Saturday, August 31, 2019

Spotify brings automatic track previews to Facebook Stories

Spotify has made it easier to share tracks on Facebook, the company announced this week. With the update, tracks from Spotify shared on Facebook ...



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Facebook admits app for children introduced kids to adult strangers

"We are in regular contact with the FTC on many issues and products, including Messenger Kids," Facebook VP Kevin Martin wrote in a letter to two ...



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CRCF to hold anniversary trivia contest and grant giveaway on Facebook

Starting Sept. 1, the Cattaraugus Region Community Foundation (CRCF) will hold a 25-day trivia contest on its Facebook page, with the daily winners ...




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Facebook makes moves to be more local

Although Facebook isn't a news organization, it's rolling out a new alert system to help users receive important information as soon as it happens.




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What the Tech? Facebook Messenger scam

"Is this you?" "Did you make this video?" If you spend any time on Facebook, you've probably received a message from a friend asking one of those ...




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Spotify now allows users to share music to Facebook Stories

Spotify is expanding its integration with social media apps to the most mainstream of social products to ever mainstream — Facebook. Now users can ...



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The Animal Rehabilitation Keep uses Facebook Live to share the stories of their rehabbing turtles

PORT ARANSAS, Texas — The Animal Rehabilitation Keep in Port Aransas will be releasing five turtles on Labor Day. The folks who work there have ...




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Back At You Recognized As An Official Facebook Marketing Partner

Back At You serves as an integral asset for real estate agents and brokers looking to automate their Facebook and digital marketing campaigns.




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The Animal Rehabilitation Keep uses Facebook Live to share the stories of their rehabbing turtles

PORT ARANSAS, Texas — The Animal Rehabilitation Keep in Port Aransas will be releasing five turtles on Labor Day. The folks who work there have ...



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On Facebook

From my working experience in education, I notice that kids from privately run kindergartens and childcare centres perform better academically when ...



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Facebook to expand how often you see local alerts

MOBILE, Ala (WPMI) — You'll soon see more local alerts from first responders and government pages on your Facebook feed. The company is adding ...




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Insiders Roundup: Facebook, Community Health Systems

The GuruFocus All-In-One Screener can be used to find insider trades from the past week. Under the Insiders tab, change the settings for All Insider ...




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Facebook to expand how often you see local alerts

MOBILE, Ala (WPMI) — You'll soon see more local alerts from first responders and government pages on your Facebook feed. The company is adding ...



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NYCLU Says Saladino Blocking Facebook Critics, Violating First Amendment

“This suppression of speech in a public forum like you Facebook page violates the Constitutional right to free speech under the First Amendment and ...




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Concerned Fairfield residents take to Facebook

Residents have spoken out with concerns about their children's health and safety, attending public meetings and forming the Facebook group ...




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Facebook limits account of pro-life non profit Live Action, telling followers that their content is fake ...

Over the past month, Facebook has expanded its “fact-checking” program by training its artificial intelligence (AI) to fact-check and suppress what it ...



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Facebook's Libra Rouses EU Antitrust Interest, Vestager Says

Facebook Inc.'s Libra digital currency will be a focus for antitrust and financial regulators in the near future, EU Competition Commissioner Margrethe ...



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Today on GeekWire: Facebook keeps growing; Amazon buys into YES; Xinova cuts jobs

Facebook is showing no signs of slowing down its appetite for office space in the Seattle region. Its latest lease is a 200,000-square-foot building in ...




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Facebook's Libra Rouses EU Antitrust Interest, Vestager Says

Facebook Inc.'s Libra digital currency will be a focus for antitrust and financial regulators in the near future, EU Competition Commissioner Margrethe ...




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Twitter And Facebook Take 1st Actions Against China For Using Fake Accounts To Try And Cause ...

Facebook and Twitter are forbidden in mainland China, but not in Hong Kong. People in mainland China can still access the two platforms via virtual ...




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Facebook Moves To Better Vet Ad Buyers Ahead Of 2020 Election

Facebook, Inc. (NASDAQ: FB) is moving to more tightly control political ads on its site as it faces a 2020 election cycle under heavy scrutiny, hoping to ...



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How To Unlink Facebook From Instagram (You Can't Actually Do It)

If you're trying to unlink your Facebook from your Instagram, you've probably seen a host of headlines which claim to tell you how to do it. However, it's ...



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Twitter And Facebook Take 1st Actions Against China For Using Fake Accounts To Try And Cause ...

Facebook and Twitter are forbidden in mainland China, but not in Hong Kong. People in mainland China can still access the two platforms via virtual ...



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Friday, August 30, 2019

Harrison homeowner says supervisor harassed her over Facebook post

HARRISON - A Harrison homeowner filed a complaint with the Police Department after a confrontation with the town supervisor in front of her house.




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Man recognizes stolen homemade smoker on neighbor's Facebook photo

Police were able to use the address and location of the smoker based on the Facebook post to get a search warrant on Aug. 28. They served the ...



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Researchers give Facebook a deadline or else they'll quit

The team of Facebook always tries to improve its user experience based on the feedback and reviews by its users. Facebook is one of the largest ...



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Oculus co-founder Michael Antonov accused of sexual assault

A co-founder of the Facebook-owned virtual reality company Oculus has been accused of groping a woman during a VR session years ago. Autumn ...



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Facebook Rolls out a "Browse All" feature for Stories!

It's a good time to be a regular user of the stories feature on Facebook as the social media giant is leaving no stone unturned in making it the most ...




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Facebook employee killed in Fremont collision

The CBS News report says the driver left the crash scene and went to work. Co-workers saw the bicycle lodged in the windshield and encouraged him ...



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Facebook Stock Takes Another Jump From Bullish Trendline

Facebook, Inc. (NASDAQ:FB) is trading up 2% today, last seen at $185.46, rising with the broader tech sector. This move to the upside comes after a ...



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Man recognizes stolen homemade smoker on neighbor's Facebook photo

Police were able to use the address and location of the smoker based on the Facebook post to get a search warrant on Aug. 28. They served the ...




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Minecraft is getting an AI assistant from Facebook and MIT

Minecraft is getting an artificial intelligence assistant, with Facebook and MIT working on the project. The goal is to develop an AI system that can ...




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Huda And Mona Kattan Are Back On Facebook Watch For A Second Season Of Huda Boss

The sisters are even back for a second season of Huda Boss on Facebook Watch every Tuesday. The show executively produced by the Kattan sisters ...




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Forget Facebook, use these free apps to share your photos

Facebook isn't your only option for sharing photos with friends and family. If you're iffy on using the social media behemoth that always seems to be ...




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Facebook is teaching an AI to play Minecraft

AIs have been taught to play titles like Starcraft 2 and DOTA 2, and have become quite formidable opponents. Facebook is jumping on board this trend ...



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Option Traders Making Large Bullish Bets On Facebook Following Recent Weakness

Facebook, Inc. (NASDAQ: FB) shares have bounced a bit this week, but remain down 7.5% overall in the past month. Some large option trades on ...



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Facebook Rolls out a "Browse All" feature for Stories!

It's a good time to be a regular user of the stories feature on Facebook as the social media giant is leaving no stone unturned in making it the most ...



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FAANG 52-Week Laggard: Facebook The One Bright Spot?

FAANG, as an aggregate, has been underperforming the broader market over the past 52-weeks with only one stock illustrating positive returns.



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NY Republican Group Removes Facebook Video Warning of Hasidic Jewish 'Takeover'

A suburban New York Republican organization removed a widely condemned video from its Facebook page on Thursday that warned of a Hasidic ...




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Facebook Does Not 'Guarantee' Its Platform Will Be Free

A small change made to the company's slogan could open the door for Facebook to make even more money from the social media network. Previously ...



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Facebook is teaching an AI to play Minecraft

AIs have been taught to play titles like Starcraft 2 and DOTA 2, and have become quite formidable opponents. Facebook is jumping on board this trend ...




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Update: Facebook Expresses Sadness About Employee's Death

Facebook officials expressed sadness Thursday when they learned that a bicyclist killed in a collision with a vehicle in Fremont early Wednesday ...




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Facebook Messenger Nixes Discover, Adds New Business Features

Facebook is introducing new business tools for Messenger as it moves to delete the Discover tab, according to reports on Thursday (Aug. 29).




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Facebook Stock Takes Another Jump From Bullish Trendline

Facebook, Inc. (NASDAQ:FB) is trading up 2% today, last seen at $185.46, rising with the broader tech sector. This move to the upside comes after a ...




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Facebook Does Not 'Guarantee' Its Platform Will Be Free

A small change made to the company's slogan could open the door for Facebook to make even more money from the social media network. Previously ...




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Facebook is using Minecraft to train an AI Assistant

Facebook is using Mojang's Minecraft to train an AI that it hopes will eventually be molded into a AI assistant in the vein of Apple's Siri, but with more ...




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Thursday, August 29, 2019

Myanmar jails filmmaker for Facebook posts critical of military

YANGON (Reuters) – A Myanmar court on Thursday sentenced a prominent filmmaker to one year in prison with hard labour for Facebook posts that ...



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8 Ways to Win at Facebook Messenger Marketing

The potential to reach your audience through Facebook Messenger with chatbots is huge. Why? Facebook Messenger chatbots earn sky-high open ...




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8 Ways to Win at Facebook Messenger Marketing

The potential to reach your audience through Facebook Messenger with chatbots is huge. Why? Facebook Messenger chatbots earn sky-high open ...



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Facebook tightens rules for political ads ahead of 2020

Facebook is tightening its political ad rules in the US, it said on Wednesday, requiring new disclosures for its site and photo-sharing platform Instagram ...




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Facebook's 'technical error' in Messenger Kids allowed children to chat with adults, unsupervised

Facebook has admitted to a design flaw in Messenger Kids app that allowed young users on the platform to participate in group chats with adults, ...




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Facebook's 'technical error' in Messenger Kids allowed children to chat with adults, unsupervised

Facebook has admitted to a design flaw in Messenger Kids app that allowed young users on the platform to participate in group chats with adults, ...



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Facebook acknowledges flaw in Messenger Kids app

(Reuters) - Facebook Inc (FB.O) acknowledged a flaw in its Messenger Kids app, weeks after two U.S. senators raised privacy concerns about the ...




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Facebook tool for first responders

Helping local governments and first responders keep people safe and in-the-know. That's how … Facebook · Twitter · SMS · Email; Print; Save. × ...




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Facebook acknowledges flaw in Messenger Kids app

(Reuters) - Facebook Inc (FB.O) acknowledged a flaw in its Messenger Kids app, weeks after two U.S. senators raised privacy concerns about the ...



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UPDATE 1-Facebook tightens rules for US political advertisers ahead of 2020 election

(Adds comment from Trump campaign, paragraph 11). By Elizabeth Culliford. Aug 28 (Reuters) - Facebook Inc is tightening its political ad rules in the ...




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Researchers say Facebook has failed to provide promised data

A project to determine the effects of social media on democracy could cease over what researchers say is a failure from Facebook to share pertinent ...




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Facebook clamps down on political ads ahead of 2020 election

Facebook said on Wednesday that it will impose stricter rules on political advertisers ahead of the 2020 election as part of its ongoing efforts to bolster ...




