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Chief auditor cites Facebook's Cambridge Analytica data scandal as an example of why a privacy law is necessary.
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FTC Could Slap Facebook With Record-Breaking Fine: Report

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Instagram will soon let you use Direct messaging on the web

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Facebook prefers to recruit from Google over Twitter employees

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Searching publicly available information across the web has revealed some interesting insights about Facebook's workforce.
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It's time to let go. Remove Internet Explorer from Windows 10 already

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EFF: Europe's Copyright Directive Worse Than Imagined

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