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Facebook: Russian agents created 129 US election events
The company said that 338,300 different accounts viewed the events and that 62,500 marked that they would attend
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Facebook down in several parts of the world
Parts of Europe also appear affected by the outage, with reports of down coming primarily from the UK and Germany
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Facebook wins EU court fight against class action lawsuit
Max Schrems said he would now push ahead in an Austrian court with the individual case against US social media giant
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Facebook buys Boston software company that authenticates IDs
While US lawmakers have expressed alarm at Facebook’s limited ability to know who is buying advertisements
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Facebook should pay 'trusted' news publishers carriage fee
Murdoch, who controls the Wall Street Journal as executive chairman of News, said in a statement
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Facebook says it can't guarantee social media is good for democracy
The sharing of false or misleading headlines on social media has become a global issue
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Facebook to train 65,000 in French job schemes
The internet giant also announced that it will pour an additional 10 million euros
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Facebook to open digital training hubs in Europe
The US company said it would open three “community skills hubs” in Spain, Poland and Italy
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Facebook to prioritise 'trustworthy' news based on surveys
New filters to ensure "High quality news" over news from less trusted sources
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Instagram, Google+ join EU group fighting hate speech
EU officials added that the existing members are meeting the code of conduct they signed up to in May 2016
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Where Netflix goes, Big Tech may follow
Many of the S&P 500’s largest companies have outperformed in the first 12 trading days of 2018
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Denmark to charge 1,000 youths with spreading sex videos via Facebook
The material was spread on the social media giant from 2015 until the autumn of 2017
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Facebook changes News Feed, investors click on 'sad'
Shares fell more than 4 per cent on Friday and were on track for their worst session in more than three months
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Facebook's Sandberg, Twitter's Dorsey to leave Disney board
Disney is moving heavily into online delivery of its TV shows and movies as viewers abandon traditional cable
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Facebook, Alphabet shifted in sector classification system
The Telecommunication Services Sector will be expanded and renamed Communication Services
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Facebook's news feed overhaul focuses on what friends share
While reducing the amount of non-advertising content from publishers and brands
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Facebook's Oculus to partner with Xiaomi to build VR headsets
It also revealed that it will launch a version of the product exclusively for the Chinese market
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German opposition calls for abolition of online hate speech law
The legislation can impose fines of up to $60.1 million on sites that fail to remove hate speech promptly
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Iran ministers criticised for not blocking internet
Telegram and Instagram were blocked shortly after protests began on December 28
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Zuckerberg makes 'fixing' Facebook a personal goal
Some of his goals is to improve abuse and hate; interference by nation states and, making sure time is well spent
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UK may use taxes to get tech giants to do more
Ben Wallace accused the tech giants of putting private profit before public safety
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Facebook, Twitter face deadline in Brexit fake news probe
The companies have been given until January 18 to share information requested by British lawmakers
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Humans of Hindutva Facebook page taken down
The satirist feared for his family once his phone number was revealed
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Facebook ads that let employers target younger workers focus of US lawsuit
Companies including T-Mobile US, Amazon and Cox Communications imposed age limits
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Facebook, Universal Music strike multi-year licensing deal
The social media company will no longer have to require users to take down videos featuring music from Universal
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Facebook to notify users when photos of them are uploaded
The company said in a statement that it was making the feature optional to allow people to protect their privacy
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French privacy watchdog raps WhatsApp over Facebook data sharing
The CNIL said it did not have the legal basis to share user data with Facebook
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Facebook reveals data on copyright and trademark complaints
The ninth transparency report also showed that government requests for information about users increased
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Facebook defends itself against critics of social media
The company released a statement that former executive was unfamiliar with the company’s recent efforts to improve
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Facebook to use its News Feed to push more videos to users
They also said it was tweaking the kinds of advertisements that run in videos on the network
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France proposes age-of-consent rule for Facebook users
The requirement is part of a French bill that seeks to adapt data privacy regulations
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Britain urged to prosecute social media firms over online abuse
They currently do not have liability for the content on their sites even when it is illegal
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Officials of Facebook, Amazon, Microsoft to visit Pakistan
Two-day event will include several workshops, one-on-one sessions
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Apple, Facebook find something to praise China for amid internet clamp
China’s World Internet Conference attracted the heads of Google and Apple
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Facebook introduces parent-controlled messenger app for kids under 13
The new app gives it a chance to win brand loyalty from younger children at a time
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Facebook opens new London hub, to create 800 UK jobs
It announced the new investment last year shortly after Google said it was building a new hub in the city
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Australia to probe Facebook, Google over media disruption
The government ordered amid growing concern for the future of journalism and the quality of news
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Facebook suspends ability to target ads by excluding racial groups
It is unlawful under US law to publish ads if they indicate a preference based on race, religion, or sex
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Facebook aims to remove militant content, protect Muslims
It has faced pressure both in the US and Europe to tackle such content more effectively
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Facebook to expand artificial intelligence to help prevent suicide
It began testing the software in the US in March after scanning the text of posts and comments for phrases
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Facebook, Twitter, YouTube unblocked across Pakistan
PTA says instructions have been received to unblock social networking and video-sharing websites
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Facebook, Twitter remain blocked across Pakistan for second day in a row
Social networking websites were blocked following crackdown on Faizabad protesters
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Facebook Messenger may soon adopt Snapchat-like 'streaks'
Facebook-owned Instagram had previously copied Snapchat's Stories feature
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Facebook to show people if they fell for Russian propaganda
A software tool will soon allow users to see whether they engaged with such pages before last years election
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China's Tencent becomes more valuable than Facebook
Facebook and Twitter are blocked in China, cutting off a market of up to 1.3 billion people
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Twitter suspends defence.pk account for photoshopped image of Indian student
Defence.pk administrator denies knowing the photograph used was photoshopped
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Facebook won't let people delete their posts anymore
If you are trying to delete an embarrassing post from the past, Facebook won't let you
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Facebook urges users to send nude pics to combat revenge porn
By encouraging users to submit their nude photos to a project so that they are not shared without consent
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Facebook change to newsfeed restricting journalism: Reporters without Borders
The social media giant clarified its new policy is 'just a test'
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Trump’s cabinet member amongst those named in Paradise Papers
US Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross has business ties to a shipping firm linked to Vladimir Putin's inner circle