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SOCIAL NETWORKS WALK a fine line between being a useful tool and a crippling addiction. Whether you want your free time back or don’t like your information scattered about on the internet, you may be considering deactivating some accounts. Wanting to delete your account is one thing, but actually being able to hit the delete button is another story. Social media outlets make money off of you and your information, so it shouldn’t come as a surprise that they don’t want to let you go. Because of this, the biggest networks have made it overly complicated to delete your account. But if you are set on getting rid of them, here’s what you’ll have to do. Facebook You’ve had your Facebook account for about a decade, and in that time you’ve posted a little too much personal information. Maybe you’re just sick of all the baby pictures and slightly offensive status updates your friends are sharing. You’ve had enough. If you’ve ever deactivated your account, you may have noticed that everything goes back to normal the next time you log in, as if nothing has happened. That’s because deactivating your Facebook account is not the same as deleting it. When you deactivate your account, you are just hiding your information from searches and your Facebook friends. Although nothing is visible on the site, your account information remains intact on Facebook’s servers, eagerly awaiting your return. Even so, deactivating your account is still a complex process. Go into your settings and click General. At the bottom, you'll find Manage your Account. From there, click on "Deactivate your account" and type in your password. Before you're completely off the hook, Facebook shows you photos of all the "friends" you'll miss ("Callie will miss you", "Phoebe will miss you", "Ben will miss you") followed by a survey asking you to detail your reasons for leaving. Get through that, click Deactivate, and you're good to go. Now, to permanently delete your account, you'll need to learn where the delete option resides. The easiest way to find it is by clicking the "Quick Help" icon in the top-right corner, then the "Search" icon. When you see the search field, type “delete account.” You'll see a list of search results. Click on "How do I permanently delete my account?" and Facebook will give you the obscure instructions to “log into your account and let us know.” In this case, “let us know” is code for “delete my account,” so click on that link. From here, the final steps are clear: Enter your password and solve the security captcha, and your request to permanently delete your account is underway. Yes, you read that right—it's just a request. Facebook delays the deletion process for a few days after you submit your request, and will cancel your request if you log into your account during that time period. You know, just in case you change your mind. It's crucial that you don't visit Facebook during this waiting period. Delete the app from your phone. If you want to delete your account but don't want to lose all your account information, download all your crucial data first. The information you can download includes everything from the photos and statuses you post, to the ads you’ve clicked and the IP addresses you’ve used. The list of what’s included is extensive, but you can view it in its entirety here. Also, due to the nature of this data, you’ll want to keep it in a safe place. To download your account, go into Settings> General Account Settings > Download a copy of your Facebook dataand then click “Start My Archive.” When your download is ready, Facebook will send you an email with a link to download. For added security, this link will expire after a few days, so download it quickly. Instagram Even though it’s such a mobile-first service, Instagram doesn’t let you delete your account through the app. Instead, you’ll have to log into your Instagram account via the web in order to delete it. Like Facebook, navigating through Instagram’s settings will only give you the option to temporarily disable your account. Disabling your account will hide your profile, photos, likes, and comments from the platform. Find the disable option by clicking the person icon in the top right corner and selecting Edit Profile. At the bottom of the page, you’ll see the option to temporarily disable your account. If you want to get rid of it for good, you’ll have to enter “https://instagram.com/accounts/remove/request/permanent/” into your browser's address bar. Once you’re on that page, enter in your password and click “Permanently delete my account.” In the past, Instagram users have reported that they are prompted to enter their phone number when deleting their account. Luckily, it seems like this is no longer necessary. Twitter It takes a lot of time and effort to maintain a well-curated Twitter account, but the good news is that deleting your account doesn’t require as much work. Before you delete your Twitter account, you may want to download your archive. This will include all your tweets in a chronological order, which is great if you want to relive your first tweet, or see all those unanswered tweets you sent to celebrities. To download your archive, click your profile icon, go to Settings, then click on “Request your archive.” It’ll take some time for Twitter to get your archive ready, but when it is, you’ll be sent an email with a download link that will give you a .zip file. Once you have your downloaded copy, you can proceed with deleting your account. Log in to your Twitter, go into your account settings, then scroll to the bottom and click “Deactivate my account.” After that, you’ll be prompted to enter your password, and once you do so your account will be deactivated. Keep in mind that your data isn’t actually deleted for another 30 days. This window gives you the opportunity to revive your account if you choose. Once the 30 day period is up, Twitter will begin deleting your account. According to the company's Privacy Policy, this could take a few weeks. Snapchat Maybe you’re sick of seeing who’s besties with who according to the app’s Friend Emoji guide. Maybe you’re one of many Snapchat users converting to Instagram, despite Snapchat’s radically different function. In any case, if you decide to delete your Snapchat account, here’s how. Open the app and click on your profile icon in the top left corner. From there, go to Settings in the top-right corner. Go down to Support, which is found under More Information, and you’ll be lead to a search engine. Enter “Delete my account” and you'll see the instructions as a search result. It’s pretty straightforward from there. Like Twitter, Snapchat allows you 30 days to reactivate your account before it’s deleted forever. The Rest While there are a lot of social media sites out there, few are as sticky as the ones mentioned above. If you are looking to delete any of your numerous accounts, the best places to start are in your user settings, or on the company’s support/FAQ page. From there you’ll be able to find the necessary path to deleting your account. Shortcuts for these web forms can be found here for LinkedIn, Google+, and Pinterest. https://www.wired.com/story/how-to-delete-your-facebook-instagram-twitter-snapchat/

