The European Commission (EU) slammed Facebook with $122 million fine for misleading information about its $19 billion acquisition of WhatsApp in 2014. According to the EU, Facebook said that …
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A judge in Ethiopia’s capital on Tuesday found a former opposition spokesperson guilty of encouraging terrorism with a series of anti-government Facebook posts. Yonatan Tesfaye was arrested in December 2015 …
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Mark Zuckerberg sets to add 3,000 staff to stop suicide, murder on Facebook
by Reporterby ReporterFollowing the rampant cases of online suicide as being recorded daily on Social media, Facebook CEO, Mark Zuckerberg has fashioned out modality to save millions of user from unforeseen cases …
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Facebook Profit Jumps As User Base Nears 2 Billion
by Arinze Agoby Arinze AgoFacebook on Wednesday reported that its quarterly profit surged as its ranks of monthly users closed in on two billion, but warned of rising expenses and slowing revenue growth. The …
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Facebook is planning to hire thousands of people to help review user content following multiple high-profile incidents of people sharing videos of suicide and murder. Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook’s CEO and …
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Google and Facebook have confirmed that they fell victim to an alleged $100m (£77m) scam, PM News reports. In March, it was reported that a Lithuanian man had been …
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Instagram passes 700 million users, up 17% in 4 months
by Arinze Agoby Arinze AgoInstagram has just announced that it now has 700 million users, representing a pretty impressive growth spurt from the 600 million it announced just four months ago. For additional context, …
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Facebook is working to create a data input method that does not rely on a keyboard but instead allows the user to type directly from the brain. The company made …
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Facebook failed to remove dozens of instances of extremist and child pornography even after the social network’s moderators were directly informed of the potentially illegal content, an investigation by The …
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Facebook user, Alex Baale Gattusso, did what no one expected by sharing a photo of all the girls he has slept with. He also did put all the women he …

