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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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Sharing Platforms Fight Fraud, Make Friends
Sharing Platforms Fight Fraud, Make Friends
December 13, 2019  |  Security & Fraud

We now inhabit a world where one can rent almost anything. It’s a world that has sprung up around the spending power and tastes of...

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Facebook Invests $130M In Content Oversight Board
Facebook Invests $130M In Content Oversight Board
December 12, 2019  |  Facebook

Facebook has been at work creating a content oversight board over the past year. The social media company is now reportedly investing $130 million to...

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FTC Considers Blocking Facebook’s Ability To Consolidate Platforms
FTC Considers Blocking Facebook’s Ability To Consolidate Platforms
December 12, 2019  |  Facebook

Officials at the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) are considering the possibility of a preliminary injunction against Facebook over antitrust issues related to how the social...

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Senators Demand That Big Tech Releases Encrypted Data To Law Enforcement
Senators Demand That Big Tech Releases Encrypted Data To Law Enforcement
December 11, 2019  |  Regulation

U.S. senators went head to head with executives of Apple and Facebook on Tuesday (Dec. 10) over the companies’ decision to use encryption technology, according...

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DOJ To Review Google’s Fitbit Acquisition For Antitrust Flags
DOJ To Review Google’s Fitbit Acquisition For Antitrust Flags
December 11, 2019  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

The United States Department of Justice (DOJ) is going to investigate Google’s proposed $2.1 billion acquisition of Fitbit for potential antitrust issues, according to Reuters....

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India Bill Aims To Tighten Regulations For Tech Data Collection
India Bill Aims To Tighten Regulations For Tech Data Collection
December 10, 2019  |  Regulation

India has proposed new rules regarding how technology companies use data, and the proposal is similar to Europe’s GDPR regulation, according to a report by...

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Amazon To Open Manhattan Office In 2021
Amazon To Open Manhattan Office In 2021
December 08, 2019  |  Amazon

Amazon has inked a deal to open its next headquarters in midtown Manhattan at Hudson Yards less than a year after withdrawing a plan to...

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Adobe Acquires Facebook’s Oculus Medium VR Tool
Adobe Acquires Facebook’s Oculus Medium VR Tool
December 08, 2019  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

Social media giant Facebook is selling Oculus Medium, its virtual reality sculpting tool, to Adobe, reports revealed on Saturday (Dec. 7). Oculus Medium is an...

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FTC Issues Opinion On Cambridge Analytica Scandal
FTC Issues Opinion On Cambridge Analytica Scandal
December 06, 2019  |  Security & Fraud

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) found on Friday (Dec. 6) that British political consulting firm Cambridge Analytica lied to people about the data it was...

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