US Navy loses a Facebook page to hackers
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Friday, 08 October 2021 13:13

US Navy loses a Facebook page to hackers


Still better than losing Pearl Harbour

The US Navy has lost control of the official Facebook page for its destroyer-class warship, the USS Kidd. Someone has hacked the page and, for the past two days, done nothing but stream Age of Empires.

Facebook goes darker than Zuckerburg’s soul
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Bad day for the Social Notworking King

Mark Zuckerburg was having a bad day yesterday after a whistleblower revealed dark deeds and his glorious social notworking empire crashed to its knees due to a bizarre DNS flaw.

FTC refiles monopoly claim against Facebook
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Trying to revive a dismissed case

US antitrust officials refiled their monopoly lawsuit against social notworking giant Facebook, seeking to salvage the landmark case a judge threw out in June.

Facebook stalls sales of the Oculus Quest 2
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Wednesday, 28 July 2021 12:07

Facebook stalls sales of the Oculus Quest 2


Causes skin reactions

Facebook said on Tuesday that it is temporarily halting sales of the Oculus Quest 2, a month before a planned update to a new entry-level model with more onboard storage.

Facebook cleared of two antitrust cases
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Tuesday, 29 June 2021 12:43

Facebook cleared of two antitrust cases


Charges too vague

A US federal court has dismissed two separate antitrust lawsuits filed against Facebook.

Facebook comes the raw pawn down under
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Friday, 25 June 2021 12:44

Facebook comes the raw pawn down under


Set to test the world's toughest content law 

Australia's competition watchdog is looking into a claim that Facebook refused a publisher's request to negotiate a licensing deal and it appears that the social networker is heading for a showdown over the countries tough online content law.

Facebook to put adverts in Oculus Quest
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Thursday, 17 June 2021 11:46

Facebook to put adverts in Oculus Quest


The real just got unreal

Facebook will soon begin testing ads inside its Oculus Quest virtual reality system.

Tech giants face tougher US laws
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Friday, 11 June 2021 11:22

Tech giants face tougher US laws


Apple, Amazon, Facebook and Google subject to five bills

House Democrats are set to introduce a package of five bills as soon as this week that would prohibit tech giants like Apple, Amazon, Facebook and Google from discriminating against rivals or buying potential competitors.

Trump is not getting his Facebook account back
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Advisors say it is up to Board now

Donald Trump's Facebook account should not be reinstated, the social media giant's oversight board said barring an imminent return to the platform.

Facebook knew about Capitol insurrection
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Tuesday, 27 April 2021 12:01

Facebook knew about Capitol insurrection

 
Failed to stop it

Social notworking giant Facebook knew that the Stop the Steal movement was about to mount the Jan. 6th Capitol insurrection and failed to stop it.