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EghtesadOnline: Live streaming, made famous by such apps as Periscope, Instagram and Facebook is becoming an increasingly popular way for people to share their life with followers and friends.
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Publish Date:17/May/2017 | 09:39

Instagram Copies Snapchat Again, This Time With Fun Face Masks

EghtesadOnline: Instagram’s copying was already a serious threat to Snap Inc. Now Facebook Inc.’s photo-sharing application is adding another signature Snapchat feature: the ability for people to digitally add animal ears and flower crowns to their selfies.
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Publish Date:17/May/2017 | 07:06

Facebook 's virtual reality unit Oculus shutters film studio

EghtesadOnline: Facebook Inc's virtual reality content production unit, Oculus' Story Studio, is shuttering its doors to shift focus on supporting external content makers, the company said on Thursday, two years after the in-house studio launched.
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Publish Date:05/May/2017 | 06:20

Families of San Bernardino shooting sue Facebook , Google, Twitter

EghtesadOnline: Family members of three victims of the December 2015 shooting rampage in San Bernardino, California, have sued Facebook , Google and Twitter, claiming that the companies permitted Islamic State to flourish on social media.
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Publish Date:05/May/2017 | 06:04

Facebook shareholders propose reports on 'fake news', pay equality

EghtesadOnline: Shareholders have proposed that Facebook Inc prepare a report on the threat to democracy and free speech from so-called fake news spread on the social media forum, and the dangers it may pose to the company itself, according to a proxy filing made on Friday.
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Publish Date:16/April/2017 | 04:20

Chicago teen arrested in Facebook Live sex assault, others sought

EghtesadOnline: Chicago police have arrested a 14-year-old boy and expect to charge a second youth in connection with the sexual assault of a teenage girl by multiple young men that was seen on Facebook Live in March, officials said on Sunday.
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Publish Date:03/April/2017 | 04:43

Twitter advertising revenue falls, shares drop more than 10 percent

EghtesadOnline: Twitter Inc posted the slowest revenue growth since it went public four years ago, sending shares down more than 10 percent on Thursday on fears that rivals Snapchat and Facebook Inc were winning the war for advertising.
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Publish Date:10/February/2017 | 24:49

Merkel Coalition Seeks to Punish Social Media for Hate Speech

EghtesadOnline: Chancellor Angela Merkel’s government plans to fine social media networks such as Facebook Inc. and Twitter Inc. if they fail to combat hate speech, as German officials accuse media companies of being too slow to take action.
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Publish Date:14/January/2017 | 14:43

Facebook Safety Alerts Like Bangkok to Be Triggered More Often

EghtesadOnline: Facebook Inc. said it wasn’t a mistake to tell people in Bangkok to mark themselves as safe after the report of a small bomb explosion. It’s an example of how much more common the social network’s “safety check” alerts are going to become.
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Publish Date:29/December/2016 | 18:45

German courts should go after fake news on Facebook now: minister

EghtesadOnline: German judges and state prosecutors need to crack down straight away on fake news disseminated through social media platforms such as Facebook , Germany's Justice Minister Heiko Maas said in an interview published on Sunday.
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Publish Date:18/December/2016 | 17:24

Facebook underreported iPhone traffic for some publishers

EghtesadOnline: Facebook Inc said it had underreported the number of views on iPhone of content published by some publishers using its Instant Articles platform between Sept. 20 and Nov. 30.
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Publish Date:17/December/2016 | 08:24

Top tech executives to attend Trump summit on Wednesday: Recode

EghtesadOnline: Top executives from Alphabet Inc, Apple Inc and Facebook Inc are among a small group of tech leaders invited to a summit to be held on Wednesday by U.S. President-elect Donald Trump, Recode reported, citing sources.
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Publish Date:12/December/2016 | 05:34

Facebook 's Zuckerberg discloses steps to fight fake news

EghtesadOnline: Facebook Inc, facing withering criticism for failing to stem a flood of phony news articles in the run-up to the U.S. presidential election, is taking a series of steps to weed out hoaxes and other types of false information, chief executive Mark Zuckerberg said in a Facebook post Friday evening.
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Publish Date:20/November/2016 | 07:36

Peter Thiel Said to Join Trump’s Presidential Transition Team

EghtesadOnline: Venture capitalist Peter Thiel will join President-Elect Donald Trump’s transition team, a move that solidifies the Facebook Inc. board member’s power and could help Silicon Valley have a say in the next administration.
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Publish Date:12/November/2016 | 08:02
Former employees of both companies are grappling with Facebook's and Twitter's role as a news filter.

Facebook and Twitter Contend With Their Role in Trump's Victory

EghtesadOnline: America just endured its first presidential election in which the majority of the electorate got its news from social media. And the outcome is already prompting soul searching by the companies that shaped it.
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Publish Date:10/November/2016 | 24:01