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‘Lonely hearts’ exploited: Love scams prey on elderly women, causing RM45.9m in losses in 2024; Facebook, WhatsApp apps of choice to find victims

www.malaymail.com

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 10 — Elderly lonely women aged 61 and above were the highest demographic deceived by love scam syndica...

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Meta, Facebook to drop fact-checkers: What does this mean for social media?

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Meta owned social media platforms ends third-party fact-checking, adopting community notes as its replacement.

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Meta's new policies for contractors and staff moderating Facebook and Instagram allow dehumanizing speech, like "a trans person isn't a he or she, it's an it" (Casey Newton/Platformer)

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Meta's new policies for contractors and staff moderating Facebook and Instagram allow dehumanizing speech, like “a trans person isn't a he or she, it's an it” — “A trans person isn't a he or she, it's an it,” reads a new guideline telling…

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FG Warns Advertisers against Unapproved Ads on Facebook, Instagram

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Raheem Akingbolu To protect consumers and further bring sanity into advertising practice, the federal government has called on individuals and organisations to desist from exposing unlawful and unethical advertisements on treatment of a…

Thursday, Jan 9

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With ‘Fact-Checkers’ On Their Way Out at Facebook, Babylon Bee Notes 12 Times Platform Fact-Checked Satire

As Meta shifts away from fact-checking, the Babylon Bee highlights 12 instances where satire was wrongly flagged. Discover the implications of this controversial change in content moderation.

Meta to test eBay listings on Facebook marketplace

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Meta announced on Wednesday that it would launch a new test in Germany, France, and the United States, enabling buyers to browse listings from eBay on Facebook Marketplace and complete their transactions directly on eBay. This move is part…

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A Lot of People Are Searching for How to Delete Facebook and Instagram, and We Would Like Their Clicks

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There is an exodus of users who are ditching Meta platforms following the decision to end fact checking.

Mark Zuckerberg Faces Backlash Against Free Speech from Meta Workers and Facebook 'Supreme Court'

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Mark Zuckerberg's Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, has come under fire from both the "Facebook Supreme Court" and its own employees following Zuckerberg's decision this week to embrace free speech on his heavily censored…

How to delete your Facebook account

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You may be wondering how to delete your Facebook account now that fact-checking is no longer considered important, and Meta’s changing its definition of what constitutes Hateful Conduct. It’s easy to do, and we’ll show you how. But, you…

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Facebook awards researcher $100,000 for finding bug that granted internal access

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A security researcher found a bug in a Facebook ad platform, which gave him access to the company’s internal infrastructure.

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Mark Zuckerberg ended Facebook censorship after his post about MMA knee injury failed to go viral: report

nypost.com

Zuckerberg on Tuesday announced that Meta would end its partnerships with third party fact-checkers and institute a "Community Notes" model.

‘Hamari Adhuri Kahani’: Man Shares Marriage Pics, Documents in Facebook Post Before Dying by Suicide in UP’s Barabanki, Alleges Wife’s Family Asked Him To ‘Die’

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In a tragic incident in Barabanki, Uttar Pradesh, 25-year-old Sudheer Kumar died by suicide, alleging harassment by his wife’s family over their marriage. Before taking his life, Sudheer shared a heartbreaking Facebook post, including…

Google searches for deleting Facebook, Instagram explode after Meta ends fact-checking

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Google searches for how to cancel and delete Facebook, Instagram, and Threads accounts have seen explosive rises in the U.S. since Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced that the company will end its third-party fact-checking system, loosen…

Australian Open star buys kit from Facebook after failing to get sponsor for tournament

www.express.co.uk

An Australian Open star has purchased a kit from Facebook to wear in the opening round.

Facebook Caught Hosting AI-Powered Hitler

futurism.com

What Fresh on the heels of Meta-formerly-Facebook issuing a sweeping — and in many ways, both inexplicable and all-around awful — series of changes to its "hateful conduct" standards allowing for a much-expanded array of hateful speech, an…

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Facebook Is Creating Fake AI-Powered Black Women While Changing Its Rules So It’s Okay to Harass Real Ones

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With Meta's new content moderation policies, the company is now allowing users to spew hate at real-life Black women — even as it plans to move forward with AI "characters" that mimic them. In a new editorial, Washington Post columnist…

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Layoffs Begin at Partner Organisations As Meta Ends Fact-Checking Program for Facebook and Instagram: Report

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Layoffs were announced by partner organizations as Meta ended its fact-checking program for Facebook and Instagram, according to a report.

Prominent Vietnamese lawyer goes on trial for allegedly criticizing top judge on Facebook

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KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — A prominent Vietnamese lawyer went on trial Thursday for Facebook posts that allegedly criticized the…

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MCMC probes false Facebook post on PM Anwar, records statement from Sungai Burong assemblyman

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PUTRAJAYA, Jan 9 — The Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) recorded the statement of Sungai Burong...