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Stock Wars: Facebook Vs. Twitter Vs. Snapchat

Facebook has four major products: Facebook; the photo app Instagram, which it bought in 2012 for $1 billion; the messaging applications Messenger ...




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Facebook Says It Spoke to FTC About Kids Chat App That Had Flaw

Facebook Inc. said it had spoken to the U.S. Federal Trade Commission, which recently settled with the social media giant for $5 billion over ...




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News Wrap: Facebook to tighten rules around political advertising

In our news wrap Wednesday, Facebook says it will enforce stricter rules on political advertising ahead of the 2020 elections, in response to ...




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Facebook clamps down on political advertisers ahead of 2020 elections

Facebook is again imposing stricter rules on political advertisers ahead of the 2020 elections. The social network announced a set of new rules that ...




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Facebook Says It Spoke to FTC About Kids Chat App That Had Flaw

Facebook Inc. said it had spoken to the U.S. Federal Trade Commission, which recently settled with the social media giant for $5 billion over ...



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Beauty influencer Huda Kattan says $10 Facebook ad buys boosted her international growth, and ...

The beauty mogul Huda Kattan, who runs her multimillion-dollar cosmetics line, Huda Beauty, with her family and two sisters (Mona and Alya), said ...



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Is Facebook thinking about charging money for access to its social network?

Little did we know that Facebook, early that morning, may have made a simple and unobservable change to its website that would puzzle us weeks ...




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Facebook tightens rules amid 2020 US election fears

Facebook has unveiled new political advertising rules ahead of next year's US presidential election amid fears the platform will be exploited. Political ...




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Is Facebook thinking about charging money for access to its social network?

Little did we know that Facebook, early that morning, may have made a simple and unobservable change to its website that would puzzle us weeks ...



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Facebook 'has to do a lot better than this,' say Senators

A letter sent from Facebook to Democratic lawmakers has shed new light on the Messenger Kids breach that took place this summer — and inspired ...



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What's Behind Facebook's Libra and What We Should Be Concerned About

Why should we trust Facebook? Moreover, the European Union may be already investigating a potential anticompetitive behavior related to Libra.



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Wednesday, August 28, 2019

Will Facebook Dating Make Investors Fall for FB Stock?

Crypto enthusiasts are crowing about the Libra Project, slated for the first half of 2020. Yet a more impactful Facebook (FB) feature could entrench the ...




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Depression Plagues Tampa Workers Who Filter Graphic Facebook Content

Tampa Bay Times Reporter Kavitha Surana put together a profile on local Facebook content moderators. These workers spend their days looking at ...




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Hundreds of parts from endangered birds reportedly found for sale via Facebook

After the group's survey was completed in April, Facebook banned wildlife trade from any business that isn't verified, according to a press release.




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'Is Instagram ready?' Facebook's former security chief raises concerns with photo app ahead of 2020

Facebook's former head of security questioned in an interview released Tuesday if the company's popular Instagram app can withstand being ...




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Facebook expands 'Local Alert' tool in bid to help in emergencies

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Facebook announced on Tuesday that it was rolling out a tool that aims to provide users with potentially life-saving information ...




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Exclusive: Funders Have Given Facebook A Deadline To Share Data With Researchers Or They're ...

Facebook has until Sept. 30 to provide data it promised to academic researchers or a consortium of funders will cease to support the project, ...




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Efforts underway to close Facebook gun loophole

WASHINGTON (NEXSTAR) — Facebook says you cannot use the social media platform to sell guns. However, that's not stopping private gun sellers ...




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Why Facebook Would Want To Build Another Snapchat Clone

If you're Facebook—which already owns Instagram, Whatsapp, and Facebook Messenger—you can never have enough. Now, the company looks to ...




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Instagram's Threads App Is Another Sign of Messaging's Importance to Facebook

Facebook (FB) continues backing up its words about the long-term importance of messaging for its main platforms with actionsOn Monday afternoon, ...




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Facebook post makes inaccurate comparison of family separations under Trump, Obama

A Facebook post falsely claims that a significantly higher number of children were separated from their parents during the Obama administration than ...




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Facebook audit shows conservatives have the social media company's attention

Facebook last week released the first portion of an independent report compiled by former Sen. Jon Kyl (R-Ariz.) addressing allegations of bias ...




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Local governments will soon be able to use Facebook to send emergency alerts

Facebook has long positioned itself as a place where communities can share information during a crisis. Today, the company said it will start giving ...




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Bernie Sanders Wants to Tax Facebook and Google To Help Save Journalism

Bernie Sanders has a plan to save journalism, and he's looking at Facebook and Google to help. Among other things, Sanders wants to consider a ...




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Facebook is digging in for a high-stakes fight over its digital currency

A flurry of new developments during the past few days related to Libra, Facebook's proposed digital currency, has set the stage for the next round of ...




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Facebook Reportedly Working on New Snapchat-Like Messaging App for Instagram

Facebook has been working on a new private messaging app for Instagram, according to a report by The Verge. The new app, dubbed Threads, ...




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Peter Thiel Has Largely Sold All of His Facebook Stock

Thiel certainly made quite a profit from its initial investment in Facebook, though. He sold 16.8 million shares when Facebook went public in 2012, ...




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Facebook could face increased scrutiny from EU regulators after audio data from European users ...

Facebook could face new investigations from European regulators after data from 48 European citizens was sent to Facebook's contracted audio ...




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Facebook's local alerts will be available across the US

Facebook's local government alerts could soon be an everyday reality for American users. The social network is expanding access to all eligible ...




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Vergecast: Is Facebook ready for 2020?

Stamos was at Facebook during the Cambridge Analytica scandal, so the discussion covers a lot of what was going on at Facebook and how the ...




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Facebook is testing an Instagram spinoff app for close friends only

Facebook is testing an Instagram spinoff app called Threads, The Verge's Casey Newton reported Monday. Threads, if it ever officially launches, ...




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German court halts Facebook data collection ban: Report

German court halts Facebook data collection ban: Report ... apps and websites for targeted advertisements on Facebook itself without user consent.




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Facebook launching local alerts to keep you safe during emergencies, including severe weather

Severe weather, traffic incidents and crime disrupt routines and threaten lives. Facebook announced on Tuesday that is arming state, city and local ...




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Facebook Dating, credit scrutiny and more: 3 interesting patents Facebook snagged this month

Facebook Dating, credit scrutiny and more: 3 interesting patents Facebook snagged this month. Email. Share. Share. Tweet. Save · Print · Order ...




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Tuesday, August 27, 2019

Facebook publicly releases emails related to data scraping, Cambridge Analytica

Facebook late last week released a string of emails that discuss the social media giant's internal conversation over the possibility that some Facebook ...



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East Ventures gets $75 million investment from Facebook co-founder, Sinar Mas, among others

The venture capital (VC) company's investors include several big names from the tech world, including Facebook co-founder Eduardo Saverin, ...




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Facebook working on new messaging app to take on Snapchat

San Francisco:In a fresh assault on Snapchat, Facebook is developing a new messaging app called "Threads" which will promote sharing your status, ...



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Facebook's digital currency, Libra runs into privacy issues

GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. – Facebook announced two months ago they are trying to launch their own form of cryptocurrency called Libra. But now ...




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Facebook publicly releases emails related to data scraping, Cambridge Analytica

Facebook late last week released a string of emails that discuss the social media giant's internal conversation over the possibility that some Facebook ...




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Facebook reportedly developing messaging app Threads that automatically shares real-time ...

Facebook is said to be testing a new messaging app called Threads which will encourage users to constantly and automatically broadcast their ...



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Inside Facebook's underground meat market

Where's the beef? Facebook, apparently. People have been using the social media site to “gamble” on high-end food items — including A5 Wagyu, ...




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WilCo Commissioners could adopt new social media policy after deputy's Facebook posts

Fallout from a Williamson County deputy's Facebook posts is helping push the Williamson County Commissioner's Court to craft a new social media ...




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Facebook Posts Lobbying Retainer Amid Cryptocurrency Controversy

Facebook has hired a Washington-based lobbying firm in light of increased Congressional and regulatory pushback the social media network has ...




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Inside Facebook's underground meat market

Where's the beef? Facebook, apparently. People have been using the social media site to “gamble” on high-end food items — including A5 Wagyu, ...



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East Ventures gets $75 million investment from Facebook co-founder, Sinar Mas, among others

The venture capital (VC) company's investors include several big names from the tech world, including Facebook co-founder Eduardo Saverin, ...



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Facebook event encourages Arizona residents to wash cars during drought to 'guarantee rain will ...

While we may never be able to explain why it always seems to rain just after you wash your car or during an outdoor party, one Facebook event is ...




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[Techie Tuesday] From selling his startup to Facebook to building 'the mother of Alexa' - Kumar ...

After selling his previous startup, Little Eye Labs, to Facebook (which was the company's first India-acquisition) in 2014, Kumar co-founded Slang Labs ...




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Woman asks Facebook users for 100 cards for mother's 100th birthday

For this reason, I would like to make a special request to my Facebook friends and family. Could you please take the time to send a card and could you ...




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[Techie Tuesday] From selling his startup to Facebook to building 'the mother of Alexa' - Kumar ...

After selling his previous startup, Little Eye Labs, to Facebook (which was the company's first India-acquisition) in 2014, Kumar co-founded Slang Labs ...



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Facebook revokes API keys to scheduler marketing partner Social Report

A company that is a verified Facebook Marketing Partner has had the rug pulled from under it by the social media giant, with potentially major ...



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Instagram's latest assault on Snapchat is a messaging app called Threads

Facebook is developing a new messaging app called Threads that is meant to promote constant, intimate sharing between users and their closest ...



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On Facebook

Qualifications are only an entry point. After years of working, qualifications become less important, and the hiring manager will be looking at ...



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Bernie Sanders goes after Facebook, Google in plan to revive 'real journalism'

Sanders said, if elected, he would appoint officials who would enforce antitrust laws “against tech giants like Facebook and Google, to prevent them ...




Facebook, News, Breaking News, Social Media

Instagram's latest assault on Snapchat is a messaging app called Threads

Facebook is developing a new messaging app called Threads that is meant to promote constant, intimate sharing between users and their closest ...




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Bernie Sanders takes on Facebook and Google for destroying local media

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) is taking aim once again at Silicon Valley, this time laying some of the blame for the turbulence of the journalism industry at ...



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How Facebook should combat online hate groups, according to physics

A new study out of George Washington University is revealing that social media firms like Facebook are policing online hate groups all wrong. Physics ...



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Bernie Sanders takes on Facebook and Google for destroying local media

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) is taking aim once again at Silicon Valley, this time laying some of the blame for the turbulence of the journalism industry at ...




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Monday, August 26, 2019

Facebook's cryptocurrency Libra risks falling apart before it has even started

But the plan that Facebook's crypto chief David Marcus laid out was not ... Facebook, to be fair, has never said that it expected launching Libra to be ...



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Facebook's dream of a global cryptocurrency raises political stakes — for the regulators themselves

Facebook introduced its vision for a global cryptocurrency called Libra two months ago, and since then, regulators have piled criticism onto the project.



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Facebook's Move Against The Epoch Times Underscores Hate Speech Challenge

Facebook announced week that it would block the conservative news site The Epoch Times from advertising on its website. Too bad that it took a ...



