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Facebook, Alarmed by Teen Usage Drop

In March, a group of researchers inside Facebook Inc. compiled a report for one of the company’s most powerful executives, Chief Product Officer Chris Cox. The paper included a series…

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UPDATED: Facebook plans to change its name

Facebook Inc, under fire from regulators and lawmakers over its business practices, is planning to rebrand itself with a new name that focuses on the metaverse, the Verge reported. The…

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Facebook apologizes for second outage in a week, services back up

Facebook Inc apologized to users for a two hour disruption to its services on Friday and blamed another faulty configuration change for its second global outage this week. The company…

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‘A coward’s palace’: Australian PM slams social media amid defamation law controversy

Australia's prime minister on Thursday lambasted social media as "a coward's palace", saying platforms should be treated as publishers when unidentified defamatory comments are posted, pouring fuel on a raging…

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European politicians call for Facebook investigation after whistleblower revelation

Two members of the European parliament have called for an investigation into allegations by a whistleblower that Facebook prioritised profits above the public good. The whistleblower, Frances Haugen, who had worked as a product…

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WhatsApp, Facebook and Instagram down for thousands of users

(Reuters) - Facebook Inc's app, it’s messaging app WhatsApp and its photo-sharing platform Instagram were down for thousands of users, according to outage tracking website Downdetector.com. The portal showed there…

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Closed Facebook groups offer respite for stressed-out women. But running them involves yet more unseen labour

By Catherine Archer - Senior Lecturer in Strategic Communication; social media researcher, Murdoch UniversityAmy Johnson - Lecturer, CQ University AustraliaLeah Williams Veazey - Postdoctoral Research Officer, University of Sydney Would…

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The need for protecting human rights from evolving AI

Karine GenteletProfessor, University of Québec Sarit K. MizrahiPh.D. in Law Candidate, University of Ottawa Events over the past few years have revealed several human rights violations associated with increasing advances…

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Italy data authority asks Facebook for clarifications on smart glasses

MILAN, Sept 10 (Reuters) - Italy's data protection authority said on Friday it has asked Facebook to provide clarifications over the social media giant's newly launched smart glasses to assess…

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Facebook unveils its first smart glasses

Facebook Inc launched its first smart glasses on Thursday in a step toward its aim of offering true augmented-reality spectacles. The glasses, which were created in partnership with Ray-Ban maker…

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Facebook fights British watchdog to retain GIF-maker Giphy

Facebook has made a case for not selling Giphy in a strongly worded response to Britain's competition regulator, a document showed, and questioned if the watchdog could order the U.S.…

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Australian media outlets liable for Facebook comments, court finds

Australia's biggest news publishers including Rupert Murdoch's the Australian are responsible for comments that readers post on their corporate Facebook pages, the High Court ruled on Wednesday. The court dismissed…

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Malta: Twenty Facebook users plead guilty to hate speech

Twenty people admitted to hate speech charges in court on Friday after they posted inflammatory comments on Facebook. The commenters were arraigned before Magistrate Ian Farrugia on Friday to answer…

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Facebook removes dozens of vaccine misinformation ‘superspreaders’

Facebook Inc said it removed over three dozen pages spreading misinformation about COVID-19 vaccines, after the White House called on social media firms to tighten controls on pandemic-related facts shared…

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Facebook may have to sell Giphy on Britain’s competition concerns

Britain might require Facebook to sell GIF website Giphy after the country's competition regulator said on Thursday its investigation found the deal between the two companies would harm competition in…

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Facebook removes Russian network that targeted influencers to peddle anti-vax messages

Facebook said on Tuesday it had removed a network of accounts from Russia that it linked to a marketing firm which aimed to enlist influencers to push anti-vaccine content about the COVID-19…

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From Facebook to Twitter, Big Tech sees social commerce driving sales growth

Led by Facebook, social media platforms from Alphabet's YouTube to Snap Inc and Twitter are investing heavily in shopping features to drive revenue growth, a major theme that emerged during…

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Facebook says it should not be blamed for U.S. failing to meet vaccine goals

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Facebook on Saturday defended itself against U.S. President Joe Biden's assertion that the social media platform is "killing people" by allowing misinformation about coronavirus vaccines to proliferate,…

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Biden says Facebook, others ‘killing people’ by carrying COVID misinformation

