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By TED CORDERO, GMA News, 25 Aug 2021 The National Privacy Commission (NPC) said Wednesday it has ordered the immediate takedown of four online lending apps in a bid to protect the data privacy rights of borrowers. In a statement, the NPC said it issued four separate orders directing Wefund Lending Corporation, Joywin Lending Investor…

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by Pia Lee-Brago (The Philippine Star), Jul 1, 2019 MANILA, Philippines — One in five adult Filipinos uses Facebook daily to read news, according to a Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey.

By: Mahar Mangahas, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Jun 15, 2019 Of the estimated 30.6 million adult Filipino users of the internet—see “First Quarter 2019 Social Weather Survey: Internet usage steady at 46% of adult Filipinos,” www.sws.org.ph, 6/4/19—virtually all have Facebook (FB). It is three times as popular as YouTube.

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Snapchat and even Facebook’s own Instagram are getting more clicks from the kids these days than the aging social network. By Sarah Frier, Bloomberg, May 31, 2018 Three years ago, Facebook was the dominant social media site among U.S. teens, visited by 71 percent of people in that magic, trendsetting demographic. Not anymore.

by Joe Myers, Apr 24, 2017 Next time you swear on Twitter, or post that drunken photo, just remember that future employers are watching – and it could cost you a job.

by Amicus Curiae, Cyndy P. dela Cruz, Businessworld, Feb. 1, 2017 The pen is mightier than the sword or so the adage goes. When this was once said, it was to highlight the power of thought and idea over brute force and violence as a way to effect change.

The switch is intended to make Facebook a more credible source of information http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/2017/01/26/facebook-takes-aim-fake-news-new-trending-formula/ Facebook is updating its “trending” feature that highlights hot topics on its social networking site, part of its effort to root out the kind of “fake news” stories that critics contend helped Donald Trump become president.

By: Miguel R. Camus, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Jan. 24, 2017 In the digital shift, the Philippines has taken the global lead in at least one measure: time spent on social media.

By Claire Poskitt, Jan. 20, 2017 In 2011, a startup social media company managed to get 10,000 signups on its website within three months without revealing the product or service actually being offered. And although Kohort is now defunct, there are lessons that can be learned from its experience.

“Our goal is to connect people with the stories they find most meaningful, and we know people want accurate information,” Facebook says in a statement Don Kevin Hapal, Rappler, Jan. 19, 2017 MANILA, Philippines – Facebook assured Senator Francis Pangilinan they “take misinformation seriously” and were “working.. to address the issue of fake news and…

By Rey Gamboa (The Philippine Star), November 1, 2016 We live in a totally different world these days where conmen do not necessarily have to personally interact with their victims and gangsters are not always gun-toting and knife-wielding.

By Claire Poskitt on 8 September 2016 Let’s face it: getting a reader’s attention and keeping it can be difficult. How many web pages have you closed before reading to the end? Many web users dislike reading lengthy blocks of text. People want you to give them information, but they won’t stick around for it…

Google has taken down a blog that listed ways to harass Singapore’s Filipino population, drawing praise from Internet users appalled by growing racial tensions in the city-state.

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