnership with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. The foundation decided to match the first $2 million in donations — a number the Facebook ...

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'Break up Google and Facebook if you ever want innovation again'

Antitrust was necessary "not because they're too big, but because there's no market solution" to Google and Facebook. The barriers to entry are now so high nobody is going bust open the ad duopoly. This is the point made by Oracle in its European complaint. Effective behavioural advertising requires ...

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Facebook launches accelerator

Facebook has launched accelerator programmes — India Innovation Hub and School of Innovation — to help tech startups, developers and students in India develop products using emerging technologies. The two programmes have been designed for existing startups as well as next generation of ...

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Facebook is using artificial intelligence to help prevent suicides

"We are starting to roll out artificial intelligence outside the US to help identify when someone might be expressing thoughts of suicide, including on Facebook Live," Guy Rosen, VP of Product Management, wrote in a blog post. Rosen added that the feature will eventually "be available worldwide, except ...

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Facebook And Twitter Agree To Provide Details Of Russian Brexit Meddling

Facebook and Twitter have agreed to hand over to the British government details of Russian interference in the Brexit vote. Speaking on BBC Radio 4's Today programme, Damian Collins, the chair of parliament's culture, media and sport committee, said the companies are expected to make their reports ...

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Facebook to expand artificial-intelligence use to help prevent suicide

Guy Rosen, Facebook's vice president for product management, said the company was beginning to roll out the software outside the United States because the tests have been successful. During the past month, he said, first responders checked on people more than 100 times after Facebook software ...

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Facebook and Twitter to provide Brexit disinformation reports soon

A UK parliamentary committee that's investing fake news has been told by Facebook and Twitter they will provide information relating to Russian ...

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Facebook prototypes Messenger Broadcast for businesses

Facebook may soon be ready to squeeze more money out of its 1.3 billion user chat app. The company has internally developed “Messenger ...

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Facebook's AI suicide prevention tool can save lives, but the company won't say how it works

Now Facebook itself has rolled out new artificial intelligence that can proactively identify heightened suicide risk and alert a team of human reviewers ...

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EU data laws block Facebook's suicide prevention tool

European data laws have prevented Facebook from introducing a tool designed to spot users at risk of suicide. The social media firm has announced ...

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Facebook rolling out AI-based tools to help prevent suicides

In yet another attempt to prevent suicides, Facebook is starting to roll out Artificial Intelligence (AI)-based tools to help identify when someone might be ...

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Facebook flaw could have seen one major photo purge

FACEBOOK RUSHED to plug a security flaw in its social network that allowed any user to access and then delete a photo another had uploaded. The vulnerability was unearthed by security researcher Pouya Darabi, who noted the security bug was part of a polling feature that Facebook launched to ...

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Facebook and Twitter to co-operate in Brexit probe

Facebook and Twitter have agreed to share information with the UK government about possible Russian interference in the 2016 Brexit referendum. Facebook said it hoped to be able to respond to questions from the Electoral Commission by mid-December. The Commission is investigating activity in ...

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Facebook's suicide alert tool isn't coming to the EU. Here's why

Facebook is scanning posts for suicidal ideation everywhere in the world — except Europe. But despite Facebook's claims we're too sensitive about privacy issues to accept site-wide scanning, there's plenty in our data laws that would allow automated alerts to protect social media users here, too.

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Facebook is using AI to scan your posts for suicidal thoughts

If you're going through a difficult time, Facebook wants to help. Its artificial intelligence software can now use pattern recognition to scan Facebook posts and live videos for suicidal thoughts. Once the technology has identified a problem post through what the company calls proactive detection, it alerts a ...

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Facebook and Twitter to work with Commons inquiry into Russian-backed posts during EU ...

Facebook and Twitter have agreed to work with a Commons inquiry investigating Russian-backed social media posts during last year's European Union referendum. Damian Collins, the chair of the Commons's Culture, Media and Sport Committee, released correspondence from the internet giants ...

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Four Elements Facebook Live Should Include (But Doesn't)

We're coming up on the two-year anniversary of Facebook's release of Facebook Live. It has been a great tool and has really started to revolutionize the way businesses are using video in their marketing. In fact, a recent report from Facebook reported that one in every five Facebook videos is a live ...

