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| CMO Today: Facebook Talks Up Video as Revenue Surges | -12 | None | Like many an ad network, Facebook doesn’t necessarily tell advertisers where their ads are going to run or could run. SNAP INCUBATOR: Snap Inc. wants ad agencies to commit to spending lots more money on Snapchat ads as the company’s IPO nears. [WSJ]NBCUniversal is rebranding its women-focused Oxygen cable channel as a crime-themed cable network. Keep in mind that Facebook was once a laggard in mobile, and now mobile ads account for an amazing 84% of its revenue. Photo: gian ehrenzeller/European Pressphoto AgencyFACEBOOK’S MEGA QUARTER: Remember that revenue slowdown Facebook recently warned investors about? | FB | {"Mike Shields Wsj Com","Mike Shields"} | 1315 |
| Chicago torture video: 4 charged with hate crimes, kidnapping | -47 | 2017-01-05 00:00:00 | Debate over 'Black Lives Matter'But on Thursday, police said they have not seen any connection to the Black Lives Matter activist group, contrary to some reports on social media. "President Barack Obama said the Facebook live torture video is "despicable," suggesting to CNN affiliate WBBM it was a hate crime. "Officers investigating the texts "discovered a Facebook video depicting (the man) being verbally and physically abused. (CNN) Four suspects have been charged in connection with the attack on a special-needs teen that was streamed on Facebook Live. Video pulled from FacebookJUST WATCHED Police: 4 in custody in Facebook Live beating Replay More Videos ... MUST WATCH Police: 4 in custody in Facebook Live beating 03:31Facebook said it pulled the original video from a suspect's Facebook profile. | FB | {"Sheena Jones","Holly Yan","Steve Almasy"} | 1186 |
| Secret Service Investigates Denver Agent After Facebook Posts | -10 | 2017-01-25 00:00:00 | The professor later pinned messages to her accounts pointing out that she was not the Secret Service agent. The agent was identified on Tuesday in the report by The Washington Examiner as Kerry O’Grady, 46, of the Denver field office. I am with Her.”In later Facebook comments, she backed the women’s marches in Washington on Jan. 21. PhotoThe Secret Service said it would take “quick and appropriate action” after a conservative Washington newspaper reported that an agent had posted Facebook comments in 2016 suggesting she would prefer to go to jail than risk her life for Donald J. Trump. The posts have since been removed, but The Examiner captured screen shots of some of them. | FB | {"Christine Hauser"} | 1187 |
| Abuse Allegations Of Girl Who Streamed Suicide On Facebook Live Investigated By Police | -12 | 2017-01-12 18:41:16+00 | Four Chicago youth tortured and beat a mentally-disabled teenager earlier this month and streamed the incident on Facebook Live. A 12-year-old girl from Georgia committed suicide and streamed the now widely-shared act live on Facebook only a few days before the New Year. Facebook Live – the ability for users to broadcast real time videos – has seen its share of violent acts streamed within the past year. "We are seeing this new and disturbing trend of publicizing violent actions via Facebook Live,” Kaveri Subrahmanyam, associate director of California State University, Los Angeles's Children's Digital Media Center told USA Today. The footage was shared all over social media, prompting an outrage by many to take the video down. | FB | {} | 1188 |
| Facebook Live is the new key witness to crime (Opinion) | -30 | 2017-01-06 00:00:00 | So far, it seems that without Facebook Live there might never have been a criminal case to begin with. As a society interested in retributive justice, the last thing we want to do is point the finger at social media. "If you think social media platforms should be liable for the postings of others, that's an understandable sentiment. Follow CNN Opinion Join us on Twitter and FacebookOn the other hand, there's the argument that this crime might not have been committed in the first place if not for the allure of Facebook Live viral fame -- but that's a stretch. (CNN) The torture of a special-needs teen that was streamed on Facebook Live has raised new questions about the use of social media platforms to spread videos glorifying abuse and humiliation. | FB | {"Danny Cevallos","Cnn Legal Analyst"} | 1189 |
| Why a rising number of criminals are using Facebook Live to film their acts | -33 | 2017-01-27 00:00:00 | With live streaming, however, regret comes too late. It wasn’t difficult for the police to find the suspects because they broadcast the alleged assault on Facebook Live. In his analysis of 51 criminal cases involving the use of a camera (although none of them involved live streaming), Sandberg found 17 examples where images were recorded for this purpose. Facebook Live allows anyone to broadcast a video directly from their smartphone to the social network. What’s new is the access people have to tools, via the smartphone, that allow for the creation, publication and distribution of content at the touch of a button – through photos, tweets, status updates, videos and now live streaming. | FB | {"Olivia Solon"} | 1190 |
