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Monday, Jun 1

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SWAT-Style Raid Ends Armed Facebook Marketplace Shoe Robbery In Bethlehem: Police

dailyvoice.com

A Facebook Marketplace sale of $1,000 worth of athletic shoes ended with two men accused of robbing juvenile sellers at gunpoint before a SWAT-style raid led to their arrests in Bethlehem, police announced Monday, June 1.

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Facebook whistle-blower sits in silence in panel discussion about her tell-all book

www.bbc.co.uk

Sarah Wynn-Williams can't promote her tell-all memoir about Facebook due to ongoing court action.

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Facebook whistleblower forced to sit in silence onstage during Hay Festival talk after Meta injunction

Sarah Wynn-Williams wrote the bestselling memoir ‘Careless People: A Cautionary Tale of Power, Greed, and Lost Idealism’, detailing her seven years working for the tech giant

Sunday, May 31

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Meta legal action forces Facebook whistleblower to sit in silence at Hay festival

www.theguardian.com

Sarah Wynn-Williams did not speak during event after lawyers warned of possible sanctions from tech firm

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Facebook and Instagram owner facing multi-billion legal action over scam adverts

www.express.co.uk

Campaigners acting on behalf of fraud victims bring group legal action amid claims social media platforms enable scammers

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Dad-of-four loses £140,000 in cryptocurrency scam after seeing deepfake Martin Lewis video on Facebook

www.mirror.co.uk

Dad-of-four Wayne Luxon said he went to a 'dark place' after losing £140,000 in a cryptocurrency scam, which he had seen advertised on Facebook with a fake video showing an AI-generated Martin Lewis

Saturday, May 30

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Facebook Marketplace sellers threatened with weapons by criminals posing as buyers

www.examinerlive.co.uk

Police said offenders have been targeting people selling e-bikes, quad bikes, and motorbikes

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TikTok, Snapchat and Facebook led these people to a prison cell

This Week in Court: A nan learned a salutary lesson when she was sent back to prison for liking two videos on social media

Friday, May 29

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Police nab suspect over N5.7 million Facebook fraud, identity theft

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The suspect was traced to Katsina State where he was arrested.

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Genius Facebook Marketplace sellers use AI models to sell products no one wants

www.dexerto.com

Sellers on Facebook Marketplace are going viral for using AI models to draw attention to products that no one seemed to care about.

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How Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp pump $820 m into Nigeria’s economy yearly

www.vanguardngr.com

By Prince OsuagwuTo the ordinary Nigerian, Facebook, Whatsapp and Instagram are all social media platforms.They are best for social networking and instant messaging. But the Meta Platforms are far more than that to the Nigerian economy.…

A message to Bury Times readers about continued hateful comments on our Facebook

www.burytimes.co.uk

Bury Times News Editor Andrew Topping has again written to readers about the levels of racist, Islamophobic and antisemitic comments appearing online.

As a recent college graduate, I knew I'd have to do more than just send out my résumé. I found my first job from a Facebook post.

I saw a post in a Facebook group where a real estate agent was asking for administrative help. I got the job because we connected over the phone.

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Meta Begins Paid Subscription Plans for Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp Users

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Meta Platforms has launched subscription-based plans for users of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp globally, marking a significant shift in the company’s business strategy as it seeks to diversify revenue sources beyond digital advertising…

Thursday, May 28

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$3K Facebook Marketplace Flip Lands Albany Man Behind Bars, Cops Say

dailyvoice.com

A New York man accused of stealing a trailer and then selling it on Facebook Marketplace has been arrested, state police announced Thursday, May 28.

Meta Copies Snapchat’s Homework Again With ‘Plus’ Features for Instagram and Facebook

www.wired.com

Meta’s upcoming Instagram Plus and Facebook Plus subscriptions are the latest example of the company seeing what works elsewhere and mimicking it.

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Lubbock Police Roast Alleged Road Rager On Facebook

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Imagine a road rage story that’s both funny and a little scary—Lubbock drivers are in for a wake-up call. Continue reading…

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Meta asks users to pay for WhatsApp, Instagram and Facebook

www.independent.co.uk

Users asked to pay monthly fee for extra features

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New £3.99 charge for Facebook and Instagram Plus to be introduced

www.ladbible.com

The new 'Plus' subscription tiers will be for Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp

Meta Adds Paid Subscription Tiers Across Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp

www.techrepublic.com

Meta is launching paid tiers for Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp while testing new AI, creator, and business subscriptions.