After a year from hell, Facebook parties like it's 2017

referring to The party was documented by attendees who naturally posted pictures to Instagram (owned by Facebook!). It affected 6.8 million users. Or maybe they didn't bother discussing this – it seemed a relatively minor screw-up based on the year Facebook has had. Or another unrelated bug in June that affected up to 14 million users causing posts to be published publicly that were intended to be private. It's hard to tell from the Instagram posts what sort of banter the guests indulged in in a "thumbs-up tavern", where Facebook workers could get drinks.

'It will be Google, Facebook and Amazon': The year in Amazon advertising

In the third quarter of 2018, brands' ad spend on Amazon increased by 250 percent over the third quarter of 2017. Citi Research predicted in January that in the next 10 years, Amazon advertising would hit $50 billion. As competition heats up — and Amazon's ad business comes into its own — here's a breakdown of what happened in the world of Amazon advertising this year. In August, Amazon merged its sprawling ad divisions — Amazon Media Group, Amazon Marketing Services and Amazon Advertising Platform — into one platform. Brands continued to pour more money into Amazon, while Amazon private-label brands got a boost.

The Indian journalist jailed for a year for Facebook posts

as declared in Mr Wangkhem was getting ready to shower and join his wife and two daughters, aged five and one, for lunch. At the police station, they waited for nearly five hours while Mr Wangkhem was questioned. He also wrote that Mr Wangkhem used "unconstitutional and invective words and with middle finger gesture...". It was not the first time Mr Wangkhem had been picked up for his Facebook posts. It is unclear how Mr Wangkhem's posts violated public order and state security since they led to no public disturbance or trouble.

collected by :Roy Mark