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Facebook will let you push a button to figure out if a story you're reading is fake news
- Facebook has come under pressure in recent weeks to better combat the spread of fake news and misinformation.
- "This new feature is designed to provide people some of the tools they need to make an informed decision about which stories to read, share, and trust," the company said in a statement.
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Snapchat Use Is Down 34% Among Top Influencers
Data on top influencers shows they’ve been posting less and less on Snapchat in the last six months.
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Mum’s warning to parents as daughter, 12, groomed over Kik Messenger app
SARAH is a self-described helicopter parent.
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YouTube says it's removing terrorist and extremist content faster
Alphabet's Google is stepping up the battle against extremist content by introducing new measures to identify & remove extremist content from its video sharing platform YouTube. Newslook
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Porn ID checks set to start in April 2018
A nine-month countdown to the introduction of compulsory age checks on online pornography seen from the UK has begun.
Twitter launches its biggest redesign in years
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Turkish authorities block Wikipedia without giving reason
Turkey has blocked all access inside the country to the online encyclopaedia Wikipedia.
Facebook faces new pressure to censor video streams after father kills daughter on social media
FACEBOOK is facing new pressure to censor live video streaming after an horrific video showing a father killing his infant daughter.
Facebook under pressure after man livestreams killing of his daughter
Distressing footage of murder of 11-month old in Thailand was accessible to Facebook users for approximately 24 hours before being taken down
Facebook CEO vows to help prevent repeat of Cleveland murder posting
Eventually, he said, people would use augmented reality on eyewear, although he did not give any details about possible Facebook hardware.
Facebook’s child porn problem getting worse
MARK Zuckerberg is scrambling to rid his social network if filthy posts ridden with child pornography — as well as posts promoting ISIS — after journalists called it out.
Facebook Properties Dominate Global Social Networking
Facebook's only real global competition in terms of aggregate users is Chinese company Tencent Holdings.
Twitter just made another major change and its users are not happy
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Facebook just rolled out a bunch of features that are almost exactly like Snapchat
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Yahoo has reported a massive security breach with hackers stealing data from one billion people
YAHOO has admitted that hackers breached its system to steal data from one billion user accounts in a massive cyber attack that was unreported for more than three years.
Zuckerberg promises Facebook action over fake news
Mark Zuckerberg has said Facebook will do more to tackle fake news, and again denied it had in any way aided Donald Trump's presidential election victory.
YouTube's seven-year stand-off ends
YouTube has resolved a long-running dispute that prevented many of its clips being accessible in Germany.