| Aspiring actor dies in suicide streamed on Facebook, days after he was arrested in alleged sex crime | -8 | 2017-01-24 00:00:00 | https://www.instagram.com/p/BG0L1dKA7VT/?taken-by=iamjaybowdyThe Los Angeles County coroner’s office was expected to rule on the cause of death this week, but Lt. Larry Dietz confirmed Bowdy’s death appeared to be a suicide. He was released Friday after posting $100,000 bail, according to Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Sgt. The video was later removed by Facebook, according to the company. Users on Facebook who viewed the video expressed shock and sadness, and some wondered if it was a hoax since Bowdy was an actor. An aspiring actor from Texas killed himself Monday in North Hollywood while broadcasting on Facebook’s livestream, and authorities said the suicide occurred days after he was arrested on suspicion of sexual assault. | FB | {"Matt Hamilton","Contact Reporter"} | 1191 |
| Mark Zuckerberg, Palmer Luckey to testify in $2 billion Zenimax lawsuit against Oculus VR | -18 | 2017-01-14 00:00:00 | Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg will testify in court on Tuesday, January 17 for a potentially explosive lawsuit that claims the Oculus VR startup he acquired for $2 billion was based on stolen technology. The trial began on January 9; Oculus CTO and former Zenimax employee John Carmack was the first to testify on January 10. It claims that Carmack violated his employee agreement with Zenimax by sharing confidential information that Oculus then used as the basis for its VR software. Zenimax is seeking $2 billion in damages against Facebook, which is the amount the social networking giant initially paid to buy Oculus in 2014. Representatives for Zenmiax confirmed to Business Insider that Zuckerberg will take the stand on Tuesday, followed by Oculus cofounder Palmer Luckey later in the week. | FB | {"Alex Heath"} | 1192 |
| Fort Worth police drop charges in Facebook live arrest | -35 | 2017-01-26 00:00:00 | (CNN) Fort Worth, Texas, police have dropped charges against a mother and daughter whose arrests were captured on Facebook Live video. "The Police Department recognizes we must work to repair the fractured relationships in our community," Fort Worth police said. "We are committed to ensuring all Fort Worth police officers live up to restoring the trust you have lost in our department. Police reactionA day after the arrest, Fort Worth Police Chief Joel Fitzgerald acknowledged criticisms of how the officer handled the incident. Arrests posted on Facebook liveThe arrests were captured on cellphone camera and posted to Facebook Live, causing Fort Worth police to review the incident and initiate an internal affairs investigation. | FB | {"Anneclaire Stapleton","Eric Levenson"} | 1193 |
| In Race Against Fake News, Google and Facebook Stroll to the Starting Line | -12 | 2017-01-25 00:00:00 | Google was careful not to say that these were fake news sites, only sites that deceive users by misrepresenting themselves or their content. “We genuinely asked Google and Facebook for ‘moonshots,’” said Jason Kint, the chief executive of Digital Content Next, an online publishing industry group. Before taking steps to thwart fake news publishers, Google had an existing policy that outlawed publishers of “misrepresentative content,” such as websites peddling weight-loss schemes or counterfeit goods. Google in November said it would ban sites that spread misinformation from AdSense as a way to impair how such sites make money. That same month, Facebook updated some of its policy language, which already said it would not display ads on sites that show misleading or illegal content, to include fake news sites. | FB | {"Mike Isaac","Daisuke Wakabayashi"} | 1194 |
| Facebook will test 'fake news' filtering in Germany | -9 | 2017-01-15 20:05:35+00 | Facebook users will soon be able to flag news stories as fake and the social network may subsequently label the stories as “disputed” in a test of fake news filtering tools starting soon in Germany. The Facebook test comes as Germany has had its own “fake news” problem, including one false viral story that said that Germany’s oldest church was set on fire. President Obama called fake stories on Facebook a “dust cloud of nonsense” and “crazy conspiracy theorizing.”Facebook currently does not use a fake news filtering system in the US. “Our focus is on Germany right now but we’re certainly thinking through what countries will unveil next,” a Facebook spokesperson told the Financial Times. NOW WATCH: Here’s the gorgeous trailer for ‘Super Mario Odyssey’ — the first Mario game for Nintendo SwitchFollow Business Insider Australia on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and Instagram. | FB | {"Kif Leswing"} | 1195 |
