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Reporter speaks on choosing the path of most resistance

January 26, 2021 12:00 AM
Becoming an educated person means taking the path of most resistance and receiving information from a variety of sources, investigative reporter David Epstein told BYU students in a Jan. 26 forum.
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"I am sorry": Zuckerberg faces congressional inquisition

April 10, 2018 12:00 AM
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg arrives on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, April 9, 2018, to meet with Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., the ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Committee. Zuckerberg will testify Tuesday before a joint hearing of the Commerce and Judiciary Committees about the use of Facebook data to target American voters in the 2016 election. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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Facebook says it should have audited Cambridge Analytica

April 06, 2018 12:00 AM
In this Jan. 22, 2018 file photo, Operating Officer of Facebook, Sheryl Sandberg attends a meeting with France's President Emmanuel Macron, during the 'Choose France' summit, at the Chateau de Versailles, outside Paris. Sandberg says Facebook should have conducted an audit after learning that a political consultancy’s improperly accessed user data nearly three years ago. The company’s chief operating officer told NBC’s Today show, Friday, April 6, that Facebook is now undertaking that audit. Sandberg said that at the time, Facebook received legal assurances that Cambridge Analytica had deleted the improperly obtained information.(AP Photo/Thibault Camus, Pool, File)
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Things you should know today: 3/21/18

March 21, 2018 12:00 AM
Police: Suspect in Austin bombing attacks blows himself up
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Zuckerberg asked to testify; data firm's CEO suspended

March 21, 2018 12:00 AM
Chief Executive of Cambridge Analytica (CA) Alexander Nix, leaves the offices in central London, Tuesday March 20, 2018. Cambridge Analytica, has been accused of improperly using information from more than 50 million Facebook accounts. It denies wrongdoing. (Dominic Lipinski/PA via AP)
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Allegations of bias raise questions about Facebook's news role

May 17, 2016 12:00 AM
Former Facebook journalists/employees released information via Gizmodo on Monday, May 10, about the Trending Topics section on Facebook, saying that journalists 'inject' topics that weren't necessarily trending and were discouraged from posting conservative news.
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Facebook improves video streaming in virtual reality

February 22, 2016 12:00 AM
Facebook has a new hobby: virtual reality. The social media giant began posting 360-degree videos several months ago, and it announced Sunday, Feb. 21, that it will share newly improved technology for these videos with Samsung.
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Opinion Outpost: Dec. 8

December 08, 2015 12:00 AM
The Opinion Outpost features opinions and commentary on the latest hot topics from national news sources. As much as you love hearing from The Universe, we thought you might like to hear from journalists around the nation.
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Paying for likes: Facebook's IPO

May 18, 2012 12:00 AM
From a Harvard dorm room in 2004 to more than 900 million users in 2012, Facebook has become the world's largest social network, bringing in an average of 3.2 billion comments and likes every day. On Friday, users finally had a chance to pay for those likes.
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