Internet
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In the middle of a crisis, Facebook Inc. renames itself Meta
Oct 28, 2021 1:00 am - OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) - An embattled Facebook Inc. is changing its name to Meta Platforms Inc., or Meta for short, to reflect what CEO Mark Zuckerberg says is its commitm...
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America 'on fire': Facebook watched as Trump ignited hate
Oct 27, 2021 1:00 am - COLUMBUS, Ohio - The reports of hateful and violent posts on Facebook started pouring in on the night of May 28 last year, soon after then-President Donald Trump sent a ...
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Senators put YouTube, TikTok, Snap on defensive on kids' use
Oct 26, 2021 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - Senators put executives from YouTube, TikTok and Snapchat on the defensive Tuesday, questioning them about what they're doing to ensure young users' safety ...
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Facebook's language gaps weaken screening of hate, terrorism
Oct 25, 2021 1:00 am - DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - As the Gaza war raged and tensions surged across the Middle East last May, Instagram briefly banned the hashtag #AlAqsa, a reference to the...
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Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram back online after worldwide outage
Oct 04, 2021 1:00 am - Facebook and its Instagram and WhatsApp platforms are back online after a massive global outage plunged the services and the businesses and people who rely on them into ...
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Global glitch: Swaths of internet go down after cloud outage
Jun 08, 2021 1:00 am - LONDON - Dozens of websites went down briefly around the globe Tuesday, including CNN, The New York Times and Britain's government home page, after an outage at the clou...
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Facebook board upholds Trump ban, just not an indefinite one
May 05, 2021 1:00 am - Editor's note: This story has been corrected to note that the board has not upheld a permanent ban of Trump. Former President Donald Trump won't return to Facebook...
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Among others but still feeling alone? A Naperville man has an app for thatApr 29, 2021 5:30 am - Now that we're well into Year Two of the coronavirus pandemic, much of the attention is focused on younger people. The direct observation is that more young adults are b...
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Social platforms flex their power, lock down Trump accounts
Jan 07, 2021 12:00 am - After years of treating President Donald Trump's inflammatory rhetoric with a light touch, Facebook and Instagram are silencing his social media accounts for the rest of...
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Q&A: Will Twitter, Facebook crack down on Trump?
Nov 25, 2020 12:00 am - OAKLAND, Calif. - For the past four years, President Donald Trump has enjoyed the special status of a world leader on Twitter and Facebook, even as he used his perch ato...