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Social media giants step up joint fight against extremist content

Posted on: June 27th, 2017 | No Comments

Social media giants Facebook, Google’s YouTube, Twitter and Microsoft said on Monday they were forming a global working group to combine their efforts to remove terrorist content from their platforms....

After London attack, Facebook says aims to be ‘hostile environment’ for terrorists

Posted on: June 5th, 2017 | No Comments

Facebook said it wanted to make its social media platform a “hostile environment” for terrorists in a statement issued after attackers killed seven people in London and prompted Prime Minister...

Facebook leaked documents show types of content it allows: Guardian

Posted on: May 22nd, 2017 | No Comments

Leaked Facebook Inc (FB.O) documents show how the social media company moderates issues such as hate speech, terrorism, pornography and self-harm on its platform, the Guardian reported, citing internal guidelines...

Families of San Bernardino shooting sue Facebook, Google, Twitter

Posted on: May 5th, 2017 | No Comments

Family members of three victims of the December 2015 shooting rampage in San Bernardino, California, have sued Facebook, Google and Twitter, claiming that the companies permitted Islamic State to flourish...

Facebook tries to fix violent video problem with 3,000 new workers

Posted on: May 4th, 2017 | No Comments

Facebook Inc will hire 3,000 more people over the next year to speed up the removal of videos showing murder, suicide and other violent acts, in its most dramatic move...

Facebook addresses violent video streaming problem

Posted on: May 4th, 2017 | No Comments

Facebook tries to fix streaming violence problem by hiring new workers who will monitor reports of inappropriate material on the social media network and removing videos such as murders and...

Facebook adds camera features, moving closer to Snapchat

Posted on: March 28th, 2017 | No Comments

Facebook Inc (FB.O) is giving the camera a central place on its smartphone app for the first time, encouraging users to take more pictures and edit them with digital stickers...

EU authorities demand changes from Facebook, Google, Twitter

Posted on: March 20th, 2017 | No Comments

Social media companies Facebook Inc, Alphabet Inc and Twitter Inc will have to amend their terms of service for European users within a month or face the risk of fines,...

Facebook turns to artificial intelligence to tackle suicides

Posted on: March 2nd, 2017 | No Comments

Facebook plans to use artificial intelligence and update its tools and services to help prevent suicides among its users. The world’s largest social media network said it plans to integrate...

TransferWise launches international money transfers via Facebook

Posted on: February 21st, 2017 | No Comments

Money transfer company TransferWise has launched a new service that allows users to send money internationally through Facebook Inc’s chat application, as competition in the digital payments landscape intensifies. The...