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Almost half of social purchases made via Facebook

Almost half of social purchases made via Facebook ZDNet Survata. A massive 34.6 percent of those surveyed said that they had never purchased an item through social media. This could be due to customer's resistance to purchasing on mobile and as Facebook dominates the desktop, customers are ...

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Keeping score of 'friends' on Facebook and Instagram may be harmful to your health

These days, with the rise of social media apps like Facebook and Instagram, it is easier than ever to benchmark the number of “friends” you have against your peers. So, if you find yourself wondering how your social networks compare with other people's, our latest research, published in Personality ...

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'Thoughts of suicide' to be detected by AI in Facebook posts

According to Zuckerberg, the social media giant's new AI tools will use pattern recognition to look for tell-tale signs on posts and comments. (Shutterstock/File). Mark Zuckerberg made an announcement via Facebook that the company will be upgrading its artificial intelligence tools to look for suicide ...

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Facebook is using AI to spot users with suicidal thoughts and send them help

Facebook is using artificial intelligence to scan users' posts for signs they're having suicidal thoughts. When it finds someone that could be in danger, the company flags the post to human moderators who respond by sending the user resources on mental health, or, in more urgent cases, contacting ...

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Facebook is using artificial intelligence to identify suicidal users - but Brits won't benefit from the ...

Facebook is to use artificial intelligence to help spot user posts expressing thoughts of suicide, and quickly connect members with help. The social network has said it is to begin using "pattern recognition" on posts and live video to the site, as well as prioritise such posts to Facebook's review team who ...

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The Gates Foundation is matching $2M in donations on Facebook for #GivingTuesday

Today is #GivingTuesday, an global day of giving that always falls on the first Tuesday after Thanksgiving. This year Facebook is again partnering with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to match up to $2M in donations to fundraisers held on Facebook by nonprofits. Additionally, Facebook is waiving its ...

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Facebook is using artificial intelligence to spot suicidal tendencies in its users

"We are starting to roll out artificial intelligence outside the US to help identify when someone might be expressing thoughts of suicide, including on Facebook Live," said Guy Rosen, Facebook's VP of product management, in a blog post. "This will eventually be available worldwide, except the EU.".

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Facebook turns to AI to help prevent suicides

Facebook is looking to use artificial intelligence (A.I.) to help detect suicidal thoughts and feelings. The move is part of the social media giant's ongoing ...

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How Bored Panda Survived Facebook's Clickbait Purge

On average, Bored Panda's Facebook posts generate more likes, shares, and other reactions than any other English-language news site, including ...

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Facebook announces accelerator programmes to boost tech innovation in India

Facebook launches India Innovation Hub and School of Innovation to help tech startups, developers and students in India play with VR and usher in ...

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Facebook's AI will detect suicidal posts before anyone else notices

Facebook is rolling out AI technology to detect posts that hint at suicidal intentions. The tool, which the company has been testing for months, will be ...

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Facebook and Twitter agree to share data on Russian propaganda with MPs

“And I've had a response back from Facebook, which the Select Committee will be publishing today which says they will give us that information in the ...

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Facebook using AI to identify suicidal users and get help

Facebook did not immediately respond to Sky News' enquiries regarding why the proactive detection service would not be available in the EU.

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Facebook to hand over details of Russian-backed Brexit posts

Facebook has agreed to hand over information showing the reach of Russian-backed postings during the Brexit referendum by early December, according to the House of Commons media watchdog. Damian Collins, the chair of parliament's culture, media and sport committee, said he believed the ...

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Facebook And Twitter Say They're Ready To Cooperate With The UK Inquiry Into Russian ...

"We have also been contact by the Electoral Commission's Head of Regulation as they carry out their work looking at possible Russian interference in the Brexit referendum," said Facebook's Simon Milner. ""We understand that similar letters have been sent by the Electoral Commission to relevant ...

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Thousands of Brits to attend 'Prince Harry's stag do' as Facebook event goes viral

More than 29,000 Brits claim they will be showing up at Buckingham Palace for the Royal's final hurrah as an unmarried man. This Facebook has ...

