In Reversal, Facebook To Label Politicians' Harmful Posts As Ad Boycott Grows
4 years, 6 months ago

In Reversal, Facebook To Label Politicians' Harmful Posts As Ad Boycott Grows

NPR  

In Reversal, Facebook To Label Politicians' Harmful Posts As Ad Boycott Grows Enlarge this image toggle caption Drew Angerer/Getty Images Drew Angerer/Getty Images Updated at 8:05 p.m. He also noted that there is no "newsworthiness" exemption allowed for posts that break Facebook's rules against inciting violence or voter suppression. Sponsor Message Shortly before Zuckerberg spoke, Unilever, the maker of household brands including Dove soap and Hellmann's mayonnaise, said it would stop advertising on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter in the U.S. through the end of the year. Hershey's chief marketing officer, Jill Baskin, said the chocolate maker is joining the July boycott of Facebook and cutting its ad spending on the social network by a third for the rest of 2020.

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Musk’s X asks judge to penalize nonprofit researchers tracking rise of hate speech on platform
10 months, 1 week ago

Musk’s X asks judge to penalize nonprofit researchers tracking rise of hate speech on platform

Associated Press  

Attorneys for X Corp. and a research organization that studies online hate speech traded arguments in court Thursday after the social media platform sued the non-profit Center for Countering Digital Hate for documenting the increase in hate speech on the site since it was purchased by Elon Musk. X, formerly known as Twitter, alleges the center’s researchers violated the site’s …

Anti-LGBTQ hate thrives online, spurs fears of more violence
2 years ago

Anti-LGBTQ hate thrives online, spurs fears of more violence

LA Times  

Attendees congregate at a rally against gender-affirming care at War Memorial Plaza in Nashville on Oct. 21. Hate speech and threats of violence targeting transgender people and other LGBTQ individuals is thriving on social media and spurring fears of more violence. On Twitter, YouTube and Facebook, researchers and LGBTQ advocates have tracked an increase in hate speech and threats of …

Top Takeaways From The Facebook Papers (So Far)
3 years, 2 months ago

Top Takeaways From The Facebook Papers (So Far)

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Leaks of internal Facebook documents brought about by former Facebook-employee-turned-whistleblower Frances Haugen have turned into a deluge, as journalists across more than a dozen outlets scrutinize the trove of tens of thousands of pages and publish the findings online. “We know that many things that generate engagement on our platform leave users divided and depressed.” Facebook employees …

Early Facebook investor blames major advertisers for ‘turning a blind eye’ to Facebook’s problems
3 years, 2 months ago

Early Facebook investor blames major advertisers for ‘turning a blind eye’ to Facebook’s problems

CNN  

New York CNN Business — Venture capitalist Roger McNamee says Corporate America shares blame for the troubles that exist today at Facebook. “The major advertisers have a lot of guilt here.” McNamee, who began advising Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg in early 2006, said the problem is that the vast majority of companies prioritize maximizing shareholder value instead of what’s good …

Anti-Defamation League CEO on Facebook: Never has a single company been responsible for so much misfortune
3 years, 2 months ago

Anti-Defamation League CEO on Facebook: Never has a single company been responsible for so much misfortune

CNN  

New York CNN Business — Jonathan Greenblatt, the CEO of the Anti-Defamation League, blasted Facebook on Monday following the publication of a series of articles revealing the company’s struggles to stop hate speech, human trafficking and coordinated groups that sowed discord ahead of the January 6 insurrection. “I don’t think ever before a single company has been responsible for so …

New whistleblower accuses Facebook of promoting hate speech, misinformation on its platform
3 years, 2 months ago

New whistleblower accuses Facebook of promoting hate speech, misinformation on its platform

India Today  

Troubles don’t seem to end for Facebook anytime soon. The former member of Facebook’s integrity team turned whistleblower has accused Facebook of hosting hate speech and illegal activity. The new set of allegations arrive days after Frances Haugen, another former Facebook employee, accused the company of harming young users through Instagram. The report reveals that Facebook repeatedly undermined efforts to …

How the 'Stop the Steal' movement outwitted Facebook ahead of the Jan. 6 insurrection
3 years, 2 months ago