SAN FRANCISCO — Facebook has introduced sweeping changes to the kinds of posts, videos and photos that its more than two billion members will see most often, saying on Thursday that it would prioritize what their friends and family share and comment on while de-emphasizing content from publishers and brands. The shift is the most significant overhaul in years to Facebook’s News Feed, the cascading screen of content that people see when they log into the social network. Over the next few weeks, users will begin seeing fewer viral videos and news articles shared by media companies. Instead, Facebook will highlight posts that friends have interacted with — for example, a photo of your dog or a status update that many of them have commented on or liked. The changes are intended to maximize the amount of content with “meaningful interaction” that people consume on Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg, the company’s chief executive, said in an interview. Facebook, he said, had closely studied what kinds of posts had stressed or harmed users. The social network wants to reduce what Mr. Zuckerberg called “passive content” — videos and articles that ask little more of the viewer than to sit back and watch or read — so that users’ time on the site was well spent. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/11/technology/facebook-news-feed.html

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Figure out Facebook’s algorithms, and you too can rule the Newsfeed. It’s a strategy executed to perfection by Bored Panda, a digital publisher that’s amassed more than 30 million likes, shares, reactions, and comments on its FB page just this past month (far more than BuzzFeed, CNN, and NYT). Even more remarkable? This isn’t some Silicon Valley unicorn. The 41-person team operates out of Vilnius, Lithuania.

Victor Frankenstein, looking over a creature he had made, eventually realized that he couldn’t control his creation. CreditHammer Film, via Photofest On Wednesday, in response to a ProPublica report that Facebook enabled advertisers to target users with offensive terms like “Jew hater,” Sheryl Sandberg, the companyÂ’s chief operating officer, apologized and vowed that the company would adjust its ad-buying tools to prevent similar problems in the future. As I read her statement, my eyes lingered over one line in particular: “We never intended or anticipated this functionality being used this way — and that is on us,” Ms. Sandberg wrote. It was a candid admission that reminded me of a moment in Mary ShelleyÂ’s “Frankenstein,” after the scientist Victor Frankenstein realizes that his cobbled-together creature has gone rogue. “I had been the author of unalterable evils,” he says, “and I lived in daily fear lest the monster whom I had created should perpetrate some new wickedness.” If I were a Facebook executive, I might feel a Frankensteinian sense of unease these days. The company has been hit with a series of scandals that have bruised its image, enraged its critics and opened up the possibility that in its quest for global dominance, Facebook may have created something it canÂ’t fully control. Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/21/technology/facebook-frankenstein-sandberg-ads.html

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0:17 / 01:49 Facebook already tailors its feed of news, sports scores and viral videos to show you what you want. Now Google is going to do it too. In a classic case of Silicon Valley "Anything you can do I can do better," the search giant on Wednesday updated its free Google app for iPhones and Android phones with a feed that uses artificial intelligence to show you things like news stories or movie trailers. Google is expanding the features in its search app's news feed. The feed itself isn't new -- Google introduced a basic version of it in December that shows you content you might be interested in, based on your Google searches. But on Wednesday, Google expanded the feed to include "follow" buttons so you can keep tabs on different public figures, like President Donald Trump, artists like Kendrick Lamar, or TV shows like "Game of Thrones." Read more: https://www.cnet.com/news/google-tries-to-out-facebook-facebook-with-its-own-news-feed/

