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• Facebook to pay $9.5 million to end Canadian probe into privacy claims

  The Competition Bureau said Facebook gave the false impression that its privacy settings would give users control over who could see and access their personal information.

  Canada

  May 20, 2020
  
• Facebook to expand access to encryption feature on Messenger

  The company is also considering banning the use of Messenger accounts not linked to regular Facebook profiles.

  Consumer

  Nov 5, 2019
  
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• Man charged for online extortion, luring of teen girl: London police

  LPS received a complaint last week about an intimate photo shared between an adult male and a 14-year-old girl in December 2013.

  Canada

  Sep 20, 2019
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• London man, 27, facing child-luring charges in Facebook Messenger investigation

  Investigators say Facebook contacted them in relation to the messages, and officers arrested a man at a west end residence early Friday morning.

  Crime

  Aug 6, 2019
• Regret sending that Facebook message? Now you can delete it

  Facebook has finally promised the feature that internet users have been pining for — the ability to delete a regretful message from their chat history.

  Consumer

  Feb 5, 2019
• Facebook says it had consent to share users’ data, messages with other tech giants

  Facebook downplayed a report that it shared users’ data and personal messages with other tech companies, saying it had users' permission to do so.

  Tech

  Dec 19, 2018
• Emojis, WhatsApp and ‘XOXO’: How texting habits differ around the world

  From how we say hello and goodbye, to shorthand, abbreviations, emoji use and even the platform people use to send messages, texting habits vary depending on where you are in the world.

  Tech

  Dec 12, 2018
• Milton man facing charges over alleged ‘inappropriate relationship’ with minor

  Halton regional police say the man is charged with luring a child under 16, sexual interference and invitation to sexual touching.

  Canada

  Oct 26, 2018
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• U.S. wants Facebook to let law enforcement wiretap a suspect’s Messenger: sources

  The U.S. government has filed a motion to hold Facebook in contempt for refusing to carry out the request, sources say.

  Tech

  Aug 17, 2018
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• Facebook rolls out Messenger app for kids in Canada — despite calls to shut it down

  Critics say it serves to lure kids into harmful social media use and to hook young people on Facebook as it tries to compete with Snapchat or its own Instagram app.

  Tech

  Jun 22, 2018