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How tech taxes became world’s hottest economic debate

Jim Tankersley, The New York Times
Posted at Jan 24 08:42 AM

The fight pits traditional allies against each other, with European countries like France, Italy and Britain clashing with the US over their plans to impose new taxes on digital services provided by companies like Amazon and Google. Read more »

Majestic! Juvenile Philippine eagle spotted in Mt. Apo

Hernel Tocmo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 23 03:17 PM

DAVAO CITY - A juvenile Philippine Eagle was recently spotted perched on a tree in the forest of the country's highest peak, Mt. Apo. Read more »

Bangko Sentral warns public vs fake Facebook account, bank note designs

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 23 07:35 PM

The BSP made the warning after a picture of supposedly new banknote designs began circulating online after being posted by a fake central bank Facebook page.  Read more »

France, US move towards temporary truce in trade war

Liz Alderman, Jim Tankersley and Ana Swanson, The New York Times
Posted at Jan 22 11:41 AM

The apparent détente emerged after Macron and President Donald Trump agreed in a phone call late Sunday to grant more time for negotiations over a global solution to taxing Amazon, Facebook and other digital companies. Read more »

Iniiwasan ng anak sa social media? Eksperto may mga payo

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 21 05:55 PM

Sa takot, minsang nagpapasya ang ilang anak na layuan ang kanilang mga magulang sa social media.  Read more »

IT happens: Facebook sorry for Xi Jinping's name gaffe

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 19 08:04 AM

Facebook apologized Saturday for a distasteful mistranslation of Chinese President Xi Jinping's name from Burmese language posts during his much-touted visit to Myanmar.  Read more »

Pakistan says Facebook to help in fight against polio

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 17 03:04 AM

Pakistan says Facebook will help the country in its fight against polio after authorities blamed anti-vaccine content posted last year on the social network site for a leap in the number of cases. Read more »

Mark Hamill quits Facebook over dishonest political ads

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 14 10:48 AM

SAN FRANCISCO - Mark Hamill, the actor famous for legendary "Star Wars" film character Luke Skywalker, has quit Facebook for its refusal to require political ads to be honest. Read more »

Facebook's stock hits record high after extended historic slump

Noel Randewich, Reuters
Posted at Jan 12 07:43 AM

Shares of Facebook, which have been doggedly crawling their way back from a historic slump after lapses in users’ privacy sparked fears of lower profits, on Friday struck an intra-day record high for the first time in over a year.   Read more »

Facebook keeps policy protecting political ads

Mike Isaac and Cecilia Kang, The New York Times
Posted at Jan 10 08:50 AM

The stance put Facebook, the most important digital platform for political ads, at odds with some of the other large tech companies, which have begun to put new limits on political ads. Read more »

Trump ad blitz follows killing of Iranian general

Nick Corasaniti, The New York Times
Posted at Jan 08 12:10 PM

On Thursday, President Donald Trump ordered a drone strike that killed Gen. Qassem Soleimani, the powerful Iranian military commander. By Monday, the Trump campaign was running ads on Facebook touting the general’s death. Read more »

Don't tilt scales against Trump, Facebook executive warns

Kevin Roose, Sheera Frenkel and Mike Isaac, The New York Times
Posted at Jan 08 09:46 AM

According to a memo obtained by The New York Times, a longtime Facebook executive told employees that the company had a moral duty not to tilt the scales against Donald Trump as he seeks reelection. Read more »

Facebook defies China headwinds with new ad sales push

Paresh Dave and Katie Paul, Reuters
Posted at Jan 07 08:04 PM

Facebook is setting up a new engineering team in Singapore to focus on its lucrative China advertising business, even as chief executive Mark Zuckerberg ramps up criticism of a country that blocks the social network. Read more »

Facebook bans 'misleading' manipulated media

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 07 07:41 PM

Facebook would begin removing "deepfakes" or "misleading manipulated media." Read more »

Trump says Zuckerberg told him he's Facebook's 'number one'

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 07 07:44 AM

President Donald Trump boasted Monday that Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg told him at dinner he is "number one" on the global social media platform.  Read more »

Reposts, retweets, revolutions: How social media sparked change in 2010s

ABS-CBN News Social Media Team
Posted at Jan 03 02:32 AM

Here are some events internationally and locally in the past decade, in which social media played a vital role in initiating sweeping social change. Read more »

Like, share, retweet: A decade of social media

ABS-CBN News Social Media Team
Updated as of Jan 01 06:03 PM

Even though many social networking sites started in the 2000s, social media only effectively embedded itself into our daily lives in the past 10 years.  Read more »

Facebook removes misleading HIV drug ads after outcry

Matthew Lavietes, Reuters
Posted at Dec 31 03:19 AM

NEW YORK - Facebook said on Monday it had removed some ads that contained misleading information about human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) prevention drugs following an outcry from activists, health experts and US lawmakers. Read more »

My core self vs my curated self, and the decade we spent on Facebook

Mookie Katigbak-Lacuesta
Posted at Dec 30 06:25 PM

If there’s anything that’s happened in the last decade, it can be claimed that at least one generation lost itself, while another found itself. Read more »

2019 Yearender: Tech -- Third telco, 5G loom as iPhone goes 'Pro'

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 26 08:51 PM

The world was on the cusp of the "internet of things" with telecommunications firms and smartphone makers racing to adopt the new mobile standard, 5G. Read more »