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In a post on his personal profile, he said he was "cautious" not to make Facebook an "arbiter of truth" but said the company was testing new tools to flag hoax content.

So, what's the problem?

"Facebook's algorithm prioritises the popular, it doesn't know how to distinguish between real and not real," said Kate Bevan, a technology writer and broadcaster.

Its size and scope also make it one of the top targets of the notorious hackers who keep looking for any opportunity to breach data. To avoid such mishaps and scandals, Facebook tries to take every possible measure.

At the Web Summit 2016 tech conference in Portugal, the blue network’s chief security officer, Alex Stamos, told how safety is bigger than security. In the wake of the recent data breaches and hacks, he said, “It turns out that we can build perfectly secure software and yet people can still get hurt.”

The error on Friday caused the social network to show a memorial banner on user profiles for people who were still alive.

Users posted status updates to reassure friends and family they were not dead, despite Facebook's message.

"This was a terrible error that we have now fixed," a Facebook spokesperson said. "We are very sorry that this happened."

The message, intended for "memorialised profiles", erroneously appeared on the profile pages of a large number of users - including Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg.

Speaking on stage at Techonomy, a technology conference in California, Mr Zuckerberg said Facebook should not be held responsible.

"The idea that fake news on Facebook influenced the election in any way is a pretty crazy idea," he said.

"If you believe that then I don't think you have internalized the message Trump supporters are trying to send in this election."

So seriously, in fact, that they can come across as rather pompous to a British reader. When it comes to a presidential election they seem to believe that their endorsements are of huge significance and that their words will be weighed with utmost seriousness by their readers.

Well now we know how wrong that is because just about every major newspaper either backed Hillary Clinton or at least failed to endorse Donald Trump - and that went for papers who had faithfully swung behind Republican candidates in the past.

The claim, brought by a group of Facebook users, alleges the platform's "ethnic affinity" option is racially biased.

The option is there to enable marketers to exclude certain demographics and target others.

Facebook said the lawsuit was "utterly without merit" and that it would defend itself "vigorously".

In order to leave a bigger impact on your professional life, the world’s biggest social network is now ready to challenge LinkedIn. It should be noted that LinkedIn was recently bought by Microsoft for $26 billion.

The country's Information Commissioner said she did not believe the firm had obtained valid consent for the move and added that people must be given "ongoing control" over their data.

Elizabeth Denham said that Facebook had agreed to "pause" its rollout but had not met all her demands.

Facebook has yet to publicly comment.

The California-based company bought WhatsApp in 2014 and pledged to keep the chat app independent.

However, in August, WhatsApp made changes to its privacy policy, prompting an investigation by the UK watchdog.

The shortcut, which is rolling out on both web and mobile, cannot be removed from your Favorites – it’s hard-coded.

The Elections 2016 hub, however, first appeared during the three presidential debates this year: September 26, October 9, and October 19. At the time, the company sent out notifications that directed users to the hub for discussion and video.

Now, it has gone live in the Favorites section where it will remain through Election Day.

In the same vein as the "live" space walk that wasn't live - broadcast on 26 October on the social network - a video of a sky-high maintenance job has racked up over six million views.

The Facebook pages for Interestinate and USA Viral this afternoon each posted a video claiming to be of a lightbulb being changed at the top of a 1,999ft (609m) tower.

How to spot a fake US election claim