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Viral Facebook response starts at Houma car dealer

What started out as a simple act of kindness on a Houma car lot, and then another in return, has gone viral in the very best way possible.



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Facebook event aims to spark monsoon by getting people in Phoenix to wash their cars

PHOENIX — This year's so-called "nonsoon" has been driving everyone a little crazy. (OK, maybe more than a little.) There has only been .27 of an ...




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Facebook's Move Against The Epoch Times Underscores Hate Speech Challenge

Facebook announced week that it would block the conservative news site The Epoch Times from advertising on its website. Too bad that it took a ...




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Facebook's dream of a global cryptocurrency raises political stakes — for the regulators themselves

Facebook introduced its vision for a global cryptocurrency called Libra two months ago, and since then, regulators have piled criticism onto the project.




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Facebook's Libra Losing its Allies – Strict Regulations to Blame

Mark Zuckerberg's proverbial crypto bubble could pop before it even gets the chance to take off as 3 companies backing Facebook's infamous project ...



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Vietnam's Social App Lotus Seeks Funds To Compete With Facebook

The report also cited Statista, which noted Vietnam had 43.5 million active Facebook users in 2018, and that number is expected to rise to more than ...




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Vietnam's Social App Lotus Seeks Funds To Compete With Facebook

Vietnam's new social network platform, Lotus, is looking to raise as much as 1.2 trillion dong ($52.1 million) in a bid to take on Facebook. Developed ...



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Kohl's To Tap Into Facebook Data To Create Millennial Clothing Line

The fashionistas posting on Facebook have the attention of Kohl's, which is looking to create a curated clothing line based on the brands people are ...



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Kohl's To Tap Into Facebook Data To Create Millennial Clothing Line

The fashionistas posting on Facebook have the attention of Kohl's, which is looking to create a curated clothing line based on the brands people are ...




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Event calls on Phoenix residents to wash their cars at the same time 'so the monsoon will arrive'

Some Phoenix-area residents are brewing up their own version of the "Storm Area 51" Facebook event. The difference here? We're bringing the storm ...




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Better Buy: Netflix vs. Facebook

Facebook (NASDAQ: FB) and Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) have been passing ships in 2019. Facebook, dogged by data privacy concerns and stubborn ...




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Australia decides not to block Facebook for hosting violent content but will block “fringe websites”

The Australian federal government ruled out blocking access to big social media platforms, including Facebook and Twitter. The Morrison government ...




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Better Buy: Netflix vs. Facebook

Facebook (NASDAQ: FB) and Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) have been passing ships in 2019. Facebook, dogged by data privacy concerns and stubborn ...



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Better Buy: Netflix vs. Facebook

Facebook (NASDAQ:FB) and Netflix (NASDAQ:NFLX) have been passing ships in 2019. Facebook, dogged by data privacy concerns and stubborn ...



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Facebook's free bike repair clinic gets kids, adults rolling again in Menlo Park

The tech giant headquartered in Menlo Park brought a few of its Facebook Bike Team contractors to the courtyard outside the Belle Haven branch of ...



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CHP creates Facebook page for Spanish speakers

The California Highway Patrol has a new Facebook page just for Spanish speakers. CHP División del Valle (CHP Valley Division) is completely in ...



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US lawmaker says still concerned about Facebook cryptocurrency after Swiss meetings

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The chair of the U.S. House Financial Services Committee said on Sunday she remained concerned about Facebook's ...



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US lawmaker says still concerned about Facebook cryptocurrency

WASHINGTON: The chair of the US House Financial Services Committee said on Sunday (Aug 25) she remained concerned about Facebook's plans ...



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Better Buy: Netflix vs. Facebook

Facebook (NASDAQ:FB) and Netflix (NASDAQ:NFLX) have been passing ships in 2019. Facebook, dogged by data privacy concerns and stubborn ...




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Facebook's free bike repair clinic gets kids, adults rolling again in Menlo Park

The tech giant headquartered in Menlo Park brought a few of its Facebook Bike Team contractors to the courtyard outside the Belle Haven branch of ...




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Sunday, August 25, 2019

Microsoft, PayPal, Facebook Warning: Top-10 Brands Impersonated In Phishing Attacks Revealed

Emails with first-grade English and (usually) casually mocked-up templates, informing us that our Microsoft or Facebook or Apple accounts have been ...




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Microsoft, PayPal, Facebook Warning: Top-10 Brands Impersonated In Phishing Attacks Revealed

Emails with first-grade English and (usually) casually mocked-up templates, informing us that our Microsoft or Facebook or Apple accounts have been ...



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Restaurants the one calming influence on the toxicity of Facebook

Facebook has transformed the way people interact with us and our stories. Before social media, readers who had comments on a story either wrote a ...



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Facebook Comments

Trucker from Punta Gorda threatened mass shooting at Memphis church, FBI alleges. Frayda Habib Zeltsar OMG, This is hitting to close to home.




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I Liked My Neighbours -- Until I Joined Their Facebook Group

When we first moved in it seemed like a quiet, generic urban street just like any other. But we were quickly exposed to the tension that was bubbling ...




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Young man throws bait at a strange hole to attract an exotic fish and the unexpected happens ...

Shocking images Through Facebook, a clip that has paralyzed social networks was viralized by the shocking images recorded by the precise moment ...




Facebook, News, Breaking News, Social Media

I Liked My Neighbours -- Until I Joined Their Facebook Group

When we first moved in it seemed like a quiet, generic urban street just like any other. But we were quickly exposed to the tension that was bubbling ...



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Adjunct Professor Claims Facebook's New Currency Stole His Ideas

An NYU Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences professor has claimed that Facebook plagiarized a trade coin he proposed in an academic paper ...



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Hustlers stars Jennifer Lopez, Lili Reinhart, Constance Wu, Keke Palmer on learning how to pole ...

When the stars of the upcoming movie Hustlers sat down with EW for a Facebook Live conversation on Saturday, it quickly got wild when the topic of ...




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Facebook News Tab? No thanks

OPINION: Facebook has said that it will be using human curators for News Tab, a new section of the Facebook app dedicated to news aggregation.




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Judge upholds Cleveland EMS captain's firing over Facebook posts

CLEVELAND — A federal judge on Friday ruled that a former Cleveland EMS captain fired over offensive Facebook posts about Tamir Rice should not ...




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Facebook hiring senior Dublin staff to manage digital currency

Facebook hiring senior Dublin staff to manage digital currency ... Facebook is hiring a Dublin team as part of its controversial project to build a digital ...



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Couple reunites on Facebook 40 years after their first meeting & get married

A chance meeting in Germany almost 40 years ago, rekindled in 2017 through social media, has culminated in Pearl Jacobs, 65, walking down the ...



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How National wins the 2020 election using Identity Politics and Facebook

There are lots of insights into National's election tactics for 2020. There is the focus on how National are denigrating the whole political system as ...



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Judge upholds Cleveland EMS captain's firing over Facebook posts

CLEVELAND — A federal judge on Friday ruled that a former Cleveland EMS captain fired over offensive Facebook posts about Tamir Rice should not ...



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Woman at centre of racism controversy in Richmond gets bombarded with criticism on Facebook

A fair number of social-media users are telling a woman off after she berated an Asian woman in a Richmond parking lot and urged her to go back to ...



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Facebook BANS right-leaning Epoch Times from running ads after it was accused of spending $2M ...

Facebook has banned Epoch Times from running any ads after the conservative newspaper was accused of running 'pro-Trump' political content.



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Free Bike Repair & Free Lunch Boxes Via Facebook: Menlo Park

"With back-to-school prep in full swing, Facebook is providing FREE BIKE REPAIRS and FREE LUNCH BOXES at its Belle Haven Community Mobile ...




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Big US tech firms such as Amazon, Google and Facebook must pay a 'fair' amount of tax on their ...

BIG US tech firms must pay a “fair” amount of tax on their UK revenues, Boris Johnson insisted yesterday. Online giants such as Amazon, Google and ...




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Facebook Resurrection: Why FB Stock Is Poised for a 25% Rally

Disclaimer: The views expressed in the article are solely those of the author and do not represent those of, nor should they be attributed to, CCN.




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Storyboard: 'Facebook's 'Thumbstoppers' to get advertising agencies to think short form'

Thumbstoppers — Facebook's initiative targeted at marketing and advertising industry to redefine storytelling in short-form video ads — conducted its ...




Facebook, News, Breaking News, Social Media

Big US tech firms such as Amazon, Google and Facebook must pay a 'fair' amount of tax on their ...

BIG US tech firms must pay a “fair” amount of tax on their UK revenues, Boris Johnson insisted yesterday. Online giants such as Amazon, Google and ...



Facebook, News, Breaking News, Social Media

Facebook Resurrection: Why FB Stock Is Poised for a 25% Rally

Disclaimer: The views expressed in the article are solely those of the author and do not represent those of, nor should they be attributed to, CCN.



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New Facebook emails show employee concerns about Cambridge Analytica data scraping months ...

Facebook has published internal emails showing staff discussing their concerns that Cambridge Analytica was scraping user data in September 2015.



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Epoch Times, pro-Trump Falun Gong news outlet, banned from buying Facebook ads

The Epoch Times, a conservative news outlet that has spent more money on pro-Trump ads than any group besides the president's campaign, was ...




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Saturday, August 24, 2019

Emails reveal Facebook's knowledge of Cambridge Analytica

Internal emails published by Facebook on Friday show the concerns the tech company had about Cambridge Analytica over two years before the ...



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Facebook's $100m SEC settlement failed to get unanimous approval

Facebook's $100m settlement with the Securities and Exchange Commission last month was opposed by the sole Democratic appointee at the ...




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News Corp Developing News Service to Combat Facebook, Google Bias

Rupert Murdoch's News Corp is developing a news distribution service that will serve as an alternative to what the company's executives believe is an ...




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Facebook releases emails showing data debates, launches new probe of marketing partners

On the same day that Facebook released a batch of emails revealing new details about how it shared data with political advertisers, the company also ...




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How To Stream Dodgers-Yankees Series Opener On Facebook Watch

MLB began streaming games on Facebook in 2017, and reached a more robust broadcasting agreement last season. The Dodgers' series finale ...




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Target, Facebook, Ford: Stocks That Defined the Week

The bargain bin is back as shoppers seek out value and convenience. Discounter Target said sales at stores open at least a year rose 3.4% in the ...




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Backers for Facebook's Libra Cryptocurrency May Jump Ship

Things aren't looking great for Libra, Facebook's foray into the world of cryptocurrency. Multiple high-profile backers that invested in the project are ...




Facebook, News, Breaking News, Social Media

Facebook's $100 Million Fine Wasn't Approved Unanimously by SEC

The $100 million fine that Facebook Inc. agreed to pay last month over claims that it misled investors about business risks tied to Cambridge ...




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Rep. Waters Says Congress Will Continue Review of Facebook's Libra

The chairwoman of the U.S. House Financial Services Committee has said that the body will continue scrutinizing Facebook's cryptocurrency, Libra.



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How to post a YouTube video on Facebook in several different ways, using YouTube's 'Share' feature

To share to Facebook on mobile, make sure you have the Facebook app, and to share on Facebook using a computer, be sure you are signed in to ...




