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Hate speech and threats deemed credible are violations of Facebook rules Companies News : Facebook has built on its campaign to prevent the platform from being used to spread dangerous misinformation, saying it will remove bogus posts likely to spark violence. The new tactic being spread through the global social network was tested in Sri Lanka, which was recently rocked by inter-religious over false information posted on the world's leading online social network. "There are certain forms of misinformation that have contributed to physical harm, and we are making a policy change which will enable us to take that type of content down," a Facebook spokesman said after a briefing on the policy at the company's campus in Silicon Valley. "We will begin implementing the policy during the coming months." For example, Facebook may remove inaccurate or misleading content, such as doctored photos, created or shared to stir up to ignite volatile si...

The company said the problem has been fixed, adding that it will notify the 14 million users who could have been affected Technology News : The private posts of around 14 million Facebook users were made public due to a software bug. The users, whose posts typically defaults to a preselected privacy setting, didn't know that a simple message to a person is actually being shared with the general public due to this bug. This bug was active from May 18 to May 27. It changed users' privacy settings to public, without them knowing. The company said the problem has been fixed, adding that it will notify the 14 million users who could have been affected, starting Thursday. "Starting today we are letting everyone affected know and asking them to review any posts they made during that time. We'd like to apologize for this mistake," CNBC quoted the chief privacy officer Erin Egan as saying. The social media giant had been under scanner lately f...