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Community Seeks Justice For Kane
By: Curtis Feder
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POMEROY, Ohio (WOUB) – On Easter morning Mason, WV and Pomeroy, OH suffered a great loss. Former Wahama High School football star Kane Roush, 25, died following numerous gunshot wounds. … Read More
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Top Facebook Official: Our Aim Is To Make Lying On the Platform ‘More Difficult’
By: Ashish Valentine | NPR
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Facebook’s head of security policy, Nathaniel Gleicher, said that Facebook is working harder than ever to counteract efforts to interfere in the 2020 presidential election.
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Community Social Media Page Brings Awareness for Lockdown Mental Health
By: Madelyn Young
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A society that lives on constant connection and communication is still trying to cope with the restrictive regulations of COVID-19. This pandemic continues to evolve at a rapid pace and… Read More
![Twitter will stop running political ads, CEO Jack Dorsey announced Wednesday. Online political ads pose "significant risks to politics," he tweeted.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/gettyimages-1165948313-a26804f0db514d9ff22455bc67157803331e3fec-e1572476658151-900x422.jpg)
Twitter To Halt Political Ads, In Contrast To Facebook
By: Avie Schneider | Shannon Bond | NPR
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CEO Jack Dorsey announced that Twitter will stop running political ads, citing online ads’ “significant risks to politics.” Facebook has been criticized for allowing deceptive political ads.
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Mark Zuckerberg Offers A Choice: The Facebook Way Or The China Way
By: Shannon Bond | NPR
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At a congressional hearing, the CEO acknowledged he is not “the ideal messenger” for Facebook’s digital currency plan, but said innovation is essential to American financial leadership.
![Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., speaks during a hearing of the Senate Judiciary Committee in March. He blames big tech for using "exploitative and addictive practices in order to get us to spend more time on their platform."](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/ap_19068812040609-2a57afcc3586dd61082cb07cbcfdd37eae637711-e1565815534441-900x422.jpg)
Senator Pushes Bill To Curb ‘Exploitative And Addictive’ Social Media Practices
By: Tim Mak | NPR
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The legislation by a freshman Republican senator would prohibit features like auto-play and infinite scrolling, used by social media companies to keep users on their platform longer.
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FTC To Hold Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg Liable For Any Future Privacy Violations
By: Aarti Shahani | Avie Schneider | NPR
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Under a settlement with the Federal Trade Commission, the company will pay $5 billion and its co-founder could be subject to penalties if Facebook doesn’t comply with the agreement.
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Facebook Could Face Up To $5 Billion Fine For Privacy Violations
By: Aarti Shahani | NPR
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Facebook reported strong profits on Wednesday but also revealed it is setting aside $3 billion to pay a penalty to regulators for violating users’ privacy.
![Facebook announced Wednesday that it will ban white nationalism and separatism content starting next week. "It's clear that these concepts are deeply linked to organized hate groups and have no place on our services," it said.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/gettyimages-936582968-c843205ad214d9e03de43472ddd88619911ee787-e1553721463399-900x422.jpg)
Facebook Bans White Nationalism And Separatism Content From Its Platforms
By: Sasha Ingber | NPR
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The company says such content is linked to white supremacy and organized hate groups. Users who search for terms related to white supremacy will be directed to an anti-hate site.