Facebook Considering Feature Update To Prevent Spread Of Misinformation

Many of Facebook’s 1.44 billion users turn to the social network for their news, but there’s a little quirk with how it handles headlines. A feature has long existed on the social media platform that allows individuals to completely alter the text of an article’s headline and sub-headline when posting it onto their profile or News Feed. Reached for comment,

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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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Is #DontJudgeChallenge Really About Self-Acceptance?

It wouldn’t really be social media movement if there wasn’t a side of controversy. The increasingly popular “#DontJudgeChallenge,” which has blown up on Twitter and Instagram, is no exception. This campaign was, in theory, supposed to be a movement that encouraged self-acceptance and diminished cyberbullying. But it only took a few individuals to shift the focus from celebrating imperfection to

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Women Are Revealing The Everyday Sexism Of #BeingFemaleInNigeria

The powerful hashtag #BeingFemaleInNigeria is trending on Twitter, sparking a conversation about the daily sexism and misogyny women in the West African country face. Nigeria has made headlines world wide in recent months due to the kidnapping and rape of thousands of girls at the hands of Boko Haram, its recent banning of its recent ban on female genital mutilation

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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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