Facebook freezes Venezuela president’s page over COVID-19 misinformation
BRIAN ELLSWORTH FACEBOOK has frozen Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro’s page for violating policies against spreading misinformation about COVID-19 by promoting
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Feel like breaking up with Facebook? Maybe it’s time for a social media spring clean
From Facebook’s arrival page, there’s a drop-down menu in the top right corner (marked with a downward arrow icon). Click
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Facebook ‘unfriends’ Australia: global uproar as news pages go dark
BYRON KAYE FACEBOOK faced a worldwide backlash from publishers and politicians yesterday after blocking news feeds in Australia in a
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Hungary says to target tech giants over alleged manipulation of social media platforms
MARTON DUNAI HUNGARY’S nationalist government said on Tuesday it would place restrictions on social media giants to prevent “deliberate, ideological”
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WhatsApp has been mining your data all along
GLOBAL messaging application WhatsApp made headlines when it released a controversial privacy policy update that triggered an exodus of users
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Facebook says it removed record number of disinformation campaigns in December
FACEBOOK Inc. identified and suspended 17 disinformation networks on its platforms in December, representing its largest monthly takedown, the U.S.
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Facebook takes down Ugandan pro-Museveni accounts
FACEBOOK has taken down a network in Uganda linked to the country’s ministry of information for using fake and duplicate
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French and Russian trolls duke it out in Central Africa election, Facebook says
JACK STUBBS RIVAL French and Russian disinformation campaigns have sought to deceive Internet users — and unmask each other —
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Facebook faces U.S. lawsuits that could force sale of Instagram, WhatsApp
DIANE BARTZ, NANDITA BOSE and KATIE PAUL FACEBOOK Inc could be forced to sell its prized assets WhatsApp and Instagram
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‘Spreading like wildfire’: Facebook fights hate speech, misinformation before Myanmar poll
FANNY POTKIN and POPPY McPHERSON ONE of two Muslims allowed to run for the ruling party in Buddhist-majority Myanmar’s general
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