U.S. President Joe Biden said social media platforms like Facebook "are killing people" for allowing misinformation about coronavirus vaccines to be posted on its platform, as the administration continued criticizing…

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White House slams Facebook as conduit for COVID-19 misinformation

Facebook is not doing enough to stop the spread of false claims about COVID-19 and vaccines, White House press secretary Jen Psaki said, part of a new administration pushback on…

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Trump sues Facebook, Twitter and Google, claiming censorship

Former U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday filed lawsuits against Twitter Inc, Facebook Inc, and Alphabet Inc’s Google, as well as their chief executives, alleging they unlawfully silence conservative viewpoints.…

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Facebook says services restored after outage

July 3 (Reuters) - Facebook Inc (FB.O) said it has resolved a technical issue that caused some users trouble accessing Facebook, Messenger, Workplace and Instagram on Saturday. "We resolved the issue as…

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Dizzy heights: Facebook is now worth $1 trillion

A U.S. judge on Monday dismissed federal and state antitrust complaints against Facebook Inc that sought to force the social media company to sell Instagram and WhatsApp, saying the federal complaint was…

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Facebook to help SMEs benefit from tourism recovery in Italy’s rural towns

Facebook announced a programme to promote the digitalization of small and medium-sized businesses in rural villages in Italy in a bid to help them benefit from an expected recovery in…

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Facebook suspends former U.S. President Trump’s account until 2023

Facebook Inc on Friday suspended former U.S. President Donald Trump from its platform until at least January 2023 and announced changes to how it will treat rule-breaking world leaders in…

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Facebook to end special treatment for politicians

Facebook Inc is planning to end its policy that shields politicians from some content moderation rules, The Verge reported, in what would be a major policy reversal for the world's…

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Facebook’s marketplace in EU, UK antitrust crosshairs

The European Union and the UK have launched antitrust investigations into Facebook's use of advertising data in its classified ads business, probes which could force it to change its business…

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Vaccine disinformation: platforms monitoring program extended until the end of the year

Věra Jourová, Vice-President for Values and Transparency, said: “The report on vaccine disinformation show how important it is to be able to effectively monitor the measures put in place by the…

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Facebook rolls out business messaging changes in e-commerce push

Facebook Inc is opening up ways for businesses to interact with customers on Instagram and WhatsApp, it said at its virtual developers conference 'F8 Refresh.' The world's largest social network…

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Facebook to take action against users repeatedly sharing misinformation

Facebook Inc said it would take "stronger" action against people who repeatedly share misinformation on the platform. Facebook will reduce the distribution of all posts in its news feed from…

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Facebook removes 110,000 pieces of Covid misinformation posted by Australian users

Facebook has removed more than 110,000 pieces of Covid-related misinformation generated by Australian accounts in the first year of the pandemic, the company has revealed. In February, Facebook, along with…

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MEP wants stronger privacy rights in proposed EU tech rules

Proposed EU rules targeting Facebook, Google and other large online platforms should include privacy rights for users as well as their right to anonymity, a key EU lawmaker steering the…

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Starbucks considering leaving Facebook over hate and intolerance

Coffee giant Starbucks is said to be considering leaving Facebook over the “negative/insensitive, hate speech-related comments” it receives on its posts about social justice issues. BuzzFeed News reports that frustration…

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Facebook upholds Trump ban

May 5 (Reuters) - Facebook Inc's oversight board on Wednesday upheld the company's suspension of former U.S. President Donald Trump but said the indefinite suspension was wrong, in a much-awaited verdict that…

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EU countries, lawmakers reach deal to tackle online child sexual abuse

EU countries and EU lawmakers agreed late Thursday evening to allow Facebook and Microsoft to scan and remove online child sexual abuse, potentially paving the way for a deal in…

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Gucci, Facebook file joint lawsuit against alleged counterfeiter

Gucci and Facebook have filed a joint lawsuit in California against an individual who allegedly used the U.S. group's social media platforms to sell fake Gucci products, the two companies said on Tuesday.…

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Facebook says Palestinian spies behind hacking campaign

Facebook says it has disrupted a long-running cyberespionage campaign run by Palestinian intelligence which features spies posing as journalists and the deployment of a booby-trapped app for submitting human rights…

