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UK calls on social media firms to better protect children
LONDON (AP) — Britain’s health secretary says the government will introduce new laws targeting online social media companies if they don’t do more to protect children. In a strongly-worded letter to Facebook, Google, Snapchat, Twitter…
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After Facebook scrutiny, is Google next?
Facebook has taken the lion’s share of scrutiny from Congress and the media about data-handling practices that allow savvy marketers and political agents to target specific audiences. Is Google next?
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Woman gets 3 years after guilty plea in videotaped beating
CHICAGO (AP) — A Chicago woman involved in a beating of a mentally disabled teen that was shown on Facebook Live has been sentenced to three years in prison. Twenty-five-year-old Tanishia Covington learned her sentence…
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State lawmaker attacks fellow lawmaker as ‘lying homosexual’
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A Republican state lawmaker in Pennsylvania is calling a colleague a “lying homosexual” in a Facebook post attacking liberal legislators. Rep. Daryl Metcalfe also is defending his comments, which he made…
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NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn’t happen this week
A roundup of some of the most popular but completely untrue headlines of the week. None of these stories is legit, even though they were shared widely on social media. The Associated Press checked these…
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Audit clears Facebook despite Cambridge Analytica leaks
NEW YORK (AP) — An audit of Facebook’s privacy practices for the Federal Trade Commission found no problems even though the company knew at the time that a data-mining firm improperly obtained private data from…
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Lecturer slams school for not backing Bush-tweet professor
FRESNO, Calif. (AP) — A Fresno State lecturer who says he was demoted after posting a tweet that Donald Trump “must hang” says the university president is again failing to defend academic freedom, this time…
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Authorities investigate substance sent to Missouri lawmaker
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A mysterious green substance sent to a Missouri lawmaker who was censured by the Legislature last year for a Facebook post hoping for President Donald Trump’s assassination appears to pose…
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Yanks make anti-bullying video, invite bullied girl to Bronx
NEW YORK (AP) — Aaron Judge and the New York Yankees have a message for a bullied fourth-grader in Pennsylvania: “You are not alone.” The Yankees created an anti-bullying video and posted it to the…
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Social media helps fuel teacher activism across the country
PHOENIX (AP) — The public education uprisings that began in West Virginia and spread to Arizona, Oklahoma and Kentucky share similar origin stories. Teachers, long tired of low wages and a dearth of state funding,…
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Correction: Barbara Bush-Professor Investigated story
FRESNO, Calif. (AP) — In a story April 18 about an English professor who called former first lady Barbara Bush a racist, The Associated Press used the incorrect pronoun in referring to an attorney for…
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Maryland bill seeks transparency in online political ads
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — In the wake of alleged Russian meddling in the 2016 U.S. presidential race, Maryland is close to enacting a law that some experts say would set a new standard for how…
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Louisiana police: Woman killed during Facebook livestream
SHREVEPORT, La. (AP) — Louisiana police say a woman died after an ex-boyfriend shot her while she pleaded for him to stop during a livestream on Facebook. Funeral services are Saturday for 27-year-old Rannita Williams.…
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Facebook adds privacy settings to comply with European rules
LONDON (AP) — Facebook is enhancing privacy safeguards for users around the world as it complies with new European rules designed to make it easier for consumers to give and withdraw consent for the use…
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EU renews call for Zuckerberg to testify over data scandal
BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Parliament is repeating a call for Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg to testify about the internet giant’s data privacy scandal, after Zuckerberg offered to send a subordinate in his place. In…
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