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August 5, 2021 at 11:27 pm DES PLAINES, Ill. (CBS) — Facebook seemingly wants to take over the world – one neighborhood at a time. It has a new product to take on the likes of popular apps like Nextdoor, and the Facebook plan is being tested in one Chicago suburb.READ MORE: Skate Park Opens Friday In Garfield ParkBut before you sign up, read and watch this story and find out what CBS 2’s Marie Saavedra learned. Des Plaines is home to more than 58,600 people – and where they live and what they do online has drawn the attention of an internet behemoth. “Facebook chose well, and they’re going to be happy with the results,” said Des Plaines Mayor Andrew Goczkowski. Goczkowski learned Thursday his city is one of 12 nationwide serving as test markets for a new offering, called Facebook Neighborhoods. “I think the fact that Facebook recognized that Des Plaines has a robust online community of people who are talking to their neighbors and connecting with their neighbors – and talking about issues that matter – is great,” the mayor said.  » Read More

FILE- In this March 29, 2018, file photo, the logo for Facebook appears on screens at the Nasdaq MarketSite in New York's Times Square.  » Read More

by: Melissa Moon Posted: Aug 4, 2021 / 09:41 PM CDT / Updated: Aug 4, 2021 / 10:30 PM CDT SOUTHAVEN, Miss. — A single mother of two is hoping a virtual search party will help her find her 2016 Dodge Charger stolen during a Walmart trip in Southaven Monday night. Tahyler Golden said she went to the Walmart near I-55 at around 8:30 p.m. with her son to buy dog food. She said they were only in the store for about 30 minutes, and when they came out, the white Charger was gone. Walmart on Southcrest Parkway “It was awful,” said Golden. “I was like, well, maybe I parked it in a different spot. I couldn’t find it at all.” Police: Carjacker caught after he crashes stole Jaguar, shows up at the hospital with injuries Tuesday, Golden posted pictures of the Charger on her Facebook page, asking people she didn’t know to take a good look at the car and help her track it down.  » Read More

Health Survey Examines COVID-19 Misinformation on Facebook For many of us, social media is a convenient way to keep in touch with family, friends and colleagues. But sharing false information on platforms like Facebook during a global pandemic can have life or death consequences. A recent survey of more than 20,000 Americans found a link between Facebook users who rely on social media for their news and COVID-19 vaccination rates that fall below those of the general population. The study, which also found higher rates of institutional distrust among Facebook users, follows a health advisory by the U.S. surgeon general warning against the dangers and proliferation of health misinformation on social media. Peter Adams, senior vice president of education for the News Literacy Project, an educational nonprofit dedicated to news consumption discusses social media misinformation in the age of COVID-19.   » Read More

— The Siouxland News at Sunrise Facebook "Question of the Day" for this Wednesday, Aug. 4th, is - when was the last time you used a chalkboard?  » Read More

Facebook Inc. cut off a New York University research project’s accounts and access to the platform, effectively shutting down a study of the social-media giant’s targeting of political ads. The NYU Ad Observatory, launched last September by the university’s engineering school, recruited more than 6,500 volunteers to use a special browser extension to collect data about the political ads Facebook shows them. Soon after, Facebook, which hadn’t given permission for the project, demanded the researchers cease collecting the data. On Tuesday, Facebook disabled the accounts, apps, Facebook pages and platform access associated with the project and its operators. “NYU’s Ad Observatory project studied political ads using unauthorized means to access and collect data from Facebook, in violation of our Terms of Service,” Mike Clark, Facebook’s product management director, said in a statement posted to the company’s website Tuesday. Facebook, he said, moved to stop unauthorized scraping and comply with an agreement the company entered into with the U.S. government to address past privacy missteps. Mr. Clark says the project’s browser extension was programmed to evade Facebook’s detection systems and scrape data including usernames,  » Read More

PETALING JAYA: Pharmaniaga Bhd has acknowledged an apology by former radio announcer and actor Patrick Teoh who had made several allegations against the pharmaceutical company on his Facebook page last month. Pharmaniaga said it was made aware of misleading allegations by Teoh on his personal account on July 22, which they say brought “disrepute to the company”. They said that following engagement with Teoh, he took down his post and made an apology. “Although we respect differences of opinion, we do not tolerate slander and false allegations,” it said in a statement Tuesday (Aug 3). Pharmaniaga said it would not hesitate to take legal action against anyone that continued to malign the reputation and integrity of the company. "Let us all be responsible Malaysian citizens and be very careful when making or sharing unverified comments to avoid misinformation to the public," they said. Teoh made an unconditional apology to Pharmaniaga on his Facebook page on Monday (Aug 2), saying that there was no foundation to the allegations made in his original post.  » Read More

Facebook Reality Labs will present new work on a ‘reverse passthrough’ VR concept at this year’s SIGGRAPH event which, honestly, looks quite terrifying in its current form. A blog post from FRL’s research team posted this week showcases the concept. Reverse passthrough essentially shows a render of the VR user’s eyes on 3D displays at the front of the headset. The idea is to reduce the effect of VR users shutting off from people in the real world when they pull a device over their face. We’ve seen similar ideas before from companies like Google, who once showcased a means of showing the user’s face inside mixed reality capture. This project in particular was led by research scientist Nathan Matsuda. Images in the blog post show very early versions of this work which, honestly, look quite frightening. But these are of course prototypes, not consumer products, meant more to display the idea in its raw form rather than present it as a consumer-ready concept. According to the blog post,  » Read More

There's no denying that Floyd Mayweather's social media game is pretty strong.From rigorous training videos to flexing his designers clothes and luxury cars, the boxing great certainly keeps his millions of Instagram, Facebook and Twitter followers entertained.We're used to seeing plenty of money-bragging posts coming from his own accounts, but it's rare that you actually see him (or any other big-name celebrity for that matter) commenting on other people's things.Well, it seems Mayweather is growing bored in retirement and has now decided to go on a Facebook commenting spree - and fans aren't quite sure what to make of it all.Whether it's random compilation clips or prank videos on Facebook, Mayweather is clearly getting stuck into them all during his time away from the ring.But not only that, he's also leaving some pretty bizarre comments on the clips too - the sort of stuff you can't picture coming out of his own mouth, if you get what we're saying.And he didn't hold back with some of his comments either.  » Read More

The Internet can be a very dangerous place. One of the worst fears of Facebook users is someone else logging into or hacking their accounts. On the Web, there are malicious users and groups targeting individuals in order to gain access to personal information, hold data to ransom and disrupt important communications. The average user can be affected by account fraud, phishing, and account hacking. To be sure, users don’t need to be targeted by hackers to be at risk. They can also be compromised by a former partner, family member, ex-friend or anyone else who has managed to get ahold of their Facebook account password. However, thanks to modern technology, many social media networks and online services now show users if their account has been logged into by someone else. So, if you suspect someone has managed to gain unauthorised access to your Facebook account, you can follow these steps to recover it from them and then block them permanently. Check your devices for unrecognised Facebook logins To find out if someone else has logged into your Facebook account without your knowledge,  » Read More