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Facebook removes more pages in Philippines for misleading activity

sudshr47 March 29, 2019

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Facebook has continued its crackdown on coordinated misinformation in the Philippines.

The social media giant said on Friday it had taken down more than 200 pages, groups, and accounts in the country, which it said misled others about who they were and what they were doing.

“We’re taking down these Pages and accounts based on their behavior, not the content they posted,” Nathaniel Gleicher, Facebook’s head of cybersecurity policy, said in a statement online.

“In this case, the people behind this activity coordinated with one another and used fake accounts to misrepresent themselves, and that was the basis for our action.” Read more…

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Go-Jek’s Get app officially launches in Thailand as Southeast Asia expansion continues

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Rakuten’s Viber chat app plans to charge to operate chatbots in controversial move

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On-demand logistics startup Lalamove raises $300M for Asia growth and becomes a unicorn

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Twitter names first international markets to get checks on political advertisers

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sudshr47 February 1, 2019

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sudshr47 January 25, 2019

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