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A closer look at the day's most notable stories with The National's Jonathon Gatehouse: Facebook has some big-money backers for its new cryptocurrency; Canada faces big challenges in closing the gap between its emissions and its climate change targets.Original article
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  1. "Facebook knew as early as 2018 that its platform was being used to incite division and violence, a company official told MPs in Ottawa on Thursday". (June 6, 2019)
  2. "The Liberals have removed a promotional video from leader Justin Trudeau's Facebook page that featured behind-the-scenes footage from the first day of the election campaign, including video of Gov. Gen. Julie Payette inside Rideau Hall". (October 4, 2019)
  3. "Facebook Inc. said on Wednesday it is working to resolve issues faced by some users while sending media files on its social media platforms including WhatsApp and Instagram". (July 3, 2019)
  4. "Advertisers are able to write their own copy, when sharing a link as an advertisement on Facebook, potentially opening the door for misleading ads to spread". (September 16, 2019)
  5. "Canadian MPs are warning that Facebook's top officials could be found in contempt of Parliament if they continue to ignore a subpoena to testify in Ottawa this week". (May 27, 2019)
  6. "A report from U.K. non-profit Full Fact finds that Facebook's new fact-checking program is a useful tool — but doesn't got far enough in combating disinformation". (July 30, 2019)
  7. "Parliament's ethics committee voted Tuesday to subpoena Facebook's founder Mark Zuckerberg and its CEO Sheryl Sandberg to testify before an international committee of parliamentarians meeting later this month to probe the Cambridge Analytica scandal". (May 8, 2019)
  8. "Employment Minister Patty Hajdu is calling on the Canadian Human Rights Commission to examine the way Facebook allows employers to microtarget job ads to particular age ranges, something experts say could violate Canadian human rights laws". (April 9, 2019)
  9. "Facebook says it is aware of outages on its platforms including Facebook, Messenger and Instagram and is working to resolve the issue". (March 14, 2019)
  10. "Facebook says it stored millions of its users' passwords in plain text for years". (March 21, 2019)
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