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Facebook signs first deal to buy renewable energy in India

Facebook has signed a deal to buy renewable energy in India from a local firm's wind power project, the social media giant's first such deal in the South Asian nation,…

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Facebook suspends 16,000 accounts for selling fake reviews

Social media company Facebook Inc suspended 16,000 accounts for selling or buying fake reviews of products and services on its platforms, after the Britain's competition watchdog intervened for the second…

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Facebook launches public test of live Q&A product Hotline

Facebook Inc started public testing of a new application dubbed Hotline on Wednesday, where creators can speak and take live questions from an audience. This Q&A product combines audio with…

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Private details of 500 million Facebook users on offer by leaker – UPDATED

A leaker says they are offering information on more than 500 million Facebook Inc users - including phone numbers and other data - virtually for free. Alon Gal, co-founder of…

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Facebook to curb hate speech as Indian states go to polls

Facebook Inc said it was taking steps to combat hate speech and misinformation in India as the world's biggest democracy started its months-long multi-phase elections in four big states. "We…

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Facebook disabled 1.3 billion fake accounts in Oct-Dec last year

Facebook Inc said on Monday it took down 1.3 billion fake accounts between October and December last year. The company also removed more than 12 million pieces of content about…

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Facebook Inc confirms outage on Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram Messenger break down – UPDATE

Instagram, WhatsApp and FacebookMessenger have gone down for users across the world, according to reports on international media. Facebook Inc said on Friday its services were being affected by a number of issues, after…

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Facebook to label all posts about COVID-19 vaccines

Facebook Inc, which has been criticized by lawmakers and researchers for allowing vaccine misinformation to spread on its platforms, said on Monday it has started adding labels to posts that…

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Facebook launches Instagram Lite in 170 lower bandwidth countries

Facebook announced it was launching a "lite" version of Instagram in 170 countries that will enable people with poor internet to access the photo and video sharing social networking service.…

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Facebook switches news back on in Australia, signs content deals

Facebook Inc ended a one-week blackout of Australian news on its popular social media site on Friday and announced preliminary commercial agreements with three small local publishers. The moves reflected…

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India unveils tougher rules for social media such as Facebook, Twitter

India announced new rules on Thursday to regulate big social media firms, such as Facebook and Twitter, the latest effort by Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government to tighten control over…

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Australian parliament passes media reforms

Australia's parliament passed a law on Thursday to make Alphabet Inc's Google and Facebook Inc pay media companies for content on their platforms in reforms that countries such as Britain…

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Facebook to restore Australian news pages after tweaks to media laws

Facebook will restore Australian news pages after Canberra offered amendments to a proposed law designed to force tech giants to pay for media content displayed on their platforms, Treasurer Josh Frydenberg said on…

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EU unlikely to face a Facebook news ban after Australia

Facebook has blocked people in Australia from accessing and sharing news content in a dispute with the government that would require it to share revenue from news. Jurisdictions around the…

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Canada vows to be next country to go after Facebook to pay for news

Canada vowed to make Facebook Inc pay for news content, seeking allies in the media battle with tech giants and pledging not to back down if the social media platform…

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Facebook and Google could lose bargaining power under upcoming U.S. bill to help news outlets

WASHINGTON, Feb 19 (Reuters) - Bipartisan members of Congress plan to introduce a bill in coming weeks to make it easier for smaller news organizations to negotiate with Big Tech…

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Time to get tough with ‘bully’ Facebook, UK lawmaker and publishers say

LONDON (Reuters) – Facebook’s move to block all news content in Australia is an attempt to undermine democracy and reinforce the decision of lawmakers around the world to crack down…

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Facebook news goes dark in Australia as content spat escalates

Australians woke to empty news feeds on their Facebook Inc pages on Thursday after the social media giant blocked all media content in a surprise and dramatic escalation of a…

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Italian watchdog fines Facebook 7 mln euros over improper data use

Italy's competition watchdog has fined Facebook 7 million euros ($8.5 million) for not complying with a request to correct improper commercial practices in its treatment of user data, the regulator…

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Australia to introduce landmark Google, Facebook legislation to parliament next week

Australia will introduce landmark legislation to force Alphabet's Google and Facebook to pay publishers and broadcasters for content next week, Treasurer Josh Frydenberg said on Friday. Australia is on course…

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