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	facebook As-it-happens update ⋅ March 7, 2018
	NEWS
	Facebook Really Is Spying on You, Just Not Through Your Phone's Mic Wall Street Journal Uploading and scanning that much audio data "would strain even the resources of the NSA," says former Facebook ad-targeting product manager Antonio Garcia Martinez. "They would need to understand the context of what you are saying—not just listen for words," says Sandy Parakilas, a former ... Flag as irrelevant
	Sri Lanka shut down Facebook, WhatsApp, and Instagram to stop anti-Muslim violence Quartz The government of Sri Lanka has shut down Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram, and Viber in an attempt to quell ethnic strife in the country. Authorities say people were using the social media platforms to stoke violence against Sri Lanka's Muslim minority. The country is embroiled in a conflict that follows ... Sri Lanka blocks Facebook, social media, amid riots - Channel NewsAsia Full Coverage Flag as irrelevant
	BlackBerry is suing Facebook for patent infringement, and Facebook 'intends to fight' Recode BlackBerry, a former messaging powerhouse, is suing Facebook, a current messaging powerhouse, for patent infringement, according to a lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court in California. BlackBerry claims that Facebook "created mobile messaging applications that co-opt BlackBerry's innovations," and ... Flag as irrelevant
	BlackBerry Sues Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram Over Patent Infringement U.S. News & World Report (Reuters) - BlackBerry Ltd on Tuesday filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Facebook Inc and its WhatsApp and Instagram apps, arguing that they copied technology and features ... Facebook Deputy General Counsel Paul Grewal said in a statement that the company intended to fight the lawsuit. Flag as irrelevant
	Facebook Robot: Patent Reveals Social Network's Design for Futuristic Droid Newsweek Facebook obtained a patent this week for a new type of robot, one that can swiftly transform into a unique "two-wheeled self-balancing mode." In documents made public Tuesday, Scott C. Wiley, an inventor at Facebook, detailed how the futuristic robot would work, providing rudimentary sketches of its ... Flag as irrelevant
	WEB
	AP to debunk election misinformation on Facebook Associated Press As part of its comprehensive fact-checking efforts, The Associated Press announced Wednesday that it will work with Facebook to identify and debunk false and misleading stories related to the U.S. midterm election that are circulating on the platform. The expanded collaboration leverages the presence ... Flag as irrelevant
	GOP Senate Candidate Gets 30 Day Facebook Ban For The Stupidest Reason Daily Wire Facebook has banned libertarian Missouri Senate candidate Austin Petersen for 30 days because he committed the crime of promoting an AR-15 giveaway, using the social media site only as a medium of communication, not a medium for exchange. Flag as irrelevant
	Gabriel Francis LinkedIn Google built a massive business organizing the world's information, but it's struggling to keep... Gabriel Francis liked this. We have had a cracking 2017 in StitcherAds and are... Gabriel Francis liked this. Personalizing E-commerce for Two Billion People on Facebook. In order to succeed in connecting ... Flag as irrelevant
	Corbyn's Posts in Anti-Semitic Facebook Group Guido Fawkes A couple of weeks back Labour types and lefty news outlets got very upset with Dom Raab for once being a member of a Facebook group that contradicted current housing policy. Wait 'til they see that Jeremy Corbyn was a very active member of an anti-Israel Facebook group full of the most extreme ... Flag as irrelevant
	Campbell v. Facebook: California District Judge Approves Final Class Action Settlement Over ... Harvard Journal of Law & Technology Order Granting Final Approval to Class Action Settlement; Granting Motion for Attorneys' Fees and Service Awards, Matthew Campbell, et al. v. Facebook, Inc., No. 13-cv-05996, (N.D. Cal. Aug. 18, 2017), hosted by JUSTIA. On August 18, 2017, Judge Phyllis Hamilton of the Northern District of California ... Flag as irrelevant

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