Google Alert - facebook

	facebook As-it-happens update ⋅ January 17, 2018
	NEWS
	Facebook is launching another probe to see if Russia pushed Brexit propaganda The Verge Facebook is launching a new investigation into whether Russian propagandists coordinated a disinformation campaign around last year's Brexit vote. In a letter to the head of a parliamentary committee on digital affairs, UK policy director Simon Milner says Facebook will conduct "detailed analysis of ... Facebook Is Investigating Possible Russia Meddling in Brexit Vote - Bloomberg Facebook agrees to expand Brexit investigation - Financial Times Facebook launches investigation into Russian influence in EU referendum - Telegraph.co.uk Full Coverage Flag as irrelevant
	Facebook introduces Watch Party to let you watch shows together with friends The Verge Facebook today began testing Watch Party, a new feature available to groups that lets members watch videos at the same time while continuing to comment and interact. Any public Facebook video can be included in a Watch Party, whether it's live or prerecorded. The goal is to make watching videos a ... Facebook "Watch Party" lets Groups view videos simultaneously - TechCrunch Full Coverage Flag as irrelevant
	Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter were grilled by lawmakers about terrorist content on social media The Verge Facebook's head of product policy and counterterrorism Monika Bickert said that the company is able to automatically remove 99 percent of ISIS and Al Qaeda content before it's flagged, although she admitted that humans were still necessary to detect nuances in who shared the content. YouTube and ... Watch Facebook, Google and Twitter testify before Congress on extremist content - CNBC Why Can't Facebook Take Down All Terrorist Content? - Newsweek Full Coverage Flag as irrelevant
	Union sues over Facebook job ads excluding older people Axios Why it matters: While Facebook is not named as a defendant, the lawsuit accused the tech giant of using age filters as part of its own recruitment efforts. This criticism is the latest leveled at Facebook for allowing bad actors to abuse its ad tools to discriminate against certain demographics or take ... Flag as irrelevant
	Can an algorithm help prevent suicide? NBCNews.com Social media companies have recently been working on A.I. based tools to help with suicide prevention efforts. Facebook announced that it will expand worldwide, a program designed to prevent suicide, and Google now shows users a suicide hotline number if they enter certain search keywords. Flag as irrelevant
	WEB
	We zagen wel aankomen dat Facebook berichten van vrienden voorrang zou geven Stimuleringsfonds voor de Journalistiek Vorige week maakte Facebook bekend dat het zijn timeline gaat vernieuwen, waardoor nieuwsberichten voortaan minder aandacht krijgen. Media die veel gebruik maken van Facebook reageren nuchter: 'Je moet je nooit volledig afhankelijk maken van één sociaal platform.' Op het technologie- en ... Flag as irrelevant

You have received this email because you have subscribed to Google Alerts. Unsubscribe

Receive this alert as RSS feed

Send Feedback