Facebook, News, Breaking News, Social Media

Backers for Facebook's Libra Cryptocurrency May Jump Ship

Things aren't looking great for Libra, Facebook's foray into the world of cryptocurrency. Multiple high-profile backers that invested in the project are ...



Facebook, News, Breaking News, Social Media

Facebook Again Tries to Clarify When It First Knew About Cambridge Analytica

Racine filed a lawsuit against Facebook last December over the company's user data collection and protection practices, specifically mentioning ...




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Report: Facebook's Libra Cryptocurrency Partners Inching Away as Regulators Near

Over the past two years, ever since the Cambridge Analytica scandal happened, Facebook has remained under intensive regulatory scrutiny in more ...




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Facebook's $100m SEC settlement failed to get unanimous approval

Facebook's $100m settlement with the Securities and Exchange Commission last month was opposed by the sole Democratic appointee at the ...



Facebook, News, Breaking News, Social Media

Alex Stamos, Ex-Facebook Security Chief, Blames Journalists for Cambridge Analytica Fallout

A Facebook initiative announced last year designed to generate “independent, credible research about the role of social media in elections” is ...




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Here's yet another reason why Facebook's Libra might never happen

Facebook released a white paper in June explaining its plans for Libra. It describes the cryptocurrency as a way for payments to be processed ...




Facebook, News, Breaking News, Social Media

How to post a YouTube video on Facebook in several different ways, using YouTube's 'Share' feature

To share to Facebook on mobile, make sure you have the Facebook app, and to share on Facebook using a computer, be sure you are signed in to ...



Facebook, News, Breaking News, Social Media

Facebook's $100 Million Fine Wasn't Approved Unanimously by SEC

The $100 million fine that Facebook Inc. agreed to pay last month over claims that it misled investors about business risks tied to Cambridge ...



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Facebook is reviewing hundreds of its official 'Facebook Marketing Partners' over Instagram data ...

Facebook is launching a review of all its "Facebook Marketing Partners," a group of more than 600 marketing and advertising firms bearing the social ...



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Facebook now Allows Page Admins to Customize Columns in Stories Insights!

Facebook and the Apps and Services it owns have been putting in extra work to make the Stories feature more prominent than ever. It wasn't long ago ...



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Here's yet another reason why Facebook's Libra might never happen

Facebook released a white paper in June explaining its plans for Libra. It describes the cryptocurrency as a way for payments to be processed ...



Facebook, News, Breaking News, Social Media

Friday, August 23, 2019

Facebook Finally Rolls out a "Preview" Option for Page Posts!

If you are a Facebook Page Admin, you should remember being nervous at more than one occasion before publishing a post. The fear of missing ...



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Tensions rise between Facebook and its Libra founding partners

Intensifying regulatory scrutiny of Facebook's Libra digital currency has spooked some of the project's early backers, with at least three privately ...



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Facebook bans ads from the Epoch Times

The organization reportedly shifted its spending on Facebook in the past month in order to obscure its connection to $2 million in ads advocating for ...




Facebook, News, Breaking News, Social Media

Judge in Facebook Sex-Trafficking Case Blocks New Privacy Feature

A new Facebook feature that lets users clear their browser history just got sidetracked by concerns that it would also allow sex traffickers to cover their ...




Facebook, News, Breaking News, Social Media

News Corp Readies News App to Address Publishers' Concerns About Google and Facebook

The project aims to give exposure to smaller outlets that News Corp executives believe are often demoted in Google's search results and Facebook ...




Facebook, News, Breaking News, Social Media

Judge in Facebook Sex-Trafficking Case Blocks New Privacy Feature

A new Facebook feature that lets users clear their browser history just got sidetracked by concerns that it would also allow sex traffickers to cover their ...



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Stop Facebook from eating up your storage and draining your battery

Do you venture onto Facebook multiple times a day? Did you install the app on your mobile device thinking it would make posting and liking easier ...




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Facebook bans ads from The Epoch Times after huge pro-Trump buy

Facebook has banned The Epoch Times, a conservative news outlet that spent more money on pro-Trump Facebook advertisements than any group ...



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Facebook Said It Would Give Detailed Data To Academics. They're Still Waiting.

In 2018, Facebook announced a partnership to provide data to academics to “help people better understand the broader impact of social media on ...




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Conservatives Condemn Facebook's Failure to Address Censorship Concerns

Media Research Center (MRC) President Brent Bozell has joined more than twenty conservative leaders issuing a statement condemning Facebook's ...




Facebook, News, Breaking News, Social Media

Facebook Said It Would Give Detailed Data To Academics. They're Still Waiting.

In 2018, Facebook announced a partnership to provide data to academics to “help people better understand the broader impact of social media on ...



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Facebook's Housing Discrimination Troubles Persist

Facebook (FB) is facing another housing discrimination lawsuit. A group of Facebook users have sued the company to seek compensation for alleged ...



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Facebook cracks down on more fake accounts tied to Myanmar

Facebook has been subject to criticism that it didn't do enough to combat hate speech that fueled a genocide in Myanmar against the the Rohingya, ...




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We tried to contact China users blocked by Twitter and Facebook: Here's who wrote back:

He is also among the hundreds of people in China whose Twitter or Facebook accounts were suspended this week after the platforms said they had ...




Facebook, News, Breaking News, Social Media

Facebook bans the Epoch Times ads after huge pro-Trump buy

The Epoch Times, a conservative news outlet that has spent more money on pro-Trump Facebook advertisements than any group other than the ...




Facebook, News, Breaking News, Social Media

Facebook cracks down on more fake accounts tied to Myanmar

Facebook has been subject to criticism that it didn't do enough to combat hate speech that fueled a genocide in Myanmar against the the Rohingya, ...



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We tried to contact China users blocked by Twitter and Facebook: Here's who wrote back:

He is also among the hundreds of people in China whose Twitter or Facebook accounts were suspended this week after the platforms said they had ...



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Facebook cracks down on more accounts tied to Myanmar's military

Facebook has faced criticism that it didn't do enough to combat hate speech that fueled a genocide in Myanmar against the the Rohingya, a mainly ...




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This Instagram hoax is fooling the internet - don't fall for it

Welcome to the club Instagram. The social media site has been hit by a classic hoax that immediately went viral. Facebook users easily spotted the ...




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California Senator says Facebook should remove shoving video

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A California state senator is criticizing Facebook for refusing to remove a video of an anti-vaccine protester shoving him in the ...




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4 arrested for luring men into kidnap, robbery with a Facebook post, police say

PLANT CITY, Fla. — Four suspects have been arrested after police say they lured victims via a Facebook post to a Plant City home where the victims ...




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California legislator wants Facebook to dump shoving video

A California state senator who was shoved by an anti-vaccine activist says Facebook is deliberately giving a platform to violence by not removing a ...



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Facebook shutters dozens of accounts tied to Myanmar's military

Facebook on Thursday said the military in Myanmar is still using the platform to sow ethnic divisions in the country, almost a year after the social media ...



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Thursday, August 22, 2019

Facebook rolls out tool which could block those creepy targeted ads on your feed

SAN FRANCISCO — Soon, you could get fewer familiar ads following you around the internet — or at least on Facebook. Facebook is launching a ...



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Facebook weathers another bad week after political bias audit, Libra pushback

Facebook weathers another bad week after political bias audit, Libra ... antitrust regulators have launched a probe into Libra, the Facebook-backed ...



Facebook, News, Breaking News, Social Media

"Digital redlining": Facebook's housing ads seem designed to discriminate

Facebook's Marketplace, a Craigslist ripoff that the social media megalith created to keep classifieds within its online ecosystem, has been under ...



Facebook, News, Breaking News, Social Media

Facebook, Twitter and the Digital Disinformation Mess

Companies such as Facebook, Twitter and Google are under pressure to take action. In one of the most high-profile cases yet, Twitter and Facebook ...




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Facebook Adds a New Feature to its Creator Studio to Help Publishers with Managing Messages!

Facebook's Creator Studio has just added a familiar feature. In case you are not aware, Creator Studio gives Publishers a platform to manage ...



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Facebook's New Privacy Control Tool to Boost User Confidence

Facebook FB has been undertaking a number of initiatives to improve privacy and security on its platform and services. These are primarily aimed at ...



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Why does everyone keep falling for that Instagram and Facebook hoax?

A hoax making the rounds on Facebook and Instagram alleges that users must share a notice in order to keep all their content from being made public.




Facebook, News, Breaking News, Social Media

Facebook Finally Gives Us Answers On That Viral Instagram Hoax (Sort Of)

Claims that Facebook, or Instagram (which is owned by Facebook), is changing its terms of service and will make everything public unless users ...



Facebook, News, Breaking News, Social Media

Facebook, Twitter Accuse China of Fueling Hong Kong Disinformation

The Chinese government blocks both Twitter and Facebook on the mainland. The sites are freely available in Hong Kong. Twitter said in a statement it ...



Facebook, News, Breaking News, Social Media

"Digital redlining": Facebook's housing ads seem designed to discriminate

Facebook's Marketplace, a Craigslist ripoff that the social media megalith created to keep classifieds within its online ecosystem, has been under ...




Facebook, News, Breaking News, Social Media

Facebook, Twitter Accuse China of Fueling Hong Kong Disinformation

The Chinese government blocks both Twitter and Facebook on the mainland. The sites are freely available in Hong Kong. Twitter said in a statement it ...




Facebook, News, Breaking News, Social Media

Facebook makes tweaks following bias report

Facebook released the interim results of an audit into its alleged anti-conservative bias Tuesday, the first step in attempting to address criticism by the ...




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Facebook Gives Privacy-Minded Users Some Control Over Activity Tracking

Facebook on Tuesday announced the release of Off-Facebook Activity, a tool that will let members see which apps and websites supply information ...




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Workplace by Facebook partners evolve as demand grows

The Workplace by Facebook partner lineup is evolving, with new channel allies entering the fold and other companies revamping their approaches to ...




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Facebook rolls out Off-Facebook Activity controls

Facebook started to roll out a new privacy tool called Off-Facebook Activity to users from Ireland, Spain, and South Korea earlier today. Designed to ...



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Facebook to allow users to access data collected from their accounts

Social media giant Facebook has launched a new online tool in Ireland to allow people to see what data has been collected on them via their ...



Facebook, News, Breaking News, Social Media

Workplace by Facebook partners evolve as demand grows

The Workplace by Facebook partner lineup is evolving, with new channel allies entering the fold and other companies revamping their approaches to ...



Facebook, News, Breaking News, Social Media

Bias at Facebook? Audit lists conservatives' complaints

Promising to be more transparent about how it makes content decisions, Facebook on Tuesday released the first results of an audit addressing ...



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Facebook weathers another bad week after political bias audit, Libra pushback

Facebook weathers another bad week after political bias audit, Libra ... antitrust regulators have launched a probe into Libra, the Facebook-backed ...




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MAN RECEIVED CHILD PORNOGRAPHY VIA FACEBOOK AND THEN SENTENCED TO 13 YEARS

In September 2018, Facebook, Inc. notified Washington Police Department officials of messages between Eric and a female 15-year-old minor child ...




