Monday, December 31, 2018

Do you agree with the Rev. Franklin Graham that Facebook, which briefly blocked Graham's ...

Do you agree with the Rev. Franklin Graham that Facebook, which briefly blocked Graham's Facebook page last week, is censoring free speech?

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Facebook Privacy Debacle Continues as Popular Android Apps Found Sharing Data Without User ...

61 percent of the apps that were tested were sending data to Facebook as soon as the user opened the app. The data was being shared even before ...

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People buying boats on Facebook to reach Britain illegally: Report

London: Smugglers and migrants are using Facebook to buy boats for crossing the Channel from the French port city of Calais to come to Britain, The ...

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Facebook's black year: The social network's battle for credibility

Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg was continually apologising in 2018 – for the Cambridge Analytica scandal, for an attack by hackers and for a clumsy ...

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Police offer to 'test' meth for Zika in viral Facebook post

The Harahan Police Department took to Facebook on Saturday to jokingly warn residents that meth bought in Louisiana "may be contaminated with ...

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People buying boats on Facebook to reach Britain illegally: Report

London: Smugglers and migrants are using Facebook to buy boats for crossing the Channel from the French port city of Calais to come to Britain, The ...

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Facebook least trusted tech company, finds survey

SAN FRANCISCO: In a reflection of what a series of data leaks and scandals has done to damage the reputation of Facebook, a new survey has found ...

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Some popular Android apps are sharing your data with Facebook without user consent

Facebook and Privacy scandals. Name a better duo. No seriously, for what seems like the umpteenth time this year, Facebook has been found ...

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Facebook in 2018: How Much More Trust Can The Social Network Really Afford to Lose?

“Bringing People Closer Together,” they said. Back in January. If Facebook could turn back the clock, it probably would want to go back to a simpler ...

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Facebook's new data center in Henrico to start serving traffic in 2019; work on second phase to ...

How do you know the project?: Social media giant Facebook announced plans in October 2017 to build a $750 million data center in the White Oak ...

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More popular apps are sending data to Facebook without asking

It's not just dating and health apps that might be violating your privacy when they send data to Facebook. A Privacy International study has determined ...

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Devyn Holmes thanks supporters 8 months after being shot in head on Facebook Live

Eight months after being accidentally shot in the head on Facebook Live, Devyn Holmes took to his Facebook page to thank his supporters and update ...

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IPOs, deals, arrival of Facebook, Amazon mark 'historic' year in Utah tech

SALT LAKE CITY — As it turns out, Qualtrics co-founder and CEO Ryan Smith is an extraordinary prognosticator on top of running a wildly successful ...

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Facebook apologizes for temporarily banning Franklin Graham

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Facebook is apologizing to Franklin Graham after he was kicked off of the social media site due to a 2-year-old post. The site ...

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SC deputies catch suspect using his Facebook app on dropped phone

The deputies opened his Facebook app and posted a message: “Hi Shawn, you lost your phone while running from the police. Contact Berkeley ...

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Did Facebook Just Become the Best Way to Invest in Blockchain?

Enter Facebook (NASDAQ:FB), which is reportedly working on blockchain technology -- a stablecoin, to be precise -- which will be integrated into its ...

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How To Add A Shop Section To Your Facebook Page

If you are a retail or e-commerce advertiser looking to maximise your Facebook Page's ROI, you may want to consider adding a Shop section to it.

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Evangelist Franklin Graham Says Facebook Ban Was 'Personal Attack'

Franklin Graham—son of well-known evangelist Billy Graham—said that Facebook personally attacked him after he was banned from posting to his ...

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Facebook takes action against users for calling accused cop killer 'illegal immigrant,' 'illegal alien'

Amid accusations that Facebook employs secretive content policing strategies, which critics say disproportionately impact conservative users, the ...

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Facebook blocks Franklin Graham, then apologizes, over 'bathroom bill' post

Facebook and other social platforms have been waging a fight against online misinformation and hate speech for two years. (AP Photo/Ben Margot, ...

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Facebook Chases Square Into the Peer-to-Peer Crypto Market

Facebook (NASDAQ:FB) could soon launch its own cryptocurrency for peer-to-peer money transfers in WhatsApp according to Bloomberg. The service ...

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Facebook blocked evangelist Franklin Graham over a 2016 HB2 post. He accepts apology but says ...

