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4 ways Facebook should improve in 2019
There are lots of things I wish Facebook would do in the new year. Stop all political advertising, since trying…
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Facebook schedules F8 2019 for April 30-May 1 in San Jose
Developers, mark your calendars: Facebook announced today that its annual F8 conference will be held on April 30 – May…
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Facebook starts rolling out dashboard to show how much time you waste on it every day
After Facebook announced in August that it was working on activity trackers so that users could see how much time they’re…
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Instagram will start removing fake likes, follows, and comments generated by apps
Pretty much ever since Instagram started booming in popularity, users have turned to automated apps that generate likes and follows…
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Facebook to create ‘independent panel’ for appealing content moderation decisions
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said on a conference call with reporters that the company will be creating an “independent body”…
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Facebook revenue jumps 33% to $13.73 billion in Q3 2018, but growth continues to slow
After reporting lower-than-expected growth last quarter, Facebook once again slightly missed Wall Street expectations on monthly active users, daily active…
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Facebook Instant Games expands to groups and Facebook Lite
Facebook announced today that its Instant Games platform is soon expanding and coming to gaming groups and Facebook Lite. Instant…
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Twitter will now display a notice for 14 days when someone deletes a reported tweet
If you’re an avid Twitter user, you’ve probably clicked on a tweet that’s racked up quite a few retweets or…
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3 ways Facebook might change Instagram now that its cofounders are out
Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger are leaving Facebook, six years after the Mark Zuckerberg-led company bought their photo-sharing app, Instagram.…
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Twitter joins Facebook in rolling out issue ads policy
Two months after releasing its ads transparency center, Twitter announced its new policy on how it will regulate issue ads…
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