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Facebook is gaslighting all of us with its audit of imaginary anti-conservative bias

On Tuesday, Facebook published an interim report outlining the results of a yearlong audit of the social networking site in response to allegations of ...




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Woman left in dumpster as a baby uses Facebook to search for the people who rescued her

A Georgia woman whose birth made headlines has put out a plea on Facebook to help her find the person or people who rescued her from the ...




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No, you don't have to publicly declare that Instagram can't use your photos — you already said yes ...

On Instagram and Facebook, people are falling for a hoax by sharing an image that says, "Instagram does not have my permission to share photos or ...




Facebook, News, Breaking News, Social Media

Wednesday, August 21, 2019

Facebook Is Rolling out a Tool to Limit Data Gathering

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Soon, you could get fewer familiar ads following you around the internet — or at least on Facebook. Facebook is launching ...



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Facebook rolls out tool to block off-Facebook data tracking

SAN FRANCISCO — Soon, you could get fewer familiar ads following you around the internet — or at least on Facebook. Facebook is launching a ...




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China Backlash: Facebook And Twitter Warned 'You Could Lose Billions In Revenue': Report

And so the threats begin... Twenty-four hours after Facebook and Twitter cut down a massive disinformation campaign operated by the Chinese state ...



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Facebook's New Privacy Feature Comes With a Loophole

Facebook's New Privacy Feature Comes With a Loophole ... Erin Egan, Facebook's chief privacy officer, and David Baser, the director of product ...



Facebook, News, Breaking News, Social Media

Facebook wants to hire journalists, but where does that leave News Feed?

Facebook's news plans are starting to take shape. After months of rumors, the company has confirmed plans to introduce a separate "news" section in ...




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Tiny Desert Towns Around Area 51 Are Stressed About The Viral Facebook Event

The tiny community of Lincoln County, Nevada, is bracing itself for potentially tens of thousands of people to torpedo through for the viral "Storm Area ...



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Facebook's Clear History Tools Won't Actually Delete Your Data

Facebook introduced a set of tools, including the long-awaited Clear History setting, that will give users new ways to control information that the ...




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Facebook reportedly faces EU antitrust scrutiny over its Libra cryptocurrency

Facebook and 27 partners unveiled plans for the cryptocurrency in June. Since then, the social media giant has faced pushback from US lawmakers ...



Facebook, News, Breaking News, Social Media

Better Buy: MercadoLibre vs. Facebook

Shares of MercadoLibre have soared by 447%, handily beating Facebook's return of 146%, while both stocks have trounced the 46% return of the ...




Facebook, News, Breaking News, Social Media

Facebook Begins Rolling Out New Tool to See Which of Its Data Pals Are Monitoring You

As Facebook works to undo the damage of years of user data scandals—ostensibly with an overhauled focus on “privacy,” or something—part of that ...




Facebook, News, Breaking News, Social Media

Twitter And Facebook Shut Down Fake Propaganda Accounts Run By Chinese Government

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Adam Segal, at the Council on Foreign Relations, about Facebook and Twitter shutting down hundreds of fake ...




Facebook, News, Breaking News, Social Media

Facebook rolls out privacy tool to block off-Facebook data gathering

The company said Tuesday that it is adding a section where you can see the activity that Facebook tracks outside its service via its "like" buttons and ...



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Facebook to allow users to view what data other sites share

On Tuesday, Facebook unveiled the tool, called Off-Facebook Activity. The feature provides a summary of the data third-party apps and sites share ...



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Conservatives 'Lost Trust' in Facebook, Independent Report Finds

Facebook has a long way to go in reclaiming the trust of conservatives, according to an interim report on the social media giant's liberal bias overseen ...




Facebook, News, Breaking News, Social Media

Facebook Finally Rolling Out 'Clear History' Tool

Facebook is now rolling out its long-awaited clear history tool, which will block the social network from tracking which third-party websites you've been ...




Facebook, News, Breaking News, Social Media

Facebook Begins Rolling Out New Tool to See Which of Its Data Pals Are Monitoring You

As Facebook works to undo the damage of years of user data scandals—ostensibly with an overhauled focus on “privacy,” or something—part of that ...



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Tidal shares songs as Stories in Facebook and Instagram

Tidal has introduced an option to share tunes directly as Stories in Facebook and Instagram, helping you convey your musical mood to your followers.



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These New Facebook Ads From Chinese State Media Want You To Believe Xinjiang's Muslim ...

Extending the reach of its propaganda beyond its borders, Chinese state-owned media is running ads on Facebook seemingly designed to cast doubt ...



Facebook, News, Breaking News, Social Media

Facebook Finally Rolling Out 'Clear History' Tool

Facebook is now rolling out its long-awaited clear history tool, which will block the social network from tracking which third-party websites you've been ...



Facebook, News, Breaking News, Social Media

Facebook's 'clear history' tool doesn't actually 'clear' anything

It's finally here. More than a year after Mark Zuckerberg took the stage at Facebook's 2018 F8 conference and announced plans to create a "clear ...



Facebook, News, Breaking News, Social Media

Facebook Exacerbates One Problem by Trying to Solve Another

Facebook is calling a do-over. The social network is apparently hiring editors who will curate a new section of the app, a News tab that keeps users ...




Facebook, News, Breaking News, Social Media

Facebook rolls out privacy tool to block off-Facebook data gathering

The company said Tuesday that it is adding a section where you can see the activity that Facebook tracks outside its service via its "like" buttons and ...




Facebook, News, Breaking News, Social Media

Facebook Exacerbates One Problem by Trying to Solve Another

Facebook is calling a do-over. The social network is apparently hiring editors who will curate a new section of the app, a News tab that keeps users ...



Facebook, News, Breaking News, Social Media

Tuesday, August 20, 2019

Facebook sued over alleged housing discrimination

A group of Facebook users have sued the social networking giant, claiming they and potentially millions of others were denied access to housing ...



Facebook, News, Breaking News, Social Media

Twitter, Facebook accuse China of Hong Kong meddling

By Katie Paul and Elizabeth Culliford | Reuters. Twitter Inc and Facebook Inc said on Monday they had dismantled a state-backed social media ...



Facebook, News, Breaking News, Social Media

Facebook, Twitter accuse China of disinformation campaign against Hong Kong protesters

Twitter and Facebook suspended almost 1,000 accounts that were tied to a Chinese disinformation campaign that targeted pro-democracy protesters ...



Facebook, News, Breaking News, Social Media

Facebook, Twitter Say China Is Spreading Disinformation About Hong Kong Protesters

Topline: Facebook and Twitter said Monday they both removed several fake accounts tied to a state-backed campaign to spread disinformation about ...



Facebook, News, Breaking News, Social Media

Facebook's antitrust investigation could finish as soon as next year

Facebook's looming antitrust fight could come as soon as next year, according to statements by FTC Chairman Joe Simons reported by the Financial ...



Facebook, News, Breaking News, Social Media

Facebook pulls propaganda accounts demonizing Hong Kong protesters

It's not just Twitter cracking down on attempts to undermine Hong Kong protesters through social networks. Facebook has pulled seven Pages, five ...



Facebook, News, Breaking News, Social Media

Facebook and Twitter: It Sure Looks Like China's Spreading Bullshit About Hong Kong Protesters

Social media giants Facebook and Twitter this week disclosed their responses to what they characterized as coordinated disinformation campaigns ...



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FTC chief says breaking up Facebook would be hard to do

Joseph Simons, the chairman of the Federal Trade Commission, said on Monday that Facebook's effort to integrate Instagram and WhatsApp more ...



Facebook, News, Breaking News, Social Media

A group of states may launch investigations into big tech companies like Facebook and Google ...

Representatives from as many as a dozen states met with DoJ officials to discuss a multi-state effort to investigate big tech companies like Facebook ...



Facebook, News, Breaking News, Social Media

Facebook, Twitter accuse China of spreading Hong Kong disinformation

Facebook and Twitter said Monday they had discovered and suspended a slew of social media accounts believed to be tied to the Chinese ...



Facebook, News, Breaking News, Social Media

Factbox: Track Facebook's fight against disinformation campaigns in 2019

(Reuters) – Facebook Inc <FB.O> and Twitter Inc <TWTR.N> said on Monday they had dismantled a state-backed information operation originating in ...



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Facebook and Twitter Suspend Accounts After Alleging Deceptive Tactics Against Hong Kong ...

Facebook and Twitter said Monday they have shut down accounts originating from China that they believe are likely to be either state-sponsored or ...



Facebook, News, Breaking News, Social Media

Twitter and Facebook say China-linked accounts sought to fuel political discord in Hong Kong

Facebook and Twitter said Monday that they had removed a sweeping network of troll accounts linked to China that aimed to fuel political discord in ...



Facebook, News, Breaking News, Social Media

Twitter and Facebook suspend accounts linked to Chinese government

Twitter and Facebook have suspended accounts for running a state-sponsored propaganda campaign targeting Hong Kong protesters. Twitter says it ...



Facebook, News, Breaking News, Social Media

Twitter and Facebook under fire for ads criticizing Hong Kong protesters

Twitter and Facebook have landed in hot water for allowing Chinese state-run media outlets to run ads on their platforms that criticize pro-democracy ...



Facebook, News, Breaking News, Social Media

Facebook And Twitter Hit Back At China, Closing Hong Kong Propaganda Machine

The same has been true on Facebook, where multiple state-controlled accounts have peddled the same messages. By the end of the day, both social ...



Facebook, News, Breaking News, Social Media

Thousands Of Accounts Linked To The Chinese Government Have Been Kicked Off Of Social Media

Facebook and Twitter announced Monday they have taken down accounts associated with “inauthentic activity” coming from China that targeted the ...



Facebook, News, Breaking News, Social Media

Twitter, Facebook Target Accounts Spreading Misinformation on Hong Kong Protests

Facebook said that following a tip from Twitter, it removed five accounts ... Facebook and Twitter are blocked in China by a government-controlled ...



Facebook, News, Breaking News, Social Media

Twitter and Facebook take first actions against China for using fake accounts to sow discord in ...

Twitter and Facebook said Monday they had taken action against China for using hundreds of fake accounts to sow political discord during the Hong ...



Facebook, News, Breaking News, Social Media

Hong Kong protests: Twitter and Facebook remove Chinese accounts

Twitter and Facebook have taken steps to block what they described as a state-backed Chinese misinformation campaign. Twitter said it removed 936 ...



Facebook, News, Breaking News, Social Media

Facebook sued over alleged housing discrimination

A group of Facebook users have sued the social networking giant, claiming they and potentially millions of others were denied access to housing ...




Facebook, News, Breaking News, Social Media

Facebook, Twitter Say China Is Spreading Disinformation About Hong Kong Protesters

Topline: Facebook and Twitter said Monday they both removed several fake accounts tied to a state-backed campaign to spread disinformation about ...




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China used Facebook, Twitter to undermine Hong Kong protests, sites allege

A covert state-backed social media campaign run from China has sought to undermine ongoing demonstrations in Hong Kong, according to ...




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Monday, August 19, 2019

Queensland political leaders caught up in fake Facebook headache

“If you've received a message that appears to come from my Facebook account but says 'using Messenger without Facebook' please do not respond,” ...



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Monday Insight: Record $5bn fine is proving good value as Facebook gets stronger under FTC ...

