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Facebook to restrict political advertising for 2020 U.S. elections
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Alleged monopolistic practices open a new war front to Facebook in the U.S.
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U.S. government imposes $5 billion fine on Facebook
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Nevertheless, user activity on Facebook is increasing (according to Facebook’s own data)
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The trend ‘influencer’ could deflate with the new Instagram without ‘likes’
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Google and Facebook track the porn users see even when they use incognito browser...
Researchers at Microsoft, Carnegie Mellon University, and the University of Pennsylvania have discovered that Internet giants Facebook, Google, and Oracle track the porn their users see even when they...
Facebook adds a tracking code to photos so it can be tracked outside the...
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Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak urges users to delete their Facebook accounts
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