(SAN FRANCISCO) — Facebook is taking a $3 billion charge as a contingency against a possible fine by the Federal Trade Commission. The agency has been investigating Facebook, but has not announced any findings yet.
The one-time charge slashes...
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In the 24 hours after the Christchurch shooting, Facebook removed 1.5 million videos worldwide, but more than a month later, footage was still circulating on the platform. Now, the company says its AI had a hard time detecting the footage because...
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Yes, you read that correctly. Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg has launched his own podcast, Tech & Society with Mark Zuckerberg, that has the company founder siting down with luminaries to chat about (what else?) the social impact of...
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Representatives from Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter were grilled and admonished on Tuesday by UK lawmakers angry at the spread of extremist and criminal content.
The UK parliamentary committee hearing was spurred by the spread of the graphic...
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"The whole thing is just a big distraction for the country," President Trump's son-in-law and senior adviser, Jared Kushner, said Tuesday of investigations into Russian meddling in the 2016 election. "You look at what Russia did — buying some...
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Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube were forced to defend their practices last month after 1.5 million copies of the video of New Zealand's Christchurch shooting were shared online. Debate about online extremism resumed this week after the deadly attacks...
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Facebook-owned WhatsApp continues to be a hotbed for sharing sexual abuse videos in India, according to fresh findings from Cyber Peace Foundation (CPF), a New Delhi-based cyber security and policy think tank that fights against online crimes and...
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Now that the first viewers have watched it, you need to be on the lookout for Avengers: Endgame spoilers. We’ll show you how to block spoilers on Facebook, Twitter and share an important warning about unsolicited private messages on all social...
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While Google dominates the search industry and Facebook the social network segment, Amazon dominates three parts of the tech industry. That makes it the easiest of the three to dismantle.
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Facebook is scheduled to release its first-quarter financial results after the markets close on Wednesday, while scrutiny of how it handles data continues.
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In recent months Twitter, Facebook, and other major social media sites have been relentlessly purging millions of reportedly fake accounts and bots.
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At a Time magazine event, Kushner got out an effective talking point. The whole thing is just a big distraction for the country. You look at what Russia did — buying some Facebook ads to try and sow dissent. And it's a terrible thing, but I think...
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Black Facebook users complain they can't talk about racism without being censored for hate speech. Civil rights groups want Facebook to fix it.
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Black Facebook users complain they can't talk about racism without being censored for hate speech. Civil rights groups want Facebook to fix it.
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Join Christian Cawley and James Frew as they take a look at some of the major privacy issues that have occurred around Facebook in the past six months. Issues such as storing passwords in plain text, exposing your photos, and demanding email...
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CNN’s John Avlon on Wednesday took Trump son-in-law Jared Kushner to the woodshed for blowing off Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election. After watching a clip of Kushner dismissing Russia’s meddling as merely buying Facebook...
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