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Get ready for the party of the century! 30000 people join a Facebook group to celebrate Harry's ...

'Bunga Bunga Prince is getting married! Let's celebrate with him!' the page reads. The date, time and location of the party are yet to be confirmed, although provisional plans on the Facebook page suggest that it will take place at Buckingham Palace and run from late afternoon on May 10 to the morning ...

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Facebook Is Using “AI” to Tell If You're Suicidal. Here's What That Really Means.

Since March, Facebook has been testing software in the United States designed to detect when users may be at risk of hurting themselves, so that its ...

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Facebook bends to pressure, opens German center to löschen abuse, gets yelled at by spies

Facebook has caved to political pressure and announced a new office in Germany to scrub abusive posts from its social network. The center in Essen, close to Dusseldorf, will be operated by the Competence Call Center (CCC). Some 500 staff that will trawl the online platform and delete any criminal or ...

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Facebook, Linked to Depression in Studies, Plans Expanded AI Use to Prevent Suicides

The new suicide prevention campaign by the social network giant makes sense as a basic palliative, considering the release of several studies linking time spent on Facebook with corrosive effects on one's mental health, sense of well-being and self-esteem. The technical details of the program remain ...

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Facebook steps up suicide prevention efforts on its platform by using AI

Facebook is rolling out an artificial intelligence technology that will identify posts, videos, and live streams posted by users that contain suicidal thoughts, as it looks to step up its suicide prevention efforts. The company said in a blog post that the AI will look for patterns on posts that contain references to ...

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Facebook is looking to roll out its suicide prevention software worldwide

To accelerate the process, Facebook said it was using artificial intelligence and automation where possible, but as we know, context is critical online ...

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Facebook turning to artificial intelligence to spot suicidal signs in posts and videos

LOS ANGELES – Facebook on Monday said stepping up the use of artificial intelligence to identify members of the leading social network who may be ...

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Facebook uses technology to help avert suicides

Facebook said Monday that it's using artificial intelligence to detect whether someone is expressing thoughts of suicide in a post or live video. The company has been grappling with how to respond to suicides streamed live on the world's largest social network. Family and friends of some suicide victims ...

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Facebook rolls out new AI software designed to identify and assist suicidal users

In a testament to how entrenched Facebook has become in our day-to-day lives, it's not uncommon for users who commit suicide to leave telling videos or posts on their wall during the preceding few days. In an effort to pro-actively tackle the problem, Facebook is rolling out a suite of new AI tools ...

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Facebook Upgrades AI to Detect Suicidal Ideation and Help Prevent Suicide

On Monday, Mark Zuckerberg, founder and chief executive of Facebook, announced the social media platform has upgraded its artificial intelligence to detect suicidal ideation. “Starting today we're upgrading our AI tools to identify when someone is expressing thoughts about suicide on Facebook so we ...

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Can AI help prevent suicide? Facebook hopes to better identify posts and get aid to users in need

Facebook already relies on the connections between people to help identify and prevent its users from harming themselves. The social media giant revealed Monday that artificial intelligence is also being employed increasingly in those efforts. Guy Rosen, VP of product management at Facebook, wrote ...

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Facebook teaches AI to seek out suicidal users

Mark Zuckerberg today announced Faceboook was rolling out enhanced AI to scan posts for signs of suicidal thoughts. The new system, which doesn't rely on users to flag or report content, is set to rollout worldwide with the exception of countries in the EU, due to restrictions. The social network's new ...

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Translating Facebook's New Ad Policy Manifesto

On Monday, an ad policy manifesto attributed to VP of ad product Rob Goldman appeared on the Facebook blog. It also was reposted on Facebook by ...

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Facebook rolls out AI that can spot suicidal posts before they're reported

Facebook is about to roll out an automated suicide prevention system across the world following a successful test in America. The social network's ...

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Facebook trains artificial intelligence to spot suicidal signs

Facebook on Monday said stepping up the use of artificial intelligence to identify members of the leading social network who may be thinking of ...

