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Tower in downtown Austin on 6th and Guadalupe Streets (KXAN Photo/Christian Marcelli) Tower in downtown Austin on 6th and Guadalupe Streets (KXAN Photo/Christian Marcelli) by: Cody Baird, Austin Business Journal Posted: Nov 3, 2022 / 07:47 PM CDT Updated: Nov 3, 2022 / 07:47 PM CDT Tower in downtown Austin on 6th and Guadalupe Streets (KXAN Photo/Christian Marcelli) Tower in downtown Austin on 6th and Guadalupe Streets (KXAN Photo/Christian Marcelli) by: Cody Baird, Austin Business Journal Posted: Nov 3, 2022 / 07:47 PM CDT Updated: Nov 3, 2022 / 07:47 PM CDT AUSTIN (Austin Business Journal) — Meta Platforms Inc. will not occupy the office space in the tallest building under construction in Austin, casting a pall over the city’s commercial real estate scene. The Facebook parent company plans to sublease the 589,000 square feet in the Sixth and Guadalupe high-rise. On the last day of 2021, Meta (Nasdaq: META) leased all of the office space in the tower,  » Read More

NEW KENT, Va. (WWBT) - A woman in New Kent fears for her family’s safety after a hacker took over her mother’s Facebook account.Amy Jackson called 12 On Your Side after dealing with the scammer for about a month.On the fake account, listed as “Teresa Jackson (Teresa letterman jackson),” the hacker claims to have Yorkie puppies who are in need of a new home for sale.“People have showed up in our driveway at 10 o’clock at night looking for Yorkie puppies that we obviously don’t have,” Jackson said.She said once the posts are made, potential buyers send the fake account a direct message.On the fake account, the hacker claims to have Yorkie puppies that are in need of a new home for sale.(wwbt)The hacker then asks for at least $200 via a mobile payment service, like Cash App.To make it seem like it isn’t a scam, Amy said the hacker then replies with a picture of Teresa’s real driver’s license.  » Read More

A new mum innocently tried to advertise a two-piece orange outfit on Facebook marketplace, only to receive a wave of uncalled-for messages from 'creepy' men in her DMs. April, 24, had hoped to sell the set on Facebook, and included a snap of herself wearing it while cradling her baby bump. April had wanted to show what the outfit was like, to give any potential buyers an idea of whether they might like it or not. READ MORE: 'Tornado' hits Wexford village causing 'significant damage' to trees and ripping roofs off sheds Unfortunately, the upload led to her receiving lewd messages from those who used the post as an excuse to pester her with questions that had absolutely nothing to do with the item in question. April had only wanted to sell a dress (Image: DjAprilia/TikTok) Taking to TikTok, April shared some of the inappropriate responses she received, with one would-be customer querying, 'do you come with the dress?' Another man simply commented 'Hi' with a string of love heart eyes,  » Read More

As more Americans get their news from social media, how that news is reported is more important than ever. A new paper co-authored by Julian Nyarko, “Police Agencies on Facebook Overreport on Black Suspects,” looked at 14,000 Facebook pages maintained by U.S. law enforcement agencies, focusing on how they write about crime and how often they identify suspects and those arrested as Black. Here, Associate Professor of Law Nyarko discusses key takeaways from the study. How much data did you gather for the study? We started with approximately 16,000 departments that report UCR data and ultimately matched about 14,000 of them to their Facebook page. From there, we looked at close to 100,000 crime reports made by these agencies in the form of Facebook posts. Can you talk about the key conclusion, that Facebook users are exposed to posts that overrepresent Black suspects? Yes. We first look at overreporting. Overreporting is the proportion of Black suspects in the reports versus the proportion of Black suspects in the arrest statistic.  » Read More

it started with a facebook message early sunday."I need your help, I need $200 urgently, i'll pay you back with additional fees.the kalamazoo ...  » Read More

A petrol bomber who attacked a migrant centre in a suspected terrorist incident ranted about migrants in racist Facebook posts, it has emerged. Police named 66-year-old Andrew Leak, from High Wycombe, Bucks, as the man who launched three home-made bombs at the Tug Haven processing facility in Dover on Sunday.  Two members of staff reported minor injuries inside the immigration premises and Leak was found dead inside a car which he had driven to the scene.  Counter Terrorism Policing South East (CTPSE) has taken charge of the investigation from Kent Police as it seeks to establish his motivation.  Social media posts Leak’s social media history includes several rants against migrants, Muslims in particular. In August this year he railed on Facebook against the “thousands of people getting benefits cannot speak English cannot write English how are they looking for work”. In an earlier post he makes a series of claims about Muslim men grooming and sexually assaulting young girls. In other posts Leak, an Army veteran who served in Northern Ireland,  » Read More

Facebook has created a designated portal through which the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) can directly report claims 0f "disinformation" to ...  » Read More

Now the firm has a new tool to let people check if Facebook has that data, and delete it. Facebook's parent firm Meta has quietly rolled out a new ...  » Read More

The Sydney Morning Herald’s website layout and branding have been replicated by criminals to spread fake articles on Facebook and dupe people into investing in fraudulent financial schemes.Truck driver John McSorley was one of many people who have been targeted by the false articles circulated on social media, that use this reporter’s name.McSorley was unemployed earlier this year and looking for extra money when he noticed an article on Facebook which purported to be published by the Herald.“Former Bank Employee Leaks Secret How Aussies Can Get Rich In a Matter of Months (Banks Are Furious),” was the headline.The article promoted a scheme called the “Profit Trader” system, that claimed to use “artificial intelligence algorithms and machine learning to accurately predict when the cryptocurrency rate will rise and fall”.Reader comments appeared to show happy customers, posting “worked for me!” and “From $250 to 14,500 in 8 trading days. Signed up and keep the train rolling.”McSorley had never invested before,  » Read More

Twitter re-banned white nationalist Nick Fuentes after he made a new account on Saturday, according to The Daily Beast. Why it matters: He and other far-right figures who were previously banned by Twitter have attempted to return to the platform since it was officially purchased last week by Elon Musk, who has emphasized that he wants the company to prioritize free speech.However, Musk has clarified that speech on the platform would need to adhere to the local laws of any country Twitter operates in and that he does not want it to become "a free-for-all hellscape, where anything can be said with no consequences!"Musk said Twitter would create a content moderation council "with widely diverse viewpoints” and that there would be “no major content decisions or account reinstatements" before then.What they're saying: "Bottom line up front: Twitter’s policies haven’t changed. Hateful conduct has no place here. And we’re taking steps to put a stop to an organized effort to make people think we have," Yoel Roth,  » Read More