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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 Employees Said To Have Known About Data Scraping
Facebook Employees Said To Have Known About Data Scraping
March 22, 2019  |  Facebook

In a District of Columbia court filing involving Cambridge Analytica, new details have come to light surrounding how much Facebook might have known about data-scraping efforts...

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Bitcoin (And Other Crypto) Use Cases Fizzle, Bit By Bit?
Bitcoin (And Other Crypto) Use Cases Fizzle, Bit By Bit?
March 22, 2019  |  Sizzle/Fizzle

Much hype and hope surrounds the adoption of cryptocurrencies — bitcoin among them as the marquee name in the space, of course — beyond the...

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Snap Seeks Ads From Pharmaceutical Companies
Snap Seeks Ads From Pharmaceutical Companies
March 22, 2019  |  Social Commerce

In an effort to have big pharma companies advertise on Snapchat, the social media platform is reportedly pitching itself as a friendlier alternative to Twitter...

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Bitcoin Daily: Facebook Posts New Blockchain Job; Mt. Gox Nears Creditor Account Settlement
Bitcoin Daily: Facebook Posts New Blockchain Job; Mt. Gox Nears Creditor Account Settlement
March 22, 2019  |  Bitcoin

A new job posting has revealed that Facebook is looking to hire a lead commercial counsel for its blockchain initiatives. “You will be responsible for...

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Facebook Unencrypted User Password Problem Spanned Years
Facebook Unencrypted User Password Problem Spanned Years
March 21, 2019  |  Facebook

The passwords of between 200 million and 600 million Facebook users were stored in plain text and searchable by thousands of Facebook employees for years,...

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Jamie Dimon: Big Tech Should Prep For Big Reg
Jamie Dimon: Big Tech Should Prep For Big Reg
March 21, 2019  |  Regulation

JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon said tech giants need to brace themselves for a similar slew of tough regulations to what big banks faced after...

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Facebook Ends Discriminatory Practices In Ads After Lawsuits
Facebook Ends Discriminatory Practices In Ads After Lawsuits
March 19, 2019  |  Facebook

Facebook will stop allowing ad buyers to target by age, gender or ZIP code when offering credit, employment or housing, according to ProPublica, a nonprofit news...

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Facebook Shares Slide As CPO Cox Departs
Facebook Shares Slide As CPO Cox Departs
March 18, 2019  |  Facebook

Facebook’s stock was under pressure Friday (March 15), reaching its lowest point in three months after it announced Chris Cox, chief product officer, is leaving...

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Big Tech Increasingly In Regulators’ Spotlight — And Crosshairs
Big Tech Increasingly In Regulators’ Spotlight — And Crosshairs
March 18, 2019  |  Regulation

It’s been a whirlwind few weeks — OK, make that months — for big tech firms as regulators look ever more closely at business tactics....

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