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PALO ALTO (Reuters) - Facebook Inc’s top executives sought to rally employees around business priorities like commerce and virtual reality at a year-end meeting on Tuesday, playing down criticism faced this year of the company’s record on false and violent speech.FILE PHOTO: Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg testifies remotely via videoconference in this screengrab made from video during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing titled, "Breaking the News: Censorship, Suppression, and the 2020 Election,? on Facebook and Twitter's content moderation practices, on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., November 17, 2020. U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee via REUTERS/File Photo“The way out is through. I believe the only way forward is to keep working,” Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg told employees, according to audio of the address heard by Reuters.Zuckerberg acknowledged that criticism of Facebook had hurt staff morale, saying public scrutiny “comes with the territory.” But he also struck a defiant tone, arguing that at least some of the pushback came from rivals or those with an interest in tarnishing Facebook’s reputation.“We also have to recognize that we have many competitors, and there are people who believe that their success depends on us failing. So it’s important that we don’t just reflexively accept all criticism,”…

by: Jesse Wells Posted: Dec 15, 2020 / 04:05 PM EST / Updated: Dec 15, 2020 / 04:05 PM EST INDIANAPOLIS — An Indianapolis man is behind bars and charged with murder following a deadly shooting two months ago on Indy’s near northeast side. The death is not the first time gun violence has torn apart the victim’s family. According to court records, the accused killer spotted the victim driving at an apartment complex on Baltimore.  The suspect then allegedly followed the victim for a half mile before ambushing him while sitting at a red light at 30th and Keystone. The 22-year-old victim, Daniel Baxter, crashed his silver Chevy after being shot five times through the passenger window. “Every time you turn around someone is burying their child and it needs to stop,” said the victim’s mother Brandy Hughes.  “When they took my son from me, it left a hole in my heart I can never get back.” Prosecutors claim the killing was caught on camera and showed the suspect, Keith Cole, jump out of his car, open fire and then speed away down Keystone. Those cameras spotted the license plate of the getaway car, leading to the arrest. According…

News Federal authorities have accused tech giants Facebook and Google of anti-competitive practices. The latest lawsuit was filed this week against Facebook, which has long been the target of politicians and government regulators for its data collection and content censoring practices. Do you think the tech giants have gotten too big? Answer below. Top Stories

New Delhi: The Delhi high court has sought the response of Google and Facebook on a plea moved by the Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation (GCMMF) Limited, which sells milk and dairy products under the Amul trademark, seeking removal of certain videos alleging that they are cruel to cows. Issuing notice to the two social media platforms and the person who uploaded the videos and seeking their replies to the GCMMF’s suit, Justice Mukta Gupta refrained from passing any interim order directing removal of the videos, titled “Unholy Cattle of India: Exposing Cruelty in the Indian Dairy Industry”, from YouTube and Facebook. The court asked the person who uploaded the video, to indicate how the GCMMF or its members were indulging in cruelty against cows and why Amul’s mascot was used in the video, in his reply. With this direction, the court listed the matter for hearing on January 15, 2021. The GCMMF, in its suit, has sought the removal of the videos from YouTube and Facebook, claiming that the person who has uploaded those is targeting it. The suit has contended that the videos uploaded by defendant Nitin Jain “were slanderous and disparaged and denigrated the Amul brand and…

The suspect's Facebook name was “Jesse James” and agreed to sell and ship the parts for $375 using a CashApp arranged by the suspect. After the ...

Former Facebook executive Chamath Palihapitiya suggested in a tweet on Friday that everyone who gets vaccinated should "all wear a mask of a special design or color" in order to let other people around them know that they have been vaccinated.The idea did not sit well with many on social media, who quickly blasted the idea, comparing it to Nazi Germany's use of the Star of David."How about we just put a gold star on ones that aren't?", one user tweeted sarcastically.FIRST SHIPMENT OF PFIZER-BIONTECH CORONAVIRUS VACCINE LEAVES MICHIGAN FACILITYOther users didn't see the point of having to continue to wear a mask when the vaccine is supposed to provide protection on its own.One user explained that since none of the vaccines are 100% effective, signaling that you have been vaccinated would just provide a "false sense of 100% immunity.""Probably best to consider people infectious untilt here are no more cases," they added.GET FOX BUSINESS ON THE GO BY CLICKING HEREMeanwhile, some floated alternatives to mask wearing, with one user arguing that companies could identifiy those who show proof of vaccination with an ID sticker."We do this every year for flu," the user added. "You get a flu shot and get a sticker on your ID…

