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A new mom from Australia has taken to TikTok to vent her frustrations after being sent a slew of crude messages from Facebook users when she tried to use the platform's marketplace feature to sell items of clothing. After posting an image of herself in an orange two-piece set while…
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Remembering Sammie Joyce Volmert is a Facebook page dedicated to the memory of a young girl who lost her life in a tragic incident in her own home. Keri Hall Volmert created the page to help raise awareness of the dangers of sleeping on a different floor from your children,…
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Police took to Facebook to ask for the public's help in looking for a wanted man, but their wanted ad ended up getting quite a different reaction than the one they were hoping for. Humberside Police - who are responsible for the East Riding of Yorkshire in the UK -…
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In a perfect example of the old saying "Loose lips sink ships," an on-the-run criminal in Georgia single-handedly contributed to his own arrest after commenting on a local police station's Facebook post. Christopher Spaulding had been surfing Facebook earlier this week when he decided to comment on Rockdale County Sheriff's…
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The wife of a man who died a terrifying death 13 years ago has opened up about the online abuse she still receives. John Edward Jones tragically passed away on November 24, 2009. Now, his wife Emily Jones Sanchez has revealed that she still gets cruelly trolled on the internet…
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A woman in Florida had a less-than-relaxing experience when she had to be rescued by a team of firefighters after she became stuck in a massage chair. Firefighters for the Naples Fire-Rescue Department recently took to social media to share footage of the moment they were forced to painstakingly free…
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A zoo has sparked a conversation on social media after feeding one of its giraffes to its lions. The Ostrava zoo in the Czech Republic took to Facebook last week to reveal that one of its giraffes - a beloved 19-year-old female Rothschild giraffe - had died after becoming ill.…
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A teenager who soared to fame on social media for tracking Elon Musk's private jet has just been banned by Facebook. Aviation enthusiast Jack Sweeney, 19, found himself flying high in February when the Tesla boss reportedly asked him to delete his Twitter bot @elonjet. Space X founder Musk allegedly…
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Women have been using social media to warn each other about convicted sex offender Brock Turner after he was seen out and about in Ohio. In 2015, Turner first made headlines when he was found "thrusting" on a young woman's unconscious and half-naked body behind a dumpster at Stanford University,…
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What's going on with Facebook? Facebook users have taken to Twitter this morning to express their confusion after their newsfeeds were filled with strangers messaging celebrities. It turns out that thousands of Facebook users (myself included), have logged on this morning to find their newsfeeds full of messages from strangers…
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Andrew Tate has reportedly responded to his recent bans from Facebook and Instagram. On Friday, Meta - the company that owns the social media platforms Facebook and Instagram - announced that it had suspended the 35-year-old controversial influencer's accounts for violating its policies on dangerous organizations and individuals. No further…
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Meta - the company that owns the social media platforms Facebook and Instagram - has banned controversial influencer Andrew Tate. As reported by BBC News, the decision was made after the social media giant deemed that Tate's content had violated its policies. Tate, 35, initially rose to fame after becoming…
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An 11-year-old boy was conned out of his hard-earned cash this summer by a man who used a fake $100 bill to purchase some homemade lemonade. Per Insider, police say the man used the counterfeit bill to purchase some of the boy's fresh lemonade, which he lovingly whipped up using…
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A sweet little girl is giving back to her community. Janiya wowed the judges in her local beauty pageant, winning the competition. However, instead of keeping the prize money to herself, animal-lover Janiya decided to donate a portion of the winnings to her local shelter. The Human Association of Warren…
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Meta CEO and Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg may be one of the richest men alive - but he's never exactly been cool. Most recently, Zuckerberg has left the internet cringing after he came up with a nickname for Meta employees that for many was just a bit lame. In a…
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Meta CEO and Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg may be one of the richest men alive - but he's never exactly been cool. Most recently, Zuckerberg has left the internet cringing after he came up with a nickname for Meta employees that for many was just a bit lame. In a…
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As all Simpsons fans know, the adult cartoon series has a mysterious tendency to predict the future. Past episodes have foretold everything from Donald Trump's presidency to coronavirus - and even 9/11. Now, people are claiming that the show has done it again and predicted the Metaverse. Billed as the…
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Eagle-eyed social media users spotted a bizarrely placed item on Mark Zuckerberg's bookshelf during his Facebook rebrand announcement - and it's causing a real stir online. On Thursday, October 28, Facebook's 37-year-old CEO announced that the company is officially changing its name to "Meta". While the apps Facebook and Facebook…
