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Facebook shuts dozens of fake-news pages ahead of EU vote: NGO
The US-based Avaaz online activist group said it had alerted Facebook to more than 500 pages and accounts suspected of fuelling disinformation campaigns.
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Tech giants vow to step up fight against online extremism
Executives from Google, Twitter, Facebook and Microsoft met with the leaders of France, New Zealand and other countries in Paris to unveil the "Christchurch Call" of voluntary commitments for online platforms.
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Facebook to curb livestreaming amid pressure over Christchurch massacre
Facebook boss Mark Zuckerberg has been under intense pressure since March when a self-described white supremacist used Facebook Live to stream his rampage at two mosques in the New Zealand city of Christchurch, which left 51 people dead.
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Facebook tightens live-streaming in crackdown on violence
A "one-strike" policy at Facebook Live will be applied to a broader range of offenses, with those who violate serious policies suspended from using the feature after a single offense.
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Is your WhatsApp hacked? Here is how to find out
The spyware can easily trawl through calls, texts and other data.
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Facebook rejects co-founder call for breakup, senator urges US antitrust probe
Facebook has been under scrutiny from regulators around the world over data sharing practices as well as hate speech and misinformation on its networks.
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Facebook 'labels' posts by hand, posing privacy questions
The workers categorise items according to five 'dimensions,' as Facebook calls them.
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Facebook bans conspiracy theorists, controversial black activist
Facebook said those being banned had violated policies against dangerous individuals and organisations.
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In revamp, Facebook bets on small-scale connections, romance
The new features were introduced in a revamped Facebook app as the embattled social network embarks on a new strategy emphasising private communications and small groups.
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Facebook's flood of languages leave it struggling to monitor content
The language deficit complicates Facebook’s battle to rein in harmful content and the damage it can cause, including to the company itself.
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Facebook down for some users: Downdetector.com
The outage tracking website showed that there are more than 9,000 incidents of people reporting issues with Facebook.
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Facebook to clearly explain how it uses consumer data
Users will now see how Facebook uses their data to develop profiling activities and target advertising to finance itself, said the European Commission.
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UK plans social media regulation to battle harmful content
Governments across the world are wrestling over how to better control content on social media platforms, often blamed for encouraging abuse, the spread of online pornography, and for influencing or manipulating voters.
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Facebook removes exposed user records stored on Amazon's servers
Facebook said in its statement that it worked with Amazon to take down the databases once alerted to the issue.
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Facebook's call for global internet regulation sparks debate
Mark Zuckerberg says ‘a common global framework’ rather than country-by-country regulation will ensure that the internet does not get fractured and everyone gets the same protections.
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Facebook bans white nationalism, white separatism on its platforms
The policy will be enforced next week, the social media giant said in a blog here post.
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Facebook says it removed 1.5 million videos of the New Zealand mosque attack
Facebook said it is also removing all edited versions of the video that do not show graphic content out of respect for the people affected by the mosque shooting.
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Facebook takes steps against 'revenge porn'
The company is introducing a new detection technology to stop the spread of intimate photos posted on Facebook or Instagram without people’s permission.
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Life without Facebook? Social network outage triggers moans and soul searching
The outage began on Wednesday afternoon and triggered a flood of gripes on downdetector.com, which tracks trouble accessing online pages, and on rival Twitter.
