The Facebook group Pantsuit Nation, which went viral in 2016 as a safe haven for Hillary Clinton supporters, is abruptly shutting down. The news took the group’s members and moderators by surprise. But in 2019, Pantsuit Nation became a part of Supermajority, a membership-based organization...
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March 18, 2023 albert
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Mashable’s Jennimai Nguyen gives you the lowdown on how to save and download all the personal data that Facebook has on you. Mashable
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February 23, 2022 albert
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This is a story about the power of redemption. Everyone makes mistakes in life and sometimes those mistakes warrant blocking someone on Facebook. You’d better mean business, because when you block someone, your Facebook friendship is automatically ended. But if you are suddenly possessed by...
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September 4, 2021 albert
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Facebook’s decision to close accounts connected to a misinformation research project last week prompted a broad outcry from the company’s critics — and now Congress is getting involved. A handful of lawmakers criticized the decision at the time, slamming Facebook for being hostile toward efforts...
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August 9, 2021 albert
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Facebook confirms it’s testing a new QR code feature and payment links for use with Facebook Pay to make it easier for people in the U.S. to send or request money from one another. The QR code feature, similar to Venmo’s QR codes and others,...
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April 6, 2021 albert
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The Facebook-Australia news battle seems to have reached an end, Android gets an update and Lucid Motors is going public via SPAC. This is your Daily Crunch for February 23, 2021. The big story: Facebook brings news sharing back to Australia Last week, Facebook responded...
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February 23, 2021 albert
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Take that Facebook. A homegrown app from Australia Broadcasting Company (ABC) topped iOS download charts in Australia, outpacing Facebook. That’s important for one big reason: Facebook just banned news from appearing on Australian newsfeeds in response to a law that would require the social giant...
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February 19, 2021 albert
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Have you heard about the lady who’s stalking everyone on Facebook? A new viral conspiracy theory going around Facebook is warning users about a woman by the name of Selene Delgado Lopez. According to the posts, Selene is friends with you on Facebook. Did you...
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September 5, 2020 albert
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In the friendly face-off between Mark Zuckerberg and Donald Trump, Zuckerberg just blinked. Again. On Thursday, mere hours after the Facebook CEO announced “additional steps” to “fight misinformation” ahead of the U.S. presidential election, Trump used the platform to spread confusion about the U.S. election...
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September 4, 2020 albert
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Facebook’s latest test balloon has popped. On Friday, Bloomberg reported that Facebook is considering a blackout of political ads in the “days” before the November 2020 election. That alarmed democratic campaign staff and experts, who warned that it could lead to voter suppression. “Under this...
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July 11, 2020 albert
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