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Facebook is tracking all users: Here's how to stop it from stalking you

By Arthur Villasanta

Stop Facebook from tracking your location every time with a few simple steps.

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Facebook just hired a Trump admin official who helped craft the Patriot Act

Jennifer Newstead currently serves as a legal adviser at the US State Department.

By India Ashok

Facebook continues its war on fake news with new measures

The social networking giant keeps improving the health of its platforms.

By Evan Niu

UK may regulate social media to limit harmful content

Tech firms are being warned by the British government to better police their sites or face legal penalties.

By Arthur Villasanta

How social media helps Big Tobacco hook a new generation of smokers

Tobacco companies are enlisting the help of social media influencers to promote traditional cigarettes and their brands...

By Robert Kozinets

Why the next terror manifesto could be even harder to track

Social media companies struggle to identify and remove hate speech when it's posted. What can computer science reveal...

By Megan Squire

Facebook's 'pivot' is less about privacy and more about profits

CEO Mark Zuckerberg's claimed intent to focus on privacy will be hard to execute, will not happen soon and does not...

By Bhaskar Chakravorti

Facebook wants to build a private-messaging behemoth

This move would likely give the social network an even greater competitive advantage.

By Daniel Sparks

Facebook takes down pro-Kremlin video channels

Russia's RT slams Facebook for suspending anti-US, pro-Kremlin viral video channels

Russian interference in the upcoming 2020 presidential elections has drawn a backlash from Facebook.

By Arthur Villasanta

Twitter user numbers fall but profits flying high

Donald Trump's favourite social media saw revenue grow to $758 million, up 29 percent.

By Associated Press

Facebook news: Lawsuit accuses social network of hiding inflated video ad metrics

Facebook admitted to overstating how much time users actually spent watching video ads by as much as 80 percent.

By Alex Perry

WhatsApp's Brian Acton left $850m on the table in his rush to exit after Facebook takeover

The founder of the messaging service admitted he sold out the privacy of WhatsApp users to the social media giant.

By Alex Perry

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Instagram unveils new video service in challenge to YouTube

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How artificial intelligence systems could threaten democracy

By Steven Feldstein

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Social media

Facebook is tracking all users: Here's how to stop it from stalking you

Facebook just hired a Trump admin official who helped craft the Patriot Act

Facebook continues its war on fake news with new measures

UK may regulate social media to limit harmful content

How social media helps Big Tobacco hook a new generation of smokers

Why the next terror manifesto could be even harder to track

Facebook's 'pivot' is less about privacy and more about profits

Facebook wants to build a private-messaging behemoth

Russia's RT slams Facebook for suspending anti-US, pro-Kremlin viral video channels

Twitter user numbers fall but profits flying high

Facebook news: Lawsuit accuses social network of hiding inflated video ad metrics

WhatsApp's Brian Acton left $850m on the table in his rush to exit after Facebook takeover

Google takes on alleged Iranian influence campaign

Facebook takes down 652 accounts linked to Russia, Iran

Can Twitter change its 'core' and remain Twitter?

Tinder feeling the love as user growth beats expectation

Zuckerberg says Holocaust deniers won't be banned from Facebook

India: WhatsApp under pressure to prevent misuse after spate of mob lynchings

Did Tim Cook just slam Facebook and Google? Apple CEO warns data being 'weaponised'

Twitter muzzles alt-right conspiracy theorist Alex Jones for a week

How artificial intelligence systems could threaten democracy

How artificial intelligence systems could threaten democracy

How Amazon can deliver on its promise to reduce emissions

How Amazon can deliver on its promise to reduce emissions

Too many airplane systems rely on too few sensors

Too many airplane systems rely on too few sensors