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Facebook has taken  further action to remove accounts and pages linked to the Russian-based Internet Research Agency  (IRA). In total, Facebook has removed  138 Facebook pages, 70 Facebook, and 65 Instagram accounts . All ads relating to the removed pages, totaling over $167,000 in ad revenue, have also been deleted by the social network. Although 95 percent of the pages run by the Internet Research Agency were in Russian,  the organization gained notoriety during the 2016 Presidential election. At the time, the IRA was running fake pages designed to look like grassroots organizations in the U.S. were behind them. These pages would  spread fake news  and information designed to polarize political opinion in the run-up to the election. Explaining why Facebook had taken action against the IRA Facebook’s Chief Security Officer, Alex Stamos  said : “The IRA has repeatedly used complex networks of inauthentic accounts to deceive and manipulat...

Gmail offers a ton of features for its users, and Google is continually improving them or adding new ones. Plenty of Gmail features are simply functions you’d expect — like having the option to customize your tabs or create multiple inboxes. However, there are some other things you can do in Gmail that aren’t so widely known. 4 Gmail hacks you probably don’t know about 1. Boomerang for Gmail If you haven’t used Gmail with  Boomerang , you haven’t really used Gmail. Seriously, this is a really cool add-on that can save you a ton of time and hassle — especially if you have any kind of business or side hustle going on. Boomerang is Chrome extension for Gmail. Install it and you’ll be able to  schedule your emails to be sent out at any time.  You can also  have an email re-sent to you.  This second feature is great for those important emails you just don’t have time to deal with right now. Simply tell Gmail to send it again later, and you can go abo...

Sometimes, it can feel almost impossible to locate an old email. If you have thousands of emails in your inbox, it can take a long time to go through them all just to find that one email that mentions the time and place you’re supposed to meet someone.  Luckily, Google has some tools to help you finally track down that one long-lost email. Below are some of the ways you can use search parameters in Gmail to locate what you’re missing. How to use search parameters in Gmail to find that one lost email 1. Find a specific sender If you want to quickly locate all the emails from a specific sender, use  from:  in the search bar, followed by the contact you’re trying to locate. For example:  from :Aryan 2. Find a specific recipient If you send a lot of emails, sometimes it can be hard to find the exact email you sent someone. To aid in your search, try searching for the recipient of your email. To do this, use  to:  in the search bar, follo...

The government in Papua New Guinea has decided to ban Facebook for a month. The move comes in a bid to study the effects of social media on the people of the small island nation. In addition to the study, fake users will also be targeted and eliminated from the social platform. Papua New Guinea’s communication minister, Sam Basil,  said : “The time will allow information to be collected to identify users that hide behind fake accounts, users that upload pornographic images, users that post false and misleading information on Facebook to be filtered and removed.” With recent scandals like the Cambridge Analytica Facebook data leak still fresh in people’s minds, Basil says that the country is acting with its citizens’ best interests at heart. There are also plans for a local social network being set up on the island, but Basil says the government will wait until the results of this study are known before action is taken. This isn’t the first time a country has temporar...

Adobe Photoshop is the holy grail for all budding digital graphic designers and image manipulators. At Softonic, we get lots of people trying to find out how to download Photoshop for free or even looking for free alternatives to Photoshop. The good news is that there are a lot of great alternatives out there and there is even better news from Google. Google Chrome Labs has just launched a brand-new browser-based image optimization tool that is completely free to use Squoosh , as the new piece of software is called, is designed to help users convert and optimize images for use across a variety of digital platforms. It runs entirely within your web browser, using the many capabilities that modern browsers now have built-in. Once it has been loaded into the browser, Squoosh doesn’t need access to the internet, meaning the image optimization and manipulation can take place offline. Surprisingly, although Google obviously recommends using Squoosh on Google Chrome, it...

At some point, you might have liked a YouTube video and thought to yourself: “Can I download it onto my cell phone?” The answer, of course, is yes:  You can download a video  onto your smartphone to watch later. Still skeptical? Today we’ll show you what we think is the best app for  legally downloading YouTube videos . It’s easier than you think. YouTube Go Welcome to  YouTube Go . With this program, not only can you learn to download the videos you want, but you can also use it as a  default app  to watch clips from the popular streaming platform. Why? It’s better – much better – than the regular version of YouTube. However, before explaining its features, let’s teach you how to download videos. YOUTUBE GO DOWNLOAD YOUTUBE GO 8 YouTube Go lets you save your video data so you can watch it later with complete freedom.  To carry out this task, just click the video you want to download and a tab like this will pop up in front...

Do you listen to a lot of music on  YouTube ? If so, at some point you’ve undoubtedly seen a message like the following: “This content has been blocked in your country on copyright grounds.” Unfortunately, record companies run a fierce campaign to restrict content depending on where you are. Germany, for example, typically has many restrictions, while other places like the U.S. hardly ever face issues. Whatever country you’re in, the funny thing is that you can view all blocked content. Yes, it’s possible to  watch blocked YouTube videos  if you want, of course. We’ll teach you some different ways to do so, so you can choose the method that best suits your use of online content. Through basic online proxies This is the best option since it won’t change your PC or router configuration. The problem? It won’t work with other external audiovisual content platforms (i.e., Netflix or HBO). Through the site    VPN Book , we just have to enter the video URL...