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Facebook found itself embroiled anew in controversy Thursday after chief executive Mark Zuckerberg argued the leading social network should not filter out posts denying the Holocaust. The comments by Zuckerberg drew fierce criticism and appeared to undermine Facebook’s latest effort … Read...

Facebook has responded to criticism that its service may have contributed to sectarian violence in countries such as Sri Lanka and Myanmar, with a new policy that involves removing more types of deliberately inflammatory content from its service. The social networking company has come …...

Facebook says it will not remove fake news from its platform because it does not violate its community standards. The social network is currently running an advertising campaign in the UK that declares "fake news is not our friend". But it said publishers often had … Read more via BBC News...

Germany’s top court ruled on Thursday (July 12) that Facebook should grant a grieving mother access to her dead daughter’s account, in a landmark judgment for how social network data is treated after its owners die. Judges at the Federal Constitutional Court in Karlsruhe found … Read more...

Facebook has made it easier for users to crack down on “revenge porn” a term coined to describe the practice of sharing private pictures of a person online without their permission. This can disrupt the life of victims emotionally and psychologically. … Read more via BuzzNigeria – Famous...

Facebook Uber and Facebook launched advertising campaigns over the last few months, for the sole purpose of assuaging relationships with users following a string of scandals. It’s a unique choice for the tech giants, neither of which have put advertising dollars into television before, which...

UK privacy watchdog to fine Facebook 18 mins of profit (£500,000) for Cambridge Analytica Wow, Mark Zuckerberg must … Read more via The Register – https://ift.tt/2umi4d3 Get more World News

Facebook Inc. co-founder Mark Zuckerberg has overtaken Warren Buffett as the world’s third-richest person, further solidifying technology as the most robust creator of wealth. Zuckerberg, who trails only Amazon.com Inc. founder Jeff Bezos and Microsoft Corp. co-founder Bill Gates, eclipsed...

Two years ago I took a trip to a warehouse in Bridgwater in Somerset to visit a somewhat unlikely outpost of the Facebook empire. Inside the warehouse was a giant wing - a solar-powered drone designed to stay airborne for three months, beaming an internet connection to people.. Read more via...

Facebook announced new steps Thursday to let people see who is behind ads and other content on the leading social network as it braced for elections in the US and Brazil. The moves come as Facebook strives to avoid the kind … Read more via The Guardian Nigeria Newspaper – Nigeria and World...

Facebook launched a matchmaking system Tuesday to cultivate partnerships between advertisers and video creators as the world’s largest social media company tries to quickly parallel the variety of commercial opportunities offered by its video rival YouTube..... Read more via TODAY.NG –...

A female Nigerian soldier has died after being involved in a fatal road accident. The late soldier identified as Corporal Chabathiya .A. Sunama reportedly died in a fatal car accident along Port-Harcourt/Lagos expressway. According to a relative who shared the sad news on Facebook, the...

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Facebook is shuttering the much-maligned Trending topics section next week, noting it accounted for just 1.5% of clicks to news publishers in the five countries where it was displayed in the News Feed. You’ve likely noticed the Trending box in … Read more via TechRadar –...

A Nigerian lady who lives in Lagos - has incurred the wrath of online users after trending on Facebook for the wrong reason. The young lady identified as Linda took to social media to share a picture of herself topless as she said she's not ashamed of who she is, how she lives or how she looks...

A Nigerian Lady, Peace Benedict has been pleading with one Master Francis Agu (a Facebook famous user) who has her nude and has demanded the N15,000 he gave her during the period of their deception of a relationship. READ MORE HERE

Facebook axed 583 million fake accounts in the first three months of 2018, the social media giant said Tuesday, detailing how it enforces “community standards” against sexual or violent images, terrorist propaganda or hate speech. Read more via Channels Television – https://ift.tt/2Giyxmd...

A facebook man identified as Prince Chika Eugene has placed a curse on a lady and her dad. He had trained, did her traditional wedding but afterwards was married off to an “Asia Man” Read more via Gossip Mill Nigeria – https://ift.tt/2KSyNvO Get More Nigeria Metro News

Nigerian pastor Rabbai Ephraim Ononye took to Facebook to share the story of how man's brother died after he killed a lizard in the midnight.According to him,the man has suffered witchcraft attack for long before attending his church.Below is what he wrote. READ MORE HERE

A student of Makerere University by Facebook name Njoro Racheal,a Kenyan by origin who happens to graduate in January 2018 has shared photos of a lecturer giving her head in his office. According to report,the lecturer forced himself on her when she came for her transcript clearance READ...