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Facebook adds Alaska’s Inupiaq as language option
The new Inupiat Eskimo language option now available for Facebook bookmarks and action buttons was made a reality through the social media giant’s community translation tool.
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Data Doctors: No, Facebook isn’t limiting your news feed
A viral rumor about Facebook’s algorithm is bogus — and there’s nobody better to quash the spread of hoaxes than its own users, Data Doctors’ Ken Colburn explains.
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Facebook facelift: How to clean up your social profile to help you get a job
More hiring managers than ever are recruiting on Facebook which means that if you’re in the market for a dream job, you can “like it” and land it without ever leaving Facebook. Follow these tips to clean up your Facebook page.
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Tech giants still stumbling in the social world they created
Who knew connecting the world could get so complicated? Perhaps some of technology’s brightest minds should have seen that coming.
6 months ago -
Facebook reaches out to banks, could gain access to users’ financial data
Over the past year, it has reportedly reached out to JPMorgan Chase, Wells Fargo, Citigroup and U.S. Bank Corp, according to a report Monday from The Wall Street Journal. Included in the data it’s seeking: credit card transactions and checking account balances.
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Facebook opens up on vote meddling, but is the shift real?
For a company bent on making the world more open, Facebook has long been secretive about the details of how it runs its social network — particularly how things go wrong and what it does about them.
7 months ago -
Facebook page’s removal angers Washington protest organizers
The company said the page — one of 32 pages or accounts it removed Tuesday from Facebook and Instagram — violated its ban on “coordinated inauthentic behavior” and may be linked to an account created by Russia’s Internet Research Agency, a so-called troll farm that has sown discord in the U.S.
7 months ago -
Asian shares mostly higher, defying Facebook-led tech slump
Facebook’s tumble was the worst-ever single-day drop in value for a U.S. company, and led a sell-off in technology companies that offset solid gains in other areas of the market.
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Youth sports referee wants to stop parents’ bad behavior at kids’ games
A referee from Oklahoma is blowing the whistle on parents who act out and even start fights at their kids’ games. He is using social media video to highlight a troubling trend.
7 months ago -
Baltimore market closed after rat spotted in bakery case
The health department closed two bakery stalls at Lexington Market on Thursday, one for a rodent infestation and another for a fly infestation. On Friday, management announced on Facebook that the market would close for an evaluation.
7 months ago -
Facebook to fund original news shows from ABC, CNN, others
The social networking site says the shows will be original and exclusive to Facebook, rather than adapting TV programs from elsewhere for a Facebook audience. The shows will appear in Facebook’s Watch video section.
9 months ago -
Facebook to label election-related ‘issue ads’ in US
As for Facebook’s disclosure, Facebook said that when users click on the label on such an ad, they will be taken to a page with more information, including who paid for it and how many people saw it.
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U. Md. murder, hate crime defendant wants ‘particularly offensive’ evidence excluded
Lawyers for the man charged with murder and a hate crime in the stabbing of a black student visiting University of Maryland want a judge to bar evidence linking him to the Alt-Reich: Nation Facebook page.
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Data firm at center of Facebook privacy scandal will close
In a statement, Cambridge Analytica says it has been “vilified” for actions it says are both legal and widely accepted as part of online advertising. The firm says the media furor stripped it of its customers and suppliers, forcing it to close.
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Prosecutor: Predator sent packages to girls at their school
Prosecutors say unsolicited packages have been sent to two Alabama girls that were addressed to them in care of their elementary school.
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