On Friday, Graham wrote on Facebook that his account had been temporarily blocked over a 2016 post about North Carolina's House Bill 2, more ...

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Facebook Data Scandals Stoke Criticism That a Privacy Watchdog Too Rarely Bites

Last spring, soon after Facebook acknowledged that the data of tens of millions of its users had improperly been obtained by the political consulting ...

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Facebook apologizes to Franklin Graham for temporary ban

Facebook apologized to Rev. Franklin Graham for temporarily banning his page over a 2016 post about transgender bathroom use and Bruce ...

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Facebook least trusted tech company, finds survey

SAN FRANCISCO: In a reflection of what a series of data leaks and scandals has done to damage the reputation of Facebook, a new survey has found ...

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Some popular Android apps are sharing your data with Facebook without user consent

Facebook and Privacy scandals. Name a better duo. No seriously, for what seems like the umpteenth time this year, Facebook has been found ...

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Facebook in 2018: How Much More Trust Can The Social Network Really Afford to Lose?

“Bringing People Closer Together,” they said. Back in January. If Facebook could turn back the clock, it probably would want to go back to a simpler ...

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More popular apps are sending data to Facebook without asking

It's not just dating and health apps that might be violating your privacy when they send data to Facebook. A Privacy International study has determined ...

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Devyn Holmes thanks supporters 8 months after being shot in head on Facebook Live

Eight months after being accidentally shot in the head on Facebook Live, Devyn Holmes took to his Facebook page to thank his supporters and update ...

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SC deputies catch suspect using his Facebook app on dropped phone

The deputies opened his Facebook app and posted a message: “Hi Shawn, you lost your phone while running from the police. Contact Berkeley ...

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Did Facebook Just Become the Best Way to Invest in Blockchain?

Enter Facebook (NASDAQ:FB), which is reportedly working on blockchain technology -- a stablecoin, to be precise -- which will be integrated into its ...

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How To Add A Shop Section To Your Facebook Page

If you are a retail or e-commerce advertiser looking to maximise your Facebook Page's ROI, you may want to consider adding a Shop section to it.

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Facebook blocked evangelist Franklin Graham over a 2016 HB2 post. He accepts apology but says ...

On Friday, Graham wrote on Facebook that his account had been temporarily blocked over a 2016 post about North Carolina's House Bill 2, more ...

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Facebook Chases Square Into the Peer-to-Peer Crypto Market

Facebook (NASDAQ:FB) could soon launch its own cryptocurrency for peer-to-peer money transfers in WhatsApp according to Bloomberg. The service ...

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Facebook blocks Franklin Graham, then apologizes, over 'bathroom bill' post

Facebook and other social platforms have been waging a fight against online misinformation and hate speech for two years. (AP Photo/Ben Margot, ...

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Facebook Data Scandals Stoke Criticism That a Privacy Watchdog Too Rarely Bites

Last spring, soon after Facebook acknowledged that the data of tens of millions of its users had improperly been obtained by the political consulting ...

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Exclusive: People smugglers buying boats on Facebook for Channel crossing, Telegraph finds

Exclusive: People smugglers buying boats on Facebook for Channel ... Facebook said that they took the issues raised by the Telegraph seriously.

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Facebook apologizes to Franklin Graham for temporary ban

Facebook apologized to Rev. Franklin Graham for temporarily banning his page over a 2016 post about transgender bathroom use and Bruce ...

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Some popular smartphone apps send users data to Facebook - even if they don't have account

That could allow Facebook to build up a detailed picture of the person in question, depending on the number of times it was sent the Google identifier ...

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New Facebook Group Stories May Help Your Brand Engage with Customers

Facebook has added Stories to all of its brands and now it is also part of Groups. With this new feature Group members can be part of the story by ...

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Dozens of boats for sale on Facebook within an hours drive of Calais for less than €15k, Telegraph ...

Dozens of boats for sale on Facebook within an hours drive of Calais for less ... said: “I have heard that the smugglers also use Facebook to buy boats.

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Will Facebook's stablecoin project help crypto or hurt it?

Both Facebook and cryptocurrencies have had a bad year. Could they do better, together, in 2019? Facebook apparently thinks so. The company ...

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After being blocked, evangelist Franklin Graham claims Facebook 'is censoring free speech'

Franklin Graham, the son of the evangelist Billy Graham and a staunch supporter of President Trump, said on Sunday that he accepts “Facebook's ...

