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Groups Worry About Impact Of Police Moves To Block Social Media

1:35pm August 30, 2016

by Martin Kaste

As police find themselves in encounters that are posted live — including video — they sometimes want to pull the social media plug. Activists say this threatens to censor an electronic witness.

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WhatsApp Will Start Sharing Data, Including Phone Numbers, With Facebook

9:55pm August 25, 2016

by Alina Selyukh

It will also test new ways for businesses to communicate with users on the app. The privacy policy changes mark the long-expected move by Facebook to begin making money from the free app.

Facebook's unmanned plane takes off in Arizona on June 28 for its first full-scale test flight. The solar-powered plane is designed to deliver wireless Internet to the ground as it flies over.

WATCH: Facebook Tests Internet-Beaming Plane

1:27pm July 22, 2016

by Rebecca Hersher

The social media company's high-altitude, unmanned, solar-powered drone is designed to provide wireless Internet coverage to the ground below.

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Why Some Diversity Thinkers Aren't Buying The Tech Industry's Excuses

4:54pm July 19, 2016

by Alina Selyukh

Despite diversity efforts, Facebook and Google keep showing little change in the percentages of black, Latino and female workers. Facebook pins the problem on lack of talent in the education pipeline.

In a post on Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg wrote that the live-streamed images following a police shooting in Minnesota were "graphic and heartbreaking."

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In Wake Of Shootings, Facebook Struggles To Define Hate Speech

11:05pm July 14, 2016

by Aarti Shahani

After last week's police shootings, Facebook received a flood of complaints, with users calling out posts as hate speech. According to Facebook insiders, the company was not prepared.

The News Feed will now prioritize posts from friends and family — potentially bad news for media companies relying on Facebook for traffic.

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Facebook Shakes Up News Feed, But We Still Don't Know Exactly How It Works

12:58pm June 29, 2016

by Alina Selyukh

It will now prioritize posts from friends and family — potentially bad news for media companies relying on Facebook for traffic. The company has been under pressure to defend its political neutrality.

Authorities say Omar Mateen killed dozens of people inside the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Fla., on Sunday.

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Senator Says Orlando Shooter Posted Pro-ISIS Messages On Facebook

3:10pm June 16, 2016

by Merrit Kennedy

The gunman in Sunday's attack at a gay nightclub used Facebook to search for and post terrorism-related content before and even during the assault, according to Wisconsin Sen. Ron Johnson.

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Meet Your New Wookiee Queen Of Viral Video: 'Chewbacca Mom'

2:53pm May 21, 2016

by NPR Staff

"I'm reeling," Candace Payne tells NPR's Rachel Martin. Her video of herself trying on a mask has already set a record for views, and even she's astounded by the reaction. "I'm like, y'all, come on."

Facebook's Moments app uses facial recognition technology to group photos based on the friends who are in them. Amid privacy concerns in Europe and Canada, the versions launched in those regions excluded the facial recognition feature.

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Facebook's Facial Recognition Software Is Different From The FBI's. Here's Why

3:00pm May 18, 2016

by Naomi LaChance

Every time one of its 1.65 billion users uploads a photo to Facebook and tags someone, that person is helping the facial recognition algorithm. Its accuracy rate is said to be higher than the FBI's.

Amid Allegations of Bias, Facebook Explains How 'Trending Topics' Works

8:51pm May 12, 2016

by Alina Selyukh

The release of the internal document represents Facebook's continued pushback against claims that the social media network discriminated against conservative news sources.