How the 'Stop the Steal' movement outwitted Facebook ahead of the Jan. 6 insurrection

NPR  

How the 'Stop the Steal' movement outwitted Facebook ahead of the Jan. 6 insurrection Enlarge this image toggle caption Bloomberg/Bloomberg via Getty Images Bloomberg/Bloomberg via Getty Images Hours after polls closed on Nov. 3, angry Donald Trump supporters on Facebook coalesced around a rallying cry now synonymous with the siege on the U.S. Capitol: "Stop the Steal." In the days …

Facebook accused by whistleblower of focusing on profits instead of suppressing hate speech
3 years, 3 months ago

Facebook accused by whistleblower of focusing on profits instead of suppressing hate speech

Firstpost  

Former Facebook employee Frances Haugen said the social media giant’s products contributed to the Capitol riots in Washington, in January. Facebook has been accused by a whistleblower for concentrating more on profits than reducing hate speech and fake news and how its products contributed to the Capitol riots in Washington, in January. Facebook accused by a whistleblower Haugen recently appeared …

Muslim civil rights group sues Facebook over hate speech
3 years, 9 months ago

Muslim civil rights group sues Facebook over hate speech

India TV News  

A civil rights group is suing Facebook and its executives, saying CEO Mark Zuckerberg made “false and deceptive" statements to Congress when he said the giant social network removes hate speech and other material that violates its rules. “Every day, ordinary people are bombarded with harmful content in violation of Facebook's own policies on hate speech, bullying, harassment, dangerous organizations, …

Muslim civil rights group sues Facebook over hate speech
3 years, 9 months ago

Muslim civil rights group sues Facebook over hate speech

Associated Press  

A civil rights group is suing Facebook and its executives, saying CEO Mark Zuckerberg made “false and deceptive” statements to Congress when he said the giant social network removes hate speech and other material that violates its rules. The lawsuit, filed by Muslim Advocates in Washington, D.C., Superior Court on Thursday, claims Zuckerberg and other senior executives “have engaged in …

Facebook failure to police hate speech causes anti-Muslim abuse, lawsuit says
3 years, 9 months ago

Facebook failure to police hate speech causes anti-Muslim abuse, lawsuit says

LA Times  

A lawsuit filed Thursday claims Facebook officials broke a consumer-protection law by falsely promising that the company would remove content that ran afoul of its moderation standards. But in this case, the nonprofit group Muslim Advocates claims that Facebook officials breached a local consumer protection law by falsely promising that the company would remove content that ran afoul of its …

Facebook to Develop Tools to Allow Advertisers Remove Certain Posts Appearing Next to Their Ads
3 years, 11 months ago

Facebook to Develop Tools to Allow Advertisers Remove Certain Posts Appearing Next to Their Ads

News 18  

Facebook said on Friday it would soon start developing?topic exclusion controls? on its platform to give advertisers greater ability to weed out certain types of content from appearing alongside their ads. This comes after companies including Coca-Cola Co and Starbucks boycotted Facebook in July for not doing enough to curb hate speech on its site following the death of George …

Facebook offers up first-ever estimate of hate speech prevalence on its platform
4 years, 1 month ago

Facebook offers up first-ever estimate of hate speech prevalence on its platform

The Hindu  

Facebook Inc for the first time on Thursday disclosed numbers on the prevalence of hate speech on its platform, saying that out of every 10,000 content views in the third quarter, 10 to 11 included hate speech. Facebook said it took action on 22.1 million pieces of hate speech content in the third quarter, about 95% of which was proactively …

Twitter, Facebook CEOs vow election action; GOP touts curbs
4 years, 1 month ago

Twitter, Facebook CEOs vow election action; GOP touts curbs

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — As the CEOs of Twitter and Facebook gave assurances of vigorous action against election disinformation, Republicans at a Senate hearing Tuesday pounded the social media companies over political bias, business practices and market dominance, laying the ground for curbs on their long-held legal protections. Sen. Mazie Hirono, a Democrat from Hawaii, asked Zuckerberg: “At what point will you …

Donald Trump's Two Fake Claims on US Vote Count Among Facebook’s Most Popular Posts in Last 24 Hours
4 years, 2 months ago

