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When it comes to social media, people would rather look than read
“I think it is really important, that if businesses want to reach consumers on social media, to post images. People aren’t going to read a big block of text anymore. They don’t have the time or the patience,” said Kristen Herhold at The Manifest.
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Report: Facebook’s privacy lapses may result in record fine
Facebook may be facing the biggest fine ever imposed by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission for privacy violations involving the personal information of its 2.2 billion users.
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Loudoun Co. politician violated Constitution on Facebook
The federal appeals court ruling is the first time a case challenging a politician’s use of social media has reached the appellate level.
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My Take: Social media is not the same for lawmakers as citizens
On My Take, Clinton Yates uses a court case in Loudoun County, Virginia, to explore why privacy laws on social media don’t work for same for elected officials as they do for citizens.
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2018 was the year Facebook and Twitter grew up
From the continued effects of the Cambridge Analytica scandal, to social media being used to help spur horrific violence in places like Myanmar, these tech firms are no longer considered startups run by dorky whiz kids.
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Facebook suspends accounts over Alabama Senate race tactics
A statement from Facebook says the company “recently removed five accounts run by multiple individuals for engaging in coordinated inauthentic behavior on Facebook around the Alabama special election.”
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Famous on the internet: Maryland stars find success
On platforms like YouTube and Instagram, users can launch themselves into stardom. In Maryland, some have begun turning their social media presence into lucrative careers.
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Most people would demand more than $1,000 to leave Facebook: Study
As there is no financial cost to join the ubiquitous social media platform, the dollar amount points to the strength of the emotional pull that the service has on its users.
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DC attorney general sues Facebook over data privacy
The D.C. Attorney General Office is suing Facebook claiming the social media giant failed to safeguard users’ data and improperly shared information, including with the political research firm Cambridge Analytica during the 2016 presidential election.
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Not just Facebook: Other apps store unposted photos, too, and there’s a reason
When Facebook announced its latest privacy-related blunder last Friday, one detail alarmed users: third-party apps could have accessed photos that were never even posted.
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Crane operator fired for taking insensitive photos on properties destroyed by the Camp Fire
Workers who were hired to clear the remnants of properties incinerated by the Camp Fire in California have been fired after they posed for photos appearing to make light of the inferno that wiped out nearly an entire community and killed 85 people.
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Documents show Facebook used user data as competitive weapon
Parliament’s media committee accused Facebook of cutting special deals with some app developers to give them more access to data, while icing out others that it viewed as potential rivals.
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Facebook blocks reporter’s meme post in Charlottesville car murder case
Facebook blocked a Charlottesville reporter who posted an Instagram meme used by murder suspect James Alex Fields in the months before the 2017 white nationalist rally.
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‘They’ve hacked us:’ Journalist says Facebook, tech giants fuel fake news health crisis
Fake news has become an addiction, as tech companies like Facebook and Google target vulnerable people and turn the problem into a health crisis, argues journalist Bob Sullivan.
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DC mayor stirs up controversy with saucy mumbo criticism
Washington’s mayor started a heated Thanksgiving discussion early by telling the city she is “annoyed” with a beloved condiment in the nation’s capital.
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