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Facebook to shut down face-recognition system, delete data

November 4, 2021 The North State Journal Comments Off on Facebook to shut down face-recognition system, delete data

FILE – This May 16, 2012 file photo shows the Facebook logo displayed on an iPad in Philadelphia. Facebook says it is lifting its ban on political and social-issue ads put in place after the […]

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Users could soon hide ‘like’ counts on Instagram, Facebook

April 15, 2021 The North State Journal Comments Off on Users could soon hide ‘like’ counts on Instagram, Facebook

FILE – This Friday, Aug. 23, 2019, file photo shows the Instagram app icon on the screen of a mobile device in New York. Facebook says it’s going to test out, again, an option for […]

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Big Tech’s outsized influence draws state-level pushback

March 27, 2021 The North State Journal Comments Off on Big Tech’s outsized influence draws state-level pushback

Mid-sized and small businesses are fighting back against incentives and benefits received by Big Tech. (Patrick Semansky / AP Photo) New York state Sen. Michael Gianaris was ecstatic when Amazon named Long Island City in […]

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Social media CEOs to face grilling from Republican senators

October 27, 2020 The North State Journal Comments Off on Social media CEOs to face grilling from Republican senators

This combination of 2018-2020 photos shows, from left, Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey, Google CEO Sundar Pichai, and Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg. Less than a week before Election Day, the CEOs of Twitter, Facebook and Google […]

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Facebook launches a new TikTok clone, Instagram Reels

August 5, 2020 The North State Journal Comments Off on Facebook launches a new TikTok clone, Instagram Reels

FILE – This Feb. 25, 2020, file photo, shows the icon for TikTok in New York. President Donald Trump will order China’s ByteDance to sell its hit video app TikTok because of national-security concerns, according […]

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Polls show Facebook losing trust as firm uses ads to apologize

March 27, 2018 David Ingram and Eric Auchard | Reuters 0

SAN FRANCISCO/LONDON — Opinion polls published on Sunday in the United States and Germany indicated that a majority of the public were losing trust in Facebook over privacy, as the firm ran advertisements in British […]

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UPDATED: Stanly Community College cancels classes after Facebook threat

October 24, 2017 SCJ Staff Reports 0

ALBEMARLE — Stanly Community College has cancelled all classes and activities for today after concerning posts were made on the college’s Facebook page. According to the Albemarle Police Department, someone posted on the college’s Facebook […]

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