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Facebook Prohibits Anti-Vaccine Ads An About Facebook blog post revealed the platform’s plan to ban anti-vaccine ads. The platform stated that its “goal is to help messages about the safety and efficacy of vaccines reach a broad group of people, while prohibiting ads with misinformation that could harm public health efforts” Facebook already bans ads about vaccine hoaxes that have been identified by the World Health Organization and US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention....

In a rebuttal, Facebook has branded the film a “conspiracy documentary,” and said it does not deliberately allow misinformation and hate speech to “fester” on its platform and works to remove it, “despite what the film says.” “We know our systems aren’t perfect and there are things that we miss. But we are not idly standing by and allowing misinformation or hate speech to spread on Facebook,” the company said....

In addition, the company is giving each of its estimated 48,000 employees $1,000 to put towards home office equipment. Facebook spokesperson Nneka Norville said, “Based on guidance from health and government experts, as well as decisions drawn from our internal discussions about these matters, we are allowing employees to continue voluntarily working from home until July 2021. In addition, we are giving employees an additional $1,000 for home office needs....

Facebook, in collaboration with the Say It Now organization, has created a new initiative to help people honor those teachers and educators that have positively influenced their lives. Which means you can now set up a Virtual Living Tribute for your favorite educator through the app using the Messenger Rooms tool. Celebrate the Work of Educators With an Online Tribute Given how complicated 2020 was for educators, this initiative is quite timely....

Apart from this monumental piece of news, another bit of information was available through the Twitter account of current Racing Point Force India driver Esteban Ocon. The Frenchman posted an emotional message on social media amid reports that he might be out of a seat next season as Lance Stroll is expected to take his spot in his father’s freshly-bought franchise. In case you didn’t know… Lawrence Stroll saved Force India from administration recently and bought the team, largely to ensure his son Lance could race in a superior car as compared to the Williams he is currently driving....

Liberty Media taking over the sport from British business magnate Bernie Ecclestone in 2017 has a major part to play in this paradigm shift that has happened in the way the sport is perceived in the US. A bigger share of the pie, however, goes to Netflix for their runaway hit docuseries Drive to Survive, which has opened the sport up to an audience that previously did not care about motor racing as a phenomenon....

The Scuderia kicked off the season with strong results in the first few races. However, they’ve had a visible performance and pace deficit to Red Bull for the majority of the season. Even though Charles Leclerc started the race in Monza from pole, he simply didn’t have the pace to hold off or challenge the Red Bull of Max Verstappen. Schmidt believes this has to do with the car’s high tire degradation....

The penalty has come under severe criticism from fans and former drivers alike as many took to the social media and referred to penalty as “stupid”. Sky commentators on-air Martin Brundle and David Croft were flummoxed when the penalty was given and Martin Brundle even in his column expressed his disagreement with the penalty. Ferrari Insider Leo Turrini in his blog ‘Quotidiano’ doubted that appeal could be made as it was a penalty during the race but also said that since such has been the magnitude of the backlash maybe common sense might prevail....

Four consecutive Mercedes wins have brought an abrupt end to the Scuderia’s mid-year renaissance, with only two events left for the Italian team to finish the campaign on a high. Their hopes of beating six-time world champion Lewis Hamilton, who sealed the title last time out in the United States, and the winner of that race, Valtteri Bottas, have already suffered a blow. Leclerc has taken a new engine after suffering a failure in Austin which not only affected his performance there but also requires a replacement that takes him over the limit....

Jesse Lingard scored the opening goal of the game for the FA Cup winners before Jamie Vardy equalised for Leicester City. Zlatan Ibrahimovic fired United into the lead with a header and ensured United claimed the Shield. Here are the five talking points from the match. 1) Mourinho to be judged against both trophies and style of play. Jose Mourinho claimed initially that his United side would play attacking football, and fans could hope to see a return of both the excitement and glory that was prevalent during Sir Alex Ferguson’s time at Old Trafford....

