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Social-Media Bosses Could Be Held Liable for Harmful Content
LONDON—U.S. social-media bosses could face arrest if they fail to moderate harmful content on their sites, the UK minister for suicide prevention has suggested. Jackie Doyle-Price’s comments come as the ...
February 6, 2019
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Jane Gray
Using Technology to Separate Fact From Fiction in Online Media
Commentary In the rush to exploit today’s social-media data, people are finding it increasingly difficult to separate fact ...
January 27, 2019
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Chris Mattmann
Facebook Shuts Hundreds of Russia-Linked Pages, Accounts
LONDON—Facebook said on Jan. 17, it removed hundreds of Russia-linked pages, groups and accounts that it says were ...
January 17, 2019
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The Associated Press
UPS Deletes Christmas ‘Shredding’ Message After Swift Backlash
UPS quickly deleted a tweet, a message posted on the Twitter social media website, after swift backlash to ...
December 18, 2018
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Zachary Stieber
Mother Sets up Son on Date After Meeting Girls at Grocery Store
A Texas mother keen to set up her single son on a date was successful in doing so ...
December 13, 2018
BY
Zachary Stieber
At Facebook, Public Funds Join Push to Remove Zuckerberg as Chairman
Four major U.S. public funds that hold shares in Facebook Inc. on Oct. 17 proposed removing Chief Executive ...
October 18, 2018
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Reuters
Facebook Engineer Quits, Burned Out by ‘Political Monoculture,’ Content Policing Direction
Friday, Oct. 12, was Brian Amerige's last day at Facebook after nearly seven years. “This was a difficult ...
October 17, 2018
BY
Petr Svab
YouTube Back Up After Widespread Outage
Google-owned YouTube said on Oct. 16 that a widespread issue with some of its services has been resolved, ...
October 17, 2018
BY
Reuters
Twitter Blocks Ads With Words ‘Illegal Alien,’ Then Reverses Decision as ‘Error’
A nonprofit organization was unable to promote several tweets that included the terms “illegal alien” and “criminal alien” ...
September 13, 2018
BY
Petr Svab
Guide to the Classics: Homer’s ‘Iliad’
Homer’s "Iliad" is usually thought of as the first work of European literature, and many would say, the ...
September 11, 2018
BY
Chris Mackie
Texting Surpasses In-Person Communication as Favorite Among Teenagers
Text messaging is now the most popular form of communication among teenagers, according to a survey conducted by ...
September 10, 2018
BY
Ivan Pentchoukov
Exclusive: Iran-Based Political Influence Operation – Bigger, Persistent, Global
An apparent Iranian influence operation targeting internet users worldwide is significantly bigger than previously identified, Reuters has found, ...
August 31, 2018
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Reuters
Facebook Fugitive Fights U.S. Request to Extradite Him From Ecuador: Lawyer
A New York man charged with trying to defraud Facebook Inc founder Mark Zuckerberg is fighting extradition from ...
August 29, 2018
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Reuters
WhatsApp to Clamp Down on ‘Sinister’ Messages in India: IT Minister
NEW DELHI—India said Facebook-owned WhatsApp had pledged on Aug. 21 to develop tools that would combat fake messages, ...
August 21, 2018
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Reuters
Twitter Executives Say Policies Need to Constantly Evolve to Counter ‘Hate Speech’
Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey and Vice President Del Harvey said they plan to further “evolve” the social-media platform's ...
August 9, 2018
BY
Petr Svab
WhatsApp Curbs Message Forwarding in Bid to Deter India Lynch Mobs
MUMBAI/BENGALURU—Facebook Inc's WhatsApp is rolling out a global test measure to rein in messages forwarded by users, the ...
July 20, 2018
BY
Reuters
Facebook Shakes up Management, Launches Blockchain Division
SAN FRANCISCO—Facebook Inc Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg on Tuesday ordered one of the biggest management shakeups in the ...
May 9, 2018
BY
Reuters
Facebook to Play Cupid in Online Dating Debut
SAN JOSE, California—Facebook Inc is entering the dating game, Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg said on Tuesday, planning a ...
May 1, 2018
BY
Reuters
More Evidence WeChat Is Recording Private Messages for Beijing to Spy on Users
More evidence has emerged to support the widely held suspicion that China’s most popular messaging app, WeChat, is ...
May 1, 2018
BY
Paul Huang
WhatsApp Raises Minimum Age Limit to 16 in European Union
WhatsApp has announced it will ban people under the age of 16 from using its service in the ...
April 25, 2018
BY
John Smithies
Facebook’s Zuckerberg Faces Senate Hearing
WASHINGTON–Facebook Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg's No. 1 mission during his appearance before U.S. lawmakers on Tuesday and Wednesday ...
April 10, 2018
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Reuters
Facebook to Give Users More Control Over Personal Information
Facebook is giving users more control over their privacy by making data management easier and redesigning the settings ...
March 28, 2018
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Reuters
Facebook to Prioritize ‘Trustworthy’ News Based on Surveys
SAN FRANCISCO—Facebook Inc will prioritize "trustworthy" news in its feed of social media posts, using member surveys to ...
January 20, 2018
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Reuters
WhatsApp Messaging Service Returns After Global Outage
WhatsApp, a popular messaging service owned by Facebook Inc, suffered a global outage for about an hour on ...
January 1, 2018
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Reuters
AOL Instant Messenger Now Dead
AOL laid to rest its instant messaging service Friday, Dec. 15, some 20 years after it started. While ...
December 15, 2017
BY
Holly Kellum
Facebook Rolls out Messenger App for Kids Under 13
Facebook on Monday rolled out Messenger Kids, an app that lets the world's biggest social media company expand into ...
December 4, 2017
BY
Reuters
Student Forgets Lunch Money, Receives Moldy Peanut Butter Sandwich
A mom was disgusted after her son sent her photos of a moldy sandwich that was given to ...
December 1, 2017
BY
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