Donald Trump's Two Fake Claims on US Vote Count Among Facebook’s Most Popular Posts in Last 24 Hours

News 18  

The US vote count thriller has kept everyone on the edge as the world waits with a bated breath to see America announce its next president. While Twitter censored Trump?s tweet where he questioned the poll process, two of Trump?s fake claims on Facebook were its most popular posts in the last 24 hours, The Independent reported. Meanwhile, Facebook on …

Facebook bans big ‘Stop the Steal’ group for sowing violence
4 years, 2 months ago

Facebook bans big ‘Stop the Steal’ group for sowing violence

Associated Press  

OAKLAND, Calif. — Facebook on Thursday banned a large group called “Stop the Steal” that supporters of President Donald Trump were using to organize protests against the presidential vote count. “In line with the exceptional measures that we are taking during this period of heightened tension, we have removed the Group ‘Stop the Steal,’ which was creating real-world events,” Facebook …

U.S. elections | Facebook bans big 'Stop the Steal' group for sowing violence
4 years, 2 months ago

U.S. elections | Facebook bans big 'Stop the Steal' group for sowing violence

The Hindu  

Facebook on Thursday banned a large group called “Stop the Steal” that supporters of President Donald Trump were using to organise protests against the presidential vote count. "In line with the exceptional measures that we are taking during this period of heightened tension, we have removed the Group ‘Stop the Steal,’ which was creating real-world events,” Facebook said in a …

How “Stop the Steal” Exploded on Facebook and Twitter
55 years ago

How “Stop the Steal” Exploded on Facebook and Twitter

Slate  

Trump supporters have run with the president’s claim that Democrats are trying to “steal” the election and are rapidly spreading misinformation about voting irregularities on social media. “In line with the exceptional measures that we are taking during this period of heightened tension, we have removed the Group ‘Stop the Steal,’ which was creating real-world events,” Facebook said in a …

Dems to Facebook: Get serious about misinformation, hate
4 years, 3 months ago

Dems to Facebook: Get serious about misinformation, hate

Associated Press  

Two influential Democrats on Capitol Hill have urged Facebook to take stronger action against misinformation, voter suppression and incitements to violence ahead of the 2020 election. Representatives Pramila Jayapal and David Cicilline accused Facebook of failing to enforce its own rules when it comes to false claims about the election, and not doing enough to stop right-wing militias and white …

'Profiting off hate': Facebook engineer resigns from company, says social media giant on ‘wrong side of history’
4 years, 4 months ago

'Profiting off hate': Facebook engineer resigns from company, says social media giant on ‘wrong side of history’

Firstpost  

In a letter posted on the company’s internal message board, the former Facebook engineer wrote: ‘I’m quitting because I can no longer stomach contributing to an organisation that is profiting off hate in the US and globally’ Facebook software engineer Ashok Chandwaney publicly resigned from the social media company on Tuesday with a scathing letter accusing the social media giant …

Facebook bans BJP politician Raja Singh for violating hate speech policy
4 years, 4 months ago

Facebook bans BJP politician Raja Singh for violating hate speech policy

The Hindu  

Amid a controversy over its alleged bias in implementing its own hate speech rules in India, Facebook has banned BJP leader T. Raja Singh from its platforms for ‘violating its policy on content promoting violence and hate’. Ankhi Das’s posts A separate report by the paper said Ms. Das, over the past years, had shown support for the BJP via …

Facebook quarterly profit rockets despite ad boycott, pandemic
4 years, 5 months ago

Facebook quarterly profit rockets despite ad boycott, pandemic

Live Mint  

Facebook reported Thursday that its quarterly profit had nearly doubled and users grew despite a boycott by advertisers and the pandemic-induced economic turmoil. The leading social network said it made a profit of $5.2 billion on $18.7 billion in revenue in the recently ended quarter, as the number of people using the platform monthly rose to 2.7 billion. The number …

Column: Facebook still turning a blind eye to hate speech
4 years, 6 months ago

Column: Facebook still turning a blind eye to hate speech

LA Times  

Jonathan Greenblatt, the chief executive and national director of the Anti-Defamation League, was not all that optimistic in advance of the online meeting that Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and COO Sheryl Sandberg had set up with him and the heads of other civil rights groups last Tuesday. Yet Facebook’s indulgences of politicians’ misstatements “seem to gut policies the Auditors and …

