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Genevieve, 37, was online the other day when she got a friend request from her college boyfriend on Facebook. Through her profile, he found out where she worked and soon called her at the office to catch up. This married father of three proceeded to tell Genevieve how much he had thought of her over …

The New York Times obtained more than a thousand pages of internal guidelines. They shed light on how Facebook decides what should be kept off the platform.

Facebook isn't responsible for government decisions to clamp down on free expression. But the question remains: How can companies stop assisting authoritarian governments, inadvertently or otherwise?

Facebook data, once created, is unlikely to remain in the control of US entities (let alone Facebook)—and the country best positioned to exploit it is China, given its investments in AI, and its creation of extensive systems for vacuuming up its own citizens' data, writes Aziz Huq, professor of law at The University of Chicago Law School.

The term “social network” has become a meaningless association of words. Pair those two words and it becomes a tech category, the equivalent of a single term to define a group of products.

Twitter says there has been suspicious activity on its platform that may have involved state-sponsored hackers from China and Saudi Arabia seeking information about specific users. The social media company says it detected an “issue” on Nov. 15 related to one of its support forums, where users contact Twitter to report any problems with an account.

A fine, another fine, a break-up threat, users leaving - all potentially on the cards for Facebook this year. This year, the apologies will make way for accountability, and the talk of regulation will (potentially) turn to action. But what does that mean exactly? How severe might any punishments be? Here’s what might happen to Facebook over the next 12 months.

Twitter's chief executive has been criticised for promoting Myanmar as a tourist destination despite widespread allegations of human rights abuses in the country. In a series of tweets, Jack Dorsey said he had travelled to northern Myanmar last month for a meditation retreat. "The people are full of joy and the food is amazing," he said, before encouraging his 4m followers to visit.

Far-right commentator and Vice Media co-founder Gavin McInnes has been kicked off YouTube on Monday, marking the latest social media platform to remove the Proud Boys founder.

Grinning from ear to ear with his endearing gappy smile as Santa hands him a present, Alfie Dingley is thrilled to bits. Like most children, the seven-year-old has been looking forward to meeting Father Christmas. But, unlike most youngsters his age, Alfie has only just un­­der­stood who Santa is. So, for the first time since he was born with a rare form of epilepsy – and thanks to a landmark drugs ruling – his family can at last celebrate the festive season properly.

A new report for the Senate exposes how the IRA used every major social media platform to target voters before and after the 2016 election.

In the wake of the 2016 election, Instagram — known as the home of preening influencers, artfully arranged grain bowls and Icelandic vacation photos — somehow escaped much of the scrutiny of other social networks. But two new reports suggest that may have been a mistake. The reports, conducted by independent groups and released by the Senate Intelligence Committee on Monday, concluded that Instagram — which is owned by Facebook — became a favored tool of Russian internet trolls after the 2016 election.

Facebook, the world’s largest social media company, has shown yet again that it does not deserve our trust. A New York Times investigation revealed that Facebook shared its users’ private data, without its users’ consent, with other tech giants including Microsoft, Amazon, and Netflix.

What is the price of trust? Or, to put the question another way, what is the cost of becoming known for doing things that don’t match your words? To put a number on that, Tony Simons, a management professor at Cornell, took an unusually detailed look inside the hotel industry. In 1999, Simons and a fellow-researcher, Judi McLean Parks, interviewed employees at seventy-six Holiday Inn hotels in the United States and Canada.

If the past teaches us anything, it will happen one day. In fact, the process might have already started.

Facebook has suffered a near non-stop drip of bad news in 2018, and with each event advertisers have barely uttered a peep while continuing to spend. But this week, with yet another revelation about the company's past data practices, one agency chief finally said enough is enough, while other ad agency senior executives say they are questioning how much consumers continue to trust Facebook and whether advertisements on the social network continue to be effective.

Getting trolled on social media is not a new thing and it might look like you’re inviting it if you buy your rival’s technology for your personal use. Xbox Spain Community Manager was the latest victim of social media backlash. Her mistake? She decided to post a picture of Overwatch on Twitter but the game was for Playstation 4. While Playstation 4 is a really good console, it doesn’t help if you’re Xbox Community Manager.

