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Thursday, May 30

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‘I can’t explain why’: Does this dog dewormer cure cancer? These Facebook groups say yes. So does Joe Tippens

www.dailydot.com

Jamie Duke’s life as she knew it ended three and a half years ago. That’s when her doctor delivered the news that would change everything: She had breast cancer. Her mother had just passed away; now on top of the grief, she was terrified…

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Woman catfished by fake Gary Barlow on Facebook finally meets Take That star

Janet Smith spent a week thinking she was talking to the real singer, who she believed she'd added as a friend on Facebook

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Misleading COVID-19 headlines from mainstream sources did more harm on Facebook than fake news, study finds

phys.org

Since the rollout of the COVID-19 vaccine in 2021, fake news on social media has been widely blamed for low vaccine uptake in the United States—but research by MIT Sloan School of Management Ph.D. candidate Jennifer Allen and Professor…

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Woman was 'flattered' by 'Gary Barlow' on Facebook but there was a problem

Janet Smith believed she was talking to the Take That singer for a week after she added him as a friend on Facebook

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Facebook scheitert im Kampf gegen Desinformation

www.politico.eu

Das Briefing dazu, wie sich Entscheidungen in Brüssel auf Sie auswirken. Mit dem Wissen des größten Newsrooms der europäischen Hauptstadt. Im Browser anzeigen oder hier anhören von JÜRGEN KLÖCKNER Mit LAURA HÜLSEMANN und JULIUS BRINKMANN…

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Meta Rolls Out Its ‘Widely Viewed Content Report’ For Facebook And Here’s What Was Trending In Q4 Of 2023

Tech giant Meta just published its yearly ‘Widely Viewed Content Report’ for the Facebook app. This means we finally get to see what was trending on the platform during Q4 of last year. The report is designed to give the world an up-close…

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Meta Takes Action Against Israeli Company Using Hundreds Of Fake Facebook Accounts To Run Marketing Campaigns

Tech giant Meta is constantly faced with threats of fake accounts from all over the place and according to the company’s latest inauthentic behavior report, such ordeals continue to run high as we speak. Facebook’s parent firm just caught…

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A hysterectomy, an abandoned grocery cart, a secret Facebook identity. Karen Read obsession in three chapters.

www.bostonglobe.com

It’s dictating people’s lives. One person scheduled surgery to maximize trial-watching time. Another sweats through boot camp with his phone in front of his mat. The case has become “my entire personality,” said another.

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How the Integrity Institute, a nonprofit founded by two ex-Facebook staff to help tech companies create more welcoming spaces, lost control of its own culture (Paresh Dave/Wired)

www.techmeme.com

How the Integrity Institute, a nonprofit founded by two ex-Facebook staff to help tech companies create more welcoming spaces, lost control of its own culture — Two ex-Facebook employees founded the nonprofit Integrity Institute to clean…

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New UK law after July means Facebook and Google users could get payouts

Groups want big tech social media firms to pay up to £40m a year to reimburse customers after years of shouldering the cost of fraud.

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Meta removed hundreds of Facebook accounts linked to influence campaigns from China, Israel, Iran, and others, some of which used AI to generate disinformation (Aisha Counts/Bloomberg)

www.techmeme.com

Meta removed hundreds of Facebook accounts linked to influence campaigns from China, Israel, Iran, and others, some of which used AI to generate disinformation — Meta, the parent of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, has seen threat actors…

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Wednesday, May 29

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Social media influencer, Saida Boj banned from TikTok, Facebook over controversial comments on men

www.vanguardngr.com

“I don’t have time, life is stressful, if you’re talking to me for morning, I’m already billing you for evening, if you don’t have the money, then you go."

Hollywood Gossip Up, Referral Traffic Down in Facebook’s Latest Trending Content Report

The latest 'Widely Viewed Content Report' from Facebook shows that Hollywood gossip is a key focus in the app.

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Meta Takes Down 'Inauthentic' Accounts on Facebook, Instagram Linked to Israeli Firm

www.wsj.com

The network of accounts likely used generative AI tools to create text for comments left on posts from media publications and public figures, Meta said.

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Amarillo Facebook Groups Give Us All a Place to Vent

mix941kmxj.com

Amarillo is getting creative in ways that we get to address different concerns in our area. Thanks to good ol' social media we are getting our fair share of outlets to let it all out. Our social media groups are a way to share what could…

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South Africa: No, South African Billionaire Johann Rupert Not Touting Investments On Facebook - Cheapfake Video a Scam

allafrica.com

No, South African billionaire Johann Rupert not touting investments on Facebook - cheapfake video a scam