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Facebook Launches Initiative To Fight Online Hate Speech
Facebook is launching a UK initiative to train and fund local organisations to combat extremism and hate speech. It...
China Orders Halt To Video Streaming On Major Websites
China's media oversight body announced Thursday that it has ordered three prominent Internet companies to terminate...
Personal Details of Nearly 200 Million US Citizens Exposed
Sensitive personal details relating to almost 200 million US citizens have been accidentally exposed by a marketing...
Video Game Play As Spectator Sport Center-Stage At E3
Long fiercely guarded video game industry terrain, the Electronic Entertainment Expo kicked off on Tuesday with...
Myanmar Anti-Islam Monk Says Barred From Facebook
A Myanmar monk once dubbed the "Buddhist Bin Laden" for his extremist diatribes says he has been banned from using...
Drivers Bewildered By Twisting Chinese Interchange
Five suspended levels and cars going in all directions: a new highway interchange is driving motorists to tears, as...
Snapchat Spectacles, Which Take Photos and Video, Launch In the UK and Europe
Snapchat Spectacles, sunglasses which also capture photographs and video, are going on sale in the UK. Snap Inc, the...
Rwanda’s Electoral Body Challenged Over Vetting of Social Media Campaign
The decision by Rwanda’s electoral body to vet social media messages of presidential aspirants has received heavy...
Goldman Sachs CEO Defends Paris Deal In First-Ever Tweet
Goldman Sachs, which has been a source of advisors to President Donald Trump, joined a chorus of big companies to...
13 Years After Quitting, Zuckerberg Gets (honorary) Harvard Degree
Thirteen years after dropping out of Harvard University to work on Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg on Thursday finally got...
‘Bodies Scattered About Everywhere’
Charlotte Campbell was praying her 15-year-old daughter was alive. Olivia and her friend Adam were missing after...
Not Running For Office, But Wants ‘to Learn’
Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg says he is not running for public office but is making a series of public appearances...
Major League Baseball Reaches Streaming Deal With Facebook
Major League Baseball and Facebook have agreed on a deal that will see 20 games streamed live via the platform starting...
Facebook Prunes ‘shocking’ News Feed Posts
Websites that harbour “disruptive, shocking or malicious” adverts will appear less frequently on user’s news...
Facebook Takes Aim At ‘low Quality’ Websites
Facebook said Wednesday it was making changes designed to keep its users from linking to "low-quality" websites, part...
Russia Blocks China’s Biggest Messaging App
Moscow's communications regulator has added WeChat to its list of prohibited websites, according to Russian state news...
Facebook Publishes Fake News Ads In UK Papers
Facebook has broadened its campaign to raise awareness about fake news, by publishing adverts in the UK press. The ads,...
‘Malams’ Taking Over Social Media
The emergence of social media has created a safe platform for all manner of social deviants to pull a fast one on...
Facebook Nears Two Billion Monthly Users
Facebook’s profits have jumped in the first three months of the year, as the social network closes in on two billion...