Social media can be tricky. We all want to have a social media presence, but in order to have an effective presence you must have followers. But how do you get followers when you’re just starting out? Well, we have some ideas for you!

Let me simplify the title. Let’s try “What are the risks of trying to use a drill instead of a Q-tip?”, or how about “What are the risks of trying to use sandpaper instead of your razor?” What’s common among these? Using the wrong tool for the wrong job! Our use of communication apps is no different. Or at least, it shouldn’t be. Here are the top risks of using the wrong communication app, in no particular order:

Instagram's attempt to compete with YouTube is looking a lot like YouTube more than six months after its launch.

Parliament has used its legal powers to seize internal Facebook documents in an extraordinary attempt to hold the US social media giant to account after chief executive Mark Zuckerberg repeatedly refused to answer MPs’ questions. The cache of documents is alleged to contain significant revelations about Facebook decisions on data and privacy controls that led to the Cambridge Analytica scandal. It is claimed they include confidential emails between senior executives, and correspondence with Zuckerberg.

When was the last time you saw a creepy ad on Facebook, which seemed to know about a product you were discussing with a coworker? Or when was the last time you noticed that your Google search had been modified to suit variables like your current location and personal interests? These micro-events happen on a daily basis for most of us, and are reminders of how valuable and how ubiquitous our data really is.

I joined Facebook in 2008, and for the most part, I have benefited from being on it. Lately, however, I have wondered whether I should delete my Facebook account. As a philosopher with a special interest in ethics, I am using “should” in the moral sense. That is, in light of recent events implicating Facebook in objectionable behavior, is there a duty to leave it?

Ruben Cordova used his social media profile as an archive of his research, but his photos of the Met Breuer's Like Life exhibition triggered Facebook's censors, who then permanently disabled his profile. By Zachary Small.

Christopher Wylie, who helped found the voter-profiling firm, said that clothing preferences had been key to helping “Steve Bannon build his insurgency.”

The first time I truly took a break from social media was in 2015, at a summer camp for burned-out adults called "Camp Grounded." There were three rules: Take a camp name of your choosing, like Luna or Huckleberry, avoid talking about "W," meaning work, and ditch all electronics at the door. At an arrival ceremony deep in the California Redwoods, volunteers in hazmat suits zipped up our devices into brown bags, leaving them locked away in a so-called "Robot Decontamination Area."

The ban includes explicit sexual content and nudity with some exceptions.

No matter what it calls its shift in strategy, the premium scripted content game is all but over.

Strengthening our social fabric won't be enough to fix the platform that's fraying it. By L. M. Sacasas.

An American boy who reviews toys is this year's highest-earning YouTube star, according to Forbes.

“It’s the bunker mentality. These people have been under siege for 600 days now. They’re getting tired, getting cranky — the only survival strategy is to quit or fully buy in.”

The manipulation of public opinion over social media platforms has emerged as a critical threat to public life. Around the world, government agencies and political parties are exploiting social media platforms to spread junk news and disinformation, exercise censorship and control, and undermine trust in media, public institutions and science.

Facebook’s reputation has only continued to get more sullied in recent weeks, and it’s taking a toll on employees. According to a new report Wednesday from BuzzFeed News, things over at the old FB are, well, kind of grim. “People now have burner phones to talk shit about the company — not even to reporters, just to other employees,” one former employee said. Another described the current scene as a “bunker mentality,” meaning that after nearly two years of continuous bad press some people are, to borrow a phrase, leaning in as hard as they can to cope.

A police department in Washington state made a lot of people laugh this week with a back and forth Facebook exchange with a criminal who had a warrant out for his arrest for allegedly violating his probation. Anthony Akers, 38, had a warrant issued after he failed to comply with the terms of his probation, Richland Police Sgt. Drew Florence told BuzzFeed News. Florence didn't immediately have the information on Akers' original crime.