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Instagram vs reality: The perils of social media on body image

Published January 16, 2022 7:00 am

Canadians share their personal experiences of how social media played a role on how they look at their own body and how they managed to cope.

Memorial for 17-year-old shot and killed in Montreal’s Plateau: Mourners urge government action to stop gun violence

Published 2 hours ago

A small memorial was held in the Plateau Mont-Royal borough Sunday afternoon to remember a 17-year-old who was shot and killed just days earlier.

Texas synagogue hostage taker identified as British national: FBI

Published 9 hours ago

After a 10-hour standoff at Congregation Beth Israel in Colleyville, the hostage-taker was killed, and officials said they would investigate ``the shooting incident.''

All hostages released from Texas synagogue and safe, police say

Published January 15, 2022 4:52 pm

All four hostages held at a Texas synagogue have been released and are safe, according to the state's governor. "Prayers answered," he tweeted.

Financial advice is exploding on social media, but can you trust it?

Published January 15, 2022 7:00 am

Global News is unravelling the many facets of influence these platforms have, including on young people's investment decisions and their relationship with money.

Facebook failed to stop global spread of abusive content, documents reveal

Published October 25, 2021 7:05 am

Newly released documents show Facebook has been "playing catch up" outside the United States in Canada to combat misinformation is several languages.

Facebook to remove face recognition amid growing concerns about misuse

Published November 2, 2021 3:08 pm

Facebook said it will shut down its face-recognition system and delete the faceprints of more than 1 billion people.

Facebook Papers are a ‘call to arms’ over pressing need to regulate: MPs

Published October 25, 2021 3:56 pm

"It is past time for stronger platform governance and it is past time for greater accountability," said Liberal MP Nathaniel Erskine-Smith about the Facebook Papers.

Facebook tests ‘extremist content’ warning on platform to fight radicalization

Published July 1, 2021 4:51 pm

Facebook said the small test, which is only on its main platform, was running in the United States as a pilot for a global approach to prevent radicalization on the site.

Facebook slow to fight COVID-19 vaccine misinformation on platform, critics say

Published October 26, 2021 5:50 am

Facebook shelved employee ideas to combat COVID-19 vaccine misinformation in the spring, critics say. But the company has said it has made “considerable progress” on the issue.

Facebook puts ‘profits’ over ‘well-being’ of users, feds must crack down: NDP MP

Published October 18, 2021 2:35 pm

Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen testified before a U.S. Senate committee earlier this month that the company's products harm children and fuel polarization in the U.S.

Alberta crochet Facebook group spreads joy to families with babies in NICUs

Published January 1, 2022 6:31 pm

The NICU Crocheters Facebook group now has hundreds of members after it was initially started by a small group of nurses in 2020.

Facebook prioritized profits over calming hate speech, whistleblower claims

Published October 4, 2021 7:12 am

"There were conflicts of interest between what was good for the public and what was good for Facebook," the whistleblower said in an interview.

Facebook removes nearly 200 accounts linked to white supremacy groups

Published June 5, 2020 5:21 pm

The accounts on Facebook and Instagram were tied to the Proud Boys and the American Guard, two hate groups already banned on the platforms.

Explainer: What are the Facebook Papers?

Published October 25, 2021 6:46 am

Journalists from a variety of newsrooms worked together to gain access to thousands of pages of internal company documents from a Facebook whistleblower.

Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp back online after widespread outage

Published October 4, 2021 11:19 am

Facebook cited faulty configuration changes on its routers as the root cause of the outage on Monday.

Instagram unveils new tools to manage teens’ use in wake of company backlash

Published December 7, 2021 2:01 am

The tools come after an internal Facebook whistleblower released internal research that showed teen girls feel worse about themselves after using Instagram.

Adding pages to ‘See First’ in your Facebook news feed

Published January 30, 2018 8:45 pm

Here's how to customize what you see in your Facebook news feed.

‘Gone by 2040’: Why some religions are declining in Canada faster than ever

Published January 8, 2022 5:00 am

Religiosity in Canada is at an all-time low, with recently released data from Statistics Canada showing only 68 per cent of Canadians say they have a religious affiliation.

‘Chilling effect’: How whistleblower Frances Haugen unfriended Facebook

Published October 10, 2021 8:23 am

Frances Haugen is just the latest to join in a growing list of workers from across the tech industry determined to speak out.

More than 80 brands join movement to pause Facebook advertising — here’s why

Published June 27, 2020 1:41 pm

According to the campaign's website, the movement is a response to Facebook’s 'long history of allowing racist, violent and verifiably false content to run rampant on its platform.'

B.C. cats claim Vitamix box as their ‘fur-ever’ home in days-long standoff with owners

Published January 10, 2022 7:51 pm

As the deadlock rolls on, the cats take turns sitting on top of the box and never allow their owners to access the Vitamix.

Facebook enters crowded dating scene — here’s what it means for users

Published May 4, 2018 2:56 pm

Facebook entering the dating market means more options for people to find relationships, but could this also lead to more fatigue?

Facebook served ads with climate misinformation during COP26

Published November 18, 2021 11:16 am

Days after Facebook touted efforts to combat climate misinformation as the COP26 summit began, Newsmax ran an ad on Facebook that called man-made global warming a "hoax."

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