TRUMP WARNS FACEBOOK OVER ITS PLAN TO CREATE A DIGITAL CURRENCY
President Donald Trump on Thursday night warned Facebook over its plan to create a digital currency, the Libra, a move that poses a new obstacle to the company’s cryptocurrency ambitions. “Facebook Libra’s ‘virtual currency’ will have little standing or dependability. If Facebook and other companies…
The biggest Black Lives Matter page on Facebook is fake
The page, titled simply “Black Lives Matter,” had almost 700,000 followers on Facebook, more than twice as many as the official Black Lives Matter page. It was tied to online fundraisers that brought in at least $100,000 that supposedly went to Black Lives Matter causes…
The tech industry is getting worried about what it has built
In recent months, growing numbers of tech executives and others in the industry have expressed concerns about the impact of technology on society and human minds, as research has pointed to links between mental health and tech usage. Children who use smartphones for three hours…
Watch Chance The Rapper’s “Same Drugs”
Hip-Hop’s golden boy Chance The Rapper had quite a colorful year in 2016. With the release of Coloring Book and having seven Grammy nods, the Chicago born rapper has embedded himself within the industry. Chance teamed up with popular social media platform Facebook to premiere a live stream…
Facebook, Google Takes Action To Combat Fake News
Since Donald Trump’s election victory, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has come out not once, but twice, to address the issue of fake news, inaccurate or simply false information that appears on the Web in the guise of journalism. Zuckerberg made his remarks at the Techonomy…
Facebook accidentally declared the Philippines at war yesterday
To celebrate Independence Day in the Philippines this year, Facebook created a banner for users to share across the social network. Unfortunately, it also suggested that the country is at war. As The Philippine Star reports, Facebook’s celebratory graphic featured an image of the Philippine flag…
