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• Facebook’s Hydra aims to simplify Python development

  Open source framework replaces boilerplate code in complex apps with the ability to compose and override configurations

• Australia, the US and the UK urge Facebook not to encrypt messages

  ​Australia, The United States and the United Kingdom are seizing on Facebook Inc's plan to apply end-to-end encryption across its messaging services to press for major changes to a practice long opposed by law enforcement.

• Facebook suspends tens of thousands of apps in response to Cambridge Analytica row

  ​Facebook said on Friday it has suspended tens of thousands of apps on the social networking platform, as part of the company's ongoing app developer investigation it began in March 2018 in response to the Cambridge Analytica row.

• Facebook, Microsoft launch contest to detect deepfake videos

  Facebook is teaming up with Microsoft, the Partnership on AI coalition and academics from several universities to launch a contest to better detect deepfakes, the company said in a ​blog post​ on Thursday. ~

• Twitter, Facebook counter ‘information operation’ targeting HK protesters

  Twitter has suspended 936 user accounts that the social network operator says were part of a state-backed “information operation” targeting the Hong Kong protest movement.

• How to encrypt your Facebook messages with Secret Conversations

  Facebook's new encrypted messaging feature, Secret Conversations, is now live for everyone on Android and iOS.

• How to prioritize your Facebook news feed content

  Facebook starts prompting users this week to select friends and pages whose content will display higher than everything else. Here’s how to use this tool to customize your news feed.

• 4 ways to navigate Facebook’s new mobile profiles

  Facebook’s redesign of mobile profiles include looping profile videos, temporary profile pictures and new privacy controls. Here’s a look at how these features work.

• 3 tips to help control your Facebook Feed

  Facebook isn't always fun or rewarding, but you can easily improve your experience by tweaking some basic settings and performing routine maintenance. Carefully curating your News Feed and a more controlled approach to notifications could turn a so-so experience on Facebook into one you'll actually enjoy.

• 5 ways to dump the junk in your Facebook News Feed

  Facebook's news feed algorithm, which determines the posts you see and the ones you don't, has been a work in progress -- and pain point for users -- for years. This week, the social network took another step toward giving back some control with a new set of preferences that dictate which friends and pages you want to see content from first.

• Facebook's Workplace takes off with 7,000 users at Virgin Atlantic

  Facebook’s enterprise social network app quickly gains users, helping the airline overcome some of the adoption challenges it saw with Microsoft’s Yammer.

• With new apps and services, IT connects deskless workers to biz

  Messaging apps and mobile services from companies like Zinc and Crew are springing up to help connect workers not bound to a desk with colleagues in the office.

• Facebook’s Oculus targets enterprise VR with business product bundle

  The US$900 Oculus for Business package is aimed at putting VR hardware in the hands of more business users for collaboration and worker training.

• A year after launch, how has Facebook Workplace fared?

  With 14,000 organizations worldwide using its business collaboration app, Facebook has a foothold in the enterprise, but it faces stiff competition on multiple fronts.

• Banking bots highlight conversational commerce trend

  Western Union has built a chatbot that lets consumers wire money by conversing with a digital assistant in Facebook Messenger.

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