When Facebook agreed to settle a privacy complaint with the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) for $5bn (€4.5bn) last month, both parties acted ...



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Your WhatsApp account to undergo this big CHANGE! Big move by Facebook

Facebook is adding its name to Instagram and WhatsApp, and the name will be changed to 'Instagram from Facebook' and 'WhatsApp from Facebook' ...




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Facebook: 3 Reasons To Buy At These Levels

Facebook's incredible network effect remains intact, and the business continues to add users and attract advertiser interest. The FTC settlement is a ...




Facebook, News, Breaking News, Social Media

Who Murdered My Child?: the Facebook pages keeping the memory of homicide victims alive

Grappling with his loss a few months after his son's death, Alexander started the “Justice for Bunk” Facebook group. It's one of hundreds of public ...



Facebook, News, Breaking News, Social Media

Leaders caught up in fake Facebook headache

FACEBOOK has been contacted to remove fake Messenger accounts set up in the names of Queensland's political leaders overnight. Annastacia ...



Facebook, News, Breaking News, Social Media

Who Murdered My Child?: the Facebook pages keeping the memory of homicide victims alive

Grappling with his loss a few months after his son's death, Alexander started the “Justice for Bunk” Facebook group. It's one of hundreds of public ...




Facebook, News, Breaking News, Social Media

Facebook approaches SC over Aadhaar linkage pleas

American online social media and networking company, Facebook has approached the Supreme Court for transfer of four different petitions -- for ...



Facebook, News, Breaking News, Social Media

Google, Facebook, Amazon testify in US against French digital tax

Google, Facebook, and Amazon and several other major tech companies will testify at a U.S. hearing on the French government's digital services tax ...



Facebook, News, Breaking News, Social Media

Facebook approaches SC over Aadhaar linkage pleas

American online social media and networking company, Facebook has approached the Supreme Court for transfer of four different petitions -- for ...




Facebook, News, Breaking News, Social Media

Google, Facebook, Amazon testify in US against French digital tax

Google, Facebook, and Amazon and several other major tech companies will testify at a U.S. hearing on the French government's digital services tax ...




Facebook, News, Breaking News, Social Media

Google, Facebook, Amazon testify in US against French digital tax

Facebook global tax policy head Alan Lee's testimony said that the tax “poses difficulties for Facebook's business model and will hinder growth and ...




Facebook, News, Breaking News, Social Media

Do We Need A LinkedIn For Employees? Facebook Alumni Raise $10M To Build Exactly That.

Head to Facebook. Job hunting or connecting with old colleagues? Begin to type “Li…” and LinkedIn pops up to answer. But what happens when an ...




Facebook, News, Breaking News, Social Media

Facebook, Alibaba Favored, Antipodes Partners' Bangia Says

Aug.18 -- Sunny Bangia, deputy portfolio manager at Antipodes Partners, talks about Asian and U.S. stocks, corporate earnings and his investment ...




Facebook, News, Breaking News, Social Media

Johns Hopkins professor fired after attempted sabotage of student protest turns down Facebook job

A Johns Hopkins professor who was fired after he tried to use bolt cutters to force his way through a group of student protesters rallying against a ...




Facebook, News, Breaking News, Social Media

Abandoned Alberta tarantula 'Tuffnail' gains social media following, settles into new home

It all started with a Facebook post. When an Airdrie, Alta., woman out for a walk saw a tarantula on the pathway, she posted a photo of the hairy, ...




Facebook, News, Breaking News, Social Media

Do We Need A LinkedIn For Employees? Facebook Alumni Raise $10M To Build Exactly That.

Head to Facebook. Job hunting or connecting with old colleagues? Begin to type “Li…” and LinkedIn pops up to answer. But what happens when an ...



Facebook, News, Breaking News, Social Media

Facebook, Alibaba Favored, Antipodes Partners' Bangia Says

Aug.18 -- Sunny Bangia, deputy portfolio manager at Antipodes Partners, talks about Asian and U.S. stocks, corporate earnings and his investment ...



Facebook, News, Breaking News, Social Media

Johns Hopkins professor fired after attempted sabotage of student protest turns down Facebook job

A Johns Hopkins professor who was fired after he tried to use bolt cutters to force his way through a group of student protesters rallying against a ...



Facebook, News, Breaking News, Social Media

Abandoned Alberta tarantula 'Tuffnail' gains social media following, settles into new home

It all started with a Facebook post. When an Airdrie, Alta., woman out for a walk saw a tarantula on the pathway, she posted a photo of the hairy, ...



Facebook, News, Breaking News, Social Media

Facebook, Alibaba Favored, Antipodes Partners' Bangia Says

Sunny Bangia, deputy portfolio manager at Antipodes Partners, talks about Asian and U.S. stocks, corporate earnings and his investment strategy.




Facebook, News, Breaking News, Social Media

Facebook, Alibaba Favored, Antipodes Partners' Bangia Says

Sunny Bangia, deputy portfolio manager at Antipodes Partners, talks about Asian and U.S. stocks, corporate earnings and his investment strategy.



Facebook, News, Breaking News, Social Media

Alligator caught climbing fence in Florida

Another gator in Jacksonville took a cue from a viral "Storm Area 51" Facebook post. Someone caught this animal climbing the fence at the Naval Air ...




Facebook, News, Breaking News, Social Media

Sunday, August 18, 2019

GREG HARTON: Facebook, other social media take what most of us are willing to give

My childhood years, at least the ones I can recall, largely took place in the 1970s, the last decade in which the broadcast networks -- ABC, CBS and ...




Facebook, News, Breaking News, Social Media

GREG HARTON: Facebook, other social media take what most of us are willing to give

My childhood years, at least the ones I can recall, largely took place in the 1970s, the last decade in which the broadcast networks -- ABC, CBS and ...



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Generation start-up: renewables firm Libra Project has a Facebook name challenge

So when Facebook unveiled its digital coin Libra on June 18, a reserve-backed digital currency pegged to a basket of government-issued currencies ...



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Fraudsters use Facebook Messenger to impersonate Utah Attorney General in grant scam

Fraudsters message potential victims through Facebook Messenger where they advertise grants worth thousands of dollars in exchange for a small ...



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Google, Facebook, WhatsApp to be made more accountable under new rules

Further, such rules will apply to social media platforms having more than 5 million users, and they need to have a permanent registered office in India ...



Facebook, News, Breaking News, Social Media

In the Philippines, content moderators at YouTube, Facebook and Twitter see the worst of the web

MANILA, Philippines — A year after quitting his job reviewing some of the most gruesome content the internet has to offer, Lester prays every week ...




Facebook, News, Breaking News, Social Media

In the Philippines, content moderators at YouTube, Facebook and Twitter see the worst of the web

MANILA, Philippines — A year after quitting his job reviewing some of the most gruesome content the internet has to offer, Lester prays every week ...



Facebook, News, Breaking News, Social Media

The iPhone 11 and iOS 13 Could Throw A Wrench in Facebook's Data Plan.

The important part comes in with how Facebook's data aspirations are handled by iPhone 11—or rather how this phone manhandles them. We're ...




Facebook, News, Breaking News, Social Media

Tongan police could lay treason charges after royal slander on Facebook

Tongan police are considering laying treason charges against people insulting the royal family on Facebook, says the kingdom's attorney general.



Facebook, News, Breaking News, Social Media

Jimmy Davenport, an iPad and a Facebook page to the rescue for Memphis basketball fans

Memphis fan Jimmy Davenport (top) live-streams the Tigers exhibition basketball game against the Bahamas National Team to Facebook while in ...




Facebook, News, Breaking News, Social Media

Far-Right & Antifa Protests Live Stream: Watch Portland Protests Online

We will update new live streams if this one is taken down, but you can also follow their Facebook page here. Reporter Ford Fischer is at the event and ...




Facebook, News, Breaking News, Social Media

Jimmy Davenport, an iPad and a Facebook page to the rescue for Memphis basketball fans

Memphis fan Jimmy Davenport (top) live-streams the Tigers exhibition basketball game against the Bahamas National Team to Facebook while in ...



Facebook, News, Breaking News, Social Media

Facebook Contractor Spies on Horrified Moderators. When Does It End?

Facebook released a video last year apologizing for its data misuse that likely swayed the 2016 election. It ends by saying “if this place does what it ...




Facebook, News, Breaking News, Social Media

Click.ie investigated by Facebook following consumer complaints

Click.ie investigated by Facebook following consumer complaints ... Facebook is investigating whether the selling page for Click.ie violates its ...



Facebook, News, Breaking News, Social Media

Facebook Contractor Spies on Horrified Moderators. When Does It End?

Facebook released a video last year apologizing for its data misuse that likely swayed the 2016 election. It ends by saying “if this place does what it ...



Facebook, News, Breaking News, Social Media

Facebook money pushes Chiu housing bill

48 hills' “Facebook money and California housing” series delves into the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative's multi-million-dollar funding of the pro-growth ...



Facebook, News, Breaking News, Social Media

Wave of Facebook user decline spreads across Europe

Facebook has been hit with just about every imaginable scandal and controversy over the past years. These range from accusations that the social ...




Facebook, News, Breaking News, Social Media

Facebook money pushes Chiu housing bill

48 hills' “Facebook money and California housing” series delves into the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative's multi-million-dollar funding of the pro-growth ...




Facebook, News, Breaking News, Social Media

Contractors hired by Facebook 'pressured therapists to release confidential information from ...

Facebook contractor Accenture allegedly tried to obtain information about employees that was shared during their private sessions with on-site ...




Facebook, News, Breaking News, Social Media

Facebook to set up pop-up cafe to encourage privacy check-ups

London [UK], Aug 17 (ANI): To spread more awareness and encourage routine privacy check-ups, Facebook is setting up a pop-up cafe in London.




Facebook, News, Breaking News, Social Media

Wave of Facebook user decline spreads across Europe

Facebook has been hit with just about every imaginable scandal and controversy over the past years. These range from accusations that the social ...



Facebook, News, Breaking News, Social Media

Contractors hired by Facebook 'pressured therapists to release confidential information from ...

Facebook contractor Accenture allegedly tried to obtain information about employees that was shared during their private sessions with on-site ...



Facebook, News, Breaking News, Social Media

Facebook to set up pop-up cafe to encourage privacy check-ups

London [UK], Aug 17 (ANI): To spread more awareness and encourage routine privacy check-ups, Facebook is setting up a pop-up cafe in London.



Facebook, News, Breaking News, Social Media

Saturday, August 17, 2019

Andrew Harper: Touching way family of 'murdered' PC are paying tribute to him on Facebook

Family and friends of the police officer killed investigating a burglary in Berkshire have changed their Facebook profile pictures in a touching tribute to ...




Facebook, News, Breaking News, Social Media

After Facebook rant, Twin Cities morning-show DJ Brian Oake is out at the Current

Oake raised ire and eyebrows the previous week with a now-removed Facebook post detailing how he and his 20-year-old daughter were kicked out ...




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Facebook's Facial Recognition Feature Could Cost It Billions

A large class action lawsuit against Facebook over privacy violations can proceed, determined a California federal appeals court last week.




Facebook, News, Breaking News, Social Media

Facebook adds Chakma language after Bangla

Social media giant Facebook has recently added Chakma language as a second language option from Bangladesh after Bangla. There are ...



