Number of Posts: 11
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How to get the Pride rainbow flag reaction on Facebook
Newspaper | Telegraph
Date | 12.6.2017
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | diversity, emojis, Facebook
Summary | Facebook added a temporary rainbow flag emoji to celebrate Pride month. The flag emoji joined the other reaction buttons.
Image Description | Screenshot of Facebook's reactions, people's tweets about the flag, Google search bar with the word 'lgbt'.
Image Tags | Facebook, Google, Twitter
Facebook using artificial intelligence to combat terrorist propaganda
Newspaper | Telegraph
Date | 16.6.2017
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | artificial intelligence, Facebook, threat
Summary | Facebook uses artificial intelligence to get rid of terrorist propaganda on its platform. For instance, when a terrorist photo/video is uploaded, the system sees whether they match a known photo/video. Also, Facebook uses AI to analyze text.
Image Description | Digital image of the Facebook icon.
Image Tags | Facebook, logo
Facebook and Google activate safety features after Barcelona attack: How to mark yourself safe
Newspaper | Telegraph
Date | 17.8.2017
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | Facebook, Google, threat
Summary | After the Barcelona attacks, Facebook and Google have activated their safety features.
Image Description | Screenshots of Facebook and Google's safety features, and three tweets.
Image Tags | Facebook, Google, Twitter
Facebook launches Safety Check disaster feed
Newspaper | Telegraph
Date | 22.8.2017
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | Facebook, threat
Summary | Facebook updated its Safety Check for natural disasters. There is now a special tab with stream of disasters so that Facebook users can stay informed at all times.
Image Description | Photograph of a giant Facebook sign, and three smartphones.
Image Tags | Facebook, smartphone
Facebook will not delete videos of violent death, abortion and self-harm, leaked guidelines show
Newspaper | Telegraph
Date | 21.5.2017
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | censorship, Facebook
Summary | Facebook doesn't want to deleter posts about violent death, abortion, and self-harm; the group doesn't want to censor anyone. Leaked documents revealed some of Facebook's rules in terms of violent content. For instance, videos of abortion are allowed but nuditiy is not. Pictures of animal abuse can also be shared.
Image Description | Photograph of a hand holding a smartphone, charts showing FB's montly active users, laptop screen displaying Facebook's login page,
Image Tags | chart, computer/laptop, Facebook, hand(s), smartphone
The end of apps is here. Long live chat bots
Newspaper | Telegraph
Date | 31.3.2016
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | artificial intelligence, texting, threat
Summary | Apps will soon disappear as bots keep rising. Bots are helpful assistant that can chat with you within any app. Thanks to bots, you can book a table at a restaurant, or make an appointment. You just have to write a message (e.g. on Facebook or Skype), and "someone" will text you back. However, bots are not perfect. Microsoft's bot Tay expressed racist and hateful comments.
Image Description | Digital image representing a collage of a lot of apps, screenshot of a computer screen, chart, hand holding a smartphone displaying a conversation, David Marcus's Facebook post, smartphone screen showing how you can add a bot on Skype, and Tay Tweets account
Image Tags | chart, Facebook, hand(s), Skype, smartphone, text, Twitter
Facebook already runs your life. Now it is launching a social network for the office
Newspaper | Telegraph
Date | 10.10.2016
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | Facebook
Summary | Facebook has already conquered a lot of areas of our lives, but the office is not one of them. However, Facebook just unveiled a new version of Facebook designed entirely for the office. Workers will be able to update their status, post photos and videos, like and comment on posts and chat with co-workers. The goal of the platform is not to kill emails, but eventually that's what might happen.
Image Description | Image of a tablet screen displaying Facebook's "Workplace", schema displaying details of the new platform, iPhone screen displaying a Facebook post, and portrait of Julien Codorniou.
Image Tags | Facebook, male(s), smartphone, tablet
Facebook must show it can follow its own rules on child safety
Newspaper | Telegraph
Date | 7.3.2017
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | artificial intelligence, censorship, Facebook
Summary | Facebook is struggling to comply to its own rules which prohibit all nudity from the platform. Their artificial intelligence software designed to take down all images of nudity works unreliably. Although Facebook is one of the safest spaces online, there are still problems.
Image Description | Reuters image of a lot of Facebook logos through a magnifying glass.
Image Tags | Facebook, hand(s), logo
Germany threatens to fine social media companies €50m for hate speech and fake news
Newspaper | Telegraph
Date | 14.3.2017
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | Facebook, fake news, law, politics
Summary | Germany is threatening to sue Facebook should it not do something against abuse and fake news on its platform. Germany has very strong defamation laws so Facebook needs to regulate its content if they want to stay in Germany. A new mechanism to flag fake news has been developed.
Image Description | Reuters image of many Facebook logos under a magnifying glass and a portrait of Germany's Justice Minister Heiko Maas.
Image Tags | Facebook, hand(s), logo, male(s)
Tackling abuse on social media is a monumental task - but billion dollar companies should be up to it
Newspaper | Telegraph
Date | 15.3.2017
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | artificial intelligence, cyberbullying, law, social media, threat
Summary | Social media have a huge problem with trolling, cyberbullying, and sharing of criminal content. It is however extremely difficult for providers to find such content before it is reported or seen by many. Especially in verbal abuse, the line between joking and slander is blurred and human language is too messy to be able to flag down such instances with algorhythms.
Image Description | Getty image of the Facebook logo on a hand-held smartphone and a laptop and a photograph of a screen showing the Twitter logo.
Image Tags | Facebook, hand(s), logo, Twitter
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