- Snopes 23:34August 9, 2022Are Photos of a ‘Baby Deposit Box’ in Namibia Real?"Just place the baby there and press a button there for notification so the baby can be picked up immediately," a viral Facebook post reads.
< Abortion, Facebook, Twitter >
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- Huffington Post UK 07:00August 9, 2022What To Do When You're Caught Social Media Stalking Someone
< Life, wellbeing, Social Media, Facebook, instagram, life online, social-media, facebook, life-online >
- Snopes 02:54August 9, 2022Reba McEntire CBD and Keto Gummies Are a ScamScammers were creating as many Facebook pages and websites as they could to make Google search results appear as if McEntire endorsed the products. She did not.
< CBD, Facebook, Keto, Reba McEntire, Scams >
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- Business Insider 02:46August 8, 2022Meta's AI chatbot has some election-denying, antisemitic bugs to work out after the company asked users to help train itMeta's new Blenderbot AI learns from users interacting with it, causing the chatbot to repeat election-denying claims, antisemitic tropes, and conspiracy theories.
< News, Technology, AI, Artifical Intelligence, Chatbot, Machine Learning, Meta, Facebook, Blenderbot.ai, Blenderbot, Racism, Anti-semitism, Election Fraud, 2020 election disinformation, Donald Trump >
- Business Insider 10:30August 6, 2022A Florida restaurant owner bought a boat to launch his side hustle selling $20 pizzas to swimmers and sunbathers in Tampa BaySean Ferraro drives his boat while shouting down a megaphone wearing a flowery hat to attract the attention of hungry sunbathers to fresh pizza.
< Retail, Transportation, Florida, Tampa Bay, Boats, Pizza, Restaurants, Retail, transport, Business, Facebook, Pizza store, Weekend BI UK >
- Business Insider 00:03August 6, 2022Meta's latest AI chatbot has mixed feelings about CEO Mark Zuckerberg: "It is funny that he has all this money and still wears the same clothes!"When asked about CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Meta's AI chatbot gave answers ranging from "I think he is a great guy" to "He's too creepy and manipulative."
< Tech Insider, Meta, Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg, Chatbot, facebook ai chatbot, AI >
- The Hill 03:40August 5, 2022Meta took down Russian troll farm that supported country’s invasion of UkraineMeta on Thursday announced it took down two cyber espionage operations in South Asia and a Russian troll farm that sought to prop up support for the country’s invasion of Ukraine. Meta, which owns platforms like Facebook and Instagram, announced the findings in its “Quarterly Adversarial Threat Report,” also detailing its efforts to combat coordinated...
< Cybersecurity, Policy, Technology, Facebook, Instagram, Internet Research Agency, Meta, russia, Russia-Ukraine war, troll farm >
- Time 18:01August 3, 2022Meta’s Adam Mosseri, Nick Clegg Relocate to London in Shift to Remote WorkIn June, the company announced it would allow all full-time employees to apply to work remotely if possible.
< Uncategorized, biztech2030, facebook, United Kingdom, wire >
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- Snopes 02:20August 3, 2022Does an Applebee’s ‘Adult Spouse’ Sign Welcome ‘Child Brides’?A viral tweet with a picture of a sign said, "Fascists attacking drag bars, meanwhile Applebee's has specific signage welcoming child brides."
< Applebee's, Facebook, Reddit, Twitter >
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- Snopes 02:20August 3, 2022Does an Applebee’s ‘Adult Spouse’ Sign Welcome ‘Child Brides’?A viral tweet with a picture of a sign said: "Fascists attacking drag bars, meanwhile Applebee's has specific signage welcoming child brides."
< Applebee's, Facebook, Reddit, Twitter >
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- Business Insider 00:53August 3, 2022Meta is being sued for giving US hospitals a data-tracking tool that allegedly ended up disclosing patient information to FacebookA second lawsuit alleges hospitals violated HIPAA by providing private patient data to Meta that it sometimes then used in personalized Facebook ads.
