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Facebook ignores its users’ misuse of this social network

Facebook ignores its users’ misuse of this social network

PEJOURNAL - Internal documents leaked from Facebook show that the company's researchers were aware of the misuse of users of the social network and ignored this issue. The documents show that one in eight Facebook users uses Facebook inappropriately, harming their sleep, work, and family and social relationships. Facebook experts have used the term problematic to describe the condition, but experts generally use the term Internet addiction to describe the condition. By 2019, Facebook had hired a group on this social network that sought to assess the well-being and comfort of users when using it.The group came up with ways…
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DOJ Seizes 27 Domains, Claims They are Controlled by Iran

DOJ Seizes 27 Domains, Claims They are Controlled by Iran

PEJOURNAL - The US Department of Justice (DOJ) announced on Wednesday that it seized 27 online domains, claiming the websites were controlled by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). The DOJ seized the domains under the guise of enforcing US sanctions against Iran and the IRGC. Wednesday’s announcement followed the seizure of 92 domains in October that the DOJ also claimed were operated by Iran. The DOJ purports that the domains were being used to spread “Iranian propaganda” and “disinformation.” The DOJ and the FBI work with US tech companies to make these seizures. “Thanks to our ongoing collaboration with…
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Zuckerberg says Facebook’s failure to remove militia page an ‘operational mistake’

Zuckerberg says Facebook’s failure to remove militia page an ‘operational mistake’

PEJOURNAL - Facebook Inc (FB.O) made an “operational mistake” in not acting sooner to remove a page for a militia group that posted a call to arms in Kenosha, Wisconsin, the company’s Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg said on Friday. The social media company said on Wednesday it had removed the page for the Kenosha Guard, and an event listing there for Armed Citizens to Protect Our Lives and Property as it violated the company’s policy against “militia organizations”. Facebook’s action came after two people were shot and killed during protests in the town on Tuesday night, part of three nights of…
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