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PARIS (CNSNews.com) – Social media giants Facebook, Twitter and YouTube are facing threats of legal action here after three non-governmental organizations released a study showing that they often fail to remove material reported for spreading hatred in violation of French law. Between March 31 and May 10, the organizations identified
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Mark Zuckerberg and his massive social-media site Facebook have come under strong criticism for allegedly suppressing stories of interest for conservative readers from its influential "trending" news section. Facebook has roughly 1.6 billion users worldwide, 167 million of whom are in the United States. Its "trending&
WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Republicans on Tuesday demanded an explanation from Facebook after reports that former company staffers excluded links to conservative political stories. A senior Facebook executive said the company has found no evidence to back up the anonymous allegations. In a letter to chairman and chief executive Mark Zuckerberg,
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It's only fitting that Twitter should have listed "Former Facebook Workers" as trending, because Facebook initially did not. In fact, former Facebook workers say that the social media giant's managers instruct online curators to manipulate news feeds and trending lists to cut or leave
WASHINGTON (AP) — Trust in the news media is being eroded by perceptions of inaccuracy and bias, fueled in part by Americans' skepticism about what they read on social media. Just 6 percent of people say they have a lot of confidence in the media, putting the news industry about
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When you think tech innovation and invention, Silicon Valley and the City by the Bay may be the first cities that come to mind. But some of the most life-changing inventions and innovations were born right here in the Bay State. Here's a list of some of Greater
When my digital media students are sitting, waiting for class to start and staring at their phones, they are not checking Facebook. They're not checking Instagram, or Pinterest or Twitter. No, they're catching up on the news of the day by checking out their friends'
WEST POINT – Last fall, 16 West Point cadets — none of them Muslim — signed up for an elective on counterterrorism and created a Facebook page to appeal to young Muslims thinking about joining the so-called Islamic State. The cadets aimed to persuade those tempted by the terrorist cause to see "
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