< Tech Insider, Facebook, Meta, Hospitals, HIPAA, Doctors, Privacy, Patients, Health, Data, Advertising, Ads >
- Guardian 15:00July 31, 2022‘Stop trying to be TikTok’: how video-centric Instagram sparked a revoltLoyal users and Kardashians forced social network to partially retreat by demanding renewed emphasis on photo-sharingIf you’re going to change a social media platform synonymous with celebrity culture, make sure the Kardashian-Jenners are onboard first.Instagram was forced into a partial retreat last week as influencer royalty joined a user rebellion against the app, driven by complaints that it had become too video-centric and was pushing content from accounts that people did not follow. Continue reading...
< Instagram, Meta, Facebook, TikTok, Media, Social networking, Technology, Mark Zuckerberg, World news, Kim Kardashian >
- Business Insider 16:30July 30, 2022Tech's great layoffs: Over 30,000 tech employees lost their jobs as of July. These are their stories in their own words.Many tech companies have announced downsizing. We're chronicling the human impact of layoffs on workers across the industry from Tesla to Netflix.
< Tech Insider, Careers, Nordic, Tech, Tekendra Parmar, Layoff, Facebook, Coinbase, Netflix, Tesla >
- Snopes 01:31July 30, 2022Photo Does Not Show Couple Unable To Conceive Having Sex in ChurchThe church in Brazil explained in a series of Facebook posts about what the two people were actually doing onstage.
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- Snopes 22:02July 29, 2022Did Mark Zuckerberg Say, ‘Move Fast And Break Things’?We looked into the origins of the thought process behind the creation of Facebook's motto.
< Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg >
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- Petapixel 19:10July 29, 2022A Recap of Instagram and Meta’s Mad Week of Double Downs and Walk BacksWhat a week it has been for the world's largest photo-sharing app, although we are not sure if we can still call it that. Instagram, and its parent company Meta, has hit the headlines every day, and frankly, it has been a bit of a mess.
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< Editorial, News, adammosseri, algorithm, bereal, Facebook, fullscreen, instagram, markzuckerberg, meta, tiktok >
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- Business Insider 21:00July 28, 2022Instagram and Facebook feeds are about to be swarmed by accounts users don't followInstagram is facing a growing backlash as it works to compete with TikTok, but the company is pushing ahead on controversial changes.
< Tech Insider, News, Meta, Facebook, Instagram, Digital Culture >
- Petapixel 18:41July 28, 2022Zuckerberg Promises To Make Instagram And Facebook Feeds WorseInstagram and Facebook are going to show even more posts from accounts that users do not follow -- after Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced that the company plans to "more than double" the amount of "recommended" content that appears in users' feeds by the end of next year.
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< News, Technology, algorithm, backlash, content, Facebook, feeds, instagram, markzuckerberg, meta, tiktok >
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- Snopes 17:03July 28, 2022Facebook Parent Meta Posts First Revenue Decline in HistoryThe results largely followed a broader decline in the digital advertising market that is dinging Meta rivals such as Google, Twitter, and Snap.
< Facebook, Meta, Snapchat, Twitter >
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- The Hill 01:41July 28, 2022Hillicon Valley — Feds fight Meta's foray into VRThe Federal Trade Commission is taking on Meta’s attempt to expand in the virtual reality sector with a lawsuit aimed at blocking the tech giants’ acquisition of a VR company with a popular fitness app. In other news, a Senate panel advanced two bills aimed at increasing safety and privacy protections for kids and...
< Overnight Technology, Cybersecurity, Overnight Cybersecurity, Policy, Technology, child privacy, data privacy, data privacy bill, Facebook, Hulu, Meta, Pegasus spyware, privacy rights, Spyware, Virtual reality, VR >
- Petapixel 00:26July 28, 2022Meta’s Reality Labs Loses $2.8B as Facebook’s Revenue Falls for First TimeMeta is experiencing a combination of financial difficulties that it has not encountered for the first time in its history. Its Reality Labs division continues to lose billions of dollars at the same time Facebook reported its first-ever decline in revenue.
