Our coverage of all things Facebook. Founded by Mark Zuckerberg and several fellow students in February 2004, the social network has grown to more than a billion users and currently owns Instagram and WhatsApp.
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Digital rights groups demand Facebook let you appeal removed posts
A group of 88 civil liberties groups have penned an open letter to Facebook requesting the company allow users to appeal whenever their posts are removed -- an option they currently do not have. The groups -- which include the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), the American ...
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Facebook removes 115 suspicious accounts ahead of US midterm elections (Updated)
Just before the US mid-term election, Facebook removed a total of 115 accounts from fb and Instagram were 'engaged in coordinated ...
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Facebook's AI knows how likely you are to evacuate during a hurricane
Facebook knows if you've been sleeping, it knows if you're awake. It knows if you're the kind of person who'd probably evacuate ...
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The Facebook ad-pocalypse is coming, so spend your budget on creativity
Brands pour billions of dollars into Facebook advertising, but the social media giant isn’t going to last forever. So, where will those dollars go in the future? The only viable choice is creativity. Predicting the future Most chess masters agree that their most valuable skill ...
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Why poor teens haven't abandoned Facebook
Facebook use remains high among teens from low-income families, unlike their more affluent peers. So why do they stick around? ...
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Facebook can simply say ‘no’ to EU’s proposed audit
EU Parliament has called for an audit on Facebook as it believes the company's handling of data has breached EU law -- but ...
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Facebook fined 0.001% of its 2017 revenue for Cambridge Analytica scandal
UK watchdog just fined Facebook £500,000 for the Cambridge Analytica scandal, but the amount is unlikely to affect the social ...
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Full moon patents: US Navy tube drones and Facebook doppelgängers
Ugh, the Gregorian calendar is so boring. That’s why we’re disrupting monthly series with a lunar cycle-based series about the best patents of the last synodic month, picked by the PatentYogi team. Get ready when that moon gets gibbous, y’all. This October-ish roundup lands ...
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Facebook now lets you add music to your profile and Stories
Facebook today announced it was offering several new ways for users to incorporate music into their on-site identities -- ...
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Facebook trims Messenger's clutter with new update
Facebook today announced it was overhauling Messenger, updating the interface and cutting down on the embarrassing amount ...
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Oculus pulls plug on Rift VODs in wake of another founder departure
Facebook's Oculus is discontinuing the storefront that allows users to purchase or rent movies to view in their Rifts. Instead, ...
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Facebook is reportedly shopping around for a cybersecurity firm
Facebook’s had a bad year handling user data and securing its systems. Now, according to The Information, the company is ...
