Why Ian McKellen Says Using Facebook Is Like Coming Out Of The Closet

One big difference between Ian McKellen and his “Mr. Holmes” co-star Laura Linney is that while Linney doesn’t use social media, McKellen has developed quite the online presence — and it reminds him of coming out of the closet. “[On Facebook] a lot of people follow things that I do and want to talk about, so I feel I’ve gotten

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This Social Network You’ve Never Heard Of Has Nearly 1 Million Users, Its CEO Says

A new social network that uses a points-based system to encourage people to interact with content is closing in on 1 million registered users since it launched earlier this month, according to the company’s CEO. “We’ve been around for a week. We are already serving significant impressions,” said Bill Ottman, the founder and CEO of Minds, in an interview last

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House Rep Says Congress Uses Tech Like The DMV, But Should Be Like Uber

Interacting with Congress has more in common with going to the DMV than opening an Uber app. Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-Wa.) thinks that’s a problem. The chair of the House Republican Conference told the 2015 Personal Democracy Forum in New York City on Friday that the Congress of the future will embrace technology the same way the private sector

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Facebook Study Says Users Control What They See, But Critics Disagree

In the end, the slant of the news you see may be the slant of the news you seek. Even if most Facebook users still don’t know that their news feeds are filtered by an algorithm, they may have more influence over their feeds than they realize. That was the finding of a controversial peer-reviewed study published in Science Magazine

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Facebook Says It Needs Your Help To Root Out Offensive Posts

Upset by something you see on Facebook? The social media giant really, really wants you to report it. The social network on Sunday updated guidelines to its community standards, clarifying which types of content are inappropriate for the platform while emphasizing the need for users to report offensive posts. These guidelines underscore the difficulty of policing a network of over

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