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That $10000 Facebook bug: Photos shafted, addicts screwed by polls

A security researcher found a way to delete any picture on Facebook, irrespective of whether it's public or private, by cunning use of polls. Pouya Daribi was digging around in the software used by Facebook users to set up quick opinion polls on their profile pages. When creating these informal surveys, ...

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UVa: Student white supremacist Facebook page not affiliated with school

A Facebook page called “UVA White Student Union” is not affiliated with the University of Virginia, according to a spokesman. That didn't stop the ... “Make more of these White Student Union pages on Facebook for various universities,” Anglin wrote in a post on his site at the time. “You don't have to go ...

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AI is helping Facebook identify suicidal users in posts and live video

Artificial intelligence can pick up on patterns — including patterned behavior that could indicate when someone is considering suicide. On Monday, November 27, Facebook shared additional measures that the platform is now integrating to help users that may be expressing thoughts of suicide.

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Five easy ways you can get involved on #GivingTuesday

Like last year, Facebook is partnering with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to match up to $2 million in donations made on #GivingTuesday to US nonprofit organizations through Facebook's charitable-giving tools. Beginning at 8am US Eastern Standard Time, they will match $50,000 per nonprofit ...

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On Facebook

A version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Straits Times on November 28, 2017, with the headline 'On Facebook'. Print Edition | ...

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Facebook turns to AI to help prevent suicides

Facebook has already been testing the feature in the U.S. and is making it available in most other countries. The European Union is excluded, though; ...

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Facebook Turns to AI for Assistance in Suicide-Prevention Efforts

Use pattern recognition to detect posts or Facebook Live videos in which people may be expressing suicidal thoughts and to more quickly respond to ...

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Facebook is taking its suicide prevention AI global

Facebook is expanding its use of pattern recognition software outside of the United States to help prevent suicides, Reuters reported Monday.

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Facebook launches artificial intelligence tools to help prevent suicide

Facebook has just introduced new artificial intelligence tools that will help with suicide prevention, according to Facebook Vice President Guy Rosen.

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Facebook is Using AI to Prevent Suicide

Facebook announced a new initiative Monday to help users who are expressing thoughts of suicide, using “pattern recognition” artificial intelligence.

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Facebook starts global rollout of its AI suicide prevention tools

Facebook is expanding its limited test run for suicide- and -self-harm reporting tools to the masses. To get better at detection the social network will begin implementing pattern recognition for posts and Live videos to detect when someone could be presenting suicidal thoughts. From there, VP of product ...

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Facebook turns to AI to help prevent suicides

FILE - In this April 18, 2017, file photo, conference workers speak in front of a demo booth at Facebook's annual F8 developer conference in San Jose, Calif. Facebook is expanding its use of artificial intelligence to help prevent suicides. The social media giant says it's doing this by scanning people's ...

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Facebook is now using artificial intelligence to prevent suicide

Facebook said that it will use pattern recognition to scan all posts and comments for certain phrases to identify whether someone needs help. Its reviewers may call first responders. It will also apply artificial intelligence to prioritize user reports of a potential suicide. The company said phrases such as ...

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Facebook rolling out AI-based suicide prevention effort

Facebook will use AI to make sure its team reviews posts of those most in distress first. The move is a part of an effort to further support its at-risk users. Facebook has faced criticism for its Facebook Live feature, where some users have live streamed graphic events, including suicide. The automated ...

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Facebook taps artificial intelligence to help prevent suicides

Facebook on Monday said it's using artificial intelligence to detect whether someone is likely expressing thoughts of suicide in a post or live video. The tech firm has been grappling with how to respond to suicides streamed in real time on the world's largest social network. Family and friends of some ...

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Facebook Expands Suicide Prevention Program That Monitors Users' 'Thoughts of Suicide'

Facebook is expanding its artificial intelligence-based suicide prevention efforts. The company said today that it has plans to eventually monitor and ...

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Facebook squashes bug that let anyone delete any picture or animation

If you're putting your life out there on Facebook, then you're probably hoping your priceless images remain around for all posterity. At the very least, ...

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Facebook defends advertising 'principles' after Russia, discrimination

SAN FRANCISCO — Facebook is attempting to reassure the public about its advertising business after unsuspecting users in the United States were ...

