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Can Twitter change its 'core' and remain Twitter?

The move to fight rampant abuse and misinformation will require huge investments for a company that doesn't have the same resources as Google and Facebook.

Aug 17, 2018

By Associated Press

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

Jones, who has 858,000 followers on Twitter, has built up his profile while promulgating sensationalist conspiracy. theories.

Aug 15, 2018

By Associated Press

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Tinder feeling the love as user growth beats expectation

Tinder parent company Match Group saw a rise in share prices after a better-than-expected quarterly earnings report.

Aug 8, 2018

By Alex Perry

Zuckerberg says Holocaust deniers won't be banned from Facebook

Zuckerberg said in an interview that offensive content isn't necessarily banned unless it is to organize harm or attack someone.

Jul 19, 2018

By Associated Press

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

Twenty people falsely accused of child abduction killed in rural villages by mobs that had been inflamed by social media.

Jul 4, 2018

By Associated Press

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Instagram unveils new video service in challenge to YouTube

The expansion, called IGTV, will increase Instagram's video time limit from one minute to 10 minutes for most users.

Jun 21, 2018

By Associated Press

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Facebook says privacy-setting bug affected as many as 14M

A software bug in Facebook led some users to post publicly by default regardless of their previous privacy settings.

Jun 8, 2018

By Associated Press

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Mark Zuckerberg gives evidence to Senate

Why the EU should dismantle Facebook

Facebook could soon hold more data on its users than any government.

Jun 6, 2018

By Felix Arndt

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Cambridge Analytica boss accused of siphoning off millions as company faced collapse

The Financial Times reported that Alexander Nix banked $8m for "unbooked services".

Jun 6, 2018

By Staff Reporter

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Mark Zuckerberg Live: Facebook tycoon agrees to webcast of European Parliament testimony

Mark Zuckerberg will face a public grilling over Cambridge Analytica data scandal at the European Parliament.

May 21, 2018

By Associated Press

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Ireland: Facebook bans foreign ads as US anti-abortionists plot to influence referendum

Facebook has vowed to improve its transparency after revelations that political consultancy Cambridge Analytica harvested users' data.

May 8, 2018

By Associated Press

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Love it or not, Facebook launches dating service

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said the new dating feature is "not just for hookups" but to build "meaningful, long-term relationships."

May 2, 2018

By Associated Press

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Facebook advertisers shrug off its privacy scandal

Facebook is the second largest digital publisher in the world, behind Google. It reportedly raked in $39.94 billion in 2017 from advertising.

Apr 26, 2018

By Associated Press

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Ex-Cambridge Analytica CEO lied, says academic

Academic Aleksandr Kogan's company, Global Science Research, developed a Facebook app that vacuumed up information from users

Apr 24, 2018

By Associated Press

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Consumer finance champion Martin Lewis says more needs to be done to stop the payday loan debt spiral (Photo: Reuters)

UK's most popular financial expert taking Facebook to UK court over fake ads

Martin Lewis, who founded the MoneySavingExpert website, says his name has appeared on many advertisements that are get-rich-quick scams to con people.

Apr 23, 2018

By Julian Kossoff

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