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Opinion | Our Brains Are No Match for Our Technology
Turning Point: In July, the Federal Trade Commission announced that it would fine Facebook $5 billion, the largest penalty ever levied by the agency for…
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Australia to probe foreign interference through social media platforms
SYDNEY (REUTERS) – Australia on Thursday (Dec 5) established an investigation into potential foreign political interference through social media platforms such as Facebook, Twitter and…
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Facebook to allow transfer of photos, videos to Google Photos
BANGALORE (REUTERS) – Facebook said on Monday (Dec 2) it has introduced an option to transfer photos and videos from the social media network directly…
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TikTok apologises for removing viral Uighur 'makeup tutorial'
Chinese-owned app TikTok admits it briefly removed video that condemned China’s crackdown on Muslims in Xinjiang. Chinese-owned app TikTok has admitted it briefly removed a…
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TikTok admits error after penalising 17-year-old user who posted political videos
WASHINGTON (WASHINGTON POST) – TikTok on Wednesday (Nov 27) acknowledged it had erred in penalising a 17-year-old who had posted witty but incisive political videos,…
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Facebook removes 3.2 billion fake accounts, millions of child abuse posts
SAN FRANCISCO (REUTERS) – Facebook Inc removed 3.2 billion fake accounts between April and September this year, along with millions of posts depicting child abuse…
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Opinion | Why Do We Tolerate Saudi Money in Tech?
Are you so poor that all you have is money? That was the question on my mind when I saw two pieces of tech news…
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Opinion | Trump’s Tweets: Should the Media Just Ignore Them?
More from our inbox: To the Editor: Noticeably absent from the Nov. 3 special section on “The Twitter Presidency” was an iota of self-reflection. Imagine…
View More Opinion | Trump’s Tweets: Should the Media Just Ignore Them? Watch Mark Zuckerberg deliver a speech on free expression at Georgetown University
EARNINGS SUMMARY: Details of E*Trade Financial Corp. Q3 Earnings Report Below are the earnings highlights for E*Trade Financial Corp. (ETFC): -Earnings: $254 million in Q3…
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Opinion | Post-Truth Politics Afflicts the Global South, Too
Centuries before the age of social media, in his “Politics,” Aristotle explicitly outlined the vital trait that sustains modern democratic coexistence, separates us from other…
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Four members of family drown trying to take selfie in river: A look at 5 recent selfie deaths
SINGAPORE – A report published in October 2018 found that at least 259 people died between October 2011 and November 2017 while taking selfies. The…
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Facebook tests hiding 'Likes' on social media posts
SAN FRANCISCO (NYTIMES) – For years, people who use Facebook, Instagram and Twitter have chased Likes as a status symbol. More Likes on a social…
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Opinion | How the Climate Kids Are Short-Circuiting Right-Wing Media
The kids aren’t just all right — they’re scrambling the brains of their political enemies. Last Friday, millions of people, many of them children and…
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