| Facebook is being accused of 'racially biased censorship' by the ACLU | -22 | 2017-01-18 00:00:00 | Instead, the groups wrote, Kaplan's response "merely explains current, publicly available Facebook policies and fails to address the modest solutions to racially biased censorship we presented in earlier letters and meetings. The rights groups made several recommendations to Facebook in its letter, including allowing users to appeal removals not just for profiles or pages but individual posts. Nearly 80 rights groups on Wednesday accused Facebook of "racially biased censorship" and failing to be more transparent about its removal policies and cooperation with law enforcement, adding to criticism the company has faced in recent months over its management of content on its network of 1.8 billion users. Facebook employs a multilayered system to handle more than a million content complaints a day. Most complaints are flagged by users and reviewed by low-level staffers and contractors who consult a thick rule book to interpret and apply its comparatively spare community standards that users are asked to follow. | FB | {"Dustin Volz"} | 1196 |
| 4 young black adults in Chicago accused of hate crimes in video attack streamed on Facebook | -33 | 2017-01-05 00:00:00 | Authorities in Chicago charged four young African Americans with hate crimes Thursday after a video streamed live on Facebook showed a white man under assault from attackers who shouted obscenities about President-elect Donald Trump and white people. A young woman films as two young men slash the victim’s shirtsleeves, then punch, slap and kick him while laughing and taunting him. Chicago Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson speaks during a news conference Thursday, Jan. 5, 2017, on the hate crime and other charges filed against four individuals for an attack on a man that was captured on a Facebook video. The profanity-laced references to Trump and white people prompted many on social media to conclude the attack was politically and racially motivated and demand the act be designated a hate crime. In the shaky video, a terrified young white man in a gray hooded sweatshirt and dark pants is seen crouching in a corner, his wrists and neck bound with orange bands, his mouth taped shut. | FB | {"Mark Berman Covers National News For The Washington Post Anchors Post Nation A Destination For Breaking News Stories Around The Country"} | 1197 |
| Facebook Live attack: Four Chicago accused denied bail | -25 | None | Jordan Hill, Brittany Covington and Tesfaye Cooper, all 18, and Tanishia Covington, 24, appeared in a Chicago court on Friday. Image copyright Chicago Police Image caption All four suspects have been charged with hate crimesFour people accused of kidnapping and torturing a mentally disabled man in a "racially motivated" attack streamed on Facebook have been denied bail. Prosecutors say the suspects each face two hate crimes counts, one because of the victim's race and the other because of his disabilities. The court was also told the suspects stuffed a sock into his mouth, taped his mouth shut and bound his hands with a belt. In a video made for Facebook Live which was watched millions of times, the assailants can be heard making derogatory statements against white people and Donald Trump. | FB | {} | 1198 |
| Mark Zuckerberg's 2017 plan to visit all US states hints at political ambitions | -10 | 2017-01-03 00:00:00 | In previous years the Facebook CEO has learned Mandarin, pledged to run at least a mile each day and built a virtual assistant called Jarvis to control his home. He’s already visited about 20 states, which means he has to travel to about 30 states by the end of the year. On Christmas Day, the Facebook CEO revealed that he is no longer an atheist, one of the biggest liabilities a presidential candidate can have, according to research by Pew Research Center. Mark Zuckerberg has given more weight to the idea that he could move into politics with the announcement of a statesmanly personal challenge for 2017. Below the post a commenter asked “aren’t you an atheist?” – Zuckerberg used to declare his lack of faith on his Facebook profile – to which he replied: “No. | FB | {"Olivia Solon"} | 1201 |
| Facebook CEO ‘concerned’ about Trump immigration order: ‘These issues are personal for me’ | -21 | 2017-01-28 00:00:00 | “Like many of you, I’m concerned about the impact of the recent executive orders signed by President Trump,” the tech billionaire said in a statement (on Facebook, of course) Friday. “They are our future too,” Zuckerberg wrote. “The United States is a nation of immigrants, and we should be proud of that,” Zuckerberg wrote. (Eric Risberg/Associated Press)Facebook founder and chief executive Mark Zuckerberg has joined the growing chorus of people critical of President Trump’s executive order temporarily banning refugees from entering the United States. “President Trump’s war on equality is already taking a terrible human toll,” Omar Jadwat, director of the ACLU’s Immigrants’ Rights Project, said in a statement. | FB | {"Amy B Wang Is A General Assignment Reporter For The Washington Post"} | 1202 |
