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Tribune Take: Imran Khan and Twitter
13 times the prime minister took to the social networking service this year
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A new threat
We no longer live in the Stasi or KGB age. We live in the age of Facebook
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Facebook to test news story paywalls: report
Social networking website will limit number of news stories that can be read on its Instant Articles platform
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Amazon launches shopping social network Spark for iOS
Feature allows members to showcase and purchase products on its platforms
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Facebook expands ad testing on Messenger globally
Ads will be displayed on the home tab of the Messenger app
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Twitter lets users mute notifications from unknown accounts
The 'advanced filter settings' will now have options to mute notifications from accounts they want to avoid
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Facebook to build housing in Silicon Valley for first time
Growth of Facebook, Google and other tech companies has strained neighborhoods in the San Francisco Bay area
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After London attack, Facebook says aims to be 'hostile environment' for terrorists
UK Prime Minister Theresa May demanded greater international regulation of the internet after the attack
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US asks visa applicants for social media handles
The new security procedures has gone into effect for travelers deemed to present a risk
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Parents have no right to dead child's Facebook account, German court says
Mother of a 15-year-old who was hit and killed by a subway train had sought access to her daughter's account
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Facebook 'ban' of anti-Muslim slur sparks Myanmar outcry
The social network is under global pressure to clamp down on hate speech and misleading information on its platform
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Facebook signs BuzzFeed, Vox, others for original video shows - sources
The world's biggest social media company will now offer scripted shows with episodes lasting 20 to 30 minutes
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Facebook leaked documents show types of content it allows: Guardian
The social media giant reviews more than 6.5 million reports of potentially fake accounts a week
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Social media 'more addictive than cigarettes and alcohol'
The research studies how social media platforms can impact health and wellbeing in young people
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Facebook to reimburse some advertisers after discovering bug
The bug wrongly attributed video carousel ad clicks as clicks to the advertisers' websites
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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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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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Russia blocks China's social media app WeChat
WeChat is the most popular mobile social media platform in China
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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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Pakistan govt requests for Facebook data on the rise
The social network also restricted access to 6 pages
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Twitter partners with Bloomberg for streaming TV news
The channel is expected to begin operations this fall
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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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Twitter gets lift from uptick in user numbers
Twitter has been seeking to broaden its appeal beyond its core user base of celebrities, politicians and journalists
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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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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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Snap stock falls as alleged CEO comments rile some on social media
Shares fell 1.5 per cent as Snapchat faced criticism for comments allegedly made by its CEO
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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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Twitter creates 'lite' version for data-starved users
The latest version of the app will reduce data consumption by 70 per cent
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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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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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Social media groups encouraging teen suicides prompt panic in Russia
Hidden groups on social networking site VK are inciting members to take their own lives
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Snapchat adds more accessible search feature
Users will now be able to search for over one million 'Stories' on the photo sharing app
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High profile Twitter accounts hijackd by pro-Turkey hackers
The Twitter accounts hijacked included those of UNICEF and Amnesty International
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Facebook bars developers from using data for surveillance
Major social media platforms including Twitter and Alphabet Inc's YouTube have also implemented similar policies
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Facebook suspends location-sharing feature after Italian copyright suit
Facebook is accused of coping its Nearby feature from Faround application
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Snapchat parent company valued at $24 billion
Snap's initial public offering (IPO) share price was set at $17
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Facebook to launch suicide prevention tool on Live and Messenger
The social networking website is already using artificial intelligence to monitor offensive material in live videos
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How Snapchat CEO, a college dropout, became the world's youngest billionaire
Evan Spiegel dropped out shortly before graduating from Stanford to devote himself to a nascent Snapchat startup
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Facebook's Oculus cuts price of virtual reality set by $200
The price of the Rift VR headset was dropped to $499
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Facebook's virtual reality ambitions could be threatened by court order
An injunction would require Facebook owned Oculus to stop distributing their code to developers
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Telenor Pakistan partners with Facebook to hunt for next ‘internet champion’
Internet Champion includes a nationwide competition for school children and a reality show on national TV this year
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TransferWise launches international money transfers via Facebook
Service will be the first to enable international money transfers within Facebook's Messenger
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Snap bets on hardware as Facebook threat looms
Snap has built a secretive product development lab and hired hundreds of hardware engineers
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Facebook CEO warns against reversal of global thinking
The social networking has been under pressure to more closely police hoaxes, fake news and other controversial content
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New Facebook job-hunting features challenge LinkedIn
Businesses can now post jobs and take applications from jobseekers on the social networking website
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Facebook launches app for watching its videos on TV
The app for smart TVs would allow users to enjoy Facebook videos on a bigger screen
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Facebook to provide ad data for independent audit
The social network admitted to overstating key ad metric