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Facebook removes accounts advertising stolen identities

Reuters
Posted at Apr 25 05:54 AM

Facebook Inc. has removed a number of accounts and pages that advertised and sold social security numbers, addresses, phone numbers, and alleged credit card numbers of dozens of people. Read more »

Facebook unveils appeal process for when it removes posts

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Apr 24 08:22 PM

The new appeal process will first focus on posts remove on the basis of nudity, sex, hate speech or graphic violence. Read more »

Albayalde threatens Facebook bashers with insubordination raps

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 24 11:31 AM

MANILA - Police officers who openly criticize the Philippine National Police chief on Facebook could face insubordination charges, PNP chief Director General Oscar Albayalde said Tuesday.  Read more »

Binatilyong nagbantang ipapakalat ang scandal ng dating nobya, tiklo

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 24 04:02 AM

DIPOLOG CITY, Zamboanga del Norte - Arestado ang isang binatilyo matapos umano niyang pagbantaan ang dating nobya na ipapakalat ang pribadong video nito sa social media. Read more »

PNP chief, nagbabala sa mga pulis na reklamador sa social media

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 24 12:38 AM

Bilang bagong Philippine National Police (PNP) chief, paiigtingin ni Director General Oscar Albayalde ang pagdisiplina sa PNP. Read more »

Facebook sued over 'scam' ads

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Apr 23 11:11 PM

A personal finance expert who appears regularly on British television launched legal action on Monday against Facebook, claiming it had published more than 50 fake posts bearing his name last year. Read more »

Facebook rejects Australia media calls for regulation

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Apr 23 04:47 PM

Tech giant Facebook has opposed calls by Australian media companies for digital platforms to be regulated, amid an inquiry into their impact on competition in news and advertising markets. Read more »

Professor defends role in Cambridge Analytica data scandal

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Apr 23 03:31 PM

WASHINGTON - The psychologist behind an app that harvested data from up to 87 million Facebook users defended his role in the scandal Sunday, saying he "never heard a word" of opposition from the social media giant. Read more »

Surge in anonymous Asia Twitter accounts sparks bot fears

Jerome Taylor and Joe Freeman, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Apr 22 12:19 PM

It has been being jokingly referred to as "Botmageddon". But a surge in new, anonymous Twitter accounts across swathes of Southeast and East Asia has deepened fears the region is in the throes of US-style mass social media manipulation. Read more »

Indonesia demands more answers from Facebook on data misuse

Cindy Silviana, Reuters
Posted at Apr 20 03:11 PM

JAKARTA - Indonesia has given Facebook a week to provide more information on how personal data of about one million of its citizens was misused and on the steps the company is taking to prevent such breaches, the country's communications ministry said. Read more »

OPINION: Fact-checkers do not delete, block Facebook posts

Ellen T. Tordesillas
Posted at Apr 20 01:25 PM

For Facebook users to understand about Facebook’s 3rd party fact-checking program in the Philippines, VERA Files prepared a Q and A. I hope this helps. Read more »

'Smartphones, nakasisira ng relasyon'

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 17 09:37 PM

May mga pagkakataon kasing kahit pisikal na magkasama ang magkarelasyon, mas nakatutok pa rin sila sa kani-kanilang smartphones, ayon sa isang relationship expert.   Read more »

'How about helping the poor?' Judy Ann's classy response has follower saying sorry

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Apr 18 03:54 AM

Judy Ann Santos doesn't usually reply to so-called "bashers," but when one follower became critical of her after she posted a photo of her new luxury clutch bag, the actress felt the need to set things straight -- in the classiest way. Read more »

'No excuses': Robredo says sorry for posing in Holocaust Memorial

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 17 11:39 AM

Vice President Leni Robredo apologized on Tuesday after drawing flak for posing for a photo at a memorial for millions of genocide victims under Nazi Germany. Read more »

Robredo, LP solons under fire for Holocaust Memorial photo

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 17 07:39 AM

MANILA - Vice President Leni Robredo and fellow Liberal Party stalwarts have drawn flak for posing for a photo at a memorial for millions of genocide victims under Nazi Germany.  Read more »

Palasyo, umalma sa piniling fact-checkers ng Facebook

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 17 03:19 AM

Pinaboran ng ilan ang partnership ng Facebook at 2 media groups para sa fact-checking kontra "fake news." Read more »

Uber, tigil-operasyon na sa Pilipinas

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 17 03:16 AM

Tigil-operasyon na ang Uber sa Pilipinas simula ngayong araw. Read more »

Ilang Pinoy website, naka-block sa Facebook; mamamahayag tinawag itong 'sensura'

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 15 07:40 PM

Naka-block na sa Facebook ang ilang Pinoy website na umano'y nagkakalat ng maling impormasyon. Tinawag naman itong "censorship" o sensura ng isang tech journalist. Read more »

Chinese urged to boycott US firms, but Big Mac fans unconvinced

Poornima Weerasekara, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Apr 15 08:37 AM

The messages began to pop up on Chinese social media as the trade spat with the United States sizzled, urging people to boycott McDonald's and other American firms to "defend the economic Great Wall".  Read more »

Tech dream still alive at TED gathering despite Facebook debacle

Glenn Chapman, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Apr 14 09:58 AM

But even if the dream has been shaken, it is not broken, according to many of those attending the week-long deep-thinker conference. Read more »