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Following the $5 billion FTC settlement

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A thief stole unencrypted hard drives filled with 29,000 Facebook employees’ information

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The fight over encrypted messaging is just beginning

Facebook tells US attorney general it won’t remove encryption from its messaging apps

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Singapore’s fake news law should be a warning to American lawmakers

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Facebook’s new tool lets you transfer pictures to Google Photos

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TikTok’s teen stars want money — and marketers are starting to catch on

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Facebook launches new market research app after shutting down its controversial VPN service

Facebook and Twitter data was exposed to developers through app store bug

Facebook is building an Instagram-style Close Friends feature

‘The time is now to have a federal privacy bill,’ says Tim Cook

“I’m not a fan of regulation in general”

Facebook brings Stories to Facebook Dating

Facebook and Google surveillance is an ‘assault on privacy,’ says Amnesty International

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Bot campaign on Twitter fuels confusion about Bolivian unrest

Oculus Link is out in beta now, so you can plug a Quest into your PC to play Rift games

Social networks have been weaponized for the impeachment hearings

Facebook will let nonprofits include a donate button on their Instagram profiles

Instagram’s test to hide like counts expands to the US and across the globe