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Facebook plans to rebrand company with new name: Report
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Hate speech has dropped by almost 50%, claims Facebook
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FB developing AI that can see, hear, remember whatever you do
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Facebook outage: Google Maps surged 125 times, phone usage up by 75 times
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FB failed to flag India hate content as it lacked 'Hindi, Bengali' classifiers
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FB 'chooses profit over safety' of its users: Whistleblower
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Instagram pauses kids' version, FB says not toxic for teens
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FB launches two new Portal video calling devices
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Facebook India appoints former IAS officer Rajiv Aggarwal as Head of Public Policy
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Facebook's new campaign urges people to follow Covid-appropriate behaviour
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FB expands access to licensed music for game streams
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