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Facebook to verify identities on accounts that churn out viral posts

Hopefully it’s a COVID-19 version of what it did post-2016 elections, when it required verification of those buying political or issue ads.

She wanted a sub, not Facebook, Instagram and SMS come-ons from the guy who served her and intercepted her contact-tracing details.

Use of the kid-addicting, video-sharing app is exploding during lockdown, triggering yet another inquiry into how safe it is for young ones.

In April, the company yanked 1,887 misleading accounts, pages and groups tied to eight influencer networks building fake engagement.

Got plenty of quaran-time to teach something to roll over? Be careful! Puppy lust is leading to broken hearts and emptied wallets.

Justice has already been slow in this case, and the pandemic isn’t helping: His trial has been postponed for a third time.

Germany’s ditched a homegrown alternative that featured a centralized database of location data, raising privacy concerns.

Drinking bleach does NOT cure coronavirus: it’s just one dangerous myth that Facebook will alert us to if we’ve interacted with it.

It doesn’t have regulatory authority, so it can’t do much, but the hundreds of registrars it authorizes can and should.

If somebody promises to get your economic impact payment fast, back away: it’s just one flavor of COVID-19 scam the tax agency is seeing.