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Facebook is working on facial recognition identity verification

According to Jane Manchun Wong (@wongmjane), the company is working on facial recognition identity verification by asking users to take a selfie...

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Facebook removing gray verification badges from business pages

The gray verification badge for businesses and organizations will be disappearing from Facebook pages on October 29th.

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European Union court rules Facebook can be ordered to take down “illegal comments” worldwide

This is a pretty significant ruling and could spark some worldwide debate. As is expected, the laws in the European Union are...

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Facebook fined record $5 billion by FTC for privacy violations

According to the FTC, the fine is the "largest ever imposed on any company for violating consumers' privacy."

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Scams already underway for Facebook’s Libra currency and Calibra wallet

Individuals should always think carefully and learn about Facebook's cryptocurrency services in detail before taking action that could result in getting scammed.

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Everything you need to know about Facebook’s proposed cryptocurrency

Facebook intends for its cryptocurrency to replace paper money and even credit cards.

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Business / Editorial / Tech

Facebook is expanding its data center footprint in Altoona, Iowa

Companies like Facebook and Google often build in towns like this for the tax breaks and lower costs of doing business.

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The Horn is one Facebook alternative you could try, here’s how

Get two free months of The Horn with our special discount code at the end of this article.

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Business / Editorial / Security / Tech

Minnesota entrepreneur launches social media site The Horn as a Facebook alternative

While The Horn isn't the first alternative to Facebook (check MeWe, Minds, and Mastodon — to name a few), it is sort...

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Can tech companies like Facebook really protect your privacy when it’s your privacy they profit from?

Yesterday we reported that CEO of Facebook Mark Zuckerberg was making deals with app developers and 3rd parties in exchange for user...

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Leaked documents: Mark Zuckerberg used Facebook user data to make deals with 3rd parties

Mark Zuckerberg made a lengthy blog post outlining how Facebook would be pivoting the platform to concentrate on user privacy.

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Glitch exposes passwords of nearly half a billion Facebook and Instagram users internally

Privacy and data security are becoming an increasing issue for users as hackers, bad actors, and malicious users are finding ways to...

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Editorial / Google / Security / Tech

Mark Zuckerberg wants to shift gears on Facebook and make it more privacy-focused

Zuckerberg notes in his blog post how the company has helped connect friends, communities and interests in what he calls a "digital...

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The Data Cartel: Can the monopolies of Google, Facebook, and Amazon be broken?

The data cartel is the advertising/technology behemoths that are Google, Facebook, and Amazon.

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New York Governor Andrew Cuomo is going to investigate Facebook over privacy practices

"Sharing information across apps on your iPhone or Android device is how mobile advertising works and is industry standard practice,” a Facebook...

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Snopes ends fact-checking relationship with Facebook

Facebook compensated Snopes nearly US$100,000 in 2017 for work the service did for Facebook.

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How To / Tech

You should turn on Facebook two-factor authentication and here’s how

Facebook two-factor authentication is an extra security measure designed to protect your Facebook account from being hacked or stolen.

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Tech

Facebook could be merging WhatsApp, Instagram, and Facebook Messenger

Facebook owns both WhatsApp and Instagram.

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Science / Tech

New study shows users would walk away from Facebook for a year for $1,000

According to a new study, most people would want $1,000 or more to walk away from Facebook.

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How Facebook is tracking Android users without a Facebook account

This new research says that 42.55% of free apps on the Play Store can share your data with Facebook, even without an...

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Beware of Facebook phishing text messages

Those links could lead to a dummy Facebook page designed to get you to divulge personal information.

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[UPDATED] Report claims Facebook gave Netflix, Spotify, and Microsoft access to users’ private messages

The agreements were intended to push the rapid user growth of Facebook and raise its advertising value.

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Facebook API bug might have exposed 6.8 million users’ private photos to developers

The Facebook API bug reported by the company may have exposed the private photos of at least 6.8 million users.

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Apple / Business / Google / Microsoft / Tech

Milwaukee woman has $1,600 siphoned from bank account after hackers take over Facebook account

The Milwaukee woman claims her password was compromised of an entire sentence which no one else knew.

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Tim Berners-Lee says tech giants like Google and Facebook may need to be broken up

Tim Berners-Lee is the recognized inventor of the "World Wide Web."

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