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Facebook has no plans to renew contracts with the media and celebrities to promote the service live broadcasts. It is reported by The New York Magazine.

Facebook has no plans to renew contracts with the media and celebrities to promote the service live broadcasts. It is reported by The New York Magazine.

In the spring of 2017 Facebook opens in Paris its first startup incubator Startup Garage. It will be located on the campus Station F. this said COO Sheryl Sandberg.

The company Locowise have shared the results of a research of audience behavior on Facebook in the year 2016.

Facebook has announced about the launch of The Facebook Journalism Project – a new project to fight with fake news in social networks.

Facebook announced that the audience ad network Facebook Audience Network exceeds 1 billion users.

Facebook introduced a new feature of video streaming for public pages. These include the ability to run live streams from a desktop version of the service and fixed comments.

Facebook has updated the dynamic product listing ads with improved targeting. Now, when displaying advertising in this format will be considered such signals as:

Facebook launches new video ad format — mid-roll. It is stated in the letter sent to advertisers.

In the Internet segment of U.S. and Europe the most popular social networks among search optimizers are:

Facebook launched a feature that automatically creates captions for videos on pages, reports TechCrunch. While it works only in the English language.

Analytics company Nielsen has published the top 10 most popular apps in 2016 in the United States. Most of the items in this list (8 of 10) took Google and Facebook.

European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker believes that the major social networks and IT companies such as Google and Facebook should actively combat misinformation on the Internet. About it reports Deutsche Welle with reference to the interview of an official of the media group Funke.

Facebook has updated the feature "nearby Friends", removing the ability to share exact location. Now it shows only the approximate distance from the user to friends who have activated this feature.

Facebook has announced that users of the app for celebrities, Mentions, will be able to edit the saved video. In particular, trim the beginning and end of the video after the broadcast.

Facebook has published a report on government requests in the first half of 2016. According to the company, the number of such cases increased by 27% compared to last year.

Facebook introduced a Live Audio – a new option that allows for live broadcasts in the "audio only".

The European Commission may fine Facebook for 1% of revenue for 2014. Social network is accused in the fact that it introduced the controller to the error regarding the details of the transaction on purchase of WhatsApp. About it reports Business Insider.

On December 19 in Turkey has restricted access to Facebook, Twitter and YouTube after the murder of the Russian Ambassador Andrei Karlov. About it reports The Daily Dot, citing the organization Turkey Blocks, which monitors the situation.

Facebook found a new error in their measurements. This time we are talking about viewing the "instant articles".

Facebook is launching a number of innovations that are designed to help the company to cope with the spread of fake news on the social network.