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Facebook Shouldn't Have Apologized to Franklin Graham for His Hate Speech Ban

Leave it to Facebook to do something right, then apologize for it. Evangelist Franklin Graham's Facebook page is just a constant stream of faith-based ...

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After being blocked, evangelist Franklin Graham claims Facebook 'is censoring free speech'

Franklin Graham, the son of the evangelist Billy Graham and a staunch supporter of President Trump, said on Sunday that he accepts “Facebook's ...

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Apps sending users' data to Facebook without their consent

Apps sending users' data to Facebook without their consent ... are transmitting data to Facebook without the consent of users in a potential breach of ...

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How Facebook's sins came back to haunt it in a year of scandal, leaks and crisis PR gone wrong

Every December, Facebook shows each of its 2.4bn users a personalised video of their "year in review". Its algorithms try to pick their happiest photos ...

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Local police Facebook post provokes ultimate anti-cyclist bingo thread

... their hands, a Facebook post promoting the safety of cyclists from a local policing team in Leicestershire has resulted in a thread that ticks every box ...

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Facebook Shouldn't Have Apologized to Franklin Graham for His Hate Speech Ban

Leave it to Facebook to do something right, then apologize for it. Evangelist Franklin Graham's Facebook page is just a constant stream of faith-based ...

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Sapienz: Facebook's push to automate software testing

In January 2017, Facebook announced that it was acqui-hiring Majicke's founders, Professor Mark Harman (scientific advisor), Ke Mao (CTO), and ...

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Apps sending users' data to Facebook without their consent

Apps sending users' data to Facebook without their consent ... are transmitting data to Facebook without the consent of users in a potential breach of ...

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Facebook Apologizes For Banning Franklin Graham

Facebook has apologized to evangelist Franklin Graham for banning him from the platform for 24 hours earlier this month, according to a report from ...

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How Facebook's sins came back to haunt it in a year of scandal, leaks and crisis PR gone wrong

Every December, Facebook shows each of its 2.4bn users a personalised video of their "year in review". Its algorithms try to pick their happiest photos ...

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Local police Facebook post provokes ultimate anti-cyclist bingo thread

... their hands, a Facebook post promoting the safety of cyclists from a local policing team in Leicestershire has resulted in a thread that ticks every box ...

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Sapienz: Facebook's push to automate software testing

In January 2017, Facebook announced that it was acqui-hiring Majicke's founders, Professor Mark Harman (scientific advisor), Ke Mao (CTO), and ...

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Facebook Rescinds Ban On Evangelist Franklin Graham Post And Apologizes

Social media giant Facebook has apologized to evangelist Franklin Graham for its 24-hour ban related to his 2016 post on North Carolina's ...

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Facebook Apologizes For Banning Franklin Graham

Facebook has apologized to evangelist Franklin Graham for banning him from the platform for 24 hours earlier this month, according to a report from ...

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Evangelical leader Franklin Graham banned from Facebook for 24 hours

Evangelical leader Franklin Graham, the son of the late evangelist Billy Graham, was banned from posting on Facebook for 24 hours after a 2016 post ...

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Indian IT roped in to rid Facebook of its fake news woes

BENGALURU: Facebook has stepped up outsourcing to Indian IT services firms such as HCL Technologies, Wipro and Tech Mahindra for content ...

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Stolen items sold on Facebook

The Sheriff's Office says the pair were also using facebook to market the stolen goods. LCSO is asking that anyone who may have bought anything ...

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Popular apps share data with Facebook without user consent

Some of the most popular apps for Android smartphones, including Skyscanner, TripAdvisor and MyFitnessPal, are transmitting data to Facebook ...

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Cindy Hyde-Smith's campaign hasn't returned donations to Google, Facebook

But corporations like Facebook, which donated $2,500 to Hyde-Smith's campaign through a PAC, Google, WalMart, and others that requested a refund ...

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How Facebooks Tracks Non-Users via Android Apps

Facebook collects data of non-users of its social network via dozens of mainstream Android apps that send tracking and personal information back to ...

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Facebook Rescinds Ban On Evangelist Franklin Graham Post And Apologizes

Social media giant Facebook has apologized to evangelist Franklin Graham for its 24-hour ban related to his 2016 post on North Carolina's ...

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Evangelical leader Franklin Graham banned from Facebook for 24 hours

Evangelical leader Franklin Graham, the son of the late evangelist Billy Graham, was banned from posting on Facebook for 24 hours after a 2016 post ...

