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The F.T.C. asks for an extension to refile its Facebook antitrust suit.

The Federal Trade Commission on Friday asked a federal judge to give it more time to refile an antitrust suit against Facebook that is the agency’s biggest test in reining in the power of big tech. In a filing with the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, the agency asked for a three-week […]

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YouTube, Facebook “Judge, Jury & Executioner” On Vaccine Misinformation: White House

White House has criticised YouTube and Facebook for failing to curb misinformation. The White House has YouTube, not just Facebook, on its list of social media platforms officials say are responsible for an alarming spread of misinformation about COVID vaccines and are not doing enough to stop it, sources familiar with the administration’s thinking said. […]

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US President Joe Biden Backtracks On Covid Remark, Says Not In Battle With Facebook

US President Joe Biden urged Facebook to do more to stop misinformation on Covid and vaccines. (File) Washington: US President Joe Biden on Monday toned down his comments about Facebook after accusing it of “killing people” by not stopping Covid vaccine misinformation, but he still urged the world’s largest social network to do more. “We […]

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White House Dispute Exposes Facebook Blind Spot on Misinformation

“The suggestion we haven’t put resources toward combating Covid misinformation and supporting the vaccine rollout is just not supported by the facts,” said Dani Lever, a Facebook spokeswoman. “With no standard definition for vaccine misinformation, and with both false and even true content (often shared by mainstream media outlets) potentially discouraging vaccine acceptance, we focus […]

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Facebook To Biden: ‘We Aren’t The Reason Vaccination Goal Was Missed’

WASHINGTON — Facebook and the Biden administration engaged in an increasingly rancorous back and forth over the weekend after the administration denounced the social media giant for spreading misinformation about the Covid-19 vaccines. On Sunday, the surgeon general, Vivek Murthy, reiterated warnings that false stories about the vaccines had become a dangerous health hazard. “These […]

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Facebook Tells Biden: ‘Facebook Is Not the Reason’ Vaccination Goal Was Missed

WASHINGTON — Facebook pushed back on Saturday against the Biden administration’s denouncing of the social media giant for spreading misinformation about the Covid-19 vaccines, escalating tensions between the Silicon Valley company and the White House. In a blog post, Facebook called for the administration to stop “finger-pointing” and laid out what it had done to […]

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Facebook Says It Should Not Be Blamed For US Failing To Meet Vaccine Goals

COVID-19 misinformation has spread during the pandemic on social media sites, including Facebook. Washington: Facebook on Saturday defended itself against US President Joe Biden’s assertion that the social media platform is “killing people” by allowing misinformation about coronavirus vaccines to proliferate, saying the facts tell a different story. “The data shows that 85% of Facebook […]

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Facebook says Iran-based hackers used site to target US military personnel

Facebook said on Thursday it had taken down about 200 accounts run by a group of hackers in Iran as part of a cyber-spying operation that targeted mostly US military personnel and people working at defense and aerospace companies. The social media giant said the group, dubbed ‘Tortoiseshell’ by security experts, used fake online personas […]

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England’s Bukayo Saka Urges Facebook and Twitter to Crack Down on Abuse

After Bukayo Saka missed a penalty kick for England’s national team on Sunday in the final of the European soccer championship, he and several teammates were overwhelmed by a wave of racist abuse. On Twitter, Instagram and Facebook, people posted monkey emojis and racist epithets to insult Saka, Marcus Rashford and Jadon Sancho, all Black […]

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Facebook, Instagram will invest over $1 billion in content creators

NEW DELHI: Facebook Inc will spend $1 billion on social media creators through the end of 2022 in a fight for top talent announced in a week when TikTok became the first rival mobile app to hit 3 billion global downloads. Facebook’s investments will include bonus programs to pay creators who hit certain milestones on […]