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Ex-West Virginia Official Who Called Michelle Obama An 'Ape' Guilty Of Defrauding FEMA
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Amy Russo
Pamela Taylor was fired from her county job in 2016 after making a racist comment about the then-first lady on Facebook.
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U.S. NEWS
Wife Of Aurora Shooting Victim Reveals Husband's Final Text Message
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Amy Russo
"It took me several times reading it for it to hit me that it was for real," Terra Pinkard said of the text from husband Josh Pinkard.
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TECH
British Lawmakers Accuse Facebook Of 'Intentionally' Violating UK Privacy Laws
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Sanjana Karanth
The UK Parliament’s Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee released its report on disinformation and social media on Monday.
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WORLD NEWS
Indonesia Pressures Instagram Over Gay Muslim Comic Strips
The country's communications ministry claimed posts depicting the struggles of gay Muslims were "pornographic."
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TECH
Germany Orders Crackdown On Facebook's Data Collection Practices
By Douglas Busvine, Reuters
The antitrust watchdog ruled that Facebook abused its market dominance to gather information on users without their consent.
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MEDIA
New York Times Celebrates Facebook's 15-Year Anniversary In The Most Savage Way
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Lee Moran
Mark Zuckerberg won't enjoy these birthday wishes.
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TECH
Facebook Secretly Paid People To Install VPN That Spies On Them
By By Josh Constine, TechCrunch
Since 2016, Facebook has been paying users up to $20 per month plus referral fees to sell their privacy by installing the iOS or Android “Facebook Research” app.
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WORK/LIFE
What Are Your Rules For Social Media And Co-workers? Share Your Story.
By
Monica Torres
HuffPost is working on a story about the new social media rules at work. Help us by sharing yours.
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POLITICS
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Warns Loss Of Journalists Will Send Democracy Crumbling
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Amy Russo
The congresswoman called the industry's biggest threats "tech monopolies & concentration of ownership."
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RELATIONSHIPS
A Guide To Dealing With Social Media After A Breakup
By
Brittany Wong
Should you unfollow on Instagram? What about Venmo? We've got you covered.
Do you have info to share with HuffPost reporters?
Here’s how.
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HOME & LIVING
How To See What Facebook, Google, And Twitter Know About You
By Daniel Howley, Yahoo Finance
They're collecting your data. All of it.
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ENVIRONMENT
Google, Facebook And Microsoft Sponsored A Conference That Promoted Climate Change Denial
By Stephanie Mencimer, Mother Jones
The conference was backed by a group founded to spread the “good news” about carbon emissions.
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WOMEN
Man Arrested For Threatening To Kill 'As Many Girls As I See' On Day Of Women's March
By
Melissa Jeltsen
That Gillette ad was right. Evidence of toxic masculinity is all around us.
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U.S. NEWS
Elderly, Conservatives Spread The Most Fake News During 2016 Election
By Seth Borenstein, AP
New study finds these Americans shared more false information during Trump's presidential campaign than other demographics.
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U.S. NEWS
Facebook Deactivates Page Attacking R. Kelly Accusers
By
Amy Russo
The page attempted to smear women who appeared on a docuseries featuring allegations of sexual and emotional abuse against the singer.
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POLITICS
Facebook Pages Used Russian Tactics To Make Democratic Push In Alabama Special Election
By
Antonia Blumberg
Who exactly led the efforts remains unclear, but the funding sources trace back to progressive activists and tech billionaires.
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POLITICS
The New House Democratic Majority Will Take Antitrust Oversight Seriously
By
Paul Blumenthal
Democrats will investigate monopolies, oversee the regulators and write new antitrust legislation.
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TECH
Mark Zuckerberg Says Facebook Can't Stop All Election Interference
By
Amy Russo
The social media giant chalked it up to an issue that "can never fully be solved."
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POLITICS
Evangelical Preacher Accuses Facebook Of 'Censoring Free Speech' After Getting Blocked
By
Carol Kuruvilla
Franklin Graham's Facebook account was temporarily blocked over an old post he wrote attacking transgender rights.
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POLITICS
Most Facebook Users Don't Trust The Site With Their Data
By
Ariel Edwards-Levy
Users distrusted the social media giant even before its latest controversies.
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TECH
Here's What You Need To Know About Facebook's Colossally Bad Year
By
Marina Fang
Company executives, particularly Mark Zuckerberg and Sheryl Sandberg, have not exactly been forthcoming about the many controversies of 2018.
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BUSINESS
Facebook Allowed Some Tech Companies To Read And Delete Users’ Private Messages: NYT
By
Dominique Mosbergen
Since 2010, the tech giant has reportedly granted over 150 companies deeper access to users’ personal data than it has admitted.
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POLITICS
NAACP Lashes Out At Facebook Over Misinformation Campaigns Targeting Black People
By
Andy Campbell
The #LogOutFacebook boycott started on Tuesday.
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OPINION
Preserving U.S. Democracy Means Breaking Up Monopolies Like Facebook And Amazon
By
Richard North Patterson
, Columnist
The threat to freedom isn't big government; it's big business.
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HUFFPOST PERSONAL
Jaron Lanier Helped Create Social Media, And Now He's Begging You To Leave It Behind
By
Ja'han Jones
Jaron Lanier helped invent virtual reality and develop the internet. Now he is offering 10 reasons to delete your social media accounts immediately.
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POLITICS
Unearthed Facebook Emails Show How It Gave Access To User Data
By Danica Kirka, AP
Newly released documents show Facebook gave preferential access of its users' personal information to certain companies.
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