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How Facebooks Tracks Non-Users via Android Apps

Facebook collects data of non-users of its social network via dozens of mainstream Android apps that send tracking and personal information back to ...

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Indian IT roped in to rid Facebook of its fake news woes

BENGALURU: Facebook has stepped up outsourcing to Indian IT services firms such as HCL Technologies, Wipro and Tech Mahindra for content ...

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Popular apps share data with Facebook without user consent

Some of the most popular apps for Android smartphones, including Skyscanner, TripAdvisor and MyFitnessPal, are transmitting data to Facebook ...

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Franklin Graham: Facebook Ban Was 'a Personal Attack'

After being banned on Facebook this week over alleged hate speech from a 2016 post, Franklin Graham called out the ban having come years later as ...

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Facebook apologizes to evangelist Franklin Graham after temporary ban

Franklin Graham, the evangelist and ardent Trump supporter, got banned from Facebook for 24 hours last week for a post he published in 2016. Now ...

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Franklin Graham blasts Facebook over temporary ban: 'A personal attack towards me'

The Rev. Franklin Graham was kicked off Facebook for defending North Carolina's “bathroom bill,” which the social-media giant's review team decided ...

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After Facebook apologizes for ban, Franklin Graham says tech giant should have standard based ...

Evangelical leader Franklin Graham accepted Facebook's apology and suggested the social network come up with a standard based on "God's word" ...

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Franklin Graham: Facebook Ban Was 'a Personal Attack'

After being banned on Facebook this week over alleged hate speech from a 2016 post, Franklin Graham called out the ban having come years later as ...

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Franklin Graham blasts Facebook over temporary ban: 'A personal attack towards me'

The Rev. Franklin Graham was kicked off Facebook for defending North Carolina's “bathroom bill,” which the social-media giant's review team decided ...

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Facebook apologizes to evangelist Franklin Graham after banning him for 24 hours over a 2016 ...

Facebook has apologized to evangelist Franklin Graham after banning the pastor for 24 hours over a 2016 post he made arguing in favor of a state ...

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Facebook apologizes to evangelist Franklin Graham after temporary ban

Franklin Graham, the evangelist and ardent Trump supporter, got banned from Facebook for 24 hours last week for a post he published in 2016. Now ...

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Facebook apologizes to evangelist Franklin Graham after banning him for 24 hours over a 2016 ...

Facebook has apologized to evangelist Franklin Graham after banning the pastor for 24 hours over a 2016 post he made arguing in favor of a state ...

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Franklin Graham: Facebook ban was 'personal attack toward me'

Evangelist Franklin Graham on Sunday accused Facebook of personally attacking him after the company banned him from the platform for 24 hours ...

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How Apple, Amazon, Facebook, Google And Microsoft Made 2018 The Year That IT Mattered A Lot

Facebook, under a mushrooming cloud of privacy violations, went in and out of its previously solid number five position. Technology led the fastest ...

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Baby 'may have drowned in bath while mum checked Facebook'

The mother of a baby who drowned in the bath is being investigated over allegations she may have been on Facebook at the time of the girl's death.

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Facebook least trusted tech company: Survey

In a reflection of what a series of data leaks and scandals has done to damage the reputation of Facebook, a new survey has found that the world's ...

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Franklin Graham says Facebook 'trying to define truth' by freezing his account

Franklin Graham says Facebook is "censoring free speech" and revealed he was recently banned from sharing content on the social media website.

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After Facebook apologizes for ban, Franklin Graham says tech giant should have standard based ...

Evangelical leader Franklin Graham accepted Facebook's apology and suggested the social network come up with a standard based on "God's word" ...

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Franklin Graham: Facebook ban was 'personal attack toward me'

Evangelist Franklin Graham on Sunday accused Facebook of personally attacking him after the company banned him from the platform for 24 hours ...

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How Apple, Amazon, Facebook, Google And Microsoft Made 2018 The Year That IT Mattered A Lot

Facebook, under a mushrooming cloud of privacy violations, went in and out of its previously solid number five position. Technology led the fastest ...

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Baby 'may have drowned in bath while mum checked Facebook'

The mother of a baby who drowned in the bath is being investigated over allegations she may have been on Facebook at the time of the girl's death.

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Facebook least trusted tech company: Survey

In a reflection of what a series of data leaks and scandals has done to damage the reputation of Facebook, a new survey has found that the world's ...

