Mark Zuckerberg's MAGA conversion is complete as he tears up the internet and remakes it in Trump's image
1 day, 12 hours ago

Mark Zuckerberg's MAGA conversion is complete as he tears up the internet and remakes it in Trump's image

Daily Mail  

Mark Zuckerberg's announcement that he will end 'fact-checking' on Meta completes his turn from a man who banned Trump from his platform to a full supporter of the president-elect. Mark Zuckerberg 's announcement that he will end 'fact-checking' on Meta completes his turn from a man who banned Trump from his platform to a full supporter of the president-elect Zuckerberg threatened governments in Europe, South America and China that Meta would 'work with President Trump to push back against foreign governments going after American companies to censor more' These aren't the only moves that Zuckerberg has in the cards to make his company more Trump-friendly. The night before Thanksgiving, President-elect Donald Trump hosted Facebook creator and Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg for dinner at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Florida Meta said it will relocate its trust and safety teams from liberal California to more conservative Texas, mirroring Elon Musk's recent relocations Conservative influencer Benny Johnson called it 'enormous' and 'truly a shocking cultural realignment.' Meta has made several moves in recent days that are likely to please Trump's team, such as appointing former Republican official Joel Kaplan to head up public affairs at the company. Meta has made several moves in recent days that are likely to please Trump's team, such as appointing former Republican official Joel Kaplan to head up public affairs at the company On Monday, Zuckerberg added Dana White to Meta's board of directors in another olive branch to Trump Trump's latest gripe with Meta came in July, after Facebook admitted they mistakenly censored an image of him with blood running down his ear after he was shot at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania.

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The Internet’s Future Is Looking Bleaker by the Day
2 hours, 48 minutes ago

The Internet’s Future Is Looking Bleaker by the Day

Wired  

This is proving to be a monumental week on the tech and politics beat. On Tuesday, Meta announced that it would be ending its third-party fact-checking program and cutting down its rules barring hate speech in a move clearly targeted at appeasing one person—incoming president Donald Trump. Reel-ing Into a Second Trump Administration There’s a reason why mean-spirited TikTok users …

Opinion: Meta is changing its rules and embracing Trump. What does that mean for the world?
1 day, 14 hours ago

Opinion: Meta is changing its rules and embracing Trump. What does that mean for the world?

LA Times  

Mark Zuckerberg, chief executive of Meta, appears at the computer graphics and interactives conference SIGGRAPH 2024 in Denver. Trump and major social media platforms have been warring for years over perceived anti-conservative bias, including Meta’s decision to shutter Trump’s accounts after the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot. Meta will err on the side of leaving up content that does not …

Zuckerberg’s MAGA turn insulates Meta for a while. But the business has bigger problems
Top News
1 day, 14 hours ago

Zuckerberg’s MAGA turn insulates Meta for a while. But the business has bigger problems

CNN  

A version of this story appeared in CNN Business’ Nightcap newsletter. New York CNN — Four years ago, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg banned Donald Trump from Facebook and Instagram, saying the risks of allowing him on the platforms were “simply too great” after Trump repeatedly used the sites to broadcast election lies and cheer on the January 6 mob. In …

MAGA World Unimpressed At Zuckerberg's Apparent Concession To Trump: 'Talk Is Cheap'
1 day, 16 hours ago

MAGA World Unimpressed At Zuckerberg's Apparent Concession To Trump: 'Talk Is Cheap'

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Mark Zuckerberg has failed to win the approval of Donald Trump loyalists after announcing Meta is dumping its third-party fact-checkers over concerns that the system had supposedly become “too politically biased.” In a video on Tuesday, Zuckerberg said his companies, which include Facebook and Instagram, will instead implement a user-generated “community notes” model similar to the one …

Meta to discontinue fact-checking, rely on user-based filtration: Zuckerberg
Top News
1 day, 23 hours ago

Meta to discontinue fact-checking, rely on user-based filtration: Zuckerberg

Live Mint  

New Delhi: Meta Platforms chief executive Mark Zuckerberg on Tuesday announced a decision to do away with the company's long-standing fact checking teams—choosing instead to establish a ‘community notes’ mechanism akin to Elon Musk’s X, formerly Twitter. Zuckerberg’s other moves include backing the incoming Trump administration to influence global governments that the executive said has made it difficult for “American …

Mark Zuckerberg Announces Meta Will Dump 'Politically Biased' Fact-Checkers
2 days ago

Mark Zuckerberg Announces Meta Will Dump 'Politically Biased' Fact-Checkers

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Mark Zuckerberg announced Meta is abandoning its fact-checking program as he criticized the system for becoming “too politically biased.” The tech billionaire unveiled the changes in a video on Tuesday. “After Trump first got elected in 2016, the legacy media wrote non-stop about how misinformation was a threat to democracy,” Meta’s chