How To Get Rid Of Abusive Posts In Your Facebook News Feed

It’s healthy to consider perspectives that don’t perfectly match yours — but there might be times when you feel threatened by posts you see on Facebook. If you’re seeing abusive posts on Facebook in the wake of, say, the Supreme Court’s historic decision to legalize same-sex marriage across the country, there are a few things you can do. Facebook makes

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The Reactions To Rachel Dolezal’s Lie That Get It Right

The story around NAACP leader Rachel Dolezal set the Internet ablaze Thursday night when it was revealed that Dolezal, who has identified as a black woman for nearly a decade, is in fact white. Dolezal — who is the president of the NAACP chapter in Spokane, Washington — has publicly claimed to be an African-American woman and was described as

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No, You Probably Won’t Get Addicted To Facebook

As social media use has surged, so too has research on its addictive potential and negative psychological impacts. A number of studies have suggested that social media — Facebook in particular — can co-opt brain circuits implicated in drug addiction. But according to new research, Facebook “addiction” is not only quite different from drug addiction in its effects on the

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Sheryl Sandberg On Facebook’s Latest Effort To Get 4 Billion People Online

Think there are already a ton of people on Facebook? Think again. Facebook’s Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg sat down with Arianna on HuffPost Live at Davos Friday to discuss the social network’s initiative, internet.org, which seeks to bring online resources, like Facebook and Wikipedia, to areas of the world that aren’t connected to the Internet yet. According to recent

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