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Mother, 23, is facing jail as police probe whether she was checking Facebook before her six-month ...

A mother-of-two is reportedly facing jail if a police probe into what happened in the time leading up to her baby's death finds that she may have been ...

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Mother, 23, is facing jail as police probe whether she was checking Facebook before her six-month ...

A mother-of-two is reportedly facing jail if a police probe into what happened in the time leading up to her baby's death finds that she may have been ...

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Letter: Facebook is an echo chamber

Facebook is an echo chamber. People surround themselves with like-minded "friends." So, when posting an anti-Trump meme gets you 10 "likes", and ...

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Is Facebook pushing the US closer to a form of EU GDPR?

Is the U.S. heading for a increased data protection legislation, along the lines of the European Union GDPR? Issues surrounding Facebook make this ...

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Facebook to apologise for banning Christian evangelist in US

San Francisco: After being accused of censoring free speech, Facebook is apologising for banning a Christian evangelist in the US from posting on ...

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Tragedy as baby girl 'drowned in bath while mum checked Facebook'

Kayla Lynton, 23, is said to have been arrested in Tel Aviv, Israel, amid claims she neglected six-month-old Naomi. Prosecutors are believed to be ...

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Lite.IM Adds Bitcoin (BTC) Support to Facebook Messenger, Telegram and SMS

Users can now send, receive and manage BTC through the popular platforms of Telegram, Facebook messenger and SMS (available only in the US ...

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Is Facebook pushing the US closer to a form of EU GDPR?

Is the U.S. heading for a increased data protection legislation, along the lines of the European Union GDPR? Issues surrounding Facebook make this ...

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Facebook to apologise for banning Christian evangelist in US

San Francisco: After being accused of censoring free speech, Facebook is apologising for banning a Christian evangelist in the US from posting on ...

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Tragedy as baby girl 'drowned in bath while mum checked Facebook'

Kayla Lynton, 23, is said to have been arrested in Tel Aviv, Israel, amid claims she neglected six-month-old Naomi. Prosecutors are believed to be ...

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Five Ways Facebook Monitors Hateful Content

Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg insists that the massive social network is a force for good, but the company keeps getting called out for being slow ...

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Lite.IM Adds Bitcoin (BTC) Support to Facebook Messenger, Telegram and SMS

Users can now send, receive and manage BTC through the popular platforms of Telegram, Facebook messenger and SMS (available only in the US ...

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Mum faces jail after British six-month-old baby daughter drowned in bath 'while she checked ...

THE mum of a British baby who drowned in the bath faces prison allegedly leaving the infant unattended to check Facebook. Kayla Lynton, 23, was ...

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Facebook ads may help reduce cancer deaths, says study

Advertisements on Facebook and other popular social media platforms can encourage people to get a cancer screening, which would help patients ...

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Facebook tracks data of even offline users and non-facebook account holders

HYDERABAD: Facebook, with the help of other apps, routinely tracks and collects data of Android users irrespective of whether they are a user and ...

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From Facebook: Harahan police would like to test the public's crystal meth

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - The Harahan Police Department is asking people who might have crystal meth to come down to the station and have it ...

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Billy Graham's Son, Franklin Graham, Banned From Facebook For 24 Hours Over Post Made In 2016

Facebook has apologized after banning evangelist Franklin Graham from posting to his account for 24 hours. Graham, the son of well-known ...

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Report: Contrary to stance, Facebook flags posts against a religion

In a meeting in October, Facebook's Vice-President for Global Policy Solutions Richard Allen had said Facebook does not consider hate speech to be ...

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Five Ways Facebook Monitors Hateful Content

Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg insists that the massive social network is a force for good, but the company keeps getting called out for being slow ...

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Mum faces jail after six-month-old baby daughter drowned in bath 'while she checked Facebook'

THE mum of a British baby who drowned in the bath faces prison allegedly leaving the infant unattended to check Facebook. Kayla Lynton, 23, was ...

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Facebook ads may help reduce cancer deaths, says study

Advertisements on Facebook and other popular social media platforms can encourage people to get a cancer screening, which would help patients ...

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Letter: Facebook is an echo chamber

Facebook is an echo chamber. People surround themselves with like-minded "friends." So, when posting an anti-Trump meme gets you 10 "likes", and ...

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South Carolina deputies Facebook shame suspect who dropped phone while running

BERKELEY COUNTY, SC (WCIV) — In the age of social media, you quickly can become famous (or infamous) for all the wrong reasons.

