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Facebook, Inc. is an American online social media and social networking service company based in Menlo Park, California. It was founded by Mark Zuckerberg, along with fellow Harvard College students and roommates Eduardo Saverin, Andrew McCollum, Dustin Moskovitz and Chris Hughes.

Facebook is a popular free social networking website that allows registered users to create profiles, upload photos and video, send messages and keep in touch.

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Facebook Pumps Up Appeal Of Marketplace At F8
Facebook Pumps Up Appeal Of Marketplace At F8
April 30, 2019  |  Facebook

The Facebook Marketplace is growing up. News from the social media’s F8 conference on Tuesday (April 30) said Facebook will soon let Marketplace sellers “ship...

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Tech Lobbyists Oppose California Consumer Privacy Act
Tech Lobbyists Oppose California Consumer Privacy Act
April 30, 2019  |  Regulation

Lobbying groups and trade associations representing tech giants such as Facebook and Apple have thrown their support towards legislation that could weaken California’s landmark privacy...

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Facebook Gives Academics Access To Data
Facebook Gives Academics Access To Data
April 30, 2019  |  Facebook

More than 60 academics from around the world will receive access to Facebook‘s data for the first time. The social media giant, which boasts 2.4...

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Critics Allege Facebook’s Offering To Study Its Ad Platform Is Narrow And Unaccommodating
Critics Allege Facebook’s Offering To Study Its Ad Platform Is Narrow And Unaccommodating
April 29, 2019  |  Facebook

Independent researchers are calling Facebook’s efforts to provide them with tools to study the way political disinformation flows through its ad platform half-hearted and narrow....

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Facebook Plans Social Shopping Platform
Facebook Plans Social Shopping Platform
April 29, 2019  |  Facebook

After a series of scandals involving privacy violations, allegations of fake news and the discovery that its employees had access to millions of passwords, Facebook...

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New York AG To Launch Investigation Into Facebook
New York AG To Launch Investigation Into Facebook
April 26, 2019  |  Facebook

The New York State Attorney General (AG) is reportedly launching an investigation into social media giant Facebook, focusing on the its past practice of collecting...

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Facebook Grows User Base 8 Percent, Bullish On Commerce
Facebook Grows User Base 8 Percent, Bullish On Commerce
April 24, 2019  |  Facebook

More consumers keep using Facebook even as the social network said on Wednesday (April 24) that it faces a fine of between $3 billion and...

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Social Media Lures Credit Card Giants – And Their Advertising Spend
Social Media Lures Credit Card Giants – And Their Advertising Spend
April 23, 2019  |  Loyalty & Rewards

Now, when you like your credit card rewards … you can really “like” them. On social media – specifically, on Facebook. The Wall Street Journal...

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Facebook Taps State Department For New GC
Facebook Taps State Department For New GC
April 23, 2019  |  Facebook

Facebook has named Jennifer Newstead as its new general counsel, overseeing the company’s global legal functions. Newstead is taking over the position from Colin Stretch,...

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