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Facebook post on Dera brings city to halt
Times of India
LUDHIANA: The city was held to ransom by the followers of Dera Sacha Sauda and some Hindu organizations who blocked the Ferozepur Road at different points. They were protesting against the alleged inaction of the police in arresting the culprits who ...
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Facebook reportedly testing user-hosted chat rooms
NDTV
Facebook is said to be testing a new feature that will allow users to set up chat rooms that their friends can join without the need of an invitation. According to a new report by TechCrunch, the feature has been codenamed 'Host Chat' and is being ...
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Facebook fixes Android app that leaks users ' phone numbers 5 : 09AM
GMA News
Social networking giant Facebook on Saturday (Philippine time) said it will be rolling out a fix to users of its Android app, after being informed the app leaks the users' phone numbers. A report on tech site The Next Web said security vendor Symantec ...
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Governor apologizes for deleted Facebook comments
USA TODAY
INDIANAPOLIS -- Gov. Mike Pence admitted Friday that some angry constituents were right. Some of the hundreds of comments that his staff deleted from the Indiana governor's official Facebook page this week were targeted, Pence said, because they ...
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Facebook sets up review policy for pages, groups
Washington Post
The announcement comes weeks after women's rights activists and others highlighted several Facebook pages that glorified and encouraged violence against women. Not only that, they noted, in many cases the pages were carrying ads — meaning that ...
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Facebook leak, Canadian spam, Opera breach - 60 Sec Security
YouTube
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Facebook changes policy for ads on controversial pages
Los Angeles Times
The Menlo Park giant announced the change after a campaign earlier this year by activists calling on Facebook and its advertisers to pull their ads from running alongside controversial pages, especially those with graphic language and images of rape ...
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Facebook to remove ads from controversial pages after M&S and BSKYB ...
Daily Mail
Facebook was tonight shamed into removing adverts from pages showing sexual images or violence after two of Britain's biggest companies boycotted the social networking giant. Marks & Spencer and Sky owner BSkyB told Facebook they had serious ...
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Facebook to remove ads from controversial pages after major companies boycott ...
Daily Mail
Facebook has been shamed into removing advertisements from pages showing sexual images or violence one month after Nissan and other smaller companies temporarily withdrew ads. The social network giant yesterday unveiled a radical overhaul of its ...
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Facebook's Copycat Just Worked
DailyFinance
Investors may have noticed that Facebook has been in an imitative mood recently, replicating popular social-media features and launching rival offerings. Facebook's most direct rival is easily Twitter, and Facebook just adopted hashtags. Facebook's ...
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Facebook hashtags arrive on mobile web app
SlashGear
After rolling out hashtag support for desktop users, Facebook is giving the honor to mobile users now within the web app. If you log into your Facebook account through the browser of your choice on any smartphone or tablet, you'll be able to tap on ...
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Plaintiffs tussle with Facebook over proposed settlement of ad-related lawsuit
CNET
Opponents of Facebook's settlement of a lawsuit involving "Sponsored Stories" -- an ad feature that displays images of users of the social network -- spent Friday morning in a San Francisco court trying to convince a federal judge that the settlement's ...
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Facebook to remove ads from offensive pages
Boston Globe
NEW YORK — Facebook said Friday that it would remove ads from pages that contained controversial content, as it tried to protect advertisers from appearing next to offensive material that was beyond their control. In a message posted on its website ...
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Facebook's $20 million settlement under lens over ads
Times of India
Earlier this month, Facebook announced a retooling of its advertising product offerings and eliminated the term Sponsored Stories, though the company can still share its members likes of different products. Facebook attorney Michael Rhodes said in ...
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Facebook's Android App Vacuumed Up Your Phone Number Without Permission
ReadWrite
Yesterday, Facebook put out a call for volunteers to beta test updates to its Android application. You have to wonder how that's going for them, given news that the Facebook has been logging the phone numbers of anyone who launched that app—whether ...
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Facebook to keep ads away from sex and violence
AFP
SAN FRANCISCO — Facebook on Monday will tighten its review process to spare advertisers the embarrassment of having their ads pop-up on pages containing porn or violent imagery. "Our goal is to both preserve the freedoms of sharing on Facebook but ...
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Facebook's Android app snags your mobile number the moment you launch it
InfoWorld
If you've ever simply launched the Facebook app on your Android smartphone, Facebook may have collected your phone number, according to an alert from Symantec. This marks the second time in two weeks that a security company has cited the social ...
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Facebook To Remove Adverts From Adult Pages
Sky News
Facebook will stop advertisements appearing on pages containing sexual or violent content after a number of companies suspended their campaigns. Marks and Spencer and BSkyB, the parent company of Sky News, were among those to pull their adverts ...
