Politicians from the UK and Canada want to hear from Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg at a joint hearing in London next month, the latest effort to get him to testify in Britain. The UK’s Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee and its Canadian counterpart wrote to Zuckerberg on Wednesday. Damien Collins, a member of Parliament …
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Facebook is banning individual accounts, pages and groups linked to far-right extremists the Proud Boys. People started reporting the takedown on Twitter on Tuesday, according to Business Insider, in the wake of Proud Boys members’ arrests following a brawl on Manhattan’s Upper East Side earlier this month. The group and its founder Gavin McInnes were removed from Facebook and Instagram, …
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Facebook and CEO Mark Zuckerberg have had a rough year so far. They’ve been playing whack-a-mole in the fight against election meddling by Russia and Iran, waged a near-constant battle against fake news and faced a string of controversies over data misuse. Hackers got ahold of the personal data of 29 million Facebook users during a massive security breach. Meanwhile, …
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Chatter on Gab, a fringe social media site, has gone silent. Before he allegedly shot and killed 11 worshippers at a Pittsburgh synagogue on Saturday, Robert Bowers spewed hatred for Jews on Gab, which has become in its two-year existence an echo chamber of racists, white nationalists, Islamophobes and anti-Semites. In one post, an account in Bowers’ name reposted a …
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Now playing: Watch this: CNET UK Podcast 546: The iPhone verdict and Huawei’s… 35:51 We’ve given the iPhone XS, the XS Max and the more affordable iPhone XR the full review treatment, but which is best for you? Dive into the nitty-gritty with us on this rather phone-centric episode of the podcast. Andy also gives us the lowdown on why …
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Google Maps is making it easier to keep up with your favorite retailers with a Facebook-style follow feature. Google Maps You can search for a business you want to keep an eye on and tap the “Follow” button to prompt events, offers and other updates to show up in the “For you” tab. For example, it’ll show you when your …
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WhatsApp is supplementing its GIFs and emoji with stickers, and encouraging artists to add to the selection. The Facebook-owned messaging service is launching packs created by its own designers and some outside creators, it said Thursday. To use them, you just tap the new sticker button and make your choice. Now playing: Watch this: 5 apps for group video calls …
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Twitter on Friday suspended an account appearing to have been linked to Cesar Sayoc, who was arrested Friday in connection with mail bombs sent to prominent Democrats and critics of President Donald Trump. Sayoc allegedly sent 13 suspicious packages to people including former President Barack Obama, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and former Vice President Joe Biden. He may …
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Facebook is reportedly working on a standalone music video app to battle TikTok, the karaoke app formerly known as Musical.ly. The social network is developing Lasso, an app that lets you record yourself lip-syncing or dancing to popular songs, TechCrunch reported Wednesday, citing anonymous current and former Facebook employees. Lasso is designed to compete with TikTok, which was known as Musical.ly …
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Netflix’s workplace culture, at its worst, can be “ruthless, demoralizing and transparent to the point of dysfunctional,” according to a Thursday report by The Wall Street Journal. It’s a surprising look inside the media giant. Unlike other tech companies, such as Amazon, that’ve been the subject of bruising exposés about workplace culture, Netflix has long been celebrated in Silicon Valley …
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