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Facebook is a social media and social networking service owned by the American technology conglomerate Meta. Created in 2004 by Mark Zuckerberg with four other Harvard College students and roommates Eduardo Saverin, Andrew McCollum, Dustin Moskovitz, and Chris Hughes, its name derives from the face book directories often given to American university students. Membership was initially limited to Harvard students, gradually expanding to other North American universities. Since 2006, Facebook allows everyone to register from 13 years old, except in the case of a handful of nations, where the age limit is 14 years. As of December 2022, Facebook claimed almost 3 billion monthly active users. As of October 2023, Facebook ranked as the 3rd most visited website in the world, with 22.56% of its traffic coming from the United States. It was the most downloaded mobile app of the 2010s.

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Mourners attend funeral of boy killed in sword attack [Video]

Mourners attend funeral of boy killed in sword attack

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Rich List 2024: King Charles and Sunak see their wealth rise

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Post office chief financial officer arrives at Inquiry [Video]

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Labour insists its policies will be fully funded [Video]

Labour insists its policies will be fully funded

Shadow science secretary Peter Kyle has insisted every one of Labour's policies will be “fully costed and fully funded” after Chancellor Jeremy Hunt accused Labour of resorting to "playground..

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Jeremy Hunt accuses Labour of ‘playground politics’ [Video]

Jeremy Hunt accuses Labour of ‘playground politics’

Chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt accused Labour of using “playground politics” to distract debate from the "biggest divide in British politics” as he gave a speech about tax cuts in..

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Curator ‘focused’ on delivering the best Royal portraits [Video]

Curator ‘focused’ on delivering the best Royal portraits

Alessandro Nasini, the curator behind unseen photographs of the King and his late mother the Queen, says his focus is on “doing the best” for the Royal Family as the exhibition went on display for..

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Starmer promises immediate action if elected PM [Video]

Starmer promises immediate action if elected PM

Labour Leader Sir Keir Starmer promises immediate action if elected prime minister, focusing on stabilising and growing the economy, removing planning restrictions, and addressing the small boats..

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Starmer emphasises AI regulation to safeguard jobs [Video]

Starmer emphasises AI regulation to safeguard jobs

Labour Party Leader Keir Starmer highlights the potential of AI while stressing the need for regulation to mitigate risks and manage job changes. "I do think it's got huge potential," he stated, noting..

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Starmer channels Blair & Miliband to launch election pledges [Video]

Starmer channels Blair & Miliband to launch election pledges

Sir Keir Starmer has unveiled a pledge card with six "first steps" the Labour Party would take if it were to form a government after the next general election. The steps include measures to invest in..

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Bottled water handed out to residents after parasite scare [Video]

Bottled water handed out to residents after parasite scare

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Government unconvinced by Starmer’s ‘16th relaunch’ [Video]

Government unconvinced by Starmer’s ‘16th relaunch’

Conservative Party chairman Richard Holden downplayed Labour’s key election campaign as being “Keir Starmer’s sixteenth relaunch in a few months.” Responding to Sir Keir Starmer’s speech, in..

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Starmer launches Labour’s election doorstep offer to voters [Video]

Starmer launches Labour’s election doorstep offer to voters

Sir Keir Starmer launches Labour’s doorstep offer to voters ahead of the general election, with a set of “first steps” for government. In a launch event at a potential electoral battleground in..

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Labour: There will be investment for our election pledges [Video]

Labour: There will be investment for our election pledges

Labour's Pat McFadden insists investment will be made available for their six pledges which will be presented today in a speech, as Sir Keir Starmer launches Labour’s doorstep offer to voters ahead..

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I did not know he was going to Switzerland to die [Video]

I did not know he was going to Switzerland to die

Every year dozens of British people travel to clinics there to end their lives, in a way they see fit. But now ITV News has seen evidence which appears to show one such clinic flouting Swiss guidelines..

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Brown: Action needed now for millions of children in poverty [Video]

Brown: Action needed now for millions of children in poverty

The former Prime Minister Gordon Brown says millions of British children have only known life in poverty - and he's called for a Government rescue plan to help them. Brown has warned that food banks..

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Funeral of British aid worker killed in Gaza takes place [Video]

Funeral of British aid worker killed in Gaza takes place

The funeral has taken place of an aid worker who was killed in Gaza last month. 47-year-old James Kirby died when his convoy was struck by an Israeli air strike. Around four hundred people gathered in..

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Hundreds pack church for funeral of British Gaza aid worker [Video]

Hundreds pack church for funeral of British Gaza aid worker

The funeral of British aid worker James Kirby has taken place today at St Mary Redcliffe Church in Bristol. Mr Kirby, 47, was one of seven World Central Kitchen (WCK) workers killed in an Israeli drone..

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‘Common sense minister’ says no mention of lanyard ban [Video]

‘Common sense minister’ says no mention of lanyard ban

Esther McVey, the prime minister’s so-called ‘common sense minister’ tells Channel 4 News she never mentioned a ban on lanyards when she made a speech at the start of the week. On Monday, the..

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Two men charged with Sycamore Gap felling depart court [Video]

Two men charged with Sycamore Gap felling depart court

Daniel Graham and Adam Carruthers, charged with felling the Sycamore Gap tree last September, depart from Newcastle Magistrates’ Court. The criminal damage caused by felling the famous Sycamore Gap..

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Cyclists could face tougher sentences under new proposals [Video]

Cyclists could face tougher sentences under new proposals

Dangerous cyclists could face tougher sentences, similar to those imposed on drivers, under new proposals. Motorists can face a life sentence if they’re convicted of causing death by dangerous or..

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Two men charged with Sycamore Gap felling arrive at court [Video]

Two men charged with Sycamore Gap felling arrive at court

Daniel Graham and Adam Carruthers arrive at Newcastle Magistrates’ Court charged with felling the Sycamore Gap tree last September. The criminal damage caused by felling the famous Sycamore Gap tree..

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Starmer tells Sunak to fix "chaos" facing prisons [Video]

Starmer tells Sunak to fix "chaos" facing prisons

Opening Prime Minister’s Questions, the Labour leader said Rishi Sunak's focus should be on the "chaos" facing prisons. Sir Keir Starmer said: After 14 years of Tory government, the prison system is..

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Rishi Sunak arrives at Parliament ahead of PMQs [Video]

Rishi Sunak arrives at Parliament ahead of PMQs

Rishi Sunak arrives at the Houses of Parliament ahead of his weekly grilling at PMQs. Report by Covellm. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at..

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Labour: Govt have ‘comprehensively failed’ on knife crime [Video]

Labour: Govt have ‘comprehensively failed’ on knife crime

Labour shadow minister Nick Thomas-Symonds accuses the government of failing "comprehensively" to tackle knife crime, citing the rising cases of stabbings since 2015. Mr Thomas-Symonds says Labour..

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Govt announces facial recognition tech to tackle knife crime [Video]

Govt announces facial recognition tech to tackle knife crime

Policing minister Chris Philp said he would like to see officers ramp up their use of stop and search to tackle knife crime. The government has also announced that around ÂŁ4 million will be allocated..

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