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B tests, and surveying that make the social network so addictive.

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Facebook Asked Users What Content Was “Good” or “Bad for the World.” Some of the Results Were Shocking.

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God-Emperors of Facebook plan to further destroy news industry

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Facebook is expected to announce 1.9 billion active users with 45 percent revenue growth

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Facebook gets 1 billion users in a day: site becomes bigger than almost every country

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Facebook hits one billion users in a single day: Mark Zuckerberg reveals one in seven people on earth used the social network on Monday

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More users now get news on Facebook, Twitter: Survey

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Facebook tweaks algorithm to clamp down on misleading 'click-bait' articles

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Facebook explains why it tinkered the News Feeds of close to 700,000 users

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Meta is planning to deploy millions of AI-bots on Facebook and Instagram as user base shrinks

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The expensive reality of social media's never-ending trends

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How social media has changed the way we spend

4 months ago

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Reddit overtakes X as the most popular social media platform in the UK

4 months, 1 week ago

Reddit overtakes X as the most popular social media platform in the UK

Reddit’s has seen remarkable growth, with a 47 per cent increase in users compared to May 2023. The platform now sits behind YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, and TikTok in the UK’s …

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Following gangsters' social media profiles to attract surveillance: Delhi Police

4 months, 2 weeks ago

Following gangsters' social media profiles to attract surveillance: Delhi Police

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Elon Musk: How the plan to throttle links on X is dumber than you think.

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Elon Musk confirms that he’s limiting people’s ability to share outside news on X

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News publisher flees Elon Musk’s X over ‘disturbing content’ after election

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Facebook’s new AI-driven feed is causing people to spend way more time on their phones, Meta reveals

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6 months, 1 week ago

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Psychologist reveals intriguing reason why we obsessively stalk our own social media profiles

6 months, 2 weeks ago

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Facebook found to be promoting AI spam pages: Report

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8 months, 1 week ago

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Donald Trump's social media popularity increases, followers surge by millions after assassination bid

8 months, 3 weeks ago

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