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Meta Reaches $1.4B Settlement With Texas Over Privacy Violations

Barry Holtzclaw — Tue, 30 Jul 2024 17:19:43 +0000

The parent company of Facebook and Instagram faced allegations that it had collected facial identification information on millions of users in violation of a state law.

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SJ Police Launch ‘Most Wanted’ Facebook and Instagram Pages

Barry Holtzclaw — Mon, 24 Jun 2024 18:03:41 +0000

The San Jose Police Department social media pages will showcase violent crime cases displaying suspects that have been identified but outstanding.

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Meta Accused by CA and Other States of Luring Children to Instagram, Facebook

Barry Holtzclaw — Wed, 25 Oct 2023 17:57:43 +0000

Meta was accused of knowingly using features on Instagram and Facebook to hook children to its platforms, even as the company said its social media sites were safe for young people.

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Op Ed: Social Media Companies Can Help Stop Dangerous ‘Sideshows’

Barry Holtzclaw — Mon, 04 Sep 2023 23:56:07 +0000

Research shows that sideshow posts can attract hundreds of people in a matter of minutes. We are asking social media platforms to work with our police department to suspend the accounts of people who post content promoting these events.

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Will the Early Success of ‘Twitter Killer’ Threads Crash Into Reality?

Barry Holtzclaw — Tue, 11 Jul 2023 19:29:01 +0000

Mark Zuckerberg has used Meta’s might to push Threads to a fast start — but that may only work up to a point. In less than a day, Threads appeared to have taken the crown as the most rapidly downloaded app ever, easily outstripping ChatGPT. The newly released companion to Instagram aims at offering users an alternative to Twitter.

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Video of Stripper Getting Out of San Jose Firetruck Ignites Internet Firestorm, City Probe

Barry Holtzclaw — Mon, 17 Oct 2022 21:14:14 +0000

The 19-second video went viral across multiple social media platforms almost immediately after it was posted on Instagram Oct 6, first by a private individual.

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Capitol Bracing for Social Media Showdown

CalMatters — Fri, 15 Jul 2022 14:25:56 +0000

Under amendments made public June 30, only public prosecutors, such as the state attorney general and county district attorneys, would have the power to bring civil lawsuits against social media giants for deploying designs or features they know will addict kids.

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Former San Jose Resident Sentenced to Five Years In Prison for Online Fraud Scheme

San Jose Inside — Thu, 05 May 2022 19:30:28 +0000

San Jose police and the IRS discover that Amanda Riley faked cancer to defraud victims out of more than $105,000.

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Fire that Destroyed Blossom Hill Home Depot ‘Not Suspicious,’ San Jose Investigators Report

San Jose Inside — Mon, 11 Apr 2022 04:12:56 +0000

San Jose fire officials reported that no one was injured in the fire, the fire appeared to have started in the lumber area of the store and the cause of the fire was not suspicious.

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Gone in Minutes, Out for Hours: Global Outage Shakes Facebook

New York Times — Tue, 05 Oct 2021 04:25:05 +0000

When‌ ‌apps‌ ‌used‌ ‌by‌ ‌billions‌ ‌of‌ ‌people‌ ‌worldwide‌ ‌blinked‌ ‌out,‌ ‌lives‌ ‌were‌ ‌disrupted,‌ ‌businesses‌ ‌were‌ ‌cut‌ ‌off‌ ‌from‌ ‌customers‌ ‌—‌ ‌and‌ ‌some‌ ‌Facebook‌ ‌employees‌ ‌were‌ ‌locked‌ ‌out‌ ‌of‌ ‌their‌ ‌offices.‌ ‌Facebook’s‌ ‌internal‌ ‌communications‌ ‌platform,‌ ‌Workplace,‌ ‌was‌ ‌also‌ ‌taken‌ ‌out,‌ ‌leaving‌ ‌most‌ ‌employees‌ ‌unable‌ ‌to‌ ‌do‌ ‌their‌ ‌jobs.‌ ‌ ‌

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