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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Facebook’s new chatbot teaches employees how to answer difficult questions about the company
Facebook’s public relations teams built an artificial intelligence bot to help its employees deflect criticism from relatives ...
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Facebook tests tool that allows users to export photos to Google
Facebook today announced a new tool that would allow users to transfer their photos and videos from Facebook to other storage services, starting with Google Photos. This tool would be similar to the one we already have that allows us to download our Facebook information. While ...
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Facebook's only fact-checker for Dutch news quits over political ad controversy
Facebook is currently operating without a third-party fact-checker in the Netherlands over the dispute of allowing political ...
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Facebook allegedly blocked personal accounts of WhatsApp spyware maker's employees
On Tuesday, eight employees from the Israel-based security company, NSOGroup, filed a lawsuit against Facebook in the Tel Aviv district court for blocking their accounts. The company said this was an independent action and it doesn't concern its ongoing tussle with the social media ...
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Facebook wants to pay you to answer social media questions
We already know apps like Facebook try to learn as much about you as possible, so why not at least get paid for it? Facebook - now a rebranded corporate entity - today revealed a new app dubbed Facebook Viewpoints which pays you to participate in surveys, tasks, and research. The ...
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Facebook considers political ad limits after Twitter and Google take action
Facebook has encountered serious backlash for the way it's chosen to go about dealing with political ads - in some cases allowing ones that purposefully told blatant lies. Zuckerberg has fallen back on the 'free speech' argument, implying it's not the company's role to dictate ...
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Facebook's testing a meme-creation app called Whale
Facebook's testing out its latest bizarre spin-off app aimed at recapturing its youthful audience -- in this case, a meme creation app called Whale. From what we can tell, the purpose of the app is to make meme creation easier by packaging together stock images and basic photo-editing ...
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Czech gov wants to slap a 7% ad tax on internet giants like Google and Facebook
If the Czech government's tax will be accepted by parliament, the Czech Republic will join EU countries like France and Italy ...
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Instagram cracks down on app that allowed users to stalk private profiles
Instagram is cracking down on Ghosty, an Android and iOS app that allowed users to look into private profiles without their ...
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WhatsApp fixes bug that would have let hackers exploit devices using MP4 files
WhatsApp has fixed a vulnerability involving involves malicious MP4 video files that could potentially allow an attacker ...
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Facebook is quietly testing an Instagram feed-like feature
Facebook is trying to really hard to tell people it owns Instagram and WhatsApp. Earlier this month, the company introduced ...
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Facebook let anti-vaxxers run rampant with misinformation ads, because money
Earlier this year Facebook said it would crack down on ads from groups peddling misinformation about vaccines. The announcement ...
