Facebook needs ‘safe harbor’ for public interest journalism, say researchers | Social
Researchers want Facebook to change its rules, making it easier for journalists and academics to undertake investigations and studies on the social…
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Department of Justice asks judge to force Facebook to decrypt Messenger | Social
Three unnamed sources have confirmed to Reuters that the U.S. government is trying to force Facebook’s hand regarding the encryption on its Messenger…
Facebook asks U.S. banks to share financial information, banks cite privacy concerns: report |…
Facebook is in talks with American banks to add customers’ financial information to its Messenger platform, including transactions and chequing…
Facebook adds Alaska’s Inupiaq as language option | Malaysia
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Woman allegedly sends threatening messages to 3 strangers over Facebook | Social
Kingston police have arrested a woman for allegedly sending explicit, violent threats to strangers over Facebook. Police received complaints from…
Facebook has suspended hundreds of Cambridge Analytica-like apps | Social
After news broke that Cambridge Analytica had purchased data from a personality app that tracked friends’ data, experts predicted that the app…
A conservative Facebook might fail — but Facebook should worry … Tech| Social
In the days after the 2016 election, Gizmodo published a much-discussed story that predicted our current moment. The story, written by Michael F.…
It’s time for Facebook and Twitter to coordinate efforts on hate speech | Social
Since the election of Donald Trump in 2016, there has been burgeoning awareness of the hate speech on social media platforms like Facebook and…
As Facebook pushes local businesses, new data-mining issues surface – Info PR
After years of trying to connect the world, Facebook wants users to find
entrepreneurs in their own neighborhoods.Facebook announced changes to…
Facebook Wanted Us to Kill This Investigative Tool – Info Computing
Illustration: Jim CookeLast year, we launched an investigation into how Facebook’s People You May Know tool makes its creepily accurate…