This is what you need to know to Catch up and follow your day. (You can also receive daily “5 things you need to know today” in your inbox. Sign up here.) 1. Coronavirus 2. police There has been a lot of movement in the national push for police reform …
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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi (L) speaks to Chinese President Xi Jingping during the BRICS meeting in Goa, India on October 16, 2016. Prakash Singh | AFP | fake pictures China’s Twitter-like service Weibo removed the account of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the request of the Indian embassy …
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The logos of the Facebook and Google applications are displayed on a tablet. Denis Charlet | AFP via Getty Images Britain’s competition regulator has established recommendations for new regulations to address the dominance of Google and Facebook in the online advertising market. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) said on …
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Stop if you’ve heard this before: Facebook gave user data to external developers, even after specifically telling users they wouldn’t. In a blog post on Wednesday, Facebook announced that (oops!) Thousands of developers continued to receive updates of users’ non-public information beyond the point they should have received it. Specifically, …
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Facebook has banned an extremist anti-government network associated with the term “boogaloo,” a jargon word that supporters use to refer to a second civil war. Tuesday’s Facebook move designates the right-wing network “boogaloo” as a dangerous organization similar to the Islamic State group and white supremacists, who are already banned …
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