David Ingram
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Facebook: Russian agents created 129 U.S. election eventsJanuary 26, 2018
WASHINGTON/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Facebook Inc said Russian agents created 129 events on the social media network during the 2016 U.S. election campaign, according to testimony to Congress,...
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Facebook buys Boston software company that authenticates IDsJanuary 23, 2018
NEW YORK/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Facebook Inc is buying a software firm that specializes in authenticating government-issued identification cards, the two companies said on Tuesday, a step that...
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Facebook says it can't guarantee social media is good for democracyJanuary 22, 2018
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Facebook Inc warned on Monday that it could offer no assurance that social media was on balance good for democracy, but the company said it was trying what it could to stop...
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Facebook to prioritize 'trustworthy' news based on surveysJanuary 20, 2018
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Facebook Inc will prioritize "trustworthy" news in its feed of social media posts, using member surveys to identify high-quality outlets and fight sensationalism and...
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WhatsApp inches closer to revenue plan with accounts for businessesJanuary 18, 2018
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Messaging application WhatsApp said on Thursday that it would begin allowing business accounts for the first time, a step that brings the free service closer to a plan that...
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Facebook widens probe into alleged Russian meddling in BrexitJanuary 17, 2018
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Facebook Inc said on Wednesday it would conduct a new, comprehensive search of its records for possible propaganda that Russian operatives may have spread during the run-up...
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Facebook changes News Feed, investors click on 'sad'January 12, 2018
(Reuters) - Shares of Facebook Inc fell more than 4 percent on Friday and were on track for their worst session in more than three months after Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg announced changes that...
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Facebook to emphasize friends, not news, in series of changesJanuary 12, 2018
SAN FRANCISCO/LONDON (Reuters) - Facebook Inc on Thursday began to change the way it filters posts and videos on its centerpiece News Feed, the start of what Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg said...
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Ex-Google engineer fired over gender memo sues for discriminationJanuary 8, 2018
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A former Google engineer fired after he asserted in a memo that biological causes were behind tech industry gender inequality sued his former employer on Monday, saying he...
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Twitter says world leaders like Trump have special statusJanuary 5, 2018
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Twitter Inc on Friday reiterated its stance that accounts belonging to world leaders have special status on the social media network, pushing back against users who have...
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CEO Zuckerberg sets 2018 goal: 'fix' FacebookJanuary 4, 2018
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Facebook Inc Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg said on Thursday his goal for 2018 was to put the business he co-founded on a more solid footing, a break with his longstanding...
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Facebook to notify users when photos of them are uploadedDecember 19, 2017
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Facebook Inc said on Tuesday it would begin using facial recognition technology to tell people on the social network when others upload photos of them, if they agree to let...