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Facebook Faces $500m Hit After Defeat In Virtual Reality Case

A US court has put Facebook on the hook for $500m (£395m) in damages over claims it unlawfully used another firm's...

International

Student Alexandre Bissonnette Charged

Canadian police have charged a French-Canadian student over the fatal shooting of six Muslim worshippers at a mosque in...

Politics

Massive Networks of Fake Accounts Found On Twitter

Massive collections of fake accounts are lying dormant on Twitter, suggests research. The largest network ties together...

International

Facebook Live ‘broadcasts Gang Rape’ of Woman In Sweden

Three men were arrested on suspicion of rape in Sweden on Sunday, following reports of an assault against a woman being...

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Vine Is Dead, But Twitter Will Keep Looping Videos

As of today, Vine is dead. We knew it was coming, as Vine’s parent company (and executioner) Twitter announced the...

Politics

Facebook To Roll Out Fake News Tools In Germany

Facebook is introducing new tools in Germany to help combat the spread of fabricated news stories. The world’s...

International

Facebook To Clamp Down On

Facebook is to create measures to curb the spread of fake news in Germany Facebook is to introduce measures to tackle...

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Donald Trump Says Merkel Made ‘catastrophic Mistake’ On Migrants

US President-elect Donald Trump has said German Chancellor Angela Merkel made “one very catastrophic mistake” by...

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Facebook To Tackle Fake News In Germany

Facebook is introducing new tools in Germany to help combat the spread of fabricated news stories. The world’s...

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WhatsApp Backdoor Allows Snooping On Encrypted Messages

A security backdoor that can be used to allow Facebook and others to intercept and read encrypted messages has been...

Opinion

Gambia President For 1 Billion Years At End Of A Dream

On 22 July 1994 he invaded peaceful Gambia political space with dangerous weapons and dislodged the nation’s serving...

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Facebook Is Incredibly Thirsty For Your Eyeballs This New Year’s Eve

App notifications—they’re bad! But app notifications that are basically advertisements? Actually the worst! The...

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Mark Zuckerberg Says He’s No Longer An Atheist, Believes ‘religion Is Very Important’

The founder of Facebook has found religion, it seems, according to a cheery holiday message he posted on the social...

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Christians Admonished To Make Effective Use of Social Media For God’s Work

Christians have been handed a critical admonition to make positive use of social media as an effective tool in the...

International

Hackers Are Selling Yahoo Data On the Dark Web

The most recently revealed Yahoo hack is considered the largest data breach in history, and the saga just got worse. In...

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Facebook Rolls Out New Tools To Tackle False Stories

Facebook has announced new features to help combat fabricated news stories on the world’s largest social network. New...

International

Facebook To Start Putting Warning Labels On ‘fake News’

Facebook says it will start applying warning labels to some "fake news" stories that users share on the social network....

International

Facebook Slapped With Racial Discrimination Suit

The lawsuit alleges a facility manager at the social networks' North Carolina data center used racial slurs when...

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Twitter Suspends CEO Jack Dorsey’s Account

In the wake of the US elections, with the rise of the “alt-right” blamed for the easy ride the far right have had...