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School Shooting Threats Sweep New Jersey, Fueled by National Social Media Trend

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Ridgewood NJ, in recent weeks, New Jersey schools and law enforcement have been grappling with a wave of school shooting threats circulating on social media platforms like TikTok, Snapchat, and Facebook. This alarming trend, which mirrors incidents nationwide, has led to police investigations, lockdowns, and multiple student arrests, including that of a 10-year-old in South Jersey. The Ridgewood blog has reported lockdowns in Westwood , Bloomfield and Waldwick.

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Zuckerberg’s Fallout: Meta CEO Distances Himself from Biden-Harris Administration

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Ridgewood NJ, in a significant move, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has distanced himself from the controversial relationship between his company and the Biden-Harris administration. In a letter addressed to House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan, Zuckerberg candidly revealed the intense pressure Meta faced from the government to censor content related to COVID-19, including satire, humor, and the Hunter Biden laptop story.

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BREAKING: Facebook, Instagram and Treads Face Global Outage

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Ridgewood NJ, Meta-owned platforms, including Facebook, Instagram, and Threads, are currently experiencing technical difficulties, leading to inaccessibility for many users on Tuesday. The outage has disrupted various functionalities across these social media platforms.

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US Supreme Court Takes on Social Media Content Moderation

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Ridgewood NJ, today, the US Supreme Court is set to deliberate on the contentious issue of whether states possess the authority to prohibit social media platforms from moderating political content on their platforms. This case is one of three social media-related disputes on the court’s docket for this term.

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Fair Lawn Police Report an Uptick in Facebook Scams

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Fair Lawn NJ, according to Fair Lawn Police, there has been an uptick in Facebook scams. A post is created in Facebook marketplace and/or a regular post in which they will show they are selling something. It may even show they are from the town so it looks really trustworthy. The scammer will ask for a deposit via Venmo/cashapp/zelle etc. give an address and your next trip will be to the police station to make a fraud report.

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Facebook Founder Hints at More Layoffs to Come

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Mark Zuckerberg reportedly said he doesn’t like seeing ‘managers managing managers,’ fueling speculation of more layoffs

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Ridgewood NJ, Mark Zuckerberg has reportedly stated that he is not a fan of multiple layers of management. The company’s Chief Product Officer wrote a post earlier this month about the need to ‘flatten’ the organization’s structure. All of this implies that further layoffs are likely. Meta made one of the largest staff reductions in its history in November, laying off more than 11,000 people. It is among the many tech companies that have reduced their workforces in the last few months.

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Facebook Scammers Target Animal Lovers

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River Vale NJ, Heads up to animal lovers , NJ State Senator Holly Schepisi explains a new Facebook scam. Apparently there is a group of scams on Facebook where fake accounts are posting pictures of lost and injured pups. They generally post in community groups and wait for people to share the posts.

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Voters Want Investigation of Social Media Over Censorship

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Ridgewood NJ, voters overwhelmingly think censorship by social media sites is a problem, and a majority approve Republican plans for a congressional investigation.

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Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg: “I got this wrong”

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Ridgewood NJ, Meta stock has plunged 71% this year amid disappointing earnings and sliding revenue leading to Mark Zuckerberg layoff 11,000 employees from Facebook-parent Meta. The mass firing maybe the most drastic retrenchment since the founding of Facebook in 2004.

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Ridgewood Moms and Dads Facebook Group in Election Chaos

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Ridgewood NJ, just a thought, how can a candidate that was an administrator of a Facebook community page (up until recently) effectively represent the Village residents in total when she’s excluded those whom she doesn’t like and those who don’t conform to her opinions?

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WhatsApp back online after global outage

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Ridgewood NJ, WhatsApp, the messaging app owned by Facebook parent Meta, suffered a global outage on Tuesday. Problems were first detected around 3:17 a.m. ET, according to Downdetector.com, which monitors outages across internet services. Normal service on WhatsApp had appeared to be restored at around 5 a.m. ET.

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Facebook Cuts Back on Hiring and Threaten to Let Go Underperformers

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Ridgewood NJ, Mark Zuckerberg warns staff Facebook will be ‘turning up the heat’ to weed out underperformers: ‘You might decide this place isn’t for you, and that’s OK with me’. Meta (Facebook)  is cutting back on hiring as slow growth and macroeconomic headwinds push the company to downgrade its economic outlook. It will hire 30% fewer engineers this year than planned. The company will also start weeding out staff who are unable to meet certain KPIs. Meta ended the first quarter of 2022 with 28% more full-time employees than it had a year earlier. It started a hiring freeze in May as user growth and ad revenue started decreasing. Continue reading Facebook Cuts Back on Hiring and Threaten to Let Go Underperformers

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FBI Calls Crypto Investment fraud on LinkedIn a ‘significant threat’ to the Platform and Consumers

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Ridgewood NJ, according to Sean Ragan, the FBI’s special agent in charge of the San Francisco and Sacramento, California, field offices,  fraudsters exploit LinkedIn to lure users into cryptocurrency investment schemes pose a “significant threat” to the platform and consumers .

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Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg Stepping Down

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Ridgewood NJ, Sheryl Sandberg is stepping down from her role as Chief Operating Officer at Meta. Sandberg joined Facebook in 2008 and helped turn the company into an advertising juggernaut. Javier Olivan will take over as COO this fall. Sandberg will now be able to focus more on her philanthropic work. She will continue to serve on Meta’s board of directors.

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