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A day after some users complained about their Facebook  posts  being marked as  spam ,  Facebook  on Saturday said it has fixed the  bug  that caused the problem. "We have fixed a bug that caused some posts to be incorrectly marked as spam. We've restored the posts that were affected and are very sorry this happened," Facebook said in a tweet. Even journalist and author Salena Zito's New York Post article, entitled "Why Trump's supporters won't care about Cohen and Manafort," was flagged as spam and removed from Facebook. She wrote in NY Post on Friday about Facebook censoring her article. Facebook replied to her in a tweet: "Hi Salena, a bug caused some posts to be incorrectly marked as spam and removed. We've fixed the issue and restored the posts. We're really sorry this happened". "Regarding my story being taken down on my Facebook page (as well as many others) and marked as spam or not up to Community Standards Facebook

SAN FRANCISCO: After exiting China eight years ago due to censorship and hacking,  Google  is tuning a mobile search app that would filter blacklisted search results in order to re-enter the market, according to US media reports. The California-based internet giant has engineers designing search software that would leave out content blacklisted by the Chinese government, according to a New York Times report citing two unnamed people familiar with the effort. News website The Intercept first reported the story, saying the Chinese search app was being tailored for Google-backed Android operating system for mobile devices. The service was said to have been shown to Chinese officials. Google did not respond to a request for comment. There was no guarantee the project would result in Google search returning to China. US Internet titans have long struggled with doing business in China, home of a "Great Firewall" that blocks content as seen fit by officials. In early 2010

F acebook  Inc's  WhatsApp messenger service will start charging businesses for sending marketing and customer service messages, it said on Wednesday, as the social network company's flagship brand faces slowing usage and revenue growth. The messages will be charged at a fixed rate for confirmed delivery, ranging from 0.5 cents to 9 cents per message depending on the country, WhatsApp said. Facebook has been looking at ways to monetize its WhatsApp service in the face of rising costs as it spends heavily to improve privacy safeguards and tackles concerns about social media addiction. WhatsApp, which has around 1.5 billion users, said starting Wednesday businesses can use its WhatsApp Business API to send notifications such as shipping confirmations, appointment reminders and event tickets. WhatsApp acknowledged that it is charging a premium compared to SMS rates. Wireless carriers typically charge businesses well below a penny per SMS, and the price is still close to