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Surreal video posted on Facebook of Utica baby crawling across Bleecker St.

Police say they became aware of a video posted to Facebook showing a infant in the roadway unattended. The video also shows several citizens attending to the baby. Police say once the video was brought to their attention around 10:30 Friday night, an investigation was immediately initiated. Read More

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How to Use It

We must remember that Facebook Marketplace is just a place to list a product, and no transactions happen here. So the barter must be done in a method agreed upon by the seller and buyer. To list one of your products on Marketplace, just click on the 'Sell Something' button …

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Sri Lanka Blocked Facebook This Week for Allegedly Spreading Hate Speech and Violence

The government of Sri Lanka ordered internet and mobile service providers to temporarily block Facebook and its subsidiaries WhatsApp and Instagram, as well as separate messaging service Viber, this week as part of a crackdown on what officials said was rampant online hate speech fueling real-life … Read More

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How much do Facebook and Google really know about me?

There are more than 2 billion active Facebook users globally and more than 15 million active users in Australia. Google registers 3.5 billion daily searches. These two gigantic conglomerates have access to mountains of my data. Snippets of information which expose my age, my gender, whether I went … Read More

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Facebook and Warner Music Group Announce Licensing Deal

Warner Music Group and Facebook have finalized on a partnership that includes licensing agreements covering the music company's recorded music and music publishing catalogs for use in videos and messages. The new deal allows fans to create, upload and share videos with licensed music from … Read More

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Dan Rather on Facebook spreading fake news: “They lost their humility”

When Dan Rather began posting topical essays to his Facebook page years ago, he didn't think much of it. Younger members on his staff prodded him to do it, but he was a little skeptical of social media. To his surprise, Rather started to build a devoted and sizable following, …

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Mohammed Shami’s wife Hasin Jahan claims Facebook blocked her account, deleted posts

Indian cricket team pacer Mohammed Shami and his wife Hasin Jahan's public fall-out has taken yet another twist, and this time it is social media giants Facebook who are facing the wrath of a woman scorned. On Friday, while charges of attempt to murder and a multitude of other offences …

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MLB will broadcast games exclusively on Facebook, for some reason

On Friday, MLB announced to the world that it had struck a $25 million to $30 million deal with Facebook to exclusively broadcast 25 games over the course of the season. While MLB broadcasting on Facebook isn't new, the excusivity is. There will also be on-demand highlight packages for each …

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Yorktown police bring levity, North Korea jokes, to the department’s Facebook page

After two nor'easters left 85 percent of the town without power, the Yorktown Police Department kicked their social media game into high gear. In a series of Facebook posts, the police department shared updates and advice for handling the emergency and, in the process, cracked more than a few jokes. …

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Virtual Reality is the ultimate empathy machine: Ash Jhaveri, VP, Business Development at Facebook

Recounting how AI helped Facebook during the Puerto Rico hurricane, he said, "A woman from Chicago put up a Facebook post asking what people needed. Instantly, people from different parts started telling her what they wanted. Before she could land, she knew what had to be sent where. The maps … …