Facebook ad boycott organizers met with Zuckerberg. It didn’t go well
4 years, 6 months ago

Facebook ad boycott organizers met with Zuckerberg. It didn’t go well

CNN  

CNN Business — Civil rights and activist groups blasted Facebook’s leadership on Tuesday after meeting with CEO Mark Zuckerberg and other executives to discuss the demands of a large advertiser boycott that now includes hundreds of brands. “ showed up to the meeting expecting an ‘A’ for attendance.” Free Press, a media activist group and one of the organizers of …

GoPro to boycott Facebook and Instagram to stop hate speech online
4 years, 6 months ago

GoPro to boycott Facebook and Instagram to stop hate speech online

India Today  

You might know about the campaign #StopHateforProfit which is picking up steam on the internet. Tech companies like Microsoft and telecom leader Verizon also joined the Facebook ad boycott movement. In an official note shared by GoPro, it says: "GoPro has built its brand alongside the rise of social media, and our voice on these platforms is more powerful than …

Over 400 Advertisers Hit Pause On Facebook, Threatening $70 Billion Juggernaut
4 years, 6 months ago

Over 400 Advertisers Hit Pause On Facebook, Threatening $70 Billion Juggernaut

NPR  

Over 400 Advertisers Hit Pause On Facebook, Threatening $70 Billion Juggernaut Enlarge this image toggle caption Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images When the Stop Hate for Profit campaign launched just two weeks ago, its organizers had not yet persuaded a single advertiser to boycott Facebook in July. "We have absolutely no incentive to tolerate hate speech," Nick Clegg, Facebook's …

Advertisers have Facebook’s attention. Now here’s what they want
4 years, 6 months ago

Advertisers have Facebook’s attention. Now here’s what they want

CNN  

New York CNN Business — Facebook is about to look a little different, whether users notice or not. Starting Wednesday, numerous household names – from Hershey’s to Denny’s – will officially pause advertising on the platform as part of a broader boycott effort over concerns about Facebook’s handling of misinformation and hate speech. A civil rights coalition that includes the …

Social media platforms face a reckoning over hate speech
4 years, 6 months ago

Social media platforms face a reckoning over hate speech

Associated Press  

For years, social media platforms have fueled political polarization and hosted an explosion of hate speech. Reddit, an online comment forum that is one of the world’s most popular websites, on Monday banned a forum that supported President-Donald Trump as part of a crackdown on hate speech. The group said its members met with Reddit CEO Steve Huffman via Zoom …

Starbucks says it will pause social media ads ’to stop spread of hate speech’
4 years, 6 months ago

Starbucks says it will pause social media ads ’to stop spread of hate speech’

Live Mint  

Washington: Starbucks is the latest company to say it will pause social media ads after a campaign led by civil rights organisations called for an ad boycott of Facebook, saying it doesn't do enough to stop racist and violent content. Starbucks said on Sunday that its actions were not part of the "#StopHateforProfit" campaign, but that it is pausing its …

Facebook Boycott Grows: Ford Joins Coca-Cola, Starbucks And Other Brands
4 years, 6 months ago

Facebook Boycott Grows: Ford Joins Coca-Cola, Starbucks And Other Brands

NPR  

Facebook Boycott Grows: Ford Joins Coca-Cola, Starbucks And Other Brands The exodus of major advertisers from Facebook continues to grow as the company weathers criticism over its handling of racist, violent and other hateful rhetoric on the platform. Civil rights groups — including the Anti-Defamation League, the NAACP and Color of Change — launched a campaign called #StopHateForProfit and urged …

Facebook ramps up efforts to curb ’hateful content’ in ads
4 years, 6 months ago

Facebook ramps up efforts to curb ’hateful content’ in ads

Live Mint  

Facebook said Friday it would ban a "wider category of hateful content" in ads as the embattled social media giant moved to respond to growing protests over its handling of inflammatory posts. Chief executive Mark Zuckerberg said Facebook also would add tags to posts that are "newsworthy" but violate platform rules -- following the lead of Twitter, which has used …