Facebook, News, Breaking News, Social Media

Facebook pop-up cafes will offer free coffee and privacy checks

Facebook plans to open five pop-up cafes that will lure in visitors using free coffee and then offer them privacy checks while they're at the temporary ...



Facebook, News, Breaking News, Social Media

Facebook's Bizarre Response To Privacy Scandals? New Pop-Up Coffee Shops

There are many ways that Facebook could tackle its struggling reputation for user privacy and data protection, and opening up "Privacy Cafés" where ...




Facebook, News, Breaking News, Social Media

Facebook's Bizarre Response To Privacy Scandals? New Pop-Up Coffee Shops

There are many ways that Facebook could tackle its struggling reputation for user privacy and data protection, and opening up "Privacy Cafés" where ...



Facebook, News, Breaking News, Social Media

TAFEP following up with Nas Daily on Facebook post recruiting 'Vietnamese' for team in Singapore

The post dated Aug 12 wrote that Mr Yassin, who found fame after documenting his travels in daily one-minute videos posted on Facebook, was ...



Facebook, News, Breaking News, Social Media

Pushing For Facebook, YouTube And Twitter To Ban Hate Speech Won't Stop It From Migrating ...

Of course, its rapid rise in popularity should already challenge the narrative that the big social media platforms -- Facebook (along with Instagram and ...




Facebook, News, Breaking News, Social Media

EU Court Ruling on Facebook 'Like' Button Could Have Huge Implications for Websites

Across the Internet, the Facebook Like button is nearly ubiquitous. Visit any website, and you're likely to see the Facebook Like button staring back at ...



Facebook, News, Breaking News, Social Media

Why investor Roger McNamee says the latest Facebook lawsuit could be 'huge'

Roger McNamee, early Facebook investor and author of "Zucked", discusses the latest privacy scandal for the social media company with CNBC's ...



Facebook, News, Breaking News, Social Media

Elizabeth Smart's Dad Comes Out as Gay in Emotional Facebook Post

The father of kidnapping survivor Elizabeth Smart has come out as gay. Ed Smart, 64, recently came out in a Facebook post to friends and family.




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Winklevoss twins could work with Facebook again on crypto

Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss, co-founders of cryptocurrency exchange Gemini, explain why they are open to joining Facebook's Libra Association.




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Police pay tribute to murdered PC Andrew Harper with blue line on Facebook profiles

Police officers have honoured one of their fallen brothers with an online tribute. Forces from across the country posted an image of a thin blue line to ...



Facebook, News, Breaking News, Social Media

Jennifer Dulos Facebook page demise stirs controversy

NEW CANAAN — One day after the creator of a Facebook group that discussed the disappearance of Jennifer Dulos claimed it was shut down ...




Facebook, News, Breaking News, Social Media

Why investor Roger McNamee says the latest Facebook lawsuit could be 'huge'

Roger McNamee, early Facebook investor and author of "Zucked", discusses the latest privacy scandal for the social media company with CNBC's ...




Facebook, News, Breaking News, Social Media

Facebook is Opening Privacy Check-Up Cafes, for Some Reason

In an attempt to convince its two billion users that it truly cares about their privacy — pinky swear — Facebook has decided to open a number of ...




Facebook, News, Breaking News, Social Media

Facebook is Opening Privacy Check-Up Cafes, for Some Reason

In an attempt to convince its two billion users that it truly cares about their privacy — pinky swear — Facebook has decided to open a number of ...



Facebook, News, Breaking News, Social Media

EU Court Ruling on Facebook 'Like' Button Could Have Huge Implications for Websites

Across the Internet, the Facebook Like button is nearly ubiquitous. Visit any website, and you're likely to see the Facebook Like button staring back at ...




Facebook, News, Breaking News, Social Media

Facebook helps to identify which of your groups are private

Facebook, on Wednesday, announced that it would be updating its group privacy settings and making the classifications of groups easy to understand.




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Facebook suspending medical marijuana forums for promoting drug use

Ohioans' right to use medical marijuana with a doctor's recommendation came face-to-face with Facebook's community standards this week.




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Does Facebook have a problem with HTTPS URLs in posts with images?

Have you had any issues trying to get images to load for organic posts on Facebook? Search Engine Land editor Barry Schwartz noticed images were ...




Facebook, News, Breaking News, Social Media

Does Facebook have a problem with HTTPS URLs in posts with images?

Have you had any issues trying to get images to load for organic posts on Facebook? Search Engine Land editor Barry Schwartz noticed images were ...



Facebook, News, Breaking News, Social Media

Friday, August 16, 2019

Facebook Simplifies Group Privacy Settings, Adds Admin Tools for Control and Safety

Facebook recently decided to change its group privacy settings, making it more simplified for its users. Taking a sensible step, the social media ...



Facebook, News, Breaking News, Social Media

Turkey condemns Kosovo envoy's Facebook post

Turkey's embassy in Skopje on Thursday condemned an anti-Turkish Facebook post by Kosovo's ambassador to North Macedonia. In a written ...



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Donald Trump is spending more money on Facebook ads in Texas than in any other state

Beginning in June, thousands of voters across the country saw a fundraising plea in the form of a Facebook ad from the president's official social ...




Facebook, News, Breaking News, Social Media

Facebook failed to warn users of known risks before 2018 breach: court filing

(Reuters) - Facebook (FB.O) users suing the world's largest social media network over a 2018 data breach say it failed to warn them about risks tied to ...




Facebook, News, Breaking News, Social Media

You've quit Facebook. But is it finally time to ditch WhatsApp too?

Facebook has also said that adverts will appear in WhatsApp from 2020. ... When WhatsApp was first acquired by Facebook in 2014, WhatsApp's ...



Facebook, News, Breaking News, Social Media

"Storm Area 51" coordinators have turned event into "Alien Stock" music festival

The "Storm Area 51" event page has been removed by Facebook, but coordinators are still planning an alien-themed experience for attendees.



Facebook, News, Breaking News, Social Media

PORA launches new Facebook page

People who followed the old site, facebook.com/PORASCW, need to go to the new site and to like and follow the postings. The former site will no ...




Facebook, News, Breaking News, Social Media

AOL tried to buy Facebook, YouTube back in the day, ex-CEO says

In an interview, Miller said AOL held acquisition talks with both Facebook and YouTube back in 2006, and weighed taking a large stake in Chinese ...



Facebook, News, Breaking News, Social Media

AOL tried to buy Facebook, YouTube back in the day, ex-CEO says

In an interview, Miller said AOL held acquisition talks with both Facebook and YouTube back in 2006, and weighed taking a large stake in Chinese ...




Facebook, News, Breaking News, Social Media

Facebook's Next Steps to Prevent Discrimination in Housing, Employment and Credit Ads

Facebook detailed changes to its Marketing API (application-programming interface) as part of its efforts to thwart discriminatory use of its targeting ...




Facebook, News, Breaking News, Social Media

Facebook failed to warn users of known risks before 2018 breach: Court filing

The entrance sign to Facebook headquarters is seen in Menlo Park, California, on Wednesday, Oct 10, 2018. (Photo: Reuters/Elijah Nouvelage/File ...



Facebook, News, Breaking News, Social Media

Facebook Transcription Opt-In Says Nothing About Human Listeners

(Bloomberg) -- Facebook Inc. this week confirmed that it ran a program to allow contractors to listen to and transcribe some users' audio clips.




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Facebook to jump on the Dark Mode bandwagon after Twitter, YouTube

Facebook Messenger added its dark mode feature earlier this year, and we are getting the first signs that the social network's main app will follow suit.



Facebook, News, Breaking News, Social Media

What Facebook's SVOD Experiment Signals For the Future

Facebook's recent decision to use its platform to sell subscriptions to partner video services may be the solution to one of the streaming industry's ...




Facebook, News, Breaking News, Social Media

Facebook failed to warn users of known risks before 2018 breach: court filing

(Reuters) - Facebook (FB.O) users suing the world's largest social media network over a 2018 data breach say it failed to warn them about risks tied to ...



Facebook, News, Breaking News, Social Media

Facebook never mentioned its transcription opt-in has human listeners

Facebook never mentioned its transcription opt-in has human listeners ... Facebook never mentioned its transcription opt-in has human listeners.



Facebook, News, Breaking News, Social Media

Facebook failed to warn users of known risks before 2018 breach: court filing

By Katie Paul. (Reuters) - Facebook <FB.O> users suing the world's largest social media network over a 2018 data breach say it failed to warn them ...




Facebook, News, Breaking News, Social Media

"Storm Area 51" coordinators have turned event into "Alien Stock" music festival

The "Storm Area 51" event page has been removed by Facebook, but coordinators are still planning an alien-themed experience for attendees.




Facebook, News, Breaking News, Social Media

Facebook livestream of Philadelphia police shooting rumored, but no video has surfaced

An alleged gunman's surrender to Philadelphia police put an end to a 7½-hour long standoff that left six police officers shot and others injured — the ...



Facebook, News, Breaking News, Social Media

DEFENDERS: How to stop Facebook from listening to your phone conversations

COLUMBIA, Mo. - Facebook has confirmed that it has been listening to your audio Messenger chats. The social media giant says it has since stopped ...




Facebook, News, Breaking News, Social Media

Jennifer Dulos Facebook group shut down after 'nasty people' hijacked page

For some, the private Facebook page, “Jennifer Dulos, Fotis Dulos, Michelle Troconis, Connecticut Case Discussion,” served as a support group for ...




Facebook, News, Breaking News, Social Media

Jennifer Dulos Facebook group shut down after 'nasty people' hijacked page

For some, the private Facebook page, “Jennifer Dulos, Fotis Dulos, Michelle Troconis, Connecticut Case Discussion,” served as a support group for ...



Facebook, News, Breaking News, Social Media

Facebook's transcription opt-in says nothing about human listeners

Facebook Inc. confirmed this week that it ran a program allowing contractors to listen to and transcribe some users' audio clips. The social network ...



Facebook, News, Breaking News, Social Media

Thursday, August 15, 2019

Google, Facebook, Amazon reportedly testifying against France's digital tax

Amazon and Facebook told Reuters that the French tax could cause problems for their respective business models. The Information Technology ...



Facebook, News, Breaking News, Social Media

Facebook contractors listened to audio conversations in Messenger

Facebook hired human contractors to listen to users' audio recordings made inside the company's Messenger app. The practice, first reported by ...




Facebook, News, Breaking News, Social Media

Facebook paid contractors to transcribe users' audio

A new report says that Facebook paid outside contractors to transcribe users' personal audio clips without their knowledge. CNET senior producer ...



Facebook, News, Breaking News, Social Media

Facebook reminds private groups: We're watching

Just because you're in a private Facebook doesn't mean the company isn't keeping tabs on what you're doing. That's the not-so-subtle reminder the ...



Facebook, News, Breaking News, Social Media

Facebook Was Transcribing Its Users' Conversations, For Some Reason

Facebook is, once again, facing a scandal over user data. On Tuesday, Bloomberg reported that the company had paid hundreds of contractors to ...




Facebook, News, Breaking News, Social Media

Humans reviewing Facebook user audio is 'alarming'

By MAE ANDERSON and RACHEL LERMAN. NEW YORK (AP) — Facebook has paid contractors to transcribe audio clips from users of its Messenger ...



