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Facebook downranks News Feed links to 'low quality' websites
The world's biggest social network is updating its ranking algorithm to improve users experience
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Facebook to play down links to websites with deceptive ads
Websites with pop-up ads will also be downplayed
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Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg advises women to 'marry the nerds'
Sandberg says someone at a workplace would do better if they had a supportive partner
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Austrian court rules Facebook must delete 'hate postings'
Germany's cabinet approved a plan last month to fine social networks up to 50 million euros
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Cuban town hooked on pirate social network
Gaspar Social allows users to share photos and videos with other users in the town
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Facebook warns of fake news danger ahead of British election
The social network launched a newspaper advertising campaign to warn users of fake news
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10 tech companies that pay their interns the most
Interns at tech companies earn even more than full-time workers
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Facebook's virtual reality unit Oculus shutters film studio
Oculus to allocate $50 million in fund to creators of non-gaming VR content
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Islamic State developed own social media network
New online platform was uncovered by Europol during a 48-hour operation against Internet extremism last week
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Now you can even 'react' to comments on Facebook
The new reaction feature has been rolled out on desktops
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Facebook profit jumps as user base nears 2 billion
The leading social network made a profit of $3.06 billion
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Facebook helps reunite Kashmir woman with family after 60 years
Sultana's son contacted a Facebook page operator from her hometown, who then facilitated the reunion
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Facebook to add 3,000 workers to fight streaming of live violence
Zuckerberg says the workers will be in addition to 4,500 people who already review posts
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Did Facebook let advertisers target teens with low self-esteem?
Facebook denies any wrongdoing, calls premise of The Australian’s report ‘misleading’
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Pakistan govt requests for Facebook data on the rise
The social network also restricted access to 6 pages
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Facebook may know you better than you know yourself
If you have privacy issues, this may serve as the perfect reminder
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Turkish authorities block access to Wikipedia
The country has become notorious for temporarily blocking access to popular sites, including Facebook and Twitter
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Facebook, Google scammed out of $100 million
Evaldas Rimasauskas could face a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison
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Online videos of killings pose tricky problem for Facebook
The live video option has become a tricky but urgent problem for Facebook to tackle
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Thai baby's murder on Facebook puts online controls under scrutiny
The incident exposes the challenges that live streaming content poses to governments and the hosting companies
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Is your Facebook obsession feeding a personality disorder?
Research shows some unmistakable correlations between social media use and what’s known as “grandiose narcissism”
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New feature may allow you to change your WhatsApp number without any hassle
Users will be able to notify contacts about change in phone number using new feature
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Facebook out to read minds
The social network giant unveiled projects aimed at allowing users to use their minds to type messages
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India likely to ban Facebook, WhatsApp in held-Kashmir to stop videos of atrocities from going viral
Decision has been made to stop videos of atrocities committed by Indian forces from going viral
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Instagram now works offline
The feature is currently available for Android users only
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Wells Fargo tests Facebook chatbot
Chatbots can provide better and continuous customer service at the fraction of the cost of large call centers
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Facebook pushes to augment reality through smartphones
Facebook VR application lets people in different locations socialize in virtual worlds using Oculus Rift headgear
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US 'Facebook killer' commits suicide after brief chase
Steve Stephens was accused of killing an elderly man in Ohio and then posting a video of the murder on Facebook
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Cleveland killing leads Facebook to review handling of videos
Stephens' account was disabled within 23 minutes
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National search launched for alleged 'Facebook killer'
Police have offered a reward of up to $50,000 for information leading to the arrest of the accused shooter
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Cleveland police seek man they say broadcast killing on Facebook
'This is a horrific crime and we do not allow this kind of content on Facebook'
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Instagram Stories more popular than the app it copied from
Over 200 million people now use Instagram Stories daily
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Facebook cracks down on 30,000 fake accounts in France
Thursday's action follows other moves by Facebook to make it easier for users to report potential fraud
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WhatsApp may start sharing data with Facebook soon
Data protection authorities stopped WhatsApp from sharing users' data with Facebook last year
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Facebook failed to remove reported militant posts - The Times
Facebook spokesperson said the company had now removed all the images
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Facebook looking at behavior to weed out fake accounts
Facebook has taken a series of steps to stymie the spread of fake news
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Facebook's Sandberg says number of monthly advertisers tops 5 million
The world's largest social network now has 1.9 billion people on it
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Facebook virtual reality unit Oculus faces lawsuit over imaging patent
A technology licensing firm sued Facebook for infringing 3D imaging patent owned by ImmersiON-VRelia
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Facebook’s AI assistant M to offer suggestions during Messenger chat
M uses artificial intelligence and suggests relevant actions to help manage conversations or help get things done
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Facebook adds tips for spotting 'fake news'
Tips included checking website addresses along with searching out other sources or articles on topics
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Dutch store withdraws colouring book with Hitler picture
The chain said customers who bought the book would be offered a refund
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Facebook to use photo-matching to block repeat 'revenge porn'
The new tool will make it easier for users to report sexually explicit images on the social networking website
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Germany threatens online giants with €50 million hate speech fines
The companies would have 24 hours to remove any posts that openly violate German law
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Pakistanis 'want' LA to host 2024 Olympics
An unusual level of support was also seen in Bangladesh
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New York's top court rejects Facebook search warrant challenge
Facebook challenged 381 search warrants to uncover suspected Social Security disability fraud by its customers
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This is what the new rocket icon on Facebook app does
Facebook has not commented on the development yet
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Facebook hands Swedish prosecutors footage in gang rape case
Sweden made a formal request to the U.S. justice department for help in obtaining the footage
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Man kicks wife out of house over ‘fake Facebook ID’
Woman has gone to court against suspect operating profile in her name
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Facebook rolls out ‘stories’ to take Snapchat head-on
Also introducing a redesigned in-app camera along with a private messaging feature called Direct
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Government to introduce online visa application system
Nisar says Facebook blocked 62 pages, 45 sites containing blasphemous content