The staggering figure of more than three billion fake accounts blocked by Facebook over a six-month period highlights the challenges faced by social networks in curbing automated accounts, or bots, and other nefarious efforts ...
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May 24, 2019
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Facebook's former security chief is disagreeing with calls to break up the social network.
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May 24, 2019
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Facebook has been in contact with US and British financial regulators with a view to launching its own cryptocurrency next year, the BBC reported on Friday.
Internet
May 24, 2019
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A number of prominent figures have called for some sort of regulation of Facebook—including one of the company's co-founders and a venture capitalist who was one of Facebook's early backers.
Internet
May 24, 2019
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Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg on Thursday rejected the idea of breaking up the social media giant as off-target, saying it could hamper the fight against deceit and harmful online content.
Internet
May 23, 2019
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Facebook removed more than 3 billion fake accounts from October to March, twice as many as the previous six months, the company said Thursday.
Internet
May 23, 2019
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Facebook chief operating officer Sheryl Sandberg said Friday a breakup of big US technology would not address "underlying issues" facing the sector and suggested that such a move could help rivals in China.
Business
May 17, 2019
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How do personality traits affect one's use of the online social networking site, Facebook? That is the question researchers from Greece hope to answer in a paper in the International Journal of Internet Marketing and Advertising. ...
Social Sciences
May 16, 2019
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Facebook announced Wednesday it would tighten access to its livestreaming feature as New Zealand's premier Jacinda Ardern and French leader Emmanuel Macron prepared to launch the global "Christchurch Call" initiative to tackle ...
Internet
May 15, 2019
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Facebook's advertising platform was not built to help social media users understand who was targeting them with messages, or why. It is an extremely powerful system, which lets advertisers target specific users according ...
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May 15, 2019
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