Meta CEO Zuckerberg says U.S. pressure on Covid-19 posts was 'wrong'
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Meta CEO Zuckerberg says U.S. pressure on Covid-19 posts was 'wrong'

Raw Story  

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg believes U.S. government pressure on his social media platforms to take down certain Covid-19 content in 2021 was "wrong," and said he would resist similar attempts in the future, according to a letter submitted to a US congressional committee. Regarding the pandemic, the Facebook founder said the Biden administration had in 2021 "repeatedly pressured our teams for months to censor certain COVID-19 content, including humor and satire." Republicans took the letter as a victory, with the Republicans' House Judiciary Committee account on social media platform X, formerly Twitter, labeling it a "big win for free speech." Zuckerberg said the story was "temporarily demoted" while Facebook fact checkers probed the possibility of it being "a potential Russian disinformation operation."

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Meta CEO Zuckerberg dines with Trump after years of turbulent ties with US president-elect
3 weeks, 5 days ago

Meta CEO Zuckerberg dines with Trump after years of turbulent ties with US president-elect

New Indian Express  

FORT LAUDERDAL: Donald Trump dined on Wednesday with Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg at the president-elect's Mar-a-Lago club in Florida, bringing together the Facebook founder and the former president who was once banned from that social network. Stephen Miller, who has been appointed deputy chief of staff for Trump's second term, said Zuckerberg, like other business leaders, wants to support Trump's …

End of enmity? Trump, Mark Zuckerberg dine at US President-elect's resort
3 weeks, 5 days ago

End of enmity? Trump, Mark Zuckerberg dine at US President-elect's resort

India Today  

Donald Trump dined on Wednesday with Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg at the President-elect's Mar-a-Lago club in Florida, bringing together the Facebook founder and the former President who was once banned from that social network. Stephen Miller, who has been appointed deputy chief of staff for Trump's second term, said Zuckerberg, like other business leaders, wants to support Trump's economic plans. …

Meta's Mark Zuckerberg not liable in lawsuits over social media harming children
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Meta's Mark Zuckerberg not liable in lawsuits over social media harming children

India TV News  

A federal judge recently stated that Mark Zuckerberg, the CEO of Meta platform is not personally liable in 25 lawsuits accusing his company of addicting children to social media. U.S. District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers in Oakland, California rejected the accusations on Thursday, that Zuckerberg directed Meta's effort to conceal from children the serious mental health risks of using Instagram …

Expect This Election to Play Differently than 2020 on Social Media
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Expect This Election to Play Differently than 2020 on Social Media

Bloomberg  

Heading into the US presidential election four years ago, Facebook and Twitter instituted substantial policies to combat misleading political content, touted their investments into content moderation and promised to do all they could to avoid a free-for-all on their platforms. Just before Election Day in 2020, Facebook Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg told investors the election would be a test …

Mark Zuckerberg Is Cozying Up to the Right. The Reason Why Is Gross.
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Mark Zuckerberg Is Cozying Up to the Right. The Reason Why Is Gross.

Slate  

Just in case you ever believed that Mark Zuckerberg came to understand the gravity of his role as the head of a Big Tech megaconglomerate whose apps serve as essential communication infrastructure for almost half of the world, he’s now doing everything he can to disabuse you of that generous notion. It’s also something about the way he and his …

Mark Zuckerberg Vows to Be Neutral–While Tossing Gifts to Trump and the GOP
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Mark Zuckerberg Vows to Be Neutral–While Tossing Gifts to Trump and the GOP

Wired  

This week Mark Zuckerberg sent a letter to Jim Jordan, the chair of the House Judiciary Committee. Specifically, he said that in 2021 the Biden administration asked Meta “to censor some Covid-related content.” Meta did take the posts down, and Zuckerberg now regrets the decision. After years of insisting that, right or wrong, a social media company’s content decisions did …

Shed partisan glasses in reading Meta letter
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Shed partisan glasses in reading Meta letter

Hindustan Times  

Meta founder-CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s letter to the United States House Judiciary Committee that says the Joe Biden administration “pressured” the digital giant to “censor” content on its platforms, including Facebook, has been weaponised by the Republicans in the election season. The Republicans have long claimed that social media companies have been colluding with liberal political persuasions and censoring conservative voices, …