Dopaminergic neurons are located in the midbrain structures substantia nigra (SNc) and the ventral tegmental area (VTA). Their axons project to the striatum (caudate nucleus, putamen and ventral striatum including nucleus accumbens), the dorsal and ventral prefrontal cortex. (Credit: Oscar Arias-Carrión et al.) People who frequently check Facebook on their smartphone tend to have less gray matter in a reward-related area of the brain, according to new research. “Smartphones, Facebook – in short the digital world – is a major part of our lives,” the study’s corresponding author, Christian Montag of Ulm University, told PsyPost. “A better neuroscientific understanding of digital usage is of importance to also understand how our brains react and are shaped by digital societies.” The study was published online April 22 in the peer-reviewed journal Behavioural Brain Research. The researchers recruited 46 men and 39 women, and used magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans to examine the structure of their brain. Then, the researchers installed an app on the participants’ phones to record how long they spent on Facebook and how often they checked Facebook every day for five weeks. Montag and his colleagues were particularly interested in the nucleus accumbens, a small structure located deep in the center of the brain. The nucleus accumbens is a core region of the mesocorticolimbic dopaminergic system, which plays an important role in addiction. The researchers found that participants who opened the Facebook app more frequently and those who stayed on Facebook longer tended to have reduced gray matter volume in the nucleus accumbens. “We were able to demonstrate that the nucleus accumbens, a central region of the SEEKING system — others call it the reward system — plays an important role in understanding Facebook usage on smartphones,” Montag said. “In short, the lower the gray matter volume in this area, the higher Facebook usage/frequency could be observed.” “Indeed, frequency of Facebook checking can be compared to an energetic SEEKING activity,” the researchers wrote in the study, “whereas the users of the smartphones are checking their Facebook account in expectation of ‘Likes’, nice comments, etc.” Does less gray matter in the nucleus accumbens lead to more Facebook use or does using Facebook lead to less gray matter? Because the study was cross-sectional, the researchers could not determine cause and effect. “We do not know from the present data if low volumes in this area are a cause or consequence of Facebook usage. Therefore longitudinal studies are needed,” Montag explained to PsyPost. “The present study investigated health young participants with ‘normal’ smartphone usage. Future research will show if excessive usage (which we did not investigate) could represent a behavioral addiction.” The study, “Facebook usage on smartphones and gray matter volume of the nucleus accumbens“, was also co-authored by Alexander Markowetz, Konrad Blaszkiewicz, Ionut Andone, Bernd Lachmann, Rayna Sariyska, Boris Trendafilov, Mark Eibes, Julia Kolb, Martin Reuter Bernd Weber and Sebastian Markett. http://www.psypost.org/2017/05/study-links-facebook-use-reduced-gray-matter-volume-nucleus-accumbens-49028

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Most teenagers are happy if they earn $10 an hour at their summer job, but the lucky few who land an internship at Facebook Inc. will be pulling in $8,000 a month. The social media company offers America’s best-paying internships, according to a new survey by Glassdoor. Tech companies dominated the salary website’s ranking of the 25 most lucrative internships, taking 8 of the top 10 spots. To compile the list, Glassdoor reviewed companies that had at least 25 median monthly salary reports for U.S.-based interns from April 2016 to April 2017. Banks didn’t rank nearly as high as the tech companies. Bank of America Corp.’s median monthly pay was $4,570, and Deutsche Bank AG offered $4,640, Glassdoor found. Read more

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11 de Marzo del 2017 por @TVNotasmx / Foto: Facebook Cuando los señores se enteraron, fueron por ella hasta la Universidad y la humillaron con el peor castigo. Jamás imaginó que su comunidad religiosa se pondría en su contra por haber compartido una imagen en sus redes sociales, pues su gran error fue haber sido honesta en Facebook y a cambio recibió una humillación. Una guapa mujer que pertenece a la comunidad de Testigos de Jehová publicó en su perfil de dicha red social una instantánea donde posa muy sexy con un vestido coqueto. Creyó tener a los amigos indicados, pero entre sus contactos estaba infiltrado alguien que avisó lo que estaba ocurriendo a la comunidad religiosa, por lo que tuvieron que acusarla con sus papás para que tomaran cartas en el asunto. Y es que los Testigos de Jehová se alarmaron porque la joven rompió con las reglas estipuladas por la religión. Sus papás fueron por ella hasta la Universidad y la sacaron de los cabellos, la arrastraron por la institución educativa y de ahí fue llevada hasta la iglesia de su comunidad para rezar por su comportamiento impúdico, pues eso que hizo en Facebook fue considerado un pecado. Este hecho que se reportó, causó gran indignación y fue viralizado, ya que criticaron la actitud de los papás, así como qua atentaron contra su libertad de expresión en una plataforma digital donde ahora ya no podrá publicar lo que quiera. http://www.tvnotas.com.mx/noticias-notas-curiosas/publica-foto-sexy-en-facebook-y-testigos-de-jehova-la-acusan-con-sus-papas En mi opinión es un poco amarillista la redacción de esta nota independientemente de los hechos ocurridos si acaso fueron ciertos

