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A developer said he was booted off of Facebook and threatened with legal action after he created a tool that allows you to clear out your News Feed. tech360.tv Louis Barclay, a developer from the United Kingdom who wrote about his experience on Slate, said that he created a Chrome extension called Unfollow Everything. The extension gives you the ability to bulk unfollow friends and pages, which would empty your News Feed. Barclay noted that unfollowing isn’t the same as unfri

Instagram and Facebook are adding new features that are meant to promote the wellbeing and mental health of teen users in the wake of whistleblower Frances Haugen’s testimony before the U.S. Congress last week. tech360.tv In an appearance on CNN’s State of the Union on Sunday, Facebook Vice President of Global Affairs Nick Clegg said Instagram will introduce a "take a break" feature that will push teens to take some time off of the social media network. Clegg also said that F

A former Facebook employee, in an appearance on the newsmagazine show 60 Minutes on Sunday, 3 October, said that the social media company is misleading the public on progress against hate speech, violence, and misinformation. tech360.tv "It’s paying for its profits with our safety," said Frances Haugen, who revealed her identity as the whistleblower who leaked Facebook’s internal research documents to the Wall Street Journal. The Wall Street Journal’s investigation last month