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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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Privacy Critic Files GDPR Complaints Against Facebook And Google
Privacy Critic Files GDPR Complaints Against Facebook And Google
May 25, 2018  |  Regulation

As Europe’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) comes into effect, Facebook privacy critic Max Schrems has filed four complaints over consent required to use online...

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Facebook Gets Hit With Anticompetitive Lawsuit By App Developer
Facebook Gets Hit With Anticompetitive Lawsuit By App Developer
May 25, 2018  |  Facebook

Facebook got hit with a lawsuit in California that accuses the company of engaging in anticompetitive behavior with tens of thousands of developers. The Financial...

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Facebook Enables Two-Factor Authentication Without A Phone Number
Facebook Enables Two-Factor Authentication Without A Phone Number
May 24, 2018  |  Facebook

Facebook, the social media giant, announced on Wednesday (May 23) that it has improved two-factor authentication, the industry-best practice for providing additional account security. In...

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Google Beats Amazon In Q1 Smart Speaker Shipments
Google Beats Amazon In Q1 Smart Speaker Shipments
May 24, 2018  |  Google

Google might be feeling pretty smart today about its high-tech Home and Home Mini speakers. That’s because a new research report puts Google ahead of...

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Facebook’s Marketplace Adds Home Services
Facebook’s Marketplace Adds Home Services
May 23, 2018  |  Social Commerce

Starting now, thousands of home services professionals will be available via Facebook. The social media site’s Marketplace platform is rolling out a new feature designed...

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Why Context Is Important In Commerce
Why Context Is Important In Commerce
May 23, 2018  |  Today In Data

In commerce, as in life, timing is everything. Show the right user the right Facebook offering at the right moment, and many will make a...

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Consumer Advocacy Groups Want Facebook Broken Up
Consumer Advocacy Groups Want Facebook Broken Up
May 21, 2018  |  Facebook

A group of progressive advocacy groups, including MoveOn and Demand Progress, is calling on the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to break up Facebook in the wake...

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Data Dive: The Uncertain Future Edition, MoviePass, Credit Cards And Seattle Taxes
Data Dive: The Uncertain Future Edition, MoviePass, Credit Cards And Seattle Taxes
May 21, 2018  |  Data Dive

Summer is here, the heat is on and what’s on the menu for the next three months is more or less a known commodity. But...

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Regulators Eyeing Social Media In Europe
Regulators Eyeing Social Media In Europe
May 21, 2018  |  Regulation

Against the backdrop of social media controversy — remember Facebook, of course, and 87 million users’ data exposed to Cambridge Analytica — oversight is tightening...

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