Facebook has changed the way it operates its Safety Check feature following the devastating terrorist attacks in Paris last Friday, the site announced over the weekend. Previously, the feature had only been used for natural disasters, but Facebook says it is now planning on expanding it to man-made disasters, too. According to Facebook, the tool…
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According to the Electronic Frontier Foundation, Facebook has recently introduced a new system that automatically recognizes copyright infringement in videos. That’s a good thing, but the way the system works has ruffled the feathers of the privacy watchdog group. The EFF says that, in some cases, the system may require Facebook users to share their…
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Facebook’s Vice President of Engineering Jay Parikh introduced a “10-year arc of innovation” this week at an event of London detailing all of the site’s future features, including a groundbreaking use of artificial intelligence to help keep children safe. Parikh said that over 2 billion photos are added to Facebook every day, and by using…
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A judge ruled this week that the University of Cincinnati Medical Center can’t be sued after an employee posted a patient’s private medical records on Facebook. The case stemmed from a 2013 incident involving a hospital employee who posted a snapshot of a woman’s medical record that listed her diagnosis as “maternal syphilis.” What’s worse,…
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Facebook announced this week that government requests for user data have reached their highest levels ever, with 41,214 requests coming in the first half of 2015 alone. The site’s biannual report on government data requests noted an 18 percent jump in these requests between the first half of this year and the last half of…
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Earlier this week, Facebook announced that it’s testing a new feature in Australia called “Photo Magic” that will scan the Camera Roll of users’ phones for photos of their friends. If it finds the pictures, it will send you a notification and prompt you to send them to your friends via the Messenger app. Facebook…
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The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) announced this week that it will not force companies like Facebook to stop tracking users online. The commission had been petitioned this summer by the Consumer Watchdog activist group to make “Do Not Track” browser settings illegal for companies to ignore. As of right now, marking a “Do Not Track”…
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Social network Tsu.co claimed this week that Facebook is blocking links to it on all of the social media giant’s platforms, including Facebook Messenger and Instagram. The site allegedly even went back and deleted over one million previous posts that mentioned Tsu. So what is Tsu, exactly? It’s a very small social media site that…
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A woman from Perth, Australia, placed a bet on the Melbourne Cup horse race this week and won $825. Understandably excited, she posted a picture of herself smiling and holding the winning ticket. However, what she didn’t anticipate was one of her so-called “friends” using the picture to steal her prize. Within 15 minutes of…
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In mid-October, New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman announced a partnership between his office and Facebook to crack down on human trafficking, including child pornography. However, according to New York Post columnist John Crudele, the action was long overdue. Back in 2012, Crudele started a campaign for Facebook to rid itself of pedophilia-related content after…
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