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Facebook use eroding in US as social media under pressure
The average amount of time US adults spent at Facebook dropped by three minutes per day last year and will likely decrease by another minute next year.
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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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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'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 bans UK far-right groups
Other groups kicked off both Facebook or Instagram include Knights Templar International, Britain First, the British National Party and the National Front.
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Facebook spends $22.6m to keep Mark Zuckerberg safe
Zuckerberg has drawn a base salary of $1 for the past three years, and his “other” compensation was listed at $22.6 million, most of which was for his personal security.
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Zuckerberg confident of stopping interference in 2020 campaign
Mark Zuckerberg said the social media giant had implemented a lot of different measures since 2016 to verify any advertiser who is running a political ad.
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Facebook bans white nationalism, white separatism on its platforms
Facebook, Twitter Inc and Alphabet Inc’s YouTube have been under pressure to remove white supremacist and neo-Nazi content from their platforms.
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New Zealand massacre provides test for live video platforms
Facebook said it 'quickly' removed a live video from the suspected gunman in twin mosque shootings in Christchurch that killed at least 49 people.
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Facebook sees higher profits, more friends
Net profit for Facebook, which makes most of its money from online advertising, was up a strong 61% from the same period last year.
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Facebook paid users to track smartphone use - report
The news could be a further embarrassment for Facebook, which has been under heightened scrutiny over failing to crack down on manipulation of its platform.
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Big week for Big Tech as quarterly earnings loom
Big Tech firms face a critical test in the coming days with quarterly updates that may offer clues on whether the world’s largest companies are seeing growth or retrenchment ahead.
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Facebook brings stricter ads rules to countries with big 2019 votes
Facebook, since 2016, has become a means for politicians and their adversaries to distribute fake news and other propaganda.
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Facebook CEO plans public debates about tech for 2019 personal challenge
Last year, Zuckerberg said he would fix many of Facebook’s issues such as the use of the platform for hate speech, spreading misinformation and political meddling.
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San Bernardino shooting lawsuits against Facebook, Google & Twitter dismissed
US Magistrate Judge Laurel Beeler said the attack was not the direct result of the companies’ alleged providing of resources to Islamic State.
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Facebook controversies since 2014
Graphic looking at controversies involving Facebook, plus share price since 2014.
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Trump accuses Facebook, Twitter, Google of Democrat bias
Donald Trump is a regular critic of social media and accused Twitter as recently as October of stifling the growth of his account by making it harder for users to follow him.
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Facebook's Zuckerberg says he is not considering resigning
Zuckerberg also defended his company against the broader wave of flak it has taken this year.
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New tech regulation 'inevitable,' Apple CEO says
Tim Cook said he expected the United States (US) Congress would take up the matter.