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< Culture, News, Facebook, financial, instagram, loss, meta, realitylabs, revenue >
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- Petapixel 23:39July 27, 2022Gen Z Are Using Social Media Less, Reshaping the Internet: ReportGeneration Z (Gen Z) is the only generation that reported declining use of social media in recent years after constant pivots by apps, such as Instagram, eroded younger users' trust.
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< Culture, News, bereal, discord, Facebook, generationz, genz, instagram, Poparazzi, tiktok, twitch >
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- Huffington Post UK 20:31July 27, 2022Facebook And Instagram Consider Whether To Keep Removing False COVID Claims
< News, coronavirus, Health, Tech, Social Media, Facebook, instagram, Nick Clegg, meta, health, tech, social-media, facebook, nick-clegg >
- The Hill 19:37July 27, 2022Human smugglers often target migrants with misinformation on social media: watchdogMigrants reliant on Facebook and WhatsApp as they make the journey to the U.S. are being targeted with immigration misinformation by human smugglers, a new report found. A study released Tuesday from the Tech Transparency Project (TTP) found “an abundance of posts spreading misinformation about immigration law, conditions along the route to the United States,...
< Immigration, International, Policy, Technology, Biden administration, Facebook, Guatemala, human smuggling, immigration, Meta, Mexico, migrants, misinformation, San Antonio, Social media, US-Mexico border, whatsapp >
- Breitbart News 17:23July 27, 2022Bokhari: Big Tech's Blueprint to Stop a Red Wave in 2022Republicans think a "red wave" is inevitable in November. But the Democrats still have one big advantage: the ever-tightening grip of Big Tech censorship, which will be used to prevent undecided voters from encountering even the most mainstream conservative news in the runup to the next election. Republicans will have a strong message — but what if voters are prevented from hearing it?
< Media, Politics, Tech, 2022 midterm elections, Facebook, Google, Mark Zuckerberg, Masters of the Universe, red wave, Silicon Valley >
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- Business Insider 12:00July 27, 2022An internal Facebook memo calls for managers to cut workers who fall short of Meta's 'increased intensity'Facebook's HR chief is the latest executive to lay out increasing expectations for employees and call for job cuts to workers who don't meet them.
< Tech Insider, Nordic, Facebook, Meta, HR, Tech workers, Mark Zuckerberg, Layoffs, Hiring Freeze >
- Snopes 22:10July 26, 2022Viral Post Accurately Recounts Key Details of Ron DeSantis’ Early LifeThe popular Facebook post, which was copied and pasted many times, summarized DeSantis' accomplishments in his legal and military careers.
< Facebook, Ron DeSantis >
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- Guardian 17:39July 26, 2022Facebook considering ending restrictions on Covid misinformationSocial network turning to its ‘supreme court’ about decision, says head of global affairs, Nick CleggFacebook is turning to its “supreme court” to decide whether to end restrictions on Covid misinformation, more than two years after the company first started to take special action on posts promoting falsehoods about the disease.The social network is considering changing the way it deals with such misinformation by, for example, labelling it as false or demoting it in algorithmic ranking, rather than simply removing it from the site. It wants to make the change now, according to head of global affairs, Nick Clegg, “as many, though not all, countries around the world seek to return to more normal life”. Continue reading...
< Facebook, Social media, Media, Digital media, Social networking, Technology, Nick Clegg, Coronavirus, Regulators >
- Guardian 17:14July 26, 2022‘Stop trying to be TikTok’: user backlash over Instagram changesUpdates to copy features of arch-rival leave some users struggling to find friends and family contentInstagram’s head defended the app against a user backlash, after the social network launched a series of changes intended to make it more like its arch-rival TikTok.The changes, which include an extremely algorithmic main feed, a push for the service’s TikTok-style “reels” videos, and heavy promotion of the TikTok-style “remix” feature, have resulted in users struggling to find content from friends and family, once the bread and butter of the social network. Continue reading...
