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Mysterious Israeli-based group is using Facebook pages to spread fake news and target politicians
It's just another day at Facebook as a mysterious Israeli-based Facebook group used 21 different pa…
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A pro-Trump group bought Facebook ads for Green party candidates during the 2018 midterm elections to try and split the Democratic vote, The Guardian reported
The conservative marketing firm Rally Forge was behind the ads, part of an apparent effort to split…
Kelly McLaughlin,Jake Lahut
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Facebook's iPhone measurement flub
In today's Insider Advertising we're covering Facebook's iPhone measurement bug, Amazon's ads hirin…
Lara O'Reilly
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Facebook hit with lawsuit for allegedly 'promoting extremist content' within far-right 'boogaloo' groups tied to the murder of a federal officer
Angela Underwood Jacobs sued Facebook for allegedly failing to monitor hate groups tied to the murd…
Bethany Biron
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A Pakistani woman was given the death sentence for sending 'blasphemous' messages on WhatsApp and Facebook
Aneeqa Ateeq, 26, denied all charges but was found guilty of making derogatory remarks against "hol…
Matthew Loh
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A top senator investigating Russian election interference is demanding answers from Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg
The letter comes as Facebook is once again under scrutiny after news reports published this weekend…
Julie Bort
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A top Facebook exec told a whistleblower her concerns about widespread state-sponsored disinformation meant she had 'job security'
Facebook integrity chief Guy Rosen said concerns about dictators using fake accounts to bolster sup…
Tyler Sonnemaker
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The Myanmar military blocked Facebook for the sake of 'stability' after activists began mobilizing on the platform
Myanmar's state-owned telecom company blocked Facebook, Messenger, Instagram, and WhatsApp on Thurs…
Bill Bostock
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Online child sex abuse spiked by 31% in 2020, with at least 13 million disturbing images on Facebook and Instagram
A charity logged more than 21 million reports of online child sexual abuse imagery, much of it host…
Tom Porter
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Facebook algo recommends Holocaust denial content: Report
London, Aug 17 (IANS) Facebook's algorithm actively recommends Holocaust denial content, according …
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Investor calls for criminal charges and prison for Facebook execs as tech world enters open revolt against social media
Attacks on Facebook and Google dominated the 2021 iteration of Web Summit. How can the tech world d…
Jim Edwards
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The French government vowed to bring social media giants 'under control' following the role of online platforms in the beheading of a teacher in Paris
"Things began on social media and they ended on social media," a French government spokesman said T…
Kate Duffy
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Sacha Baron Cohen just slammed Facebook for being a home for conspiracy theories that could 'kill democracy as we know it'
The "Borat" actor wrote that President Donald Trump has an ally in Facebook, calling the company "t…
Katie Canales
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Engagement with anti-vaxx Facebook pages more than trebled from July to August, analysis shows
The Guardian's research was based on monitoring six popular pages that posted anti-vaccine messages.
Isobel Asher Hamilton
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Los Angeles police officers were instructed to collect Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram information from civilians they stopped, watchdog report says
A report from the Brennan Center for Justice revealed that officers were instructed to collect soci…
Palmer Haasch
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Chinese state media cited a Swiss biologist who said the US interfered with the WHO's COVID-19 investigations. The Swiss embassy says the biologist likely doesn't exist.
In a Facebook post, a Swiss biologist claimed the US intimidated the WHO's COVID researchers. The S…
Matthew Loh
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China's UK embassy demanded Twitter launch a 'thorough' investigation after its ambassador's account liked a pornographic video
Liu Xiaoming's account liked a clip "by an adult-themed page" and tweets about killing citizens and…
Sinéad Baker
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US lawmakers are asking the Director of National Intelligence to investigate TikTok as a potential risk to national security
Sen. Rubio's complaint came only a few weeks after The Guardian reported on internal TikTok documen…
Mary Meisenzahl
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UN investigators just backed bombshell claims that Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman hacked Jeff Bezos' phone
In an extraordinary blog post in February 2019, Bezos pointed to links between American Media Inc (…