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The Cambridge anonymous confessions page disappeared from Facebook early on Tuesday morning (28/6) Camfess is regularly the site of debates on Cambridge issues ranging from the ethics of tripos ranking to striking staffVarsity/Facebook Camfess, the Cambridge anonymous confessions page, has disappeared from Facebook as of this morning (28/6). As noticed by one Cambridge student at 1am, when you try and search for Camfess on Facebook, the page no longer appears. One regular commenter speculated: “Maybe everyone who ran it is graduating.” Camfess is regularly the site of debates on Cambridge issues ranging from the ethics of tripos ranking to staff strikes. Recently, the page has featured anonymous praise and criticism of this year's May Balls.  Other university-wide anonymous confessions pages such as Crushbridge and Rowbridge are still on Facebook.  This is a breaking story. More updates to follow. Support Varsity Varsity is the independent newspaper for the University of Cambridge, established in its current form in 1947.  » Read More

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National Party MP Simon O'Connor has taken down a Facebook post after leader Christopher Luxon said it was "causing distress" following a controversial US Supreme Court ruling on abortion. The post by O'Connor, the MP for Tāmaki, said: "Today is a good day." It was made after the US Supreme Court overturned the landmark 1973 Roe v Wade decision that recognised a woman's constitutional right to an abortion and legalised it nationwide. National Party leader Christopher Luxon said the Roe v Wade decision was "distressing for many women" and he empathised with them. "Simon O’Connor's post was taken down because it was causing distress and does not represent the position of the National Party," Luxon said in a statement. "Our situation in New Zealand is very different from that occurring in the US. New Zealand's abortion laws were debated in detail, voted on and ultimately settled in the last parliament during 2019-2020.  "I have been consistent since becoming leader that these laws will not be relitigated or revisited under a future National Government and these health services will remain fully funded." Luxon's statement came O'Connor's comments sparked backlash on social media.  » Read More

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (June 24, 2022) – For the second straight year, a school-record 11 members of the West Virginia University rowing team were honored by the Collegiate Rowing Coaches Association as CRCA Scholar-Athletes for 2022.   The 11 Mountaineer student-athletes named to the 2022 team were seniors Ashley Dibling (mechanical engineering), Nicole Dibling (mechanical engineering), Kileigh Lade (landscape architecture), Megan Present (finance) and Emma Toy (criminology), juniors Kaira Lay (landscape architecture), Lydia Nicolai (environmental geoscience) and Sydney VanAuken (management information systems) and sophomores Emily DeGlopper (exercise physiology), Anna Gall (exercise physiology) and Ryleigh Williams (accounting).   Ashley and Nicole Dibling, Present and Toy earned a spot on the scholar-athlete team for the third consecutive year, and Lay, Nicolai and VanAuken were named to the team for the second straight year.   "Congratulations to our exemplary student-athletes for earning this distinction," WVU rowing coach Jimmy King said.  » Read More

Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.comNEW YORK, June 24 (Reuters) - U.S. companies including Walt Disney Co (DIS.N) and Facebook parent Meta Platforms Inc (META.O) said on Friday they will cover employees' expenses if they have to travel for abortion services after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v Wade.The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday overturned the landmark 1973 ruling that recognized a woman's constitutional right to an abortion, handing a victory to Republicans and religious conservatives who want to limit or ban and, in some states criminalize, the procedure. read more Many states are expected to further restrict or ban abortions following the ruling, making it difficult for female employees to terminate pregnancies unless they travel to states where the procedure is allowed.Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.comFor example, in Oklahoma a bill due to take effect in August bans abortion except in medical emergencies and penalizes providers who violate the law with up to $100,000 in fines and 10 years in prison.  » Read More

