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Facebook Offers First-Time Rule Violators a Way To Avoid Penalties

Those committing lesser rule violations will have an opportunity to complete in-app training to learn from what could be an honest mistake.

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Meta says Facebook creators who violate Community Standards for the first time will be given the option to take a training course to remove their warning (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)

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Meta says Facebook creators who violate Community Standards for the first time will be given the option to take a training course to remove their warning — Facebook creators are being given a new option that will help them avoid jail —…

'I lost my whole world because an HGV driver couldn't stay off Facebook'

"He came to the door and I knew Joe was dead, he didn't need to tell me, I could see it in his face"

Facebook parent Meta raises $10.5 billion in bond deal as borrowers tentatively return to market

www.marketwatch.com

Monday’s stock market rout and Treasury rally kept issuers on the sidelines.

Facebook Parent Meta to Downsize NoVA Office by 51K SF

It appears some cracks are forming in the armor of BXP’s much-lauded Reston Town Center project. Facebook’s parent company Meta is set to relinquish slightly more than two-thirds of its office space at the sprawling mixed-use district in…

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Facebook will let creators remove account warnings if they complete ‘educational training’

www.engadget.com

Meta is making it a little easier for creators to avoid the dreaded “Facebook jail.” The company announced a new policy that will allow people with professional accounts to complete in-app “educational training” in order to avoid a strike…

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Facebook creators have a new way to avoid ‘jail’

techcrunch.com

Facebook creators are being given a new option that will help them avoid jail — “Facebook jail,” that is — upon their first violation, and at various times after. In a revised policy, announced on Wednesday, social networking giant Meta…

I got a phone call I never expected after a post was shared on Facebook

Brian said he had forgotten about what happened until he received a phone call

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Facebook, Telegram and X users who incite rioters could face terror charges

inews.co.uk

Director of Public Prosecutions confirms one case of alleged terrorism is 'actively under consideration', but says no one has yet been charged under terror laws.

Kenya: Exposing Three Facebook Pages Impersonating Well-Known Kenyan Steel Manufacturer Mabati Rolling Mills

allafrica.com

IN SHORT: These three Facebook pages using the name of Mabati Rolling Mills, a popular steel manufacturer in Kenya, are out to scam you. Don't fall for their discounted products.

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Facebook’s Twisted Incentives Created Its AI Slop Era

gizmodo.com

The social media giant's Creator Bonus Program has created a world where AI-generated spam is a business.

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Far-right yobs planning 11 MORE riots in secret Facebook groups so cops’ ‘can’t catch on’ after week of chaos

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FAR-RIGHT yobs are planning 11 MORE riots in secret Facebook groups so cops’ “can’t catch on” after a week of chaos, The Sun can reveal.

Far-right yobs planning 11 MORE riots in secret Facebook groups so cops’ ‘can’t catch on’ after week of chaos

FAR-RIGHT yobs are planning 11 MORE riots in secret Facebook groups so cops’ “can’t catch on” after a week of chaos, The Sun can reveal.

Far-right yobs planning 11 MORE riots in secret Facebook groups so cops’ ‘can’t catch on’ after week of chaos

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FAR-RIGHT yobs are planning 11 MORE riots in secret Facebook groups so cops’ “can’t catch on” after a week of chaos, The Sun can reveal.

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'Single' Wrexham mum's £81k DWP benefit fraud exposed after wedding photos found on Facebook

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Charlene Brindley, from Wrexham, sentenced after claiming to be a lone parent and received income support, working and child tax credits, employment support allowance and housing benefit

I bought an old caravan off Facebook Marketplace and made it chic using £1.67 Temu bargains & DIY

HAVING a caravan may seem like a luxury to many people, but there can be ways of doing it cheaply.

I bought an old caravan off Facebook Marketplace and made it chic using £1.67 Temu bargains & DIY

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HAVING a caravan may seem like a luxury to many people, but there can be ways of doing it cheaply.

I bought an old caravan off Facebook Marketplace and made it chic using £1.67 Temu bargains & DIY

www.thesun.co.uk

HAVING a caravan may seem like a luxury to many people, but there can be ways of doing it cheaply.

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Facebook Feeds Are Being Bombarded With Strange AI Images

The world of AI continues to dominate and while that might be great news for the tech world, users are facing some unwanted repercussions. Newsfeeds on Facebook keep getting bombarded with the most bizarre pictures made with AI. To help…

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Facebook found to be promoting AI spam pages: Report

www.thehindu.com

From the comments made under these posts it would appear that most users exposed to such images had no clue about the usage of AI image generation tools