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Colonialism Comment Puts Facebook Under Scrutiny

6:37pm February 12, 2016

by Aarti Shahani

A Facebook board member lambasted a decision by regulators in India, the social network's second-largest market. He thereby sparked new scrutiny of Facebook's intentions in that country.

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Members of Indian Youth Congress — a wing of the National Congress party — and National Students Union of India protest for Internet freedom in April 2015 in New Delhi.

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Should India's Internet Be Free Of Charge, Or Free Of Control?

9:10am February 11, 2016

by Julie McCarthy

Facebook's free Internet service was banned in India on the basis of net neutrality this week. Internet providers, regulators say, should not be allowed "to shape the users' Internet experience."

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Twitter Tries A New Kind Of Timeline By Predicting What May Interest You

2:06pm February 10, 2016

by Alina Selyukh

Twitter has struggled to attract new users. Its latest effort at rejuvenation is a new kind of timeline that predicts which older posts you might not want to miss and displays them on top.

How To Get Dads To Take Parental Leave? Seeing Other Dads Do It

12:05pm February 08, 2016

by Dianna Douglas

Social scientists see long-term benefits to new dads spending a few months caring for a baby. But these studies won't nudge fathers to take leave if they still see a work culture that frowns on it.

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Facebook's policy change means individual users will no longer be able to arrange gun sales on the site. Licensed retailers will not be affected.

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Facebook Announces Ban On Private Gun Sales

1:53pm January 30, 2016

The company, which has set limits on the arrangement of private gun sales since 2014, will now prohibit posts about such sales on Facebook and Instagram. Licensed dealers will not be affected.

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Triad Teen Turns Passion For Weather Into Social Media Following

6:06pm January 19, 2016

by Keri Brown

One of the Triad's favorite weather forecasters isn't on TV or the radio. In fact, he's exclusively online. And still in high school.

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Politics & Government

PAC Supporting Christie Scoops Up Voter Data Across New Hampshire

2:27pm December 16, 2015

by Scott Detrow

A political action committee backing Chris Christie is using mobile check-ins at campaign events for all GOP candidates, gathering data that one strategist calls a "building block" of modern politics.

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Politics & Government

#MemeOfTheWeek: French Flags On Facebook

7:03am November 21, 2015

In the aftermath of the Paris attacks, what could have been a unifying symbol of grief online turned out to be anything but.

The social networking site's ads are becoming increasingly sophisticated at targeting users based on their political affiliations.

Like It Or Not, Political Campaigns Are Using Facebook To Target You

1:59pm October 26, 2015

by Scott Detrow

If you're seeing a political ad in your Facebook feed, there's probably a very specific reason that candidate is interested in you.

This video grab made on early September shows a Hungarian TV camerawoman kicking a child as she runs with other migrants from a police line during disturbances at Röszke, southern Hungary.

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Camerawoman Who Was Fired For Kicking Migrants To Sue Facebook

1:30pm October 21, 2015

by Brakkton Booker

Petra Laszlo told a Russian newspaper she plans to sue Facebook for allegedly failing to take down threatening and negative pages on the social media site.