< Instagram, TikTok, Technology, Social media, Digital media, Media, Facebook, Kylie Jenner, Life and style >
- Snopes 02:42July 26, 2022‘Nobody Wants to Work Anymore’ Meme Cites Real Newspaper ArticlesWe looked for the origins of clippings from 14 articles that were published between 1894 and 2022, most of which we found in newspaper archives.
< Facebook, Twitter >
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- Petapixel 18:50July 25, 2022Epidemic Sound Sues Meta for ‘Rampant’ Theft of its Music TracksEpidemic Sound has sued Facebook and Instagram parent company Meta for storing, curating, reproducing, and distributing its music without authorization to the tune of upwards of 80,000 infractions per day.
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< Law, News, copyrightinfringement, epidemicsound, Facebook, instagram, law, lawsuit, meta, music, socialmedia >
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- FoxNews 09:00July 25, 2022Zuckerberg-backed Summit Learning platform suggests schools 'listen' to parents' 'online conversations'Mark Zuckerberg-funded Summit Learning digital platform recommended that schools monitor' parents' social media activity for criticism.
< bbf802b0-0154-5a88-b674-5d759c423f31, fox-news/us/education, fox-news/person/mark-zuckerberg, fox-news/us/education/parents, fox-news/tech/companies/facebook, fox-news/media, fnc, fox-news/media, article, Fox News, Hannah Grossman >
- Snopes 01:07July 23, 2022Does Pic Show Woman Cutting Birthday Cake in Iran in 1973?A popular tweet from June 2022 captioned the picture with, "Woman cutting her birthday cake in Iran 1973, 5 years before the Islamic Revolution."
< Facebook, Iran, Pinterest, Reddit >
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- Snopes 01:07July 23, 2022Does Pic Show Woman Cutting Birthday Cake in Iran in 1973?A popular tweet from June 2022 captioned the picture with, "Woman cutting her birthday cake in Iran 1973, 5 years before the Islamic Revolution."
< Facebook, Iran, Pinterest, Reddit >
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- Petapixel 20:23July 22, 2022Meta Commits Additional $150 Million to its Oversight BoardMeta's Oversight Board has announced that the company has agreed to commit an additional $150 million, which is in addition to the initial $130 million when it was founded in 2019.
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< Culture, News, ethics, Facebook, instagram, meta, metaoversightboard, oversightboard >
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- The Hill 01:52July 22, 2022Hillicon Valley — Amazon steps up health care pushAmazon is expanding further into the health care industry by buying primary health care provider One Medical for nearly $4 billion. Meanwhile, the inspector general for the Department of Homeland Security asked the Secret Service to stop its “erased” text messages investigation, and YouTube said it will remove abortion misinformation. This is Hillicon...
< Overnight Technology, Cybersecurity, Overnight Cybersecurity, Policy, Technology, Amazon, Amazon healthcare, bitcoin, data privacy, Electric vehicles, Facebook, One Medical, Tesla, Text messages, TikTok, youtube >
- Petapixel 22:26July 21, 2022Anyone Can Now Make Any Public Instagram Photo into a ReelInstagram has announced that starting now and rolling out over the next few weeks, anyone will be able to "remix" any public photos on the app and turn them into Reels.
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< Culture, News, Facebook, instagram, meta, photos, reels, remix, sharing, socialmedia >
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- Guardian 16:00July 21, 2022Facebook to restore chronological feed of posts from friendsFirm is splitting its News Feed over two tabs on its iOS and Android apps, separating its algorithmic curationFacebook is going back to basics, restoring a chronological news feed to its app to make it easier for users to keep up with posts from their friends.More than a decade after Facebook updated its patented News Feed to default to showing “top stories” rather than a chronological list of posts from friends and pages, the company is restoring the ability to “easily see the most recent posts from your friends, Pages and groups”. Continue reading...
< Facebook, Social networking, Media, Technology >
- Petapixel 17:58July 20, 2022Instagram is Never Going Back to the Way it WasThe sunk cost fallacy is elongating photographers’ inevitable painful breakup with Instagram. It is time to stop hoping that Instagram will go back to being the one and only social media marketing tool that photographers need.