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Sunday, December 30, 2018

Facebook tracks data of even offline users and non-facebook account holders

HYDERABAD: Facebook, with the help of other apps, routinely tracks and collects data of Android users irrespective of whether they are a user and ...

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Facebook to apologise for banning Christian evangelist in US

After being accused of censoring free speech, Facebook is apologising for banning a Christian evangelist in the US from posting on the social network ...

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Habitué Habits of a Recovering Facebook Addict

For the last four of five months, I've taken a break from Facebook. It was a self-imposed hiatus, and I returned at intervals to commemorate special ...

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From Facebook: Harahan police would like to test the public's crystal meth

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - The Harahan Police Department is asking people who might have crystal meth to come down to the station and have it ...

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Billy Graham's Son, Franklin Graham, Banned From Facebook For 24 Hours Over Post Made In 2016

Facebook has apologized after banning evangelist Franklin Graham from posting to his account for 24 hours. Graham, the son of well-known ...

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Report: Contrary to stance, Facebook flags posts against a religion

In a meeting in October, Facebook's Vice-President for Global Policy Solutions Richard Allen had said Facebook does not consider hate speech to be ...

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A Delta Airline passenger's Facebook post went viral after sharing heartwarming father-daughter ...

Levy thought Hal deserved a father of the year award and posted a message and two photos on Facebook, which currently has over 40 thousand ...

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Using Facebook 'made my anxiety and panic attacks worse'

A year ago, Paul Allen was logging on to Facebook, scrolling through posts several times a day, like most UK social media users. But he said the ...

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Facebook post to find veteran's missing money clip goes viral

HARTLAND, Mich. (WXYZ) — On Christmas Day, Chuck Stoner went to see a movie at Emagine Movie Theater in Hartland when he found a money ...

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Facebook temporarily banned evangelist Franklin Graham from site

Evangelist Franklin Graham was banned from posting on Facebook for 24 hours last week, a spokesperson for the social giant confirmed to The ...

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PCSO: Man posted mass shooting threat on Facebook

BARTOW — Just hours after Michael Jerome Taylor was shot by Lakeland Police for accelerating the car he was driving toward an officer, a friend of ...

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Facebook's 2018 timeline: Scandals, hearings and security bugs

Few tech companies have endured a year like Facebook did in 2018. Certainly the social network hadn't. While questions about Facebook's handling ...

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South Carolina deputies Facebook shame suspect who dropped phone while running

BCSO set Hagan's Facebook status to read, "Hi Shawn, you lost your phone while running from the police. Contact Berkeley County Sheriff's Office if ...

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Facebook apologizes for banning evangelist Franklin Graham for 24 hours

Facebook is apologizing to evangelist Franklin Graham for banning him from posting on the site for 24 hours last week, a Facebook spokesperson told ...

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Tech Stocks This Week: Amazon's Big Holiday, A Bullish Call on Facebook, and More

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg shared an update on the company's progress with addressing safety concerns. Citron Research made a bullish call ...

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Mum faces jail after baby 'drowned in bath while she checked Facebook'

They are said to be looking at a 10-minute window leading up to Naomi's drowning during which Kayla is alleged to have accessed Facebook and ...

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Facebook chief proud of progress made in tackling problems

WASHINGTON • Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg has said that the world's biggest social network has "fundamentally" changed to focus on securing ...

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Facebook challenges story about its opaque moderation policies

Facebook has come under fire for its opaque moderation procedures this past year, with the New York Times posting a piece about its disorganised ...

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Using Facebook 'made my anxiety and panic attacks worse'

A year ago, Paul Allen was logging on to Facebook, scrolling through posts several times a day, like most UK social media users. But he said the ...

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Facebook post to find veteran's missing money clip goes viral

HARTLAND, Mich. (WXYZ) — On Christmas Day, Chuck Stoner went to see a movie at Emagine Movie Theater in Hartland when he found a money ...

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Facebook temporarily banned evangelist Franklin Graham from site

Evangelist Franklin Graham was banned from posting on Facebook for 24 hours last week, a spokesperson for the social giant confirmed to The ...

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PCSO: Man posted mass shooting threat on Facebook

BARTOW — Just hours after Michael Jerome Taylor was shot by Lakeland Police for accelerating the car he was driving toward an officer, a friend of ...

