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Today the representatives of the large communities in VK will receive invitations to test new ad tool – personalized ads, which will begin in March 2017.

A group of Facebook shareholders urged the Board members to exclude the head of the company Mark Zuckerberg of the Board of Directors.

Ahead of presidential elections in France, Google and Facebook have come together against fake news, reported by Reuters.

Facebook expanded the possibilities of visual search in social networks using their platform of computer vision Lumos. Now users can search for photos using key words describing their content.

Social network Facebook started to launch the new section Discover People, with which users will be able to meet new people.

Viber messenger will be a platform through which consumers can communicate with businesses: reservations at restaurants or buy any goods. This was stated by the new head of service Djamel Agaoua.

Instagram allows users to post many photos or videos in one post, reports The Verge. Now the new feature is being tested in beta apps for Android.

Pinterest announced about the launch of search ads. It's a new product called Search Ads. It includes two types of campaigns: Keyword campaigns and retail Shopping campaigns.

24% of Internet users in the world use social networks to present yourself, life, children and friends. Among Russians the figure is even higher — 39%. This is evidenced by the results of a research conducted by Kaspersky Lab. The research showed that for achieving the goal (the desired number of likes or comments) some users willing to take the actions, as controversial from the point of view and ethics, (especially men).

Facebook published a report about the financial results for the fourth quarter of 2016 and the year as a whole.