| 'Facebook Live' torture video raises ethical questions for social media giant | -21 | 2017-01-05 00:00:00 | Days later, citizens in Dallas used Facebook Live to show police being ambushed by a domestic terrorist. Still, Facebook acknowledges "the unique challenges of live video. The Facebook spokesperson said the company does not discuss specific cases, and declined to answer specific questions regarding its use of the suspects' data. Facebook, which is fast approaching 2 billion monthly active users, is a major source of news, information and now live video for people all across the world. In the wake of the 2015 San Bernardino terrorist attack, Facebook stepped up efforts to remove users who backed terrorist groups. | FB | {"Dylan Byers"} | 1203 |
| How the tech world responded to Trump's immigration ban | -20 | 2017-01-28 00:00:00 | "Google's Pichai was the second executive of a major tech company to speak out against Trump's immigration order. "Trump's stance on immigration was one of the key reasons the tech industry widely opposed Trump's candidacy. Internet Association President and CEO Michael Beckerman said the Internet industry is "deeply concerned" by Trump's order. "Does he think the Facebook employees who come from Iran and those other countries shouldn’t be allowed to keep working here? CLOSE Skip in Skip x Embed x Share The leaders of several major U.S. corporations have denounced President Trump's ban on refugees and immigrants from seven Muslim-majority countries. | FB | {"Jessica Guynn","Laura Mandaro","Published P M Et Jan"} | 1214 |
| Hate crime charges filed after ‘reprehensible’ video shows attack on mentally ill man in Chicago | -54 | 2017-01-05 00:00:00 | In addition to the hate crime charges, some of them also face additional counts of aggravated kidnapping, aggravated battery and aggravated unlawful restraint. Johnson said there was “never a question” about whether or not authorities would investigate whether the attack was a hate crime. CPD Arrested and Charged all four offenders with Hate Crime, as well as other charges, from West Side kidnapping and attack. Four people are in custody in Chicago after an attack on a young man with "mental health challenges" was broadcast live on Facebook. Hill was listed as being from Carpentersville, Ill., a village near Crystal Lake, while the others were described as being from Chicago. | FB | {"Mark Berman Covers National News For The Washington Post Anchors Post Nation A Destination For Breaking News Stories Around The Country"} | 1255 |
| Daily Report: Google and Facebook Wield Buckets in Fake News Flood | -7 | 2017-01-26 00:00:00 | It said it took action against 340 of them, and kicked 200 publishers off Google’s AdSense advertising network altogether. Bits By QUENTIN HARDYGoogle and Facebook have in record time sweated bullets, worked miracles and eliminated all unreliable information from the internet! In November, Google said it would ban fake news sites from the advertising network, but it seems as though the ban is a taller order than first thought. AdSense is how many fake news sites (and legitimate ones) make money. On Wednesday, Google said it had recently examined 550 sites suspected of deceiving users. | FB | {} | 1266 |
| Kremlin-Sponsored RT Does Really Well on Google | -19 | 2017-01-25 08:00:00 | )RT stories regularly appear toward the top of Google search results. On Tuesday, only one link on the first page of Google results for the search pointed to RT. “But we are continually working to improve our algorithms.” Real estate on the all-important first page of Google results is a zero-sum game. Google searches for other political issues also turn up plenty of RT content, but none featured as many as the hacking report search earlier this month. A Google spokesperson declined to comment on whether the company had any policies for how to rank and display news stories and videos from state-sponsored outlets like RT. | FB | {"Kaveh Waddell"} | 1267 |
| Facebook Accused Of Misleading Regulator Over $19 Billion WhatsApp Takeover | -9 | 2016-12-20 00:00:00 | Facebook brought in $18 billion in revenue in 2015, so such a fine could be worth up to $180 million. Facebook has until Jan 31, 2017 to respond to the Commission’s “Statement of Objections” on the matter. The Commission has also been investigating Google since early 2015, and has since threatened to fine the company 10% of its annual revenue, or $7.4 billion. The Commission says this suggests Facebook could have matched its own users and WhatsApp’s, or at least knew that it could technically, when it bought the company in 2014. Europe’s top regulator said Tuesday that it was investigating whether Facebook lied, or negligently withheld information, about its ability to siphon data from WhatsApp back when it announced it was buying the messaging company in February 2014. | FB | {"Parmy Olson"} | 1305 |