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IRL is a new social network taking on Facebook groups

The Verge

IRL’s groups and events can be accessed on its app or website. Do people want an app specifically for discovering events and messaging as a group? That’s the bet behind IRL, a young social network that has been quietly growing over the past year and just attracted an eye-popping amount of money to take on Facebook. Image: IRL.

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Facebook removes troll network posing as Black Trump supporters

The Verge

According to a report on its July enforcement activity , Facebook removed 35 Facebook accounts, three pages and 88 Instagram accounts for “violating our policy against foreign interference, which is coordinated inauthentic behavior on behalf of a foreign entity.”

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Facebook moves to limit spread of extremist ?boogaloo? pages and groups

The Verge

Facebook is limiting the spread of pages and groups linked with the word “boogaloo,” an internet slang term used in some far-right extremist circles to refer to the idea of an impending second American Civil War, as first reported by Reuters. A report found more than 125 boogaloo groups with more than 72,000 combined members.

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My sustainability story: Telenor looks to renewable energy and network efficiency

TM Forum

“It really all boils down to sourcing renewable electricity,” says Kristian Hall, Vice President, Climate and Environment, at Telenor Group. Scope 1 covers GHG emissions that Telenor makes directly, while scope 2 emissions refer to the energy Telenor buys from suppliers to run its operations, including networks and buildings.

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Anti-vaccination group sues Facebook over fact-checking program

The Verge

Children’s Health Defense, a group founded by anti-vaccine activist Robert F. is suing Facebook and its fact-checking partners for rejecting ads and labeling debunked claims about vaccines and 5G networks. Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge. Kennedy Jr., Vaccines are typically safe, effective, and extremely beneficial.)

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Facebook bans one of the largest QAnon groups for violating harassment, hate speech policies

The Verge

Facebook has removed one of the largest public QAnon groups for violating the company’s policies on misinformation, bullying, hate speech, and harassment, Reuters reported. The group, called Official Q/Qanon had almost 200,000 members, was deleted after numerous posts were taken down.

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Facebook still hosts boogaloo extremist groups, report finds

The Verge

Facebook is still littered with groups and pages aligned with the antigovernment “boogaloo” movement months after the company announced that it would ban these communities, according to a new report from the Tech Transparency Project Wednesday. Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge.

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