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Social Media Crash: What will be the Consequences?
Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp are already working. There is no information about compromised user data after nearly six hours of application shutdown. An hour ago, the hearing of the former Facebook employee began in the US Congress, who revealed inside information and accused Zuckerberg and the company of putting profit above security.
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Facebook’s Rise to Power (infographic)
In 2020, Facebook reached the mark of 2.8 billion monthly active users
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Facebook fights global outage and whistleblower revelations
Facebook battled dueling crises on Oct. 4 as potentially billions of users were impacted when its dominant social network went offline for seven hours, and the company fought against a whistleblower's damning revelations.
Facebook Prefers Profit over Blocking Hate and Misinformation, says Former Employee
Facebook prioritizes profit over removing misinformation and hatred from its platform. The reason is that users are encouraged to argue, refute, quarrel with each other, which helps social media activity and is good for advertisers.
Facebook: Children are a Valuable but Unutilized Audience
The American company Facebook is working hard on ways to recruit more users among young children, reveal internal documents obtained by investigative journalists from the "Wall Street Journal".
Hate, Lies and Vigilantes: Serbian ‘Anti-Vaxxer’ Brigade Plays With Fire
He was tall and athletic, with close-cropped hair and a black leather jacket. Back in his twenties, he played professional basketball for clubs in Bosnia and Switzerland until, he says, the crisis hit and the money ran out. Now in his early thirties, he has his own business, cleaning and maintaining the facades of Belgrade's skyscrapers.
Incredible dolphins ‘dancing’ in the Thermaic Gulf (video)
The video was posted on Facebook
Greek celebrity chef Akis Petretzikis becomes a dad for the first time (photo)
He posted a photo on his Facebook page
Pink Floyd’s Roger Waters to Mark Zuckerberg’s offer: “F**ck you” (video)
One of the band’s founders said in a meeting the owner of Facebook offered him a huge amount of money to use a song for Instagram
Facebook under Fire across EU for Users Privacy Violations
The social network conglomerate Facebook faced another restrictive measure from the EU, Reuters reported. Facebook and other tech giants found themselves under cross-fire after the top EU court backed national agencies in their intentions to pursue the companies even when they are not their lead regulators. The court's decision opens the gate for series of potential new sanctions.