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Facebook tests adding news stories customized to users' interests

 Facebook Inc is testing a feature in the Facebook News Feed that provides customized links to news on topics of interest to individual users, as the company continues to search for ways to increase the amount of time 

Facebook in talks with publishers on supporting subscription models

Facebook Inc is in early talks with several news publishers about how its social media site can better support subscription business models, the company's head of news partnerships, Campbell Brown, 

Facebook, Twitter, Snap to seek soccer World Cup clips from Fox: Bloomberg

 Facebook Inc, Twitter Inc and Snap Inc are seeking online rights to video highlights from Twenty-first Century Fox Inc for next year's soccer World Cup, 

Hanoi, HCM City agencies vow to collect tax from online sellers

Taxation agencies are sending invitations and messages, making calls to online sellers and threatening to block Facebook accounts if online sellers continue to evade tax.

Facebook says internet drone lands successfully on second test

 Facebook Inc said on Thursday it had completed a second test of an unmanned aircraft designed to some day beam internet access to remote parts of the planet, and unlike in the first test, 

Facebook in talks to produce original TV-quality shows: WSJ

 Facebook Inc (FB.O) is in talks with Hollywood studios about producing scripted, TV-quality shows, with an aim of launching original programming by late summer, 

Well-known businesses battle imposters on Facebook

VietNamNet Bridge - Many businessmen have discovered Facebook pages where information about them is updated daily.

After London attack, Facebook says aims to be 'hostile environment' for terrorists

 Facebook said it wanted to make its social media platform a "hostile environment" for terrorists in a statement issued after attackers killed seven people in London ...

Vietnamese use smartphones in odd ways

VietNamNet Bridge - When a smartphone falls into the hand of uninformed person, it may become an instrument to commit crime. 

Exclusive: Facebook signs BuzzFeed, Vox, others for original video shows - sources

 Facebook Inc (FB.O) has signed deals with millennial-focused news and entertainment creators Vox Media, BuzzFeed, ATTN, Group Nine Media and others to make shows for its upcoming video service, 

Facebook to play down links to websites with deceptive ads

 Facebook (FB.O) is planning to intensify its crackdown on so-called clickbait websites, saying it will begin giving lower prominence to links that lead to pages full of deceptive or annoying advertisements.

Facebook's virtual reality unit Oculus shutters film studio

 Facebook Inc's virtual reality content production unit, Oculus' Story Studio, is shuttering its doors to shift focus on supporting external content makers, two years after the in-house studio launched.

Facebook cracks down on 30,000 fake accounts in France

 Facebook Inc said on Thursday it suspended 30,000 accounts in France as the social network giant steps up efforts to stop the spread of fake news, 

Tax dept vows to collect tax from sales on Facebook

VietNamNet Bridge - The HCMC Taxation Department has drawn up a plan to cooperate with agencies to collect tax from sales via social networks.

Dak Nong Court sentences whistleblower to 4.5 years

 VietNamNet Bridge  – The People’s Court of the Tay Nguyen (Central Highlands) province of Dak Nong yesterday handed sentences to a whistleblower-turned-bribe-giver and seven others for taking bribes.

Facebook fan pages in Vietnam unexpectedly eliminated

VietNamNet Bridge - The Facebook community and marketing directors have recently noticed the mysterious disappearance of many large fan pages with millions of likes each. 

Apple drives further into Facebook, Snap territory with video app

 With the release of a new video app called Clips, Apple Inc is inching one step closer to fully engaging in the messaging world, where its huge base of iPhone users could help it compete with Snap Inc's Snapchat and Facebook Inc's Messenger.

OTT-based foreign TV services booming

VietNamNet Bridge - Hundreds of foreign television channels from Japan, South Korea, China, India, Russia and Thailand are being provided to Vietnamese watchers via OTT (over the top) apps. 

Apple, Google, Facebook skip legal challenge to new travel ban

 Apple Inc, Alphabet Inc's Google and Facebook Inc are among more than 60 technology companies that appear to have backed away from the legal fight against U.S. President Donald Trump's controversial travel ban,

Business circle opposes criminalization of violations in payment services

VietNamNet Bridge - Should the behavior of providing unlicensed payment services be subjected to criminal prosecution? The business community says ‘no’.