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Tag: Facebook

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Posted inLifestyle

Facebook Says It Will Halt Bullying, Protect Youth, Public Figures

by Sarafina Wright –Washington Informer Staff Writer October 20, 2021December 21, 2021

Facebook, the social media giant that also owns Instagram and WhatsApp, recently announced a slew of policy changes to make its platform safer for children, minimize harassment to public figures and thwart online bullying.

Some say Facebook's recent outage served as a mental health break. (Courtesy of William Iven via Wikimedia Commons)
Posted inHealth

Facebook, Instagram Shutdown Provides Three-Day Mental Health Break

by Stacy M. Brown October 13, 2021December 21, 2021
Posted inLifestyle

Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp Suffer Outages after Whistleblower Goes Public

by WI Guest Author October 4, 2021December 21, 2021
Posted inNational

Judicial Misconduct: Judges Violate Their Oath with Social Media Posts

by Stacy M. Brown July 22, 2021December 21, 2021
Posted inNational

Facebook to Again Allow Posts Claiming COVID is ‘Man-Made’

by WI Guest Author May 27, 2021December 21, 2021
**FILE** A voter asks an election worker a question as she votes at Samuels Community Center in the presidential election in the Harlem neighborhood of New York City on Nov. 8, 2016. (Kena Betancur/AFP/Getty Images)
Posted inNational

GOP-Connected Tech Firm Targeted Black Voters on Facebook for ‘Deterrence’

by WI Guest Author October 5, 2020December 21, 2021
Mark Zuckerberg
Posted inAfricaNow, International

Facebook Reinforces Its Presence in Africa

by WI Guest Author September 23, 2020December 21, 2021
Demonstrators take to the streets to protest police brutality and racial inequality in the wake of the death of George Floyd, a Black man who died in Minneapolis while in police custody. (Roy Lewis/Trice Edney News Wire)
Posted inEditorial

EDITORIAL: Support for Black Press Grows with Black Journalism Fund

by WI Guest Author July 1, 2020December 21, 2021
Mark Zuckerberg
Posted inNational

Washington Informer Among Facebook Journalism Grant Recipients

by WI Guest Author May 7, 2020December 21, 2021
Louis Farrakhan
Posted inAskia Muhammad, Columnists, Op-Ed, Opinion

MUHAMMAD: I Stand With Farrakhan!

by Askia Muhammad May 8, 2019December 21, 2021

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