Is Facebook’s New Cryptocurrency a ‘Bitcoin Killer’? 6 Things to Know About Libra
“It’s a good bet on Facebook’s part,” Los Angeles-based securities trader Michael Queller says
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7 Code Conference Highlights: From Content Moderation Woes to the Facebook Breakup Debate
Twitter has moved from a platform dedicated to free speech “to one that is cognizant of the impact it’s having on the world and our responsibility and our role in shaping that,” one company executive says
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Facebook Removed 3.4 Billion Fake Accounts in Last 6 Months
Social network has seen a sharp increase in the number of fake accounts
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Step Aside, Mark Zuckerberg: Facebook Should Hire New CEO, Former Security Head Says
There’s a “legit argument” that Zuckerberg has “too much power,” according to Alex Stamos
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MTV’s ‘The Real World’ Seasons 16, 17, 28 to Stream on Facebook Watch
The three seasons will be available on “MTV’s The Real World” Facebook page today
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Facebook Says Violation of ‘Most Serious Policies’ Will Lead to 30-Day Livestreaming Ban
Social network introduces a “one strike” rule that would block terrorist sympathizers from using its livestreaming feature
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Mark Zuckerberg Strikes Back at Critics: Says Breakup of Facebook Wouldn’t ‘Help’
Chief executive says regulating Facebook won’t make its core challenges go away
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Despite Facebook Co-Founder’s Call for a Breakup, Antitrust Experts Say It’s a Long Shot – Here’s Why
“The likelihood that any court would find Facebook has thus far violated any antitrust laws is low,” one legal scholar says
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Facebook Co-Founder Chris Hughes Calls for Breakup of Mark Zuckerberg’s ‘Powerful Monopoly’
“Mark is a good, kind person. But I’m angry that his focus on growth led him to sacrifice security and civility for clicks,” Hughes writes in NY Times op-ed
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FuboTV to Launch Free Ad-Supported Streaming Channel This Year – and Original Content (Exclusive)
The subscription streamer is also in the early stages of putting together an original content team
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Why Instagram Hiding ‘Likes’ Could Be Good for Users – and the Bottom Line
Likes impact the brain in the same way sex and gambling do — and can lead to compulsive phone checking — one expert tells TheWrap
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Is Facebook’s New Privacy Bet a ‘Masterstroke’ by Mark Zuckerberg?
“Everything Facebook is doing as a company should be interpreted in the context of its own survival and self-interest,” one expert tells TheWrap
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Why Facebook’s Stories Feature Is Critical to Company’s Long-Term Success
The ephemeral feature gives users a reason to keep checking its app — while giving Facebook another way to drive big ad sales
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Facebook Expects Potential $5 Billion in FTC Fines, Stock Still Soars 5 Percent on Q1 User Growth
Social network sets aside billions of dollars for ongoing FTC investigation into its user data practices
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Most Americans Trust Facebook Less Than the US Government
60% of Americans say they distrust Facebook — but company continues to add new users in the U.S.
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Mark Zuckerberg Defends Facebook Livestreaming After New Zealand Massacre
Facebook founder tells “Good Morning America” host George Stephanopoulos why he’s resistant to adding automatic delays on livestreams
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Mark Zuckerberg Says Facebook Could Pay for ‘High-Quality News’ – Should It?
Funding credible journalism and sharing data with media outlets would back CEO’s claim “news is incredibly important to society and democracy,” experts say
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Facebook Accused of ‘Discriminatory’ Housing Ad Practices in HUD Lawsuit
“Using a computer to limit a person’s housing choices can be just as discriminatory as slamming a door in someone’s face,” U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development secretary Ben Carson says
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Facebook Loses Two Top Executives, Including Chief Product Officer Chris Cox
WhatsApp VP Chris Daniels also to depart social network, Facebook boss Mark Zuckerberg says
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Facebook and Instagram Are Down for Some Users
“Facebook???? Instagram???? Atleast the Soulja App isn’t down,” rapper Soulja Boy says of outage
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‘The Social Network’ for Snapchat? Jeffrey Katzenberg’s Quibi Orders Series Based on Snap Chief Evan Spiegel
Katzenberg wants new show to be as “compelling and interesting about Snapchat” as “The Social Network” was for Facebook
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Facebook Commits to New ‘Privacy First’ Mantra, Mark Zuckerberg Says
CEO says Facebook’s network of apps will adopt end-to-end encryption and auto-deleting messages
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Is Facebook Stuck in a No-Win Position When It Comes to Moderating Content?
“People already generally think that we have too much power in deciding what content is good,” CEO Mark Zuckerberg said in a recent interview
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Facebook’s Top-Secret Content Moderators Smoke Marijuana to ‘Numb Their Emotions,’ Report Says
It’s impossible to “not come out of it with some acute stress disorder or PTSD” a former moderator tells The Verge
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Facebook Shuts Down Data-Collection App Onavo
Onavo is being pulled from the Google Play store months after it was kicked off Apple’s App Store
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Facebook Acted Like ‘Digital Gangsters,’ British Parliament Says
Social network is criticized for overlooking user privacy in order to grow its ad business, according to U.K. lawmakers
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Google and Facebook’s Complete and Total Digital Ad Domination Explained in 1 Chart
Tech duopoly controls more than 60 percent of all global online advertising — a dominance that’s projected to only grow in the next three years
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Snapchat Snaps Back: Is Fresh Content the Key to Snap’s Longterm Success?
Pictures-and-messaging app has stopped losing users; now it needs its shows to drive more downloads in 2019
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7 Things We Learned in Tech World This Week, From Apple’s Blunder to Elon Musk’s Pivot to Boring
Apple’s FaceTime blunder shows it has its own privacy concerns, while Facebook’s year of bad press did nothing to scare users away
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Apple Apologizes for FaceTime Bug, Says a Fix Will Be Available Next Week
Glitch allowed callers to listen to audio on someone else’s phone — even if they didn’t answer
