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Indonesia restricts WhatsApp, Facebook and Instagram usage following deadly riots
Indonesia is the latest nation to hit the hammer on social media after the government restricted the use of WhatsApp…
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Facebook raises wages, improves conditions for contract content moderators
In a blog post today, Facebook committed to paying its contract workers in the U.S. a “living wage” that’s “more…
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Facebook co-founder, Chris Hughes, calls for Facebook to be broken up
The latest call to break up Facebook looks to be the most uncomfortably close to home yet for supreme leader,…
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To cut down on spam, Twitter cuts the number of accounts you can follow per day
Twitter just took another big step to help boot spammers off its platform: it’s cutting the number of accounts Twitter…
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Ruhnn, a Chinese startup that makes influencers, raises $125M in U.S. IPO
Ruhnn, a company that enables influencers to sell through e-commerce and is plotting to change the face of China’s fashion…
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Glossier launches its first spin-off brand, a line of Instagram-friendly ‘dialed-up’ beauty extras
Glossier, known for its line of understated makeup products and a cult-following of millennial Instagrammers, is getting colorful with the…
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Facebook announces new program for premium video ads
Facebook is expanding its efforts around premium video advertising with a new program called Facebook Showcase. This follows the announcement…
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Facebook urged to offer an API for political ad transparency research
Facebook has been called upon to provide good faith researchers with an API to enable them to study how political…
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Dating apps face questions over age checks after report exposes child abuse
The UK government has said it could legislate to require age verification checks on users of dating apps, following an…
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Facebook warned over privacy risks of merging messaging platforms
Facebook’s lead data protection regulator in Europe has asked the company for an “urgent briefing” regarding plans to integrate the…
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