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Facebook maintains streak of copying Snapchat with new Messenger test

Facebook Messenger is testing a streaks feature to show users how long and how often they've been messaging their friends, Mashable reports.

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Facebook defends advertising 'principles' after Russia, discrimination

SAN FRANCISCO — Facebook is attempting to reassure the public about its advertising business after unsuspecting users in the United States were targeted by fake Russian accounts and investigations by a media outlet showed that the company's automated, self-service ad system could be used to ...

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Facebook Restates Its Ad Principles To Try To Show You It's Not Creepy

Today Facebook's VP of ad products, Rob Goldman published a blog post about the company's ad practices across Facebook, Messenger, and Instagram. In it, he reiterates statements the company has been spouting for years. For instance: “We build for people first,” “You can control the ads you see,” ...

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Facebook is using AI to try to prevent suicide

Facebook is using artificial intelligence to address one of its darkest challenges: stopping suicide broadcasts. The company said Monday that a tool that lets machines sift through posts or videos and flag when someone may be ready to commit suicide is now available to most of its 2 billion users ...

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Facebook launches AI-powered suicide detection tool

Facebook has long offered a range of support options to help those considering suicide. Today the social network launches an automated AI-powered tool that aims to spot suicidal posts before they are reported. Relying on the reports of people who spot worrying posts is just one of the ways Facebook ...

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10 Fab People To Follow On Facebook

Are you at your friending max on Facebook? Well, then, drop 10 people—come on, throw them into oncoming traffic—and ask for the following people's friendship while crossing your little fingers. Maybe it'll happen. If so, you'll be privy to a bevy of fascinating figures who have something to say and a ...

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Facebook continues streak of copying Snapchat

Facebook Messenger is testing a streaks feature to show users how long and how often they've been messaging their friends, Mashable reports. The feature is a near replica to Snapchat's streak counter, not only in function but also in appearance, with multiple emoji icons and a numbered counter that ...

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Ways to give back this #GivingTuesday on Facebook

Create a fundraiser: Start a fundraiser for nonprofits directly on Facebook to help a worthwhile cause. You can create a fundraiser in a few taps and share it wit friends and family to inspire them to donate. On #GivingTuesday, people on Facebook will see a message in their News Feed encouraging them ...

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Facebook to help Italy prevent fake news ahead of 2018 election

Di Maio, whose party is leading the polls, wrote in a Facebook message: “The problem of fake news exists and we think it is necessary to have the OSCE [Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe] monitor news and political debate during the election campaign.” PD leader Matteo Renzi is ...

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EC, Facebook join hands to encourage youth to vote

The Election Commission and Facebook on Monday announced a pact under which the social media giant will remind the youth who recently turned 18 ... "This partnership of the Election Commission with Facebook for the dissemination of Information will help us reach out the young digital community of ...

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Chad Carr's mom shuts down John O'Korn haters in single Facebook post

The mother of Chad Carr, who died as a 5-year-old in 2015 due to an inoperable brain tumor, is shutting down haters of Michigan quarterback John O'Korn. Tammi Carr posted Sunday on Facebook under the "ChadTough Foundation" page, blasting the "nasty hateful vitriol" for O'Korn, especially after ...

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How one man could have deleted any image on Facebook

Here's another one that could have given a bug-hunter called Pouya Darabi the ability to remove other people's images from Facebook. Fortunately for the world at large, Darabi told Facebook, who quickly fixed the bug and paid him a $10,000 bug bounty.

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German spy agency attacks Facebook and others for failing to tackle fake news

Facebook has responded to tighter regulation in Germany and elsewhere by announcing plans to add thousands of extra workers to monitor reports of inappropriate material and review ads. Maassen said it was significant that Facebook had admitted that millions of users had seen politically divisive ads ...

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How Facebook Plans to Use Artificial Intelligence to Help Prevent Suicide

Facebook will expand its pattern recognition software to other countries after successful tests in the U.S. to detect users with suicidal intent, the world's largest social media network said on Monday. Facebook began testing the software in the United States in March, when the company started scanning ...

