The video that spurred Twitter to suspend Alex Jones remained live and viewable for almost a day on Periscope, the livestreaming app owned by… Twitter. On Tuesday, Twitter cut off Jones from key functions of his personal account for a week, after the founder and star of conspiracy site Infowars violated Twitter policy by linking to …
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You’ve likely heard by now that encrypted messaging apps are a good way to keep your communications private. But there’s a good chance you’re not totally sure what makes them so safe. It’s OK. You have company. New research from experts in computer science has found that even though many people are using secure messaging apps like WhatsApp, Signal and …
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Almost a fifth of the world’s population lives in China. But because of the country’s so-called Great Firewall of censorship, its 772 million internet users can’t use the world’s most popular apps — they’re restricted to locally developed versions instead. Apps by FAANG companies — Facebook, Amazon, Apple, Netflix and Google — either are blocked or feature minimal services in the …
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Now playing: Watch this: Why Alex Jones and Infowars were kicked off YouTube,… 2:41 Facebook has removed a feature that allowed users to tailor their feed. NurPhoto Say goodbye to Facebook’s Friend List Feeds feature. The feeds allowed you create a personalized version of social network that only showed posts from a predefined friend list. But the feature has now …
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Facebook page managers will need to clear some extra hurdles to prove they aren’t fraudsters, the company announced Friday. “Now, people who manage these Pages will be asked to complete an authorization process in order to continue to post, making it harder for people to administer a Page using a fake or compromised account,” wrote Emma Rodgers, director of product …
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Facebook, the world’s largest social network, said Thursday it’s banning websites that host and share blueprints of 3D-printed guns. “Sharing instructions on how to print firearms using 3D printers is not allowed under our Community Standards,” said a company spokesperson in an email statement. “In line with our policies, we are removing this content from Facebook.” BuzzFeed News reported the …
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Facebook wants to help you find a mentor. The social network said Thursday it’s launching tools for Facebook Groups, which has 200 million members, that aim to connect people one-on-one. That means the administrators of some Facebook groups can create programs to pair up mentors and mentees. The two people then go through a step-by-step digital guide to get to …
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If you’re a Facebook regular, you’ve probably seen your share of ads for some “amazing” tech products, the kind that leave users “totally blown away” and are on sale now for “incredible prices!” More often than not, these ads are accompanied by some pretty compelling videos and a hard-to-bypass “Buy Now” button. My advice: Think before you tap. Not all …
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Facebook apologized for animated balloons and confetti appearing when Indonesian speakers posted messages about Sunday’s deadly earthquake on Indonesia’s Lombok Island. Many people used the word “selamat” — meaning “to survive” — as they wrote about the magnitude 7.0 quake, which, CBS reports, killed at least 131 people. The word “selamat” can be used in multiple phrases that have different …
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Ever wish you could spice up a video chat with flying asteroids? After announcing big plans for augmented reality features on its apps back in May, Facebook is making good on that AR promise with the launch of Messenger Games — games that use your camera to animate your face in real-time during a Messenger video chat. Facebook is launching …
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