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Violent thriller won't have many clicking 'like'
Newspaper | Washington Post
Date | 22.9.2017
Language | English
Country | U.S.
Topic Tags | (mental) health, Facebook, social media, threat
Summary | The movie "Friend Request" is about the danger of social media and Facebook anxiety. The movie is unlikely to be popular though. In the movie, Laura is a popular college student and has a lot of Facebook friends. When Laura unfriends Marina, a shy student who posts a lot of gothic animations, Marina kills herself. The movie plot is a good idea, especially in the age of social media, but the movie fails to develop its characters.
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Facebook Faces a New World as Officials Rein In a Wild Web
Newspaper | The New York Times
Date | 17.9.2017
Language | English
Country | U.S.
Topic Tags | censorship, Facebook, marketing, privacy, social media, threat
Summary | Facebook’s head of global policy management recently agreed to remove anything that violates the Vietnamese law from the social network. Governments around the world (even in the US) are increasingly trying to keep control of what's happening online. As a result, governments and big tech companies such as Google, Apple, Facebook or Amazon don't always agree with each other. On the one hand, big tech companies want to have more control and power, and on the other hand, nations want to gain more control over people's online behvior. Facebook's desire to expand everywhere (e.g. in China) is one of the reasons for today's struggle between tech companies and nations. Facebook also faced some issues in Europe and Africa.
Image Description | Photograph of people using computers in a computer room, map of Facebook's users, two women laughing in front of a board displaying social media icons, Mark Zuckerberg and other people running in China, Mark Zuckerberg, his wife and daughters, glass building, people in front of a thumb-up sign, woman, crowd (some of them are using their phones), and people on their computers.
Image Tags | computer/laptop, Facebook, female(s), male(s), smartphone, social media
Sie erklären Rezepte von Foodie zu Foodie
(They explain recipes from foodie to foodie)
Newspaper | Welt
Date | 29.9.2017
Language | German
Country | Germany
Topic Tags | Facebook, marketing, YouTube
Summary | The Hamburg-based company Foodboom creates high-quality cooking videos and distributes them online on Facebook and YouTube reaching millions of viewers. They try to hit the balance between high-quality content, food-wise as well as visually, and simplicity in the sense of easy to recreate in anyone's home kitchen. They finance themselves with product placement which they always indicate very clearly.
Image Description | A picture of a hamburger, a dinner party, and a portrait of the two owners of Foodboom.
Image Tags | female(s), male(s)
Non, Facebook n'a pas «paniqué» à cause d'un programme d'IA capable d'inventer un langage
(No, Facebook didn't "panick" because of an AI program capable of inventing a language)
Newspaper | Le Monde
Date | 1.8.2017
Language | French
Country | France
Topic Tags | artificial intelligence, Facebook, threat
Summary | Dhruv Batra, a researcher in artificial intelligence, read many Facebook posts and tweets describing apocalyptic scenes about the fact that artificial intelligence had invented a new language. Batra wrote an article denouncing how the media portrayed the event. When Facebook programmed two bots to teach them how to negotiate, employees noticed that the bots had invented their own language. The new language was based on English vocabulary; therefore, it was more or less comprehensible. But since the program was not working the way it was supposed to work, workers modified it. They didn't "kill" it, so there is no reason to panick.
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Quand l'intelligence artificielle invente un langage incompréhensible par l'homme
(When artificial intelligence invents an incomprehensible language to humans)
Newspaper | Les Echos
Date | 24.6.2017
Language | French
Country | France
Topic Tags | artificial intelligence, Facebook
Summary | Facebook programmed two chatbots so they could learn how to negotiate, but they invented a new language by themselves.
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Facebook: «Nous voulons faire d'Internet une “no-go zone" pour les terroristes»
(Facebook: "We want to make the Internet a "no-go zone" for terrorists)
Newspaper | Le Monde
Date | 16.6.2017
Language | French
Country | France
Topic Tags | artificial intelligence, Facebook, threat
Summary | Facebook just issued a statement where they explain how they want to fight propaganda and terrorism. Monika Bickert and Brian Fishman talk about why they released the statement now, the technology used to fight terrorism, artificial intelligence, privacy, and threatening content.
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Houseparty, l'autre application victime de la stratégie de copié-collé de Facebook
(Houseparty, the other app victim of Facebook's copy and paste strategy)
Newspaper | Les Echos
Date | 14.8.2017
Language | French
Country | France
Topic Tags | Facebook, video communication
Summary | Ben Rubin et Sima Sistani created a new app called Houseparty, where up to 8 people can talk and see each other at the same time. The new app became very popular among young people. Fidji Simo, responsible of the video part of Facebook, contacted both Rubin and Sistani to talk to them about a potential purchase of their society, but they refused. Then, they discovered that Facebook introduced a new option into Messenger that allows conversations between up to 6 people. Facebook also said they want to launch a new app called "Bonfire" for group videos, which could kill Houseparty definitively.
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How to activate Facebook's hidden Harry Potter spells
Newspaper | Telegraph
Date | 26.6.2017
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | Facebook
Summary | To celebrate Harry Potter's 20-year anniversary, Facebook introduced a new feature. Users can cast spells with their status updates.
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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's moderation policy aids bullies and censors their victims. When will we stand up?
Newspaper | Telegraph
Date | 2.6.2017
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | censorship, Facebook, threat
Summary | The author of the article complains about Facebook's moderation policy, which shows how their perspective on free speech is unfair and dangerous. For example, Facebook does not condone certain forms of hate speech, posts about self-harm, or photos of animal abuse. She talks about other problems related to the company's moderation policy.
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