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Facebook Shed Light on The Principles That Drive Its Advertising Decisions

On the principle of “people first,” Goldman wrote that Facebook aims to make ads “as relevant and useful” to people as the other posts they see, adding that businesses are helped by this, as well, since people will most likely not respond to “irrelevant or annoying” ads. He said the social network's auction ...

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Facebook rolls out AI to detect suicidal posts before they're reported

This is software to save lives. Facebook's new “proactive detection” artificial intelligence technology will scan all posts for patterns of suicidal thoughts, and when necessary send mental health resources to the user at risk or their friends, or contact local first-responders. By using AI to flag worrisome posts ...

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Facebook outlines its advertising policies, begging users to believe their privacy is respected

Facebook is accustomed to criticism, and it's no different when it comes to advertising. There's been a lot of talk about advertising on the social network recently, not least because of concerns about Russian ads being used to influence the outcome of the US election. In its latest attempt to calm fears that ...

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How to delete tweets and Facebook posts to stop them ruining your life

How to delete tweets and Facebook posts to stop them ruining your life. Default author image ... Facebook is actually a reasonably safe place to speak your mind or post naughty pictures because you can throw up the privacy forcefields and stop anyone seeing your page. To do this, just open up the ...

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How Facebook's AI Is Helping Save Suicidal People's Lives

Now, Facebook says it has rolled out the AI tools worldwide, and expanded them to cover both text posts and live video. In the past month, it says, its AI has identified more than 100 instances around the globe that required intervention by first responders. Those automated detection tools can identify text ...

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Facebook's suicide prevention AI just got an important upgrade

Facebook first introduced its AI-based suicide prevention tools earlier this year. But until now, those tools still required a user, or one of their friends, to seek help. Now the social network says the tech has advanced to the point that it can proactively intervene when it detects that someone may be at risk of ...

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Lagos is set to overtake Nairobi as Africa's startup capital

Last week, Facebook said it will open a tech hub in Lagos—it's first in Africa—”early next year.” The hub is in collaboration with Co-Creation Hub, one of Nigeria's most prominent startup hubs, and will have incubation programs for startups and developers. The social network giant will also run training ...

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Facebook publishes ad principles amid growing concerns

Facebook is laying out its principles for advertising on Facebook, Messenger, and Instagram. The principles mostly reflect ideas that Facebook executives have already spoken to or have written about, like not selling personal user information, but the company feels that with increased questions and ...

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Facebook publishes ad rules in wake of Russia revelations

Facebook (FB) has weathered serious blowback in the past year over revelations that Russia purchased ads on the social network to reach 126 million Americans and meddle with 2016's U.S. presidential election. After months of being battered in the press, Facebook published a series of rules, ...

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Parents accuse school of 'pure snobbery' after it claims 'sharply' dressed students are the most ...

Furious parents have accused a school of 'pure snobbery' after it suggested students' success was linked to their footwear. Officials at Crispin School, in Street, Somerset, posted the claim on its Facebook page on Thursday evening. But parents and former alumni have argued that it discriminates ...

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Facebook to open its first African community hub space in Lagos next year

Facebook has announced that it will partner with C0-Creation Hub (CC Hub) to launch its first African community hub, NG_Hub, next year in Lagos, Nigeria. In a statement made on 22 November 2017, Facebook stated that the hub will be a “multi-faceted creative space” where developers, startups and ...

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ASPCA Hosts its First Giving Hope Facebook Live-a-thon on Giving Tuesday to Raise Critical ...

NEW YORK, Nov. 27, 2017 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- On Giving Tuesday, November 28, beginning at 9 a.m., the ASPCA is hosting its first-ever ASPCA Giving Hope Facebook Live-a-thon on the ASPCA's Facebook page. Special guests include actress Edie Falco, Mother of Dogs founder Allie Rizzo ...

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Facebook wants to launch airplane fleet to boost Wi-Fi in remote areas

Facebook is hoping to launch a fleet of airplanes into the skies that would beam high-speed Wi-Fi to some of the remotest areas of the world. The futuristic plan could also offer a solution to air passengers frustrated by the occasionally patchy internet access available on flights, and the fact that some ...

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