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January 8,
Facebook Announcement

In a video message, Mark Zuckerberg has vowed to prioritise free speech after the return of Donald Trump to the White House and said that, starting in the US, he would “get rid of factcheckers and replace them with community notes similar to X”.

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May 10,
Interesting Fact - Facebook

According to researchers from Vrije University in Amsterdam,  Facebook is as addictive as (if not more addictive than) cigarettes and chocolate. (Seemingly just seeing the blue and white Facebook logo is enough to give an addict a buzz, making it impossible for them to resist logging on.  I'm sure Mr Zuckerberg is glad to hear that, […]

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February 28,
Interesting Fact - Money

The UK government paid social media giant Facebook 113 times more in taxpayers’ money for advertising than Facebook paid in corporation tax in the UK. (Government departments spent £489,329 in the 2014-15 fiscal year for advertising on Facebook, who only coughed up £4,327 in corporation tax. They only had to pay such a tiny amount […]

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February 2,
Groundhog day

You will need to have a Facebook account, and to be logged in to see this:- Post by The Learn English Network.

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November 25,
Copyright Words

Apple has filed an 873-page briefing paper to the court laying out its claim to exclusive use of the name "pod". In a worrying trend, companies and brands are trying to corner the market on everyday words. Rupert Murdoch’s BSkyB is already fighting a legal battle with the internet telecommunications pioneer Skype, claiming that it […]

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February 12,
I'm not sure what this says about me!

I don't have a Facebook profile, but...

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