Facebook, News, Breaking News, Social Media

Facebook's crackdown on dangerous content in groups could backfire, experts say

Facebook is changing its rules on private groups amid growing criticism that some closed communities on the platform are uniting extremists and ...




Facebook, News, Breaking News, Social Media

Facebook Groups Now Have Just 2 Privacy Settings: Public and Private

Facebook is getting rid of secret and closed groups—just the privacy settings, not the groups themselves—in an attempt to simplify its privacy settings ...




Facebook, News, Breaking News, Social Media

Facebook Wants To Clean Up Its Notoriously Toxic Groups

Just a few months after announcing a new focus on groups, Facebook is introducing tools to crack down on the unsavory content that plagues the ...



Facebook, News, Breaking News, Social Media

Facebook Also Pays Contractors To Listen To Your Conversations

Facebook's addiction to bad press continues, as it now under fire for the revelation that it pays contractors to transcribe the conversations of its users.




Facebook, News, Breaking News, Social Media

Facebook Was Transcribing Its Users' Conversations, For Some Reason

Facebook is, once again, facing a scandal over user data. On Tuesday, Bloomberg reported that the company had paid hundreds of contractors to ...



Facebook, News, Breaking News, Social Media

Facebook Paid Contractors to Transcribe Users' Audio Clips | Voice of America - English

NEW YORK - Facebook has paid contractors to transcribe audio clips from users of its Messenger service, raising privacy concerns for a company with ...



Facebook, News, Breaking News, Social Media

Facebook Paid Contractors To Listen To Conversations On Its Messenger App

NEW YORK (AP) — Facebook has paid contractors to transcribe audio clips from users of its Messenger service, raising new privacy concerns for a ...




Facebook, News, Breaking News, Social Media

Facebook has doubled down on groups — now it's looking to clean them up

Among other things, Facebook uses AI and machine learning to proactively identify and remove posts and groups that break the rules — even if the ...




Facebook, News, Breaking News, Social Media

The Latest: Facebook uses humans to transcribe user audio

The Latest on Facebook privacy (all times local):. 12:40 p.m.. Facebook says it paid contractors to transcribe audio clips from users of its Messenger ...




Facebook, News, Breaking News, Social Media

Facebook's crackdown on dangerous content in groups could backfire, experts say

Facebook is changing its rules on private groups amid growing criticism that some closed communities on the platform are uniting extremists and ...



Facebook, News, Breaking News, Social Media

Senator calls on Facebook and Google to ban political ad targeting

New York (CNN) As 2020 presidential candidates spend tens of millions of dollars on Facebook and Google ads, one senator is calling on the ...



Facebook, News, Breaking News, Social Media

Privacy questions as humans reviewed user audio at Facebook

NEW YORK (AP) — Facebook has paid contractors to transcribe audio clips from users of its Messenger service, raising privacy concerns for a ...



Facebook, News, Breaking News, Social Media

Facebook paid third parties to transcribe users' voice messages

The allegations say that the social media giant paid third-party contractors to transcribe audio clips taken from Facebook Messenger. The contractors ...



Facebook, News, Breaking News, Social Media

Facebook reminds private groups: we're watching

Just because you're in a private Facebook doesn't mean the company isn't keeping tabs on what you're doing. That's the not-so-subtle reminder the ...




Facebook, News, Breaking News, Social Media

Senator calls on Facebook and Google to ban political ad targeting

New York (CNN) As 2020 presidential candidates spend tens of millions of dollars on Facebook and Google ads, one senator is calling on the ...




Facebook, News, Breaking News, Social Media

Humans reviewing Facebook user audio is 'alarming'

By MAE ANDERSON and RACHEL LERMAN. NEW YORK (AP) — Facebook has paid contractors to transcribe audio clips from users of its Messenger ...




Facebook, News, Breaking News, Social Media

Facebook Wants To Clean Up Its Notoriously Toxic Groups

Just a few months after announcing a new focus on groups, Facebook is introducing tools to crack down on the unsavory content that plagues the ...




Facebook, News, Breaking News, Social Media

Wednesday, August 14, 2019

Facebook contractors transcribed voice messages

Facebook has paid outside contractors to transcribe some users' voice ... The contractors anonymously reviewed the messages so Facebook could ...




Facebook, News, Breaking News, Social Media

Facebook says it recently stopped transcribing users' audio conversations

Facebook announced on Tuesday that it is no longer paying contractors to listen and transcribe users' audio conversations. "Much like Apple and ...




Facebook, News, Breaking News, Social Media

How social casinos leverage Facebook user data to target vulnerable gamblers

But are game developers targeting vulnerable users, with Facebook's help and massive trove of personal data? Nate Halverson of Reveal at the ...




Facebook, News, Breaking News, Social Media

Why Facebook Contractors Were Listening In On Consumers' Private Conversations

Facebook has employed hundreds of contractors to transcribe the contents of voice chats in the company's Messenger app, according to a report ...




Facebook, News, Breaking News, Social Media

Facebook paid contractors to transcribe Messenger app audio

Not one to be left out of a potential privacy scandal, a report on Tuesday reveals Facebook hired outside contractors to listen to and transcribe ...




Facebook, News, Breaking News, Social Media

Facebook Has Been Secretly Transcribing Your Conversations

Facebook has been clandestinely accumulating written transcriptions of its users' conversations, which the social media giant recorded through their ...




Facebook, News, Breaking News, Social Media

Facebook paid hundreds of outside contractors to transcribe clips of audio from users, report says

MENLO PARK, Calif. - Facebook paid hundreds of outside contractors to transcribe its users' audio without their knowledge, according to a report on ...




Facebook, News, Breaking News, Social Media

Facebook contractors transcribed voice messages

Facebook has paid outside contractors to transcribe some users' voice ... The contractors anonymously reviewed the messages so Facebook could ...



Facebook, News, Breaking News, Social Media

Facebook paid contractors to transcribe Messenger app audio

Not one to be left out of a potential privacy scandal, a report on Tuesday reveals Facebook hired outside contractors to listen to and transcribe ...



Facebook, News, Breaking News, Social Media

Facebook Has Been Secretly Transcribing Your Conversations

Facebook has been clandestinely accumulating written transcriptions of its users' conversations, which the social media giant recorded through their ...



Facebook, News, Breaking News, Social Media

Facebook ends human review of user audio after other companies do the same

Facebook is now the latest tech giant to put a stop to human review of user audio recordings, following a slew of companies from Google to Amazon ...




Facebook, News, Breaking News, Social Media

Facebook paid people to listen to and transcribe your voice clips

Facebook doesn't need any more bad press, but here we go again. According to a report by Bloomberg the company has paid “hundreds” of ...




Facebook, News, Breaking News, Social Media

Change These Facebook Settings to Make Your Voice Recordings More Private

In what has become a thing over the past few months, Facebook is the latest of the tech giants to admit that outside contractors were given access to ...




Facebook, News, Breaking News, Social Media

Facebook let contractors listen to audio recordings from users

Facebook was listening. Sort of. It turns out the company that only recently made a performative pivot toward privacy was paying contractors to listen to ...




Facebook, News, Breaking News, Social Media

Facebook Has Been Paying Contractors to Transcribe Users' Facebook Messenger Voice Chats

(Bloomberg) — Facebook Inc. has been paying hundreds of outside contractors to transcribe clips of audio from users of its services, according to ...




Facebook, News, Breaking News, Social Media

Facebook used thousands of contractors to transcribe audio recorded from users

Facebook used thousands of outside workers to transcribe audio to check if the company's automated transcription software was working properly, the ...




Facebook, News, Breaking News, Social Media

Facebook admits to reviewing Messenger app audio with 'hundreds of contractors'

Facebook's contractors for this job were tasked with validating whether its app was interpreting voice messages accurately, with the clips apparently ...




Facebook, News, Breaking News, Social Media

Facebook ends human review of user audio after other companies do the same

Facebook is now the latest tech giant to put a stop to human review of user audio recordings, following a slew of companies from Google to Amazon ...



Facebook, News, Breaking News, Social Media

Facebook Has Been Paying Contractors to Transcribe Users' Facebook Messenger Voice Chats

(Bloomberg) — Facebook Inc. has been paying hundreds of outside contractors to transcribe clips of audio from users of its services, according to ...



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Facebook used thousands of contractors to transcribe audio recorded from users

Facebook used thousands of outside workers to transcribe audio to check if the company's automated transcription software was working properly, the ...



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Facebook admits to reviewing Messenger app audio with 'hundreds of contractors'

Facebook's contractors for this job were tasked with validating whether its app was interpreting voice messages accurately, with the clips apparently ...



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Facebook transcribed users' audio messages without permission

“The future is private.” Clearly, Facebook still has a way to go. Facebook has become the latest tech giant to face scrutiny over its handling of users' ...



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Facebook paid contractors to transcribe users' audio

Facebook Inc. has been paying outside contractors to transcribe audio clips from users of its services, Bloomberg reported on Tuesday, citing people ...



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Tuesday, August 13, 2019

Facebook's video subscription sales program: No-brainer or no dice?

Last week, Facebook announced a test in the U.S. for media companies, including BritBox, CollegeHumor, MotorTrend Group and Tastemade, to sell ...



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Bulldogs to play on Facebook in September

The conference will have seven games be shown exclusively on Facebook this season. It is the third year in a row the Mountain West has partnered ...



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HAPSMobile Working Together with Facebook to Accelerate the Adoption of HAPS

TOKYO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--. HAPSMobile joins Facebook's HAPS flight demonstration conducted in South Africa. HAPSMobile Inc. (“HAPSMobile”) ...




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Facebook's video subscription sales program: No-brainer or no dice?

Last week, Facebook announced a test in the U.S. for media companies, including BritBox, CollegeHumor, MotorTrend Group and Tastemade, to sell ...




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Facebook steps up enforcement on animal sales ban

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WVLT) Finding your next pet or selling your animal could be harder than before. Facebook banned animal sales back in 2017, but ...




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There's no evidence that the Clintons were involved in Jeffrey Epstein's death

Some of those posts were flagged as part of Facebook's efforts to combat false news and misinformation on its News Feed. (Read more about our ...




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Why more tech companies are launching 'lite' apps

Facebook, YouTube, TikTok, Twitter and even LinkedIn have pushed out “lite” versions — smaller and simpler iterations of their platforms — and that ...



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Facebook and other social media a boon for drug dealers, study finds

Last year, the online drug trade was conducted mostly through Facebook and Line, according to Ms Kanittha, whose study covered the period from ...



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Facebook Getting Jittery as Washington Readies the Antitrust Bazooka

Lawmakers and federal agencies alike are putting Facebook in their crosshairs—and apparently, the tech giant is beginning to feel the pressure.




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Why more tech companies are launching 'lite' apps

Facebook, YouTube, TikTok, Twitter and even LinkedIn have pushed out “lite” versions — smaller and simpler iterations of their platforms — and that ...




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Facebook warns its marketing partners against scraping after a startup was caught saving millions ...

Facebook is warning its marketing partners against illicitly scraping users' data. The warning comes after Business Insider revealed startup Hyp3r ...




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

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