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We've removed multiple Pages, Groups and accounts for misleading people about who they are and what they're doing.

In summer 2017, Facebook, YouTube, Microsoft and Twitter came together to form the Global Internet Forum to Counter Terrorism (GIFCT).   The objective of the GIFCT has always been to substantially disrupt terrorists’ ability to promote terrorism, disseminate violent extremist propaganda, and exploit or glorify real-world acts of violence on our services. We do this by […]

After months of negotiations, we've reached an agreement with the Federal Trade Commission that provides a comprehensive new framework for protecting people's privacy and the information they give us.

We are announcing action that impacts dozens of partners who had access to data to build Facebook experiences or features for their devices that should have been wound down.

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To be held at the W Bellevue Hotel (Washington), the annual three-day event brings together top experts in the areas…

The post Registration now open for the 2019 Probability and Programming Research Workshop, Big Code Summit, and PLEMM appeared first on Facebook Research.

Whether you’re new to Facebook or have been using it for years, you should be able to easily understand and adjust how your information influences the ads you see.

Mobile applications are growing larger and more complex. Larger apps using JavaScript frameworks often experience performance issues as developers add features and complexity. These issues are generated from various spots, but the people using these apps expect them to run smoothly, regardless of the device they are on. To increase the performance of Facebook’s apps, [...]

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The post Hermes: An open source JavaScript engine optimized for mobile apps, starting with React Native appeared first on Facebook Code.

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The post Facebook, Carnegie Mellon build first AI that beats pros in 6-player poker appeared first on Facebook Code.

On June 26, Facebook hosted a Networking and Communications Faculty Summit for 25 academic researchers and PhD students with backgrounds…

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Over the last six years, we have worked hard to make our commitment to diversity and inclusion more than sound bites. Our company has grown a lot. So has our approach.

For years, developers have open()ed a file, write()n to it, then read() from it on a local filesystem. In distributed systems, however, these actions involve multiple processes across different hosts at different places in the network. Each of these hosts — or the network itself — could fail independently and unexpectedly. How should a storage [...]

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In order to help people get accurate health information and the support they need, it’s imperative that we minimize health content that is sensational or misleading. 

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The post DLRM: An advanced, open source deep learning recommendation model appeared first on Facebook Code.

We want to make sure we’re advancing civil rights on our platform, and we’re sharing a second report that details our efforts.

People should have clear, simple explanations of how online services work and use personal information.

As part of his 2019 personal challenge, Mark Zuckerberg shared the latest in his series of discussions on the future of technology and society.

We hosted six in-depth workshops and 22 roundtables attended by more than 650 people from 88 different countries who pushed us to consider multiple angles for how this board could function and be designed.

The MIT Technology Review has named Facebook AI Research Scientist Noam Brown one of this year’s Innovators Under 35 for…

The post Q&A with 2019 Innovator Under 35 Noam Brown appeared first on Facebook Research.

We are rolling out our transparency tools globally for advertisers wanting to place ads about social issues, elections or politics.