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Facebook responds to Eminem song publisher's claim it violated copyright laws ...
MLive.com
Facebook and its Oregon-based advertising agency Wieden + Kennedy Inc. submitted to a Detroit court a written response to the allegations that states music used in a commercial wasn't similar to an Eminem song called "Under the Influence." An excerpt ...
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Will Facebook's Robot Censors Know Porn When They See It?
Businessweek
The old trope about pornography is that you'll know it when you see it. Facebook (FB) is betting that not only will it know it, but that the social network will be able to train its computers to do the same. On Friday the company announced a new ...
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Facebook Rewards $20000 for Vulnerability Discovery
TechNewsDaily
If you find a big security flaw in Facebook, it will give you a big reward — $20,000, to be exact. One security expert found a vulnerability that allowed a remote hacker to take over a user's profile with no input from the user whatsoever. Jack ...
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Facebook to keep ads away from sex and violence | Bangkok Post: news
Bangkok Post
Facebook on Monday will tighten its review process to spare advertisers the embarrassment of having their ads pop-up on pages containing porn or violent imagery. File photo. Facebook on Monday will tighten its review process to spare advertisers the ...
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Facebook to make sure your ad doesn't pop up next to sex toys
VentureBeat
It seems advertisers expressed their worry to Facebook about the placement of ads next to controversial content. This could include Pages, or Facebook's term for brand-specific Timelines, and Groups devoted to sexual and violent matters. Next week, the ...
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Facebook and good Samaritan reunite soldier's son with 'Daddy doll'
Asbury Park Press
Michelle McHugh, another Target shopper, found the doll and delivered it to customer service. Before doing so, she snapped a picture and shared it on Facebook. "I found this little military buddy doll left in a cart at Manalapan Target on Rte. 9," she ...
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Facebook To Pull Ads From Pages With Graphic Or Controversial Content
RedOrbit
Facebook has announced that it will no longer allow advertisements to appear on pages that include sexual, violent or other types of graphic content, various media outlets reported on Friday. According to Alexei Oreskovic of Reuters, the decision comes ...
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Blogs10 new results for Facebook
 
These Heartbreaking Ads Show How Useless Facebook Likes Can Be
By Casey Chan
We toss around likes as if they were high fives on the Internet. As affirmation of people doing the right thing. As oh hey look cool. As being silly and ironic. As the digital form of support. As a hug. As a fist bump. But what do those thumbs up ...
Gizmodo
Are you a dissident choosing between Facebook and Twitter ...
By Mathew Ingram
Facebook says it isn't co-operating with the Turkish government's demands for info on dissidents, but the fact remains that when it comes to protecting the rights and identities of users, Twitter has a better track record.
GigaOM
Facebook implements new policy to crack down on objectionable ad ...
By Brian Heater
No one really likes ads, but for better or worse, they're a sort of necessary evil when it comes to, you know, making money online. And while Facebook's.
Engadget RSS Feed
Facebook to launch 'blacklist' of offensive pages | The Raw Story
By Mark Sweney, The Guardian
Facebook is to crack down on ads running next to offensive material by launching a new system that will create a blacklist of pages and groups that contain any violent, graphic or sexual content, even if it previously passed its community ...
The Raw Story
Mobile app install ads are the latest in Facebook's ad simplification ...
By Justin Lafferty
Facebook's move to simplify advertising has reached mobile. The company announced this week that it has simplified the creation flow for mobile app install ads, allowing advertisers to simply enter a link to the app in the App Store (for Apple) ...
Inside Facebook
Facebook won't show ads on controversial pages - AfterDawn
Facebook has changed its policies toward advertising practices after BSkyB and Marks & Spencer pulled ads from the social network.
AfterDawn.com
'The Five' Answer Your Facebook Questions! | Fox News Insider
By Fox News Insider
On today's 'The Five,' Dana, Greg, Eric, Bob and Kimberly took your questions, as asked on Facebook.
Fox News Insider - The official...
Jay-Z Reveals Song Writing Process In Samsung Ad! - Perez Hilton
By Perez Hilton
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Facebook to keep ads away from sex and violence - Rappler
By Agence France-Presse
The social media site will restrict ads from appearing next to pages and groups with graphic or sexual content.
RAPPLER
First Grade Found Me: You'll Find Me on Facebook & a Giveaway
By Chrissy
You'll Find Me on Facebook & a Giveaway. I did it. First Grade Found Me is on Facebook. I've got a lot to learn about using Facebook but I'm looking forward to it. I've gotta make this short and sweet today. I had a little more to say, but I tried the ...
First Grade Found Me


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