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< Culture, News, clippedhighlights, Facebook, instagram, meta, newsleetter, opinion, socialmedia >
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- Snopes 16:10July 20, 2022Amazon Sues Admins of 10K Facebook Groups over Fake ReviewsAmazon has filed a lawsuit against administrators of more than 10,000 Facebook groups it accuses of coordinating fake reviews in exchange for money or free products.
< amazon, Facebook >
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- Business Insider 12:52July 20, 2022A company called Meta is suing Meta, accusing the tech giant of stealing its name for its metaverse rebrandVR company MetaX — which goes by Meta in its branding — says confusion caused by Facebook's metaverse rebrand has already damaged its business.
< Tech Insider, News, Meta, Facebook, Metaverse, VR, Trademark, Copyright >
- Snopes 00:35July 20, 2022Snopestionary: What Is Sponsored Content?Also called "native advertising," it can be as innocent as a restaurant ad on your newsfeed, or as deceptive as a TV segment with no disclaimer stating who paid for the airtime.
< Facebook, Media Literacy, Scams, Snopes-ing 101, snopes-tionary >
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- Business Insider 23:59July 19, 2022Facebook groups with thousands of members are organizing armies of fake product reviewers, Amazon says in lawsuitAmazon is suing thousands of Facebook group admins, alleging that they paid group members to write fake product reviews.
< Retail, Tech Insider, News, Amazon, Meta, Facebook, Fake reviews, Amazon products, Facebook Groups >
- The Hill 22:11July 19, 2022Facebook moving news initiatives to 'backburner': reportSocial media platform Facebook is moving resources from its news initiatives and newsletters in an effort to build a more robust creator economy, according to a company memo. In the document obtained and published by the Wall Street Journal on Tuesday, company senior executive Campbell Brown wrote that the social media giant is planning to...
< Technology, News, Facebook, News media >
- The Hill 16:51July 19, 2022Amazon sues more than 10,000 Facebook group administrators over fake reviewsAmazon said it filed a lawsuit on Tuesday against more than 10,000 Facebook group administrators for allegedly orchestrating fake reviews on Amazon in exchange for money or free products. Amazon said in a statement that it has reported more than 10,000 fake review groups to Meta, Facebook’s parent company, and Meta has already taken down...
< Technology, Policy, Amazon, Facebook, fake reviews, Lawsuit, Meta >
- Snopes 21:35July 18, 2022Did Negro the Colombian Dog Pay for Cookies with Leaves?This is the true story of a very good boy.
< Colombia, Facebook, Twitter >
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- Snopes 01:25July 16, 2022Did Mike Tyson Post About Social Media Making People ‘Too Comfortable’?While researching how — and where — this quote meme about former heavyweight champ Mike Tyson appeared online, we discovered a suspicious Facebook group.
< Facebook, Mike Tyson, Sports, Twitter >
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- FoxNews 01:32July 15, 2022List: 10 tech company customer service phone numbers plus, secret way to know wait timesTech companies are notorious for making it tricky and complicated to call customer service lines. Here's some tricks and numbers to make it easier to reach.
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- Petapixel 00:47July 15, 2022Meta Admits Smart Glasses Put Privacy at Risk, Offers No SolutionsFacebook-owner Meta today released its first annual human rights report which highlighted "salient risks" to do with its Ray-Ban Stories smart glasses which includes problems such as "informed consent from bystanders."
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< Law, News, EssilorLuxottica, Facebook, informedconsent, meta, privacy, rayban, raybanstories, smartglasses, smartsunglasses, sunglasses, wearablecamera >
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- Snopes 00:35July 15, 2022Did Oprah Say, ‘When People Treat You Like They Don’t Care, Believe Them’?We looked back several years on social media to find the origins of a quote about a bit of life advice regarding believing people based on their actions.
< Facebook, Oprah Winfrey, Twitter >
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