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Zuckerberg has a Harvard degree and a mission: create a sense of purpose

MarkZuckerberg,Harvard'smostfamousdropout,returnedtotheleafycollegecampusheleftbehindnearly12yearsagoforFacebooktomakeanurgentappealtohisgeneration,millennialto

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EU fines Facebook 110 million euros over WhatsApp deal

European Union antitrust regulators fined Facebook (FB.O) 110 million euros ($122 million) on Thursday for giving misleading information during a vetting of its deal to acquire messaging service WhatsApp in 2014.

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EU fines Facebook 110 million euros over WhatsApp deal

EuropeanUnionantitrustregulatorsfinedFacebook(FB.O)110millioneuros($122million)onThursdayforgivingmisleadinginformationduringavettingofitsdealtoacquiremessaging

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European regulators push Facebook to tighten user privacy rules

AuthoritiesinFranceandtheNetherlandsarethelatesttospeakoutagainstthewayFacebookhandlesthemassiveamountsofuserdataitcollects.Inseparateannouncementstoday,privacy

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Facebook accessible in Thailand though illicit pages remain

BANGKOK,May16(APD)--Facebook,thesocialmediagiantremainsaccessibleonTuesdaythoughitstillkeepsitemsdeemedillicitdespiteashutdownwarningbytheThaigovernment.Thegove

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IS-linked propaganda outlet moves to Instagram

Apropagandaarmoftheso-calledIslamicStategroup(IS)hasforthefirsttimesetupanaccountonInstagram.Theoutlet,calledNashirNewsAgency,promotedthenewInstagramaccountviai

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Facebook posts ConvNet models for machine translation on GitHub

Initslatestpaper,theFacebookAIResearch(FAIR)teamdroppedsomeimpressiveresultsforitsimplementationofamodifiedconvolutionalneuralnetworkformachinetranslation.Faceb

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Facebook blocks nude painting by acclaimed artist

Facebook has blocked an Australian auction house from advertising an acclaimed artist's painting depicting nude figures.

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Zuckerberg removed a line about monitoring private messages from his Facebook manifesto

Mark Zuckerberg's vision for AI was initially somewhat creepier than what he shared in his epic 6,000-word manifesto about the future of Facebook.

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Creepy Facebook tool reminds us all that Graph Search was a terrible idea

If we knew how much data we willingly handed out each day, would it matter? If ignorance truly is bliss, as they say, we’re a society of happy internet users that are blissed out of our goddamn minds.

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Pakistani right-wingers cry ‘blasphemy’ to muzzle liberals

A virulent social media campaign to paint five disappeared Pakistani activists as blasphemers deserving execution has spotlighted how right-wing efforts to muzzle liberal voices using the country’s draconian laws have found a powerful new platform online.

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Instagram adds advertising to Instagram Stories

Facebook Inc's Instagram is bringing more than 30 advertisers into one of its fastest-growing features, Instagram Stories, in a bid to boost advertising revenue, the company said on Wednesday.

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Mark Zuckerberg just hired the guys who helped win three of the last four US presidential elections

Yet another reason to wonder about Mark Zuckerberg’s political aspirations: His philanthropic organization, the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, just hired the guys who helped elect Barack Obama and George W. Bush.

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Facebook says government requests for account data rise 27 per cent

Facebook said on Wednesday (Dec 21) that government requests for user account data rose 27 per cent in the first half of 2016 compared to the second half of last year, with US law enforcement agencies topping the list.

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Facebook steps up efforts against fake news

Facebook, Inc. said Thursday it was stepping up efforts against fake news and hoaxes by testing several ways to make it easier to report a hoax if users see one on the social media network.

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Thailand launches investigation into BBC for alleged insult of new king

​Thailand has opened an investigation into the BBC’s local language service for alleged defamation and blocked access to an online profile of the country’s new king, less than a week after he succeeded to the throne.

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Facebook to stop ethnicity-based targeting for some ads

Facebook Inc said on Friday it would no longer allow certain advertisers to exclude racial or ethnic groups when placing ads on its service, following criticism that the practice was discriminatory.