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FEBRUARY 13, 2020

Social media platforms are infested with phonies, and not just your best friend’s irritating co-worker (although he totally is). This is about the fact that fake identities comprise 25 percent of new social media accounts created every day, and that 53 percent of all social media logins are fraudulent , according to a recent study.

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MARCH 31, 2019

Zuckerberg also said in his opinion piece that he wanted the government to update legislation that would protect elections, which would include new rules for online political advertising that would “reflect the reality of the threats” that social media companies have to deal with. In other Facebook news , the U.S. Landry said.

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MARCH 29, 2019

Federal Trade Commission is gearing up to hold talks with state attorneys general about Facebook and Google ’s position in the technology space. According to a report in Bloomberg citing Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry, the meeting had been slated for this week but will be rescheduled. Landry said.

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APRIL 2, 2019

Elsewhere, Zuckerberg said a benefit of updating rules would be the protection of elections , where new rules for online political ads would “reflect the reality of the threats” with which social media companies grapple. The blog post offered up four areas for “more active” oversight and more government participation.

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