More U.S. companies join Facebook ad boycott bandwagon
4 years, 6 months ago

More U.S. companies join Facebook ad boycott bandwagon

The Hindu  

A handful of U.S. companies have pulled advertising from Facebook Inc in support of a campaign that called out the social media giant for not doing enough to stop hate speech on its platforms. “We call on Facebook to take the clear and unequivocal actions called for by the campaign to stop its platform from being used to spread and …

Facebook will label more controversial content and tighten advertising policies
4 years, 6 months ago

Facebook will label more controversial content and tighten advertising policies

CNN  

CNN Business — Facebook will ban ads that scapegoat minorities, immigrants, racial or other groups as part of a wider crackdown on hate speech, according to CEO Mark Zuckerberg. “Specifically, we’re expanding our ads policy to prohibit claims that people from a specific race, ethnicity, national origin, religious affiliation, caste, sexual orientation, gender identity or immigration status are a threat …

Patagonia latest brand to join Facebook July ad boycott
4 years, 6 months ago

Patagonia latest brand to join Facebook July ad boycott

Associated Press  

The outdoor gear company Patagonia is the latest company to announce an advertising boycott of Facebook and its Instagram app for the month of July — or longer — saying the social media giant has failed to take steps to stop the spread on its platform of “hateful lies and dangerous propaganda.” Patagonia joins The North Face and the outdoor …

Civil rights groups call for ‘pause’ on Facebook ads
4 years, 6 months ago

Civil rights groups call for ‘pause’ on Facebook ads

Associated Press  

Several civil rights and other advocacy groups are calling on large advertisers to stop Facebook ad campaigns during July because they say the social network isn’t doing enough to curtail racist and violent content on its platform. The groups in the “#StopHateforProfit” campaign, launched Wednesday, include Anti-Defamation League, the NAACP, Sleeping Giants, Color Of Change, Free Press and Common Sense. …

Facebook won’t ban political advertisement
5 years, 2 months ago

Facebook won’t ban political advertisement

The Hindu  

Twitter may have decided to ban political “In a democracy, I don’t think it’s right for private companies to censor politicians or the news. He cited the examples of Google, YouTube, cable networks and national broadcastors that also run such Stating that ads are an important “voice” — especially for candidates and advocacy groups — Mr. Zuckerberg asserted the company’s …

Ahead of 2020, FB ensnared in heated political climate
5 years, 2 months ago

Ahead of 2020, FB ensnared in heated political climate

Associated Press  

Mark Zuckerberg defended meetings he’s reportedly had with conservative leaders after #DeleteFacebook began trending on social media. Politico reported this week that the Facebook CEO held private meetings with, among others, Fox News’ Tucker Carlson and conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt. Those charges are surfacing again ahead of the 2020 election, with Democratic candidates Joe Biden and Sen. Elizabeth Warren …

Facebook bans ‘dangerous individuals’ cited for hate speech
5 years, 8 months ago

Facebook bans ‘dangerous individuals’ cited for hate speech

Associated Press  

SAN FRANCISCO — After years of pressure to crack down on hate and bigotry, Facebook has banned Louis Farrakhan, Alex Jones and other extremists, saying they violated its ban on “dangerous individuals.” The company also removed right-wing personalities Paul Nehlen, Milo Yiannopoulos, Paul Joseph Watson and Laura Loomer, along with Jones’ site, Infowars, which often posts conspiracy theories. “We know …

Facebook extends ban on hate speech to ‘white nationalists’
5 years, 9 months ago

Facebook extends ban on hate speech to ‘white nationalists’

Associated Press  

SAN FRANCISCO — Facebook is extending its ban on hate speech to prohibit the promotion and support of white nationalism and white separatism. Facebook said it concluded after months of “conversations” with them that white nationalism and separatism cannot be meaningfully separated from white supremacy and organized hate groups. “We need the tech sector to do its part to combat …

Facebook allows far-right group Britain First to set up new pages and buy adverts despite vow to combat extremism
5 years, 9 months ago

Facebook allows far-right group Britain First to set up new pages and buy adverts despite vow to combat extremism

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 Facebook has allowed far-right group Britain First to set up new pages and …

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