A 4-year-old boy has died from the Flu in Colorado after his mother refused to follow doctors’ advice, instead opting to follow tips she picked up from an anti-vaccination Facebook group. According to NBC News, the mother of the boy posted in a Facebook group — called “Stop Mandatory Vaccination” …
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Jada Pinkett Smith’s ‘Red Table Talk’ Renewed Through 2022 for Facebook; Gloria Estefán Spin-Off On The Way
written by: @Samaya.Rn 2020 is already looking to be a great look for legendary actress, Jada Pinkett Smith, as it was recently reported that Facebook Watch will be renewing her hit series, ”Red Table Talk.” The show features Jada Pinkett Smith, her mom Adrienne Banfield-Norris and daughter, Willow Smith, discussing …
Read More »Facebook Will Air A 60-Second Ad During The Super Bowl For The First Time Ever; Chris Rock and Sylvester Stallone Set To Star
Super Bowl LIV is coming in February, which means it’s almost time for everyone’s favorite part of the big event, the commercials. For the first time ever, social media giant Facebook will air a 60-second ad during this year’s Super Bowl. The commercial is set to star Sylvester Stallone and …
Read More »Steve Harvey’s Talk Show Is Making a Comeback On Facebook Watch
Steve Harvey’s namesake talk show that was suddenly canceled earlier this year and replaced by Kelly Clarkson’s daytime show has found a new home on Facebook Watch. The newly titled “Steve on Watch,” set to premiere on January 6th, has gone into production with episodes already being filmed in Atlanta …
Read More »Man Fatally Shoots His Sister on Thanksgiving After She Unfriended Him on Facebook
By – @cakedupdrippedout A family in Alaska has been left devastated in the wake of a deadly Thanksgiving shooting that left a 23-year old woman dead and her older brother charged with her murder. The Anchorage Police Department arrested 27-year-old Moses Tony Crowe last week after he allegedly shot his …
Read More »Facebook Will Allow Nonprofit Organizations to Have A Donate Button on Instagram
Facebook has announced it’s launching three new product features to increase fundraising across its platforms: a new Instagram donation button, a fundraising sticker in Facebook, and the feature rollout of fundraising on Facebook’s gaming live streams. According to the Verge, the Instagram button might be the change that generates the …
Read More »Facebook Sues Cybersecurity Company Claiming It Hacked WhatsApp
Social media giant Facebook is suing the Israeli cybersecurity company NSO Group over claims that it hacked WhatsApp earlier this year. On Tuesday, Facebook filed a complaint alleging that NSO Group used WhatsApp servers to spread malware to 1,400 mobile phones in an attempt to target journalists, diplomats, human rights …
Read More »The Great Hack: Facebook Agrees To Pay $644k Fine Over Cambridge Analytica Data Scandal, Denies Liability
Facebook has agreed to pay up to a £500,000 ($644,000) fine, which was issued by the UK Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), following last year’s Cambridge Analytica data breaching scandal. Although Facebook agreed to pay the fine, they have made no admission of liability over the mishandling of user data. Facebook …
Read More »New York Judge Barred From Bench After Posting A Noose On Facebook With “Make America Great Again” Caption
A municipal judge from New York has resigned and been permanently barred from the judicial office after posting an image to Facebook of a noose and a caption that read “Make America Great Again.” Kyle Canning, a 29-year-old judge from Altona, New York posted the picture in February of 2018 …
Read More »Most Popular Period Tracker Apps Are Sharing Extremely Sensitive Data With Facebook
New research has found that some period tracker apps are sharing nearly millions of women’s sensitive data with Facebook. According to Buzzfeed, UK-based advocacy group Privacy International discovered period-tracking apps, including MIA Fem and Maya, had sent women’s use of contraception, the timings of their monthly periods, symptoms like swelling …
Read More »Facebook Admits To Listening To Users’ Audio Messages
#Facebook has admitted it has listened to audio messages that users’ send to one another, claiming it was an effort to improve its voice recognition systems. Facebook’s security breach stories just keep on coming, as the social network just revealed it paid contractors to transcribe audio messages sent between users. …
Read More »Facebook Ordered To Pay $5 Billion Penalty For Privacy Breach
Social media conglomerate Facebook will have to pay a $5 billion settlement, according to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), for “deceptive disclosures and settings” that eroded user privacy and violated a prior agreement signed with the commission in 2012. Facebook agreed to the settlement, putting to rest several years of …
Read More »Two Louisiana Police Officers Fired For Facebook Post Suggesting Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Should Be Shot
Two Gretna, Louisiana police officers have been fired after one made a Facebook post suggesting Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez should be shot, and the other officer “liked” it. Officer Charles Rispoli wrote in the post last week that the Ocasio-Cortez is a “vile idiot” who “needs a round … and I …
Read More »Facebook Group Threatening To Storm Area 51 May Be “Met With Force” By The Air Force
Over one million people have signed up for a fake Facebook event, calling on users to meet at Area 51 in Nevada on September 20 with the plan to raid the secure Air Force training base and “see them, aliens.” The page says, “If we Naruto run, we can move …
Read More »Facebook To Launch Its Own Cryptocurrency Called Libra
Facebook is getting ready to launch its own form of currency. On Tuesday, the social network released its plan to create a new digital currency, which would be similar to Bitcoin and be available globally. The currency would also push more e-commerce on its services and boost ads on its …
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