Young people who spend a lot of time on social media — websites designed to bring people together — seem to be more isolated, new research suggests. Ironically, the researchers found that the heaviest users of social media had about twice the odds of feeling socially isolated compared to their less “web-connected” friends. The findings “remind us that social media is not a panacea for people who feel socially isolated,” said study lead author Dr. Brian Primack. He’s director of the University of Pittsburgh’s Center for Research on Media, Technology, and Health. Primack said past research has suggested that people who use social media the most are especially isolated. But those studies have been small, he noted. The new study is the first analysis of social media use and so-called social isolation in a large group of people from across the United States, according to Primack. But, at least one social media expert said the study leaves too many questions unanswered to offer people any practical advice. The study included nearly 1,800 people aged 19 to 32. The participants completed a 20-minute online questionnaire in 2014. Half were female and 58 percent were white. More than one-third made at least $75,000 a year. The participants, who’d taken part in research before, received $15 each for the survey. Researchers asked questions about how isolated the participants felt and how often they used Facebook, Twitter, Google Plus, YouTube, LinkedIn, Instagram, Pinterest, Tumblr, Vine, Snapchat and Reddit. Those who used the services more often — either in terms of the number of times they used them or in total amount of time spent on them — were more likely to report feeling isolated from other people, the investigators found. “Compared with those in the lowest quarter for frequently checking social media, people in the top quarter were about three times as likely to have increased social isolation,” Primack said. Those who checked the least visited social media sites less than nine times a week. Those who checked the most visited social media sites 58 or more times a week, the study authors said. The average time spent on social media was 61 minutes a day. People who spent more than 121 minutes a day on social media had about twice the odds of feeling isolated than those spending less than 30 minutes a day on these sites, the findings showed. The authors noted that the study had limitations. One is that it wasn’t designed to prove a cause-and-effect relationship. And, it’s not clear which came first — the social media use or the feelings of isolation, according to the researchers. In addition, the study only looked at people aged 32 and under, so the findings may not be the same in older people. Primack also pointed out that the study examined people’s use of social media as a whole, not specific sites. There’s no way to know if people who read glowing posts about their friends’ perfect vacations on Facebook are more or less isolated than those who prefer to watch YouTube videos of cats or bitterly argue about politics on Twitter. If there’s a link between social media use and isolation, what may be going on? “It may be that people who feel more socially isolated use a lot of social media to try to increase their social circles,” Primack suggested. “But both directions may be at work. People who feel socially isolated may reach out on social media to ‘self-medicate,’ but this may only serve to increase perceptions of social isolation,” he added. The findings suggest that people who feel isolated may generally be unable to find a connection through social media, Primack said. The answer may be going offline, he said. “A much more valuable and robust way to deal with perceived social isolation would probably be to nurture true in-person social relationships,” Primack said. “Of course, social media remains a potentially powerful tool to help leverage those relationships. However, it is probably not such a strong replacement in and of itself.” Anatoliy Gruzd is an associate professor at Ryerson University in Toronto who studies social media. Gruzd said the study is too limited and “cannot be reliably used to generate practical advice about isolation and social media use. There are still many unanswered questions and untested variables.” For example, “being active on Facebook may indicate one type of behavior, while being active on something like Snapchat might indicate a very different type of behavior,” he said. “The study also does not account for the level and type of participation in social media. For example, one can spend hours on Facebook just to browse pictures posted by others, while another person may be using the same amount of time to actively post and connect with others on Twitter,” Gruzd noted. The study was published in the March 6 issue of the American Journal of Preventive Medicine. http://www.cbsnews.com/news/feeling-lonely-social-media-may-have-something-to-do-with-it/