Groups call out Michigan lawmakers for not supporting Rep. Cynthia Johnson amid death threatsMichigan state Rep. Cynthia Johnson Several Michigan legislators and groups are speaking out in support of state Representative Cynthia Johnson, who has been criticized and disciplined this week for a video she shared to social media after receiving death threats.Rep. Johnson has received several death threats regarding the 2020 election, particularly following her participation on the Michigan House Oversight Committee that questioned President Trump’s personal attorney Rudy Giuliani in Lansing on Dec. 2. After the hearing, Rep. Johnson received death threats in several voicemails, with one even calling for her lynching.In response, Johnson posted a video to Facebook this week to condemn the racist, violent and vulgar threats that she has received.“Enough is enough,” Johnson said of the threats against her at one point in the video. “For those of you who are soldiers, you know how to do it, do it right. Be in order, make them pay.”Though Rep. Johnson says she was not inciting violence with her message, Republican Michigan leaders and lawmakers whole heartedly disagreed. Johnson was removed from the oversight committee and an investigation has been opened into the incident.Threats to either Democrats…

The independent body set up by Facebook to review decisions to remove content will eventually need to tackle the issue of how to address politicians such as Donald Trump posting disinformation online, the board’s sole Australian member has said.The oversight board is a body set up by Facebook to review select cases where Facebook’s content moderators have removed a post, but the user believes it should not have been removed. The board makes binding decisions for Facebook, meaning a post that was removed could be restored if the board says it should be.“The decision we make isn’t going to just dispose of that particular case in front of us, it’s going to help us to require Facebook to change either its policy or its enforcement processes more generally,” Nic Suzor, the sole Australian member of the oversight board, told Guardian Australia.This month, the 20-member board – made up of academics, lawyers, politicians and journalists from across the world – announced the first six cases it would review over the next 90 days.One of the cases involves a two-year-old post of an alleged quote from Joseph Goebbels, the propaganda minister of Nazi Germany. The post, which spells out the need…

Sheryl Sandberg, chief operating officer of Facebook Inc.David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesFacebook COO Sheryl Sandberg recently argued against the two antitrust lawsuits filed this week that could result in the divestment of Instagram and WhatsApp, saying that Facebook's 2012 and 2014 acquisitions were already cleared by by the U.S. government."Those acquisitions were cleared and if you can buy a company, and eight years, 10 years later, the government can clear them and unwind it — that's going to be a really big chilling problem for American business, we are not going to be competitive around the world," Sandberg said in an interview with Tamron Hall published on Thursday.Sandberg's comments echoed those made by Facebook on Wednesday in response to the lawsuits, which were filed by the Federal Trade Commission and a coalition of attorneys general from 48 states and territories.Sandberg also argued against the notion that Facebook does not face competition."There's our services but there's iMessage, there's TikTok, there's Snapchat, many of which have grown very big, very quickly," Sandberg said. "I can't get my own kids to post on Instagram because they're so busy on Snapchat and TikTok. You know, if you want to get electricity…

Posted: Dec 11, 2020 / 11:19 AM EST / Updated: Dec 11, 2020 / 01:06 PM EST Weekdays at 10:30 a.m. CST/11:30 a.m. EST, Newsfeed Now will be streaming the top stories in the U.S. utilizing our newsrooms across the country. If you miss the live report, you’ll be able to see a replay minutes after the stream ends. The FDA is expected to issue an emergency use authorization for the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine. An advisory panel voted favorably to approve it Thursday. If the FDA approves it, the first group of Americans could be vaccinated in a matter of days. For more information, check out the full story from News Nation. FedEx and UPS are poised to start shipping doses of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine around the country, and they say they have the infrastructure and staff to do it speedily. See the full story at WFLA.com. A 2-year-old Wisconsin girl was devastated after losing her “Daddy Doll.” Now, 1,500 Facebook shares later someone found and returned it in the most unlikely way. See the full story at WeAreGreenBay.com. Neither rain, nor snow, nor sleet, nor a hail of gunshots shall stop this postal employee. A United States Postal service…