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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 Loses Another Senior Exec
Facebook Loses Another Senior Exec
August 23, 2018  |  Facebook

Dan Rose, one of the earliest executives at Facebook, is stepping down from his role, reported CNBC. Citing a Facebook post, CNBC reported Rose is...

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Online Platforms: Why Consumers Rule And Regulators Don’t
Online Platforms: Why Consumers Rule And Regulators Don’t
August 20, 2018  |  Payments Innovation

A few weeks from now will mark the 72nd anniversary of a federal court decision that found grocery store chain The Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea...

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DOJ Pressures Facebook To Break Messenger Encryption
DOJ Pressures Facebook To Break Messenger Encryption
August 20, 2018  |  Facebook

The U.S. Department of Justice wants Facebook to break the encryption in its Messenger app as part of a criminal investigation into the MS-13 gang....

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Facebook’s Bank Data Request May Affect Small Businesses, Too
Facebook’s Bank Data Request May Affect Small Businesses, Too
August 16, 2018  |  B2B Payments

A controversial initiative by Facebook to seek financial information on users from their banks should be closely watched by small business owners, according to reports...

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Coinbase Acquires Distributed Systems To Work On Identity Solutions
Coinbase Acquires Distributed Systems To Work On Identity Solutions
August 15, 2018  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

Coinbase, the cryptocurrency exchange operator, announced Wednesday (Aug. 15) that it has acquired Distributed Systems, a company that has been working on decentralized identity solutions....

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Payments’ Stranger Things
Payments’ Stranger Things
August 13, 2018  |  Payments Innovation

The payments world could very well be living in the Upside Down. The Upside Down is the fictional parallel universe controlled by a hive mind...

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Coinbase Loses Facebook’s Blockchain Mentor
Coinbase Loses Facebook’s Blockchain Mentor
August 13, 2018  |  Facebook

In what could be seen as a sign that Facebook’s efforts in the blockchain market are moving ahead, David Marcus, the head of the project,...

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YouTube Set To Benefit From Facebook’s Recent Stumbles
YouTube Set To Benefit From Facebook’s Recent Stumbles
August 10, 2018  |  Facebook

YouTube has a chance to take advantage of recent Facebook problems and move past the social media platform in terms of website traffic, according to...

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A Bundle Of Contradictions: The Online Privacy Landscape
A Bundle Of Contradictions: The Online Privacy Landscape
August 10, 2018  |  Ecosystems

At first glance, 2018 is shaping up to be a year that has brought meaningful consumer, regulatory and legislative backlash against lax online privacy. Europe’s...

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