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Facebook removes Trump ad disguised as census message
The ads encouraged readers to 'take the official 2020 Congressional District Census,' but clicking on the messages directed users to a Trump campaign website.
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IEC's global conference focuses on potential pitfalls of social media
Experts were expected to address the influence of fake news on election integrity, amongst other things.
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Singapore tells Facebook to block state-critical site's page
In November the social network put up a correction next to one of the site's posts following a government request.
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Facebook increases parental control features in Messenger Kids app
The new features will include access for parents to see their children’s chat history and will allow them to keep a track of the accounts which are blocked or unblocked on the application, the company said.
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Facebook to boost site safety with 1,000 more UK staff
The new roles will increase the number of staff at the company's largest engineering hub outside the United States to more than 4,000.
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Facebook says technical error caused vulgar translation of Chinese leader's name
A statement about Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s visit published on Aung San Suu Kyi’s official Facebook page was littered with references to 'Mr Sh*thole' when translated to English.
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Thousands of UK political ads went missing from Facebook archive searches
Facebook’s ad library, which it launched in the UK in 2018, is a public tool for users to view political advertising on the platform.
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Web inventor Berners-Lee launches plan to stop internet abuse
Credited with laying the groundwork for the web - the universe of multimedia webpages accessible via the internet - in 1989, the computer scientist has since last year been developing the so-called Contract for the Web.
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Amnesty Int. SA report accuses Facebook, Google of pervasive surveillance
In a new report titled Surveillance Giants", the non-governmental organisation says the companies need to change their business model and stop their reliance on people's data.
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Facebook nixes billions of fake accounts
Amid growing efforts to create fraudulent accounts, Facebook said it has stepped up its defences and often removes the accounts within minutes of their being created.
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Activist Sharpton takes Facebook ad concerns to Zuckerberg's home
The meeting, which Sharpton said lasted nearly two hours at Zuckerberg’s Palo Alto house, included multiple civil rights activists and Facebook’s CEO Sheryl Sandberg.
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Russian disinformation campaign targeted Africa: Facebook
The operations hiding behind fake identities were linked to Yevgeny Prigozhin, who has been indicted in the United States in connection with an influence campaign targeting the 2016 US elections.
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Facebook extends fact-checking programme to 10 new African states
The programme will be available in Ethiopia, Zambia, Somalia and Burkina Faso, among others, in partnership with AFP.
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Facebook's Zuckerberg defends encryption, despite child safety concerns
The United States, Britain, and Australia signed an open letter earlier in the day calling for Facebook to suspend its encryption plan, saying it would hinder the fight against child abuse and terrorism.
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Facebook's Instagram launches Snapchat-like 'Threads' app
Through Threads, users can upload status, share location and battery status with their close friends on Instagram, the social media company said in a blog post.
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Facebook group #ImStaying responds to 'extremely elitist' backlash
The group says that it is giving hope to despondent locals by posting uplifting messages about South Africa, encouraging them to stay in the country.
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Facebook suffers legal blow in EU court over hate speech
The decision will be seen as a victory for EU regulators, who are ambitious to see US tech giants meet tightened European standards over hate speech and offensive content.
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Zuckerberg to 'go to the mat' to fight breakup: report
Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg has pledged to 'go to the mat' to fight a government attempt to break up the social media giant, according to a report Tuesday based on a leaked audio recording.