‘Messi could’ve played for Real’ Fabinho, who has played over 180 games for the principality club, scoring 23 goals, is valued at around €45 million, and sources have confirmed that the transfer could be sealed in the coming days. Primarily a defensive midfielder, Goal understands the 23-year-old has been been given assurances that he would be played in a full-back role too, something that appeals to the Brazil international....

The former Monaco midfielder has been a key player for Liverpool this season, making 19 appearances across all competitions. However, Jurgen Klopp’s side were dealt a blow when Fabinho sustained a knock in the 14th minute, with the 26-year-old receiving treatment after Hirving Lozano toppled into him as a result of Dejan Lovren’s challenge. Fabinho attempted to play on, but to no avail, with Georginio Wijnaldum replacing him in the 19th minute....

The Neapolitan celebrated his 36th birthday on the 31st January and has tied a 24-year-old scoring streak in Serie A of former Fiorentina legend Gabriel Batistuta of registering a goal in an 11th consecutive match, is leading his current team to a march towards Europe for the first time in years and has a chance to break the record against his home town club on Saturday night. Could the start of 2019 have gone any better for him?...

A recent post by Gala Games reveals that the new game being developed by Peter Molyneux and 22cans is called Legacy. According to the post, Legacy is described as an innovative game that will push the boundaries of blockchain gaming. Legacy is scheduled to launch at some time in 2022 and will be the “first-ever Blockchain Business Sim” game. RELATED: Microsoft Admits Fault in Handling of Former Fable Developer Lionhead Studios...

The Spain international took in 303 appearances for the Gunners after graduating out of their youth system. Arsenal had snapped him up from the famed La Masia academy in Barcelona, and saw him return to his roots at Camp Nou in 2011. That decision was not particularly well received by a loyal fan base in north London, despite Fabregas having spent over seven seasons as a senior star. A return was suggested when the World Cup winner prepared to head for the exits at Barcelona in 2014, but he ended up in another part of the English capital....

Having joined the famed La Masia academy system at the age of 13, a mercurial talent was granted Spanish citizenship five years later in 2005. He had, however, already taken the decision by that point to pledge his international allegiance to the land of his birth – having represented Argentina’s U20 side. Fabregas, as a man to have played alongside Messi at youth and senior level at Barcelona, is fully aware of what Spain missed out on and what a close friend could have achieved as part of a generation which tasted two European Championship triumphs and a World Cup win between 2008 and 2012....

iPhone users can be forgiven for experiencing an uncanny sense of deja vu, as Facebook’s move to host chat-based games comes only months after a recent iOS update brought games to the operating system’s chat interface. Unlike those iOS chat games, however, the Facebook games won’t require any form of installation – they’ll just work straight from the get-go, hence why the service is called Facebook Instant Games. Players will be able to access both personal scores and public leaderboards straight from either the Messenger application or the news feed, making it more easy to gloat about high scores now than ever before....

You can now set the app to lock after closing, which then requires Face ID or Touch ID authentication to reopen it. We tested it out and it works well. You can set the app to lock immediately after closing or after one minute, 15 minutes, or an hour. It means if someone is using your phone they can’t nip in and read your chats. In a blog post announcing the feature Jay Sullivan, Director of Product Management, Messenger Privacy and Safety made the point of saying that “your touch or face ID is not transmitted to or stored by Facebook”, though this is true for every iOS app....

However, the issue of forcing social media companies to pay for every news item posted to the platform isn’t going away any time soon, and this case involving Facebook and Google is the tip of an oncoming iceberg. Why Has Facebook Reversed Its Australian News Ban? The announcement that Facebook is reversing its news ban for its Australian users comes after days of negotiations between the social media company, the Australian government, and other media outlets....

Zuckerberg supposedly made the comment in 2018 after Apple and Facebook’s chief execs butted heads over the Cambridge Analytica scandal, in which the personal data of millions of Facebook users was accessed without their consent for political advertising. Apple vs. Facebook At the time, Apple CEO Tim Cook was quizzed in an interview about how he would respond if he was in Zuckerberg’s situation, facing the crisis. “I wouldn’t be in this situation,” Cook said....