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau weighed in Friday on the U.S. Supreme Court's decision to overturn decades-old jurisprudence on abortion, calling what's unfolding south of the border a "horrific" development that threatens the right of women to choose what to do with their own bodies."My heart goes out to the millions of American women who are now set to lose their legal right to an abortion. I can't imagine the fear and anger you are feeling right now," Trudeau said in a social media post.Trudeau said "no government, politician, or man" should force a woman to carry out a pregnancy, reiterating that, under his Liberal government, "women in Canada know that we will always stand up for your right to choose."Watch: 'Today is a difficult day,' Trudeau says after U.S. court decision overturning Roe v. Wade:'Today is a difficult day,' Trudeau says after U.S. court decision overturning Roe v. WadePrime Minister Justin Trudeau weighs in on the U.S. Supreme Court's decision to overturn decades-old jurisprudence on abortion.  » Read More

Meta announced Thursday (June 23) that it is renaming Facebook Pay into Meta Pay, bringing the offering in line with the company’s rebranding that began last year. In a blog post, the company said users who have previously set up Facebook Pay won’t have to make any changes — they’ll still have the service, just under the new name. The post said Meta Pay will still let people shop, send money and donate money as they had been before across the various Meta services, including Facebook, Messenger, Instagram and WhatsApp, along with anywhere else the Facebook Pay button would’ve popped up before. The change will begin in the U.S. and will roll out internationally, although a timeline wasn’t offered by the company. Meta noted that it sees “an incredible opportunity” to work on financial products that connect people with the digital economy. “It’s important to us that we’re making sending and receiving money as simple, fast and cheap as sending a message to anyone, anywhere,” the company wrote. “And that we’re offering trusted,  » Read More

Five million Facebook users have been issued a warning as their accounts have reportedly been "stolen and breached" in a major attack. The alert has come from Nick Ascoli of PIXM, an anti-phishing browser extension. Mr Ascoli said the scam relates to web pages being mocked up to look like Facebook. The pages are then circulated through Messenger, and aim to trick unwitting victims into typing in their details, Birmingham Live reports. READ MORE: Liverpool weather: Met Office issues 'danger to life' thunderstorm warning He said: "Once the adversary has compromised the account of a Facebook user, they log into that account – presumably automatically," the expert warned. Fraudsters then "distribute new phishing links to all of that user's friends." Superintendent Sanjay Andersen, Head of the City of London Police’s National Fraud Intelligence Bureau, said: “Criminals hack people’s email and social media accounts to access a wealth of valuable personal information about the individual, which they can use to commit fraud. This includes passwords for other accounts like online banking.  » Read More

To help grow the creator economy, we’re developing monetisation tools so that creators at all stages of their growth can build a sustainable business. Today, we’re announcing tools that will give creators in EMEA new opportunities to earn a living and engage their communities. We’re also extending our commitment to not collect any revenue share from their earnings in Subscriptions, Badges in Facebook Live and Paid Online Events by an additional year, through to January 1, 2024. Offering New Opportunities to Connect with Subscribers In the 19 EMEA countries where Facebook Subscriptions are available, we’re introducing new creator-friendly and easy-to-use tools, designed to help creators build authentic relationships with their subscribers. Starting today, creators will be able to share a post that’s visible to subscribers only using the mobile composer, gain access to Subscriptions via mobile — making it easier to connect with subscribers on-the-go, acknowledge new subscribers with appreciation posts and Stories and receive recommendations of high-priority comments so they don’t miss important replies to their posts. Subscriptions allow a creator’s audience to up the level of support for their work.  » Read More

Facebook's Feed recommendations aren't always helpful. The Feed is designed to recommend content you'd most likely want to see, and it's based on your Facebook activity, your connections, and the level of engagement a given post receives. It's also worth noting that Facebook is reportedly planning on changing up Feed's recommendations. But not every Facebook user cares about seeing the most popular posts or about Facebook's attempts to understand what you'd like to see. Sometimes, you just want to keep it simple and see the latest posts that have been shared. If that's you, it's important to know that you're not just stuck with Facebook's Feed algorithm. You can sort your Feed to show its most recent posts -- and we can show you how. Note: While you can sort your Feed to show the most recent posts, Facebook has said that "Feed will eventually return to its default setting." So, it's likely that you'll need to enable it again in the future. How to view your Facebook Feed chronologically: Desktop/web methodIf you use Facebook on the web via your PC,  » Read More