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	facebook As-it-happens update ⋅ May 5, 2018
	NEWS
	Facebook helped foment anti-Muslim violence in Sri Lanka. What now? The Guardian Facebook's role in the anti-Muslim violence in Sri Lanka this March cannot be overstated. Posts spreading blatant misinformation about the community, inciting hate and violence, remained online for days after they were reported. This was one reason why the Sri Lankan government banned Facebook in ... Flag as irrelevant
	Why Would Facebook Lean Left? Times-Union Newspaper According to The Outline's analysis of Facebook engagement data obtained from research tool BuzzSumo, conservative and right-wing publishers (such as Breitbart, Fox News and Gateway Pundit) were hit the hardest in the weeks following the announcement, with Facebook engagement totals for ... Flag as irrelevant
	Attorney questions Macon County Sheriff's Office shutting down its Facebook page WLOS The attorney for the family of a man killed in a deputy-involved-shooting in Macon County is questioning why the sheriff shut down the department's Facebook page. Mark Melrose represents the family of Scott Knibbs, who was shot and killed late Sunday at his home on Pheasant Drive. The sheriff's office ... Flag as irrelevant
	Facebook, YouTube and Twitter execs showed up at Stanford Law School to discuss fake news ... Business Insider During a panel discussion on the campus of Stanford University, executives from Facebook, Twitter and Google's YouTube told an audience of law students and lawyers that the issue is complex, has no easy answers, and that they aren't certain there even is a problem. The panel focused on free speech ... Flag as irrelevant
	Dating startup raises VC as Facebook enters the relationship biz PitchBook News & Analysis The round comes just as Facebook enters the online dating game—one that Tinder and Bumble, two popular dating apps, have dominated in recent years. Like Bumble, the Coffee Meets Bagel app is centered on women's preferences. Female-identifying users choose who is able to communicate with ... Flag as irrelevant
	FTC Urged To Curb Tracking By Facebook MediaPost Communications Markey says that recent reports -- including revelations that President Trump's consultancy, Cambridge Analytica, harvested data from up to 87 million Facebook users -- suggest that the company violated a consent decree it signed in 2011. In addition to asking the FTC to prohibit Facebook from tracking ... Flag as irrelevant
	Facebook's move into online dating spooks rival stocks Axios Shares of Match Group fell more than 18% on Tuesday after Facebook announced it plans to expand into online dating. Why it matters: Facebook already has a gigantic user base and knows a ton about people so it comes at this with some natural advantages. That said, it's doing so at a time where ... Flag as irrelevant
	1/5 of Delawareans may have had data exposed through Facebook breach WDEL 1150AM Over 200,000 Delawareans may have had their personal data exposed as part of the recently disclosed Facebook data breach. The breach doesn't mean you have been compromised, and it involves Facebook users and those who don't used the social media website. According to Attorney General ... Flag as irrelevant
	Missing Alabama woman's family 'devastated' by police department's 'unprofessional' Facebook ... AL.com The daughter of missing Alabama woman Jennifer Marshell White said her family is devastated by what she described as an "unprofessional" post on the Moulton Police Department Facebook page today. A post appeared on the police department's Facebook page earlier today, discussing White's ... Flag as irrelevant
	Facebook weighs ad-free subscription service after data scandal Fox News The market research comes as Facebook has come under fire recently for allowing users' private data to be shared with Cambridge Analytica, a political research firm. Facebook has studied such a subscription model in the past — and rejected it, according to Bloomberg, which first reported on the latest ... Flag as irrelevant
	Facebook AI Proactively Removes 'Bad Content' Geek Sterilizing a global social network is not a one-size-fits-all operation: Content moderators work round-the-clock to assess and remove (as necessary) hate speech, nudity, and violence. That's a lot of pressure for anyone—unless you're an emotionless robot, which is exactly what Facebook is using to spot ... Flag as irrelevant
	WEB
	Cambridge Analytica Shuts Down After Facebook Data Leak Tech Viral According to the latest reports, the best-known company of recent times, of course, Cambridge Analytica shuts down after the Facebook data leak. Flag as irrelevant

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