Trump supporters, QAnon conspiracy theorists, white supremacists and armed agitators have found new staging grounds on Gab, Telegram and Signal.
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Fabricated claims debunked by fact-checkers targeting victims of police brutality and their families are still on Facebook, new Avaaz report finds.
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QAnon and those who believe that the 2020 presidential election was stolen from Donald Trump are ridiculous. They are not the same as ISIS. This appears to be news to a number of influential policy voices, including Facebook's former chief security...
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There so much happening on Facebook that it can feel a little overwhelming. What if you miss a post and you can’t find it later? Thankfully, Facebook has a bookmarking feature to help you keep track of things and save them for later.Read This...
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This article was originally published by Christopher Carey on Cities Today, the leading news platform on urban mobility and innovation, reaching an international audience of city leaders. For the latest updates follow Cities Today on Twitter,...
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John Chen, CEO of BlackBerry, gives an interview following the opening of his company's stock at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, U.S., October 16, 2017.
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BlackBerry shares jumped as much as 20% Tuesday...
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WhatsApp’s controversial privacy update has caused quite an en-masse migration to alternative services, including Telegram and Signal, as users were concerned their data could eventually land in the hands of Facebook and other third-party...
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Whatsapp has run into new opposition to its plans to update its privacy policy, which would allow it to share data with Facebook. The company has already been forced to postpone the imposition of the new privacy agreement from February to May,...
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[A nice line, though said in a narrow context (whether Facebook's decision not to remove comments from a government agency's page is relevant to whether the government agency could delete them).]
In Garnier v. O'Connor-Ratcliff, decided Thursday by...
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The feature can now recognize landmarks, activities and types of animals.
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Not a machine-generated headline, we swear Facebook and its Irish subsidiary on Thursday announced the filing of a lawsuit in Portugal against two people for allegedly scraping Facebook profile data and other browser info using malicious Chrome...
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Hungarian Justice Minister: Facebook "limits the visibility of Christian, conservative, right-wing opinions."
The post Hungary Mulls Sanctions Against Social Media Giants Over Free Speech Curbs first appeared on Le·gal In·sur·rec·tion.
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Tuesday's top analyst upgrades and downgrades included Airbnb, American Express, Arch Capital, Carlyle, Darden Restaurants, Facebook, Eli Lilly and Nio.
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Facebook-owned instant messaging app WhatsApp found itself surrounded by controversies as it rolled out a mandatory privacy policy notification for users to either accept or delete their accounts. The update said WhatsApp will be sharing user data...
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This article was originally published by Christopher Carey on Cities Today, the leading news platform on urban mobility and innovation, reaching an international audience of city leaders. For the latest updates follow Cities Today on Twitter,...
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This article was originally published by Emma Tracey on .cult by Honeypot, a Berlin-based community platform for developers. For the latest updates, follow .cult by Honeypot on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Linkedin and YouTube. Developers, like...
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Trump sparred with the likes of Twitter and Facebook despite his immense popularity on those platforms. His fiery rhetoric ultimately got him booted from them.
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Facebook Temporarily Bans Ads For Combat Gear Following Capitol Riots
On Saturday morning, Facebook published a short update on their blog titled "Our Preparations Ahead of Inauguration Day," explaining how the social media company...
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I once considered Facebook (NASDAQ: FB) a solid long-term investment. More than 3.2 billion people use its family of apps -- including its core platform, Messenger, Instagram, and WhatsApp -- every month. It's a dominant digital advertising...
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A new report has hit out at the lack of medical support available to individuals coming off anti-depressants in the UK. Researchers investigated the role of online support groups, often found on social media websites like Facebook, and the role...
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