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Facebook's 2018 timeline: Scandals, hearings and security bugs

Few tech companies have endured a year like Facebook did in 2018. Certainly the social network hadn't. While questions about Facebook's handling ...

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South Carolina deputies Facebook shame suspect who dropped phone while running

BCSO set Hagan's Facebook status to read, "Hi Shawn, you lost your phone while running from the police. Contact Berkeley County Sheriff's Office if ...

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Facebook apologizes for banning evangelist Franklin Graham for 24 hours

Facebook is apologizing to evangelist Franklin Graham for banning him from posting on the site for 24 hours last week, a Facebook spokesperson told ...

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Mum faces jail after baby 'drowned in bath while she checked Facebook'

They are said to be looking at a 10-minute window leading up to Naomi's drowning during which Kayla is alleged to have accessed Facebook and ...

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Facebook chief proud of progress made in tackling problems

WASHINGTON • Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg has said that the world's biggest social network has "fundamentally" changed to focus on securing ...

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Facebook challenges story about its opaque moderation policies

Facebook has come under fire for its opaque moderation procedures this past year, with the New York Times posting a piece about its disorganised ...

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We asked, you told us: Facebook's privacy response was the biggest blunder of 2018

Unsurprisingly, Facebook's less than favorable response to its user's privacy concerns was seen as the biggest blunder of 2018. After the Cambridge ...

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Mark Zuckerberg says 2018 has been challenging for Facebook, expects 2019 to be better

In 2018 Facebook has been through rough waters and there's nothing secret about it. Facebook has been in the limelight for all the wrong reasons this ...

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Tech Stocks This Week: Amazon's Big Holiday, A Bullish Call on Facebook, and More

Another interesting story on Facebook during the week was Citron Research's bullish call on the social network's stock. Setting a 12-month price target ...

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Facebook has changed radically: CEO

Facebook Inc chief executive Mark Zuckerberg on Friday said that the world's biggest social network has “fundamentally” changed to focus on ...

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Thumbs down: National MP in 'pretty legal' territory with use of Facebook's like symbol

National is in "pretty legal" territory after Otaki MP Nathan Guy used Facebook's "thumb" icon in a Labour attack-ad billboard. Despite Facebook not ...

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Photo of 'handsome' police officer prompts swathes of comments on Facebook post

A photo of a “handsome” police officer has sent social media users into a frenzy on Nottinghamshire Police's Facebook page. The post was intended ...

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5G speeds, delete Facebook, upcycle old phones, and more: Tech Q&A

This week, I received questions about deleting Facebook, putting an old phone to good use, watermarking photos and more. Do you have a question ...

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Was 2018 the year we stopped liking Facebook?

Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg spent 2018 apologising: for the Cambridge Analytica scandal, for an attack by hackers and for a clumsy campaign ...

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Facebook fights for likes after black year

There was of course much anger, however, Facebook continued to gain new members and it advertising business grew rapidly. 2017, the year when ...

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Mark Zuckerberg's tone-deaf declaration of victory in 2018 should make everybody worry about ...

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg published his annual year-end letter Friday. In it, he boasts of the company's many accomplishments this year, ...

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How Facebook monitors harmful content: 5 takeaways

JTA — Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg insists that the massive social network is a force for good, but the company keeps getting called out for ...

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Wendover police warn of man using Facebook to lure women

A Wendover woman recently went to an arranged meeting place after being contacted by the unknown subject via Facebook, and encountered a ...

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Facebook Weighs Complaints from Left and Right

On Tuesday, Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg announced a few results from the “civil rights” audit led by former ACLU lawyer Laura Murphy.

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Was 2018 the year we stopped liking Facebook?

Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg spent 2018 apologising: for the Cambridge Analytica scandal, for an attack by hackers and for a clumsy campaign ...

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Facebook fights for likes after black year

There was of course much anger, however, Facebook continued to gain new members and it advertising business grew rapidly. 2017, the year when ...

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Franklin Graham Claims He Was Banned From Facebook

Reverend Franklin Graham says that he was banned from Facebook pursuant to a more than two-year-old post in support of North Carolina's House ...

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KXAN's Top 10 Facebook posts of 2018

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Local Facebook group helps mother in need this Christmas

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Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg says some problems will take years to fix

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Mark Zuckerberg's tone-deaf declaration of victory in 2018 should make everybody worry about ...

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Burglary suspect arrested after boasting about stolen amulet on Facebook

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