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(CNN Money) - Mark Zuckerberg tiene un plan para ayudar a prevenir que noticias falsas sean compartidas en Facebook. Las medidas, que fueron anunciadas en un post nocturno en Facebook, llegan tras acusaciones de que una oleada de historias falsas influenciaron las elecciones presidenciales de Estados Unidos. "El fondo es que tomamos la desinformación de forma seria", escribió Zuckerberg. "Tomamos esta responsabilidad con seriedad. Hemos tenido importantes avances, pero aún hay más trabajo que hacer". El CEO dijo que Facebook está trabajando en desarrollar un más fuerte detector de noticias falsas, un sistema de alerta, y formas más sencillas de levantar reportes, así como tecnología para clasificar la desinformación. La compañía también ha estado en contacto con organizaciones dedicadas a revisar datos. Se trata de un cambio de tono de Zuckerberg respecto a los comentarios hechos inmediatamente después de la elección. "Creo que la idea de que las noticias en Facebook -las cuales son muy pocas- influyeron en la elección en algún modo es una idea muy loca", dijo la semana pasada. Zuckerberg no detalló qué tan pronto se pondrá en marcha el plan. Pero éste debería hacer más sencillo para los usuarios el reportar el contenido erróneo, de forma similar a como ocurre con el cyberbullying, con un solo click en la red social. "Algunas de estas ideas funcionarán bien y otras no", reconoció Zuckerberg. "Comprendemos cuán importante es el tema para nuestra comunidad y nos comprometemos a hacerlo bien". http://cnnespanol.cnn.com/2016/11/19/este-es-el-plan-de-mark-zuckerberg-contra-las-noticias-falsas-en-facebook/#0

A man who used his wife's Facebook account to snoop on her has been charged with a criminal offence. Aaron Timothy Barrett, 26, had recently separated from his wife, who then blocked him on Facebook. Police said Barrett guessed the password to the woman's Facebook account and unblocked himself on May 13. Barrett, a forestry worker of Blenheim, accessed her page to see who she had been contacting and changed her password. The following day, Barrett emailed her and threatened her, police said. He admitted two charges at the Blenheim District Court on Monday. The charges were intentionally accessing a computer system without authorisation, and using a telephone device for the purpose of disturbing the recipient, by sending an email with the intention of causing offence. Barrett's lawyer Phil Watson said his client struggled to accept the end of the relationship. Barrett was a member of Jehovah's Witnesses, and described the reason for the relationship breakdown as "fornication", Watson said. He had since sought anger management counselling and had attended mental health services, Watson said. Judge Chris Tuohy said the email threat counted as family violence as it was classed as psychological abuse. Barrett had contacted the woman once since charges were laid, breaking the non-contact condition of his bail. The woman sought a protection order and Judge Tuohy granted it. "I understand how serious it can be when a serious relationship like marriage breaks down. You have to accept that the relationship ended, if she wants to end it. That's just the way things are, and I hope you can get over it," Judge Tuohy said. Barrett was convicted and ordered to come up for sentencing if charged with a similar offence. "The conviction itself can be a serious consequence, particularly for someone with no convictions." Source: http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/crime/81277346/marlborough-man-charged-for-hacking-wifes-facebook-account

