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Instagram’s headquarters. About 700 million people now use the photo-sharing service every month, with about 400 million of them checking in daily. CreditChristie Hemm Klok for The New York Times

Why Instagram Is Becoming Facebook’s Next Facebook

by Farhad Manjoo | May 16, 2017 | Technology

At a recent all-hands meeting with employees, Kevin Systrom, a founder and chief executive of Instagram, showed off one of his favorite charts: Days to Reach the Next 100 Million Users. “It’s the only graph in the company that we celebrate when it declines,” Mr....

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People are silhouetted as they pose with laptops in front of a screen projected with a Facebook logo, in this picture illustration taken in Zenica October 29, 2014. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic

Facebook Lists 10 Tips to Spot False News

by Asharq Al-Awsat | May 10, 2017 | Technology

London- Facebook has broadened its campaign to raise awareness about fake news, by publishing adverts in the UK press. The ads, in papers including The Times, The Guardian and Daily Telegraph, carry a list of 10 things to look out for when deciding if a story is...

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Britain’s Queen Elizabeth leaves after a visit to Priory View, an independent living scheme for older residents, in Dunstable, Britain April 11, 2017. (Reuters)

Queen Elizabeth II Has Secret Account on Facebook

by Asharq Al-Awsat | May 8, 2017 | Lifestyle & Culture

London – Queen Elizabeth II of England has a personal account on Facebook that keeps her in touch with a small group of friends, reported the Daily Mail. It is known that the Queen, like her mother, is fond of speaking on the telephone. However, unlike her...

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This file photo taken on December 28, 2016 shows logos of US online social media and social networking service Facebook in Vertou, France. / AFP PHOTO

Facebook Roots Out 30,000 Fake France Accounts before Election

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Apr 14, 2017 | World

Facebook says it has started rooting out 30,000 bogus accounts linked to France ahead of the country’s presidential election. The security improvement is part of a worldwide effort to rid the leading social network of hoaxes, misinformation, and fake news by...

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A woman holds her smart phone, which displays the Google home page, in this picture illustration taken February 24, 2016. REUTERS/Eric Gaillard/Illustration/File Photo

Internet: The Magic Lamp of Extremists

by Salman Al-dossary | Mar 26, 2017 | Opinion

Only few days before the terrorist attack in London, an interesting report in The Times revealed that a number of extremists have uploaded videos of themselves on YouTube where various advertisements were shown alongside for: the Ministry of Interior, the Royal Navy,...