Fact Check: Zuckerberg's 'doctored' Covid vaccine video goes viral after his claims against Biden-Harris
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Fact Check: Zuckerberg's 'doctored' Covid vaccine video goes viral after his claims against Biden-Harris

Hindustan Times  

A ‘leaked video’ featuring Mark Zuckerberg warning about the potential dangers of the COVID-19 vaccine has resurfaced, just hours after he accused the Biden-Harris administration of censoring information related to the pandemic. Zuckerberg's leaked video warning staff against vaccine use A leaked video from 2021, featuring Meta/Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg discussing COVID-19 vaccines, has been circulating online. “This is Mark …

Zuckerberg says the White House pressured Facebook over some COVID-19 content during the pandemic
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Zuckerberg says the White House pressured Facebook over some COVID-19 content during the pandemic

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg says senior Biden administration officials pressured Facebook to “censor” some COVID-19 content during the pandemic and vowed that the social media giant would push back if it faced such demands again. In a letter to Rep. Jim Jordan, the Republican chair of the House Judiciary Committee, Zuckerberg alleges that the officials, including those from …

Mark Zuckerberg says Biden administration pressured Facebook to censor Covid-19 content in 2021
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Mark Zuckerberg says Biden administration pressured Facebook to censor Covid-19 content in 2021

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Mark Zuckerberg has now said that the Biden administration pressured …

Elon Musk brands Facebook revelations a 'first amendment violation' after Mark Zuckerberg admitted White House 'pressured' Meta to censor 'Covid misinformation' as well as 'demote' Hunter Biden laptop
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Elon Musk brands Facebook revelations a 'first amendment violation' after Mark Zuckerberg admitted White House 'pressured' Meta to censor 'Covid misinformation' as well as 'demote' Hunter Biden laptop

Daily Mail  

X CEO Elon Musk has branded the revelations that the Biden administration put pressure on Meta, the owner of Facebook and Instagram, to censor COVID misinformation as a 'First Amendment violation.' X CEO Elon Musk branded the Facebook revelations as a 'First Amendment violation' Zuckerberg admitted that Meta demoted stories about Hunter Biden and his laptop Mark Zuckerberg promised not …

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg says U.S. pressure on Covid-19 posts was 'wrong'
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg says U.S. pressure on Covid-19 posts was 'wrong'

The Hindu  

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg believes U.S. government pressure on his social media platforms to take down certain Covid-19 content in 2021 was "wrong," and said he would resist similar attempts in the future, according to a letter submitted to a US congressional committee. Regarding the pandemic, the Facebook founder said the Biden administration had in 2021 "repeatedly pressured our teams …

Mark Zuckerberg writes to House Judiciary Committee, exposes censorship regime of US President Joe Biden
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Mark Zuckerberg writes to House Judiciary Committee, exposes censorship regime of US President Joe Biden

Op India  

On Monday, Meta founder Mark Zuckerberg exposed how the Biden administration weaponised political censorship to curtail free speech on platforms such as Facebook and Instagram. In his letter to the House Judiciary Committee, Mark Zuckerberg stated, “In 2021, senior officials from the Biden Administration, including the White House, repeatedly pressured our teams for months to censor certain COVID-19 content, including …

Biden administration pressured Meta to censor Covid content: Zuckerberg
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Biden administration pressured Meta to censor Covid content: Zuckerberg

Deccan Chronicle  

Meta Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg, in a letter to the House Judiciary Committee has alleged that the Biden-Harris administration "repeatedly pressurised" Meta's teams to censor posts related to Covid.He further said that the platform had to make some changes, that "with the benefit of hindsight and new information," they won't make today. Like I said to our teams at …

Mark Zuckerberg alleges Biden-Harris administration ‘pressured’ Meta to censor Covid-related posts: ‘I regret that we…’
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Mark Zuckerberg alleges Biden-Harris administration ‘pressured’ Meta to censor Covid-related posts: ‘I regret that we…’

Hindustan Times  

In a letter to the House Judiciary Committee, Mark Zuckerberg has alleged that the Biden-Harris administration "repeatedly pressured" Meta's teams to censor Covid-related posts. The Meta Chief Executive Officer also claimed that the platform had to make changes that "with the benefit of hindsight and new information," they would not make today. Mark Zuckerberg alleges Biden-Harris administration ‘pressured’ Meta to …

Mark Zuckerberg says goal is to be ‘neutral’ on politics
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Mark Zuckerberg says goal is to be ‘neutral’ on politics

Live Mint  

WASHINGTON—Meta Platforms Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg told a House panel that he decided to stop contributions to help local governments administer elections in an effort to avoid claims of political bias, after such spending in the 2020 election set off alarms among Republicans. “Despite the analysis I’ve seen showing otherwise, I know that some people believe this work benefited one …

Did Biden’s White House pressure Mark Zuckerberg to censor COVID content?
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Did Biden’s White House pressure Mark Zuckerberg to censor COVID content?