Facebook has apologized for wrongly banning a photo of plus-sized model Tess Holliday for violating its ‘health and fitness’ advertising policy Facebook has apologized for banning a photo of a plus-sized model and telling the feminist group that posted the image that it depicts “body parts in an undesirable manner”. Cherchez la Femme, an Australian group thathosts popular culture talkshows with “an unapologetically feminist angle”, said Facebook rejected an advert featuring Tess Holliday, a plus-sized model wearing a bikini, telling the group it violated the company’s “ad guidelines”. After the group appealed against the rejection, Facebook’s ad team initially defended the decision, writing that the photo failed to comply with the social networking site’s “health and fitness policy”. “Ads may not depict a state of health or body weight as being perfect or extremely undesirable,” Facebook wrote. “Ads like these are not allowed since they make viewers feel bad about themselves. Instead, we recommend using an image of a relevant activity, such as running or riding a bike.” In a statement on Monday, Facebook apologized for its original stance and said it had determined that the photo does comply with its guidelines. “Our team processes millions of advertising images each week, and in some instances we incorrectly prohibit ads,” the statement said. “This image does not violate our ad policies. We apologize for the error and have let the advertiser know we are approving their ad.” The photo – for an event called Cherchez La Femme: Feminism and Fat – features a smiling Holliday wearing a standard bikini. Facebook had originally allowed the event page to remain, but refused to approve the group’s advert, which would have boosted the post. The policy in question is aimed at blocking content that encourages unhealthy weight loss – the opposite intent of Cherchez la Femme, which was promoting body positivity. This is not the first time Facebook has come under fire for its censorship of photos. In March, the site faced backlash when it concluded that aphotograph of topless Aboriginal women in ceremonial paint as part of a protest violated “community standards”. Critics said that ban was an obvious double standard, noting that Facebook allowscelebrities such as Kim Kardashian to pose with body paint covering her nipples. Instagram and Facebook have also faced opposition for policies banning women from exposing their nipples, with critics arguing that the guidelines areprejudiced against women and transgender users. Cherchez la Femme vented its frustrations on its Facebook page. “Facebook has ignored the fact that our event is going to be discussing body positivity (which comes in all shapes and sizes, but in the particular case of our event, fat bodies), and has instead come to the conclusion that we’ve set out to make women feel bad about themselves by posting an image of a wonderful plus sized woman,” the group said. “We’re raging pretty hard over here.” Jessamy Gleeson, co-producer of the group, said she was initially so shocked by the language in Facebook’s explanation that she didn’t know how to respond. “I was utterly furious. I couldn’t comprehend it, quite frankly,” she said. “We thought it was really horrible and isolating and alienating … Womenwith fat bodies can, of course, be as desirable as anybody else.” Gleeson said she was not satisfied with Facebook’s apology and hopes the company will re-examine its policies and address double standards in how it reviews photos of women. “Quite simply they need to understand we can use images of fat women to promote women being happy,” she said, adding, “What about all the cases that don’t receive this media attention? They’ve been wrong in many other thousands of cases, I’m sure.” Source: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/may/23/facebook-bans-photo-plus-sized-model-tess-holliday-ad-guidelines

Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg has teamed up with some Global Tech Giants to provide internet access worldwide via drones flying 66,000 ft. above the earth. Interesting. https://info.internet.org/en/story/connectivity-lab/

SAN FRANCISCO — Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg laid out a 10-year plan to connect the world that sounded as much like a political cause as a grab for potential billions in dollars. In a sweeping address that took on sharp political tones at times, Facebook's 31-year-old CEO detailed how Facebook aims to reach the planet's 7 billion people — half of whom do not have Internet access. And he took very direct aim at those who would limit free trade and immigration. “We are one global community,” he said. “Whether we are welcoming a refugee fleeing war or an immigrant seeking opportunity, coming together to fight a global disease like Ebola or to address climate change.” The theme of the keynote was, "give everyone the power to share anything with anyone," positioning Facebook as a unifying force for good against the current political winds of divisiveness. Zuckerberg detailed a plan to bring people together through an ambitious strategy of unfurling technology that jumps borders and crosses cultures, a sharp rebuke to Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, who has advocated building a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border and banning Muslims from entering the U.S. “As I look around the world, I’m starting to see people and nations turning inward, against the idea of a connected world and a global community,” Zuckerberg said. “I hear fearful voices calling for building walls and distancing people they label as ‘others.’ I hear them calling for blocking free expression, for slowing immigration, for reducing trade, and in some cases even for cutting access to the internet." "It takes courage to choose hope over fear," he said. In a post on his Facebook page after the keynote, Zuckerberg said the speech was "personally important to me and I spent a lot of time writing it." "Even if it's unusual for a CEO to address world issues and lay out a 10-year roadmap to improve them, I care deeply about connecting the world and bringing people together, so I wanted to put this out there. It's different from any other speech I've given," he wrote. The keynote, the most politically charged Zuckerberg has ever delivered, staked him as a business leader on the world stage. Speaking to a crowd of 2,600 developers from around the world, one-third of whom used a passport to get to the conference, Zuckerberg presented his vision in three pillars: — Artificial intelligence, which will help Facebook better sift through and understand all the photos, videos and updates people post to Facebook; — Connectivity, the goal of making Facebook and the internet available everywhere and to everyone through lasers and drones; — Virtual and augmented reality, which Zuckerberg says one day will bring friends together even if they are on other sides of the planet through a pair of "normal-looking" glasses that can overlay digital elements on the physical world and become "the most social platform." Not everyone buys into Zuckerberg's plans for global domination. In February, India dealt a major setback to Facebook's plans to use Free Basics service to deliver a limited version of the Internet that included Facebook, at no cost. "Mark Zuckerberg's vision is both benevolent and altruistic as well as entirely self interested at the same time," said Greg Sterling, contributing editor to SearchEngineLand. Source: http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2016/04/12/zuckerbergs-10-year-plan-expand-facebook-empire/82936814/