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Facebook said on Monday (Sep 16) it is working to stop advertisers from changing headlines in links to news stories after concerns raised by a British political party's altering of one such link. Facebook says advertisers will be blocked from altering headlines of shared news stories amid concerns about manipulation. (AFP/Lionel BONAVENTURE) The leading social network confirmed the internal effort in the face of concerns over a BBC headline altered in an ad to evidently change the tone of an article about British government spending on education. "We are working to put safeguards in place by the end of the year to ensure publishers have control over the way their headlines appear in advertisements," Facebook said in response to an AFP inquiry. The new policy came over complaints that advertisers might be able to deceptively modify the content in news stories shared on the huge social network. A recent Conservative Party Facebook ad "seems to have altered the headline of a BBC … [Read more...] about Facebook to stop news headline changes from advertisers

A 24-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of abducting missing Hull University student Libby Squire. Humberside Police said the man was arrested at an address in Raglan Street, Hull, on Wednesday night. A spokeswoman said 21-year-old Miss Squire has still not been found. She was reported missing from the city in the early hours of Friday February 1 and an intensive search has been mounted by police and volunteers over the last week. Further Brexit talks planned after 'robust' meeting Theresa May held "robust but constructive" talks with European Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker as she sought changes to her Brexit deal. Mr Juncker underlined that the Withdrawal Agreement thrashed out between the EU and Mrs May would not be redrawn, but held open the possibility of adding "more ambitious" wording to a document setting out plans for the future relationship. The Prime Minister is holding a series of meetings with EU leaders in Brussels as she seeks changes to the Irish … [Read more...] about Man arrested over missing Libby Squire and today’s other news headlines

New 'Trojan horse' cancer drug shows promise in trials A "Trojan horse" drug which attacks tumour cells from within may offer new hope to cancer patients with few options left, researchers say. The new treatment has generated promising results in people with six different cancer types including cervical, bladder, ovarian and lung, early trial results published in journal The Lancet Oncology show. The drug - tisotumab vedotin (TV) - was tested on patients with advanced cancers which had stopped responding to standard treatments, and caused some tumours to shrink or stop growing. The research was led by a team at the Institute of Cancer Research in London and the Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust. "What is so exciting about this treatment is that its mechanism of action is completely novel - it acts like a Trojan horse to sneak into cancer cells and kill them from the inside," lead author Professor Johann de Bono said. PM urged to avoid 'blindfold Brexit' and put withdrawal on hold Some … [Read more...] about ‘Trojan horse’ cancer drug and today’s other news headlines

Are you one of those people who go through life believing everything you hear or almost everything that you hear. Most people fall into either one of these categories. It's hard to imagine that I used to be one of these people, but no longer and now I am free to stand outside of the circus, with my eyes wide open. So I think anyway.I hear it almost daily, news about something bad. It's hard to imagine that people, listen and talk about bad news, as much as we do.I think the word I'm trying to get at here is "thinking." When are we going to start thinking about the things around us, like the environment, overpopulation, pollution, well I guess these are that big of a deal are they. What is it going to take, to make or force us to start thinking about our world, instead of sitting down in front of the television and gathering useless information.Just a few minutes ago, my wife mentioned to me, that a jogger was killed in Puerto Rico. This news really does not concern me. If it does, why … [Read more...] about The Circus of News Headlines

Four dead after eating poison mushrooms Four of five family members hospitalised earlier this month for mushroom poisoning died yesterday, according to Bach Mai Hospital's Anti-poison Centre. The family from the northern province of Thai Nguyen was poisoned by eating mushrooms collected from the forest. They were admitted to the Anti-poison Center in Ha Noi for treatment on March 9. Three cases of mushroom poisoning have been reported this month in the northern province of Thai Nguyen and Tuyen Quang. Two die in Ha Giang fire Two people were killed yesterday in a massive fire that burnt down a house in the northern mountainous Ha Giang Province. The blaze broke out at about 1a.m in a wooden house in Meo Vac District. The owner of the house, Hoang Thi Huong, managed to escape but two other persons, whose bodies have not been identified yet, were killed, according to the local police. The authorities are investigating the incident. Northern province battles … [Read more...] about Social News Headlines 26/3