Al Jazeera  

In a letter to the House Judiciary Committee, the Meta chief said he regretted caving in to government pressure. Zuckerberg wrote the letter to the House Judiciary Committee on Monday, saying White House officials pressured his teams “for months to censor certain COVID-19 content”. The letter detailed that the COVID-19 content censored due to pressure from the Biden administration included …

White House pressured Facebook over some COVID-19 content during the pandemic, Zuckerberg says
3 months, 3 weeks ago

White House pressured Facebook over some COVID-19 content during the pandemic, Zuckerberg says

LA Times  

Meta Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg testifies before a joint hearing of the Commerce and Judiciary committees on Capitol Hill in Washington in 2018. Meta Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg says senior Biden administration officials pressured Facebook to “censor” some COVID-19 content during the pandemic and vowed that the social media giant would push back if it faced such demands again. In …

Mark Zuckerberg praises Donald Trump's 'badass' response to assassination attempt
5 months ago

Mark Zuckerberg praises Donald Trump's 'badass' response to assassination attempt

India TV News  

Washington: Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has heaped praises on former US President and Republican presidential candidate for this year's election, Donald Trump, for the latter's response to the recent assassination attempt, calling it "one of the most badass things I've ever seen in my life." The entrepreneur declined to endorse any presidential candidate and said he would not play a …

Supreme Court Rules That US Government Can Continue Talking to Social Media Companies
54 years, 11 months ago

Supreme Court Rules That US Government Can Continue Talking to Social Media Companies

Wired  

Today, the Supreme Court ruled in a 6–3 decision that the plaintiffs who'd sued the US government for allegedly violating the First Amendment—by communicating with social media companies about misleading and harmful content on their platforms—did not present enough evidence to prove that they had standing to sue. Specifically, the case alleged that government agencies like the Centers for Disease …

Republican who tried to stop Biden administration 'coercing' social media companies to 'censor' posts says he hopes Supreme Court 'sides with the Constitution' after justices appeared to side with Whi
9 months ago

Republican who tried to stop Biden administration 'coercing' social media companies to 'censor' posts says he hopes Supreme Court 'sides with the Constitution' after justices appeared to side with Whi

Daily Mail  

Sen. Eric Schmitt, who filed the case as Missouri attorney general exclusively told DailyMail.com he hopes the court sides with his home state Legal scholars noted after the arguments that he justices seemed skeptical of the state's claims The Supreme Court expressed skepticism about a Republican-led effort to stop the Biden administration's coercion with social media companies, sparking GOP outrage …

‘Sorry for everything…’: Meta boss Zuckerberg made to apologise to parents. Here's why
10 months, 3 weeks ago

‘Sorry for everything…’: Meta boss Zuckerberg made to apologise to parents. Here's why

Hindustan Times  

Meta's CEO Mark Zuckerberg on Wednesday was made to apologise to parents during his testimony in the US Senate, where concerns about the exploitation of children on social media took centre stage. The CEOs of Meta, TikTok, and other social media companies testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee, addressing the rising concerns among lawmakers and parents about the impact of …

'I'm sorry': Mark Zuckerberg to families at fiery US Senate hearing on online child safety
10 months, 3 weeks ago

'I'm sorry': Mark Zuckerberg to families at fiery US Senate hearing on online child safety

India TV News  

Washington: In a stunning moment, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg on Wednesday apologised to families during a tense congressional hearing over alleged harm to children through social media. Zuckerberg's apology comes as US Senators grilled the CEOs of top social media and video streaming platforms like TikTok, X, Snap Inc and Discord for four hours on failing to protect children from …

Why did Mark Zuckerberg apologise at the US Senate?
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Why did Mark Zuckerberg apologise at the US Senate?

Al Jazeera  

Parents of affected children said the Meta CEO’s apology was ‘a bit too late’. Meta Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg, alongside the CEOs of TikTok, X and other social media companies went before the US Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday to testify at a time when lawmakers and parents are growing increasingly concerned about the effects of digital platforms on young …

CEOs of Meta, X, TikTok grilled about online child safety at US hearing
10 months, 3 weeks ago

CEOs of Meta, X, TikTok grilled about online child safety at US hearing

Al Jazeera  

Parents and lawmakers say executives are not doing enough to thwart dangers, including sexual exploitation and bullying. “They’re responsible for many of the dangers our children face online,” US Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin, who chairs the committee, said in opening remarks. “You have a product that’s killing people.” Zuckerberg testified along with X CEO Linda Yaccarino, Snap CEO Evan …

Zuckerberg: King of the Metaverse, review: how Facebook changed (then ruined) the world
11 months, 1 week ago

Zuckerberg: King of the Metaverse, review: how Facebook changed (then ruined) the world

The Telegraph  

Remember when Facebook seemed harmless? In Zuckerberg: King of the Metaverse, one former executive put it this way: “When I first joined, movies were being made; the founder was on the cover of Time magazine; you’re overthrowing dictators. Now, you’re being told you destroyed democracy.” The film traced Facebook from Zuckerberg’s invention to world domination and scandals involving data harvesting, …

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg repeatedly shut down calls from execs to improve teen safety on Facebook and Instagram and to shut down 'beauty filters,' court documents claim
1 year, 1 month ago

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg repeatedly shut down calls from execs to improve teen safety on Facebook and Instagram and to shut down 'beauty filters,' court documents claim

Daily Mail  

META CEO Mark Zuckerberg personally shut down calls to improve teen wellbeing on Facebook and Instagram, bombshell court documents claim. Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg allegedly blocked calls to improve teen well-being on the app The lawsuit filed last month in Massachusetts state court alleges that Meta - and Zuckerberg - have 'relentlessly prioritized targeting these young users and has tailored …

‘Meta’s Deception’ about Instagram’s harmful qualities alleged in Massachusetts suit
1 year, 1 month ago

‘Meta’s Deception’ about Instagram’s harmful qualities alleged in Massachusetts suit

Live Mint  

Meta Platforms Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg repeatedly dismissed warnings from senior company officials that its flagship social-media platforms were harming young users, according to unsealed allegations in a lawsuit filed by Massachusetts. “The complaint is filled with selective quotes from hand-picked documents that do not provide the full context of how the company operates or what decisions were made.” The …

House Republicans plan to hold Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg in contempt of Congress
1 year, 4 months ago

House Republicans plan to hold Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg in contempt of Congress

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The Republican chairman of the House Judiciary Committee is threatening to hold Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg in contempt of Congress for failing to supply documents related to an investigation into supposed censorship by tech companies of conservatives. Rep. Jim Jordan, chair of the Judiciary Committee, said the panel plans to hold a hearing Thursday to vote on a …

Mark Zuckerberg faces House judiciary vote on contempt of Congress citation
1 year, 4 months ago

Mark Zuckerberg faces House judiciary vote on contempt of Congress citation

LA Times  

Facebook Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg testifies before the House Financial Services Committee in Washington, D.C., on Oct. 23, 2019. Republicans on the House Judiciary Committee are preparing a contempt citation against Meta Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg over an investigation into complaints that the social media company has censored conservative speech. The contempt recommendation asserts Meta has largely ignored demands for …

Unlikely saviour: Elon Musk's antics give Mark Zuckerberg PR makeover
1 year, 5 months ago

Unlikely saviour: Elon Musk's antics give Mark Zuckerberg PR makeover

The Hindu  

After years of bad press and scandal, Mark Zuckerberg is seeing his reputation spruced up in the fickle world of tech, largely thanks to the increasingly unpredictable behavior of Elon Musk. "It's definitely unique to see two people, who obviously are just ungodly wealthy, be in this kind of grudge match," said Andrew Selepak, assistant media professor at the University …

Old Chat of Mark Zuckerberg Calling Facebook Users 'Dumb' Resurfaces, Elon Musk Reacts
1 year, 5 months ago

Old Chat of Mark Zuckerberg Calling Facebook Users 'Dumb' Resurfaces, Elon Musk Reacts

News 18  

Despite the impressive launch of Meta’s ‘Threads’ app, CEO Mark Zuckerberg continues to face public scrutiny regarding privacy concerns that have long troubled users of Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp. Dumb f****.” Mark Zuckerberg talking about Facebook users pic.twitter.com/NhWDh7t50S— Andrew July 6, 2023 The tweet quickly went viral, attracting various reactions. !— Elon Musk July 6, 2023 “One of the many …

Twitter threatens to sue Meta over Threads: Report
1 year, 5 months ago

Twitter threatens to sue Meta over Threads: Report

The Hindu  

Twitter has threatened to sue Meta Platforms over its new Threads platform, Semafor reported on July 6, citing a letter sent to the Facebook parent's CEO Mark Zuckerberg by Twitter's lawyer Alex Spiro. Meta which launched Threads on July 5 and has logged more than 30 million sign-ups, looks to take on Elon Musk's Twitter by taking advantage of Instagram's …

Zuckerberg was warned on social media addiction, filing says
1 year, 9 months ago

Zuckerberg was warned on social media addiction, filing says

LA Times  

Mark Zuckerberg speaks at Georgetown University in Washington. Unredacted filings from a lawsuit filed over the weekend revealed that Zuckerberg personally had been warned of the risks of social media addiction among children and teens. California California becomes first state to make firms disclose social media policies California will impose first-of-its-kind requirements on social media companies to publish their policies …

Facebook parent Meta to settle Cambridge Analytica scandal case for $725 million
2 years ago

Facebook parent Meta to settle Cambridge Analytica scandal case for $725 million

Live Mint  

Facebook owner Meta Platforms Inc has agreed to pay $725 million to resolve a class-action lawsuit accusing the social media giant of allowing third parties, including Cambridge Analytica, to access users' personal information. The proposed settlement, which was disclosed in a court filing late on Thursday, would resolve a long-running lawsuit prompted by revelations in 2018 that Facebook had allowed …

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg testifies in FTC case to block virtual-reality deal
2 years ago

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg testifies in FTC case to block virtual-reality deal

Live Mint  

Facebook parent Meta Platforms Inc. CEO Mark Zuckerberg took the witness stand Tuesday in a case in which the Federal Trade Commission is seeking to prevent the social-media company from acquiring a virtual-reality startup. The FTC is seeking an injunction blocking Meta’s planned acquisition of Within Unlimited Inc., the company behind the popular virtual-reality fitness game “Supernatural." Mr. Zuckerberg said …

Why Twitter is ditching its Prevention of COVID Misinformation policy now and shirking a “huge responsibility”
2 years ago

Why Twitter is ditching its Prevention of COVID Misinformation policy now and shirking a “huge responsibility”

Firstpost  

Twitter’s campaign to tackle COVID misinformation has been vital to suppress fake news. Much to the dismay of health experts and Twitter users, Elon Musk-led Twitter has announced that the platform will no longer be enforcing its Prevention of COVID Misinformation policy. “Effective November 23, 2022, Twitter is no longer enforcing the COVID-19 misleading information policy,” the social media platform …

Column: Meta and Twitter show the drawbacks of giving self-satisfied billionaires too much power
2 years, 1 month ago

Column: Meta and Twitter show the drawbacks of giving self-satisfied billionaires too much power

LA Times  

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announces the new name for his company, formerly Facebook, in October 2021. Back in the prehistoric era — in 2012, when Facebook staged one of the most hyped initial public stock offerings of all time — I warned the company’s newly minted shareholders that they had become wedded to Mark Zuckerberg. The stock reached its all-time …

Meta Oversight Board objects to removing positive newspaper report on Taliban
2 years, 3 months ago

Meta Oversight Board objects to removing positive newspaper report on Taliban

The Hindu  

Meta Platforms Inc.'s independent Oversight Board said on Thursday that Facebook should not have taken down a newspaper report about the Taliban that it considered positive, backing users' freedom of expression and saying the tech company relied too heavily on automated moderation. The Oversight Board said Meta's decision to remove the post was inconsistent with Facebook's policies as they allow …

Mark Zuckerberg admits Facebook censored Hunter Biden laptop story during 2020 U. S. elections
2 years, 3 months ago

Mark Zuckerberg admits Facebook censored Hunter Biden laptop story during 2020 U. S. elections

The Hindu  

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has admitted that the social networking site censored a story about U. S. President Joe Biden’s son during the 2020 U. S. presidential elections. During an episode of the Joe Rogan Experience podcast for Spotify, Mr. Zuckerberg confessed that a New York Post story that published alleged leaked emails from Hunter Biden’s laptop was suppressed by …

Zuckerberg Admits Facebook Suppressed New York Post’s Hunter Biden Laptop Exposé on Joe Rogan’s Podcast
2 years, 3 months ago

Zuckerberg Admits Facebook Suppressed New York Post’s Hunter Biden Laptop Exposé on Joe Rogan’s Podcast

News 18  

Mark Zuckerberg, Meta CEO, accepted on Thursday that Facebook took note of Federal Bureau of Investigation’s ‘warnings’ regarding the New York Post exposé on Hunter Biden’s laptop and limited the distribution of the story ahead of the 2020 US Elections. BREAKING: Mark Zuckerberg tells Joe Rogan that Facebook algorithmically censored the Hunter Biden laptop story for 7 days based on …

Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg delivers harsh message to employees
2 years, 5 months ago

Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg delivers harsh message to employees

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy As tech stocks take a tumble amid a broader market downturn, Meta chief …

Mark Zuckerberg's 'metaverse' faces regulation, warns digital minister
2 years, 11 months ago

Mark Zuckerberg's 'metaverse' faces regulation, warns digital minister

The Telegraph  

Britain will seek to regulate the rise of the metaverse popularised by Mark Zuckerberg’s Facebook under its flagship Online Safety Bill, the UK’s digital minister has confirmed. Chris Philp, the UK’s digital minister, said metaverse companies would fall under its plans to tackle online harms and bring regulation to Big Tech firms. He said: “One of the reasons we need …

Meta and the Facebook Papers: Why Mark Zuckerberg has nothing to fear
3 years, 1 month ago

Meta and the Facebook Papers: Why Mark Zuckerberg has nothing to fear

Salon  

With great fanfare on Thursday, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced his company's much-anticipated name change. A former Facebook employee named Frances Haugen has been releasing a steady stream of leaked documents showing that Facebook knew its social media networks were being used to spread misinformation, stoke often genocidal levels of conflict, and undermine people's mental health — but did little …

Self-regulation in social media not working: White House
3 years, 2 months ago

Self-regulation in social media not working: White House

The Hindu  

Social media platforms have made clear that self-regulation is not working, the White House asserted on October 4, saying reports about efforts to attract young users and negative effects on teenagers' mental health are troubling. “Reports in recent weeks, and I think obviously the whistleblower came forward last night in the report, about efforts to attract young users and negative …

Ex-Facebook employee tells Congress social media giant endangers users, democracy
3 years, 2 months ago

Ex-Facebook employee tells Congress social media giant endangers users, democracy

LA Times  

Former Facebook data scientist Frances Haugen testified Tuesday before the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Subcommittee on Consumer Protection, Product Safety, and Data Security. “The company’s leadership knows ways to make Facebook and Instagram safer and won’t make the necessary changes because they have put their astronomical profits before people,” said Frances Haugen, a former Facebook data scientist who has …

White House communications director Kate Bedingfield says they're reviewing section 230
3 years, 5 months ago

White House communications director Kate Bedingfield says they're reviewing section 230

Daily Mail  

White House comms director Kate Bedingfield said social media companies should be held accountable for publishing misleading info on vaccine White House communications director Kate Bedingfield said on Tuesday that social media companies should be held accountable for publishing misleading information on the COVID vaccine. She also said the administration is reviewing Section 230, a section of the law that …

Trump files suit against Facebook, Twitter and YouTube
3 years, 5 months ago

Trump files suit against Facebook, Twitter and YouTube

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Former President Donald Trump has filed suit against three of the country’s biggest tech companies, claiming he and other conservatives have been wrongfully censored. “We’re asking the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida to order an immediate halt to social media companies’ illegal, shameful censorship of the American people,” Trump said of the filings. “We’re …

U.S. Senate panel mulls revoking Big Tech immunity
3 years, 8 months ago

U.S. Senate panel mulls revoking Big Tech immunity

The Hindu  

U.S. Senate Republicans and Democrats criticized social media giants like Facebook on Tuesday for the scam artists on their sites, with one prominent Democrat suggesting a legal change to make them more accountable. Senator Richard Blumenthal, in noting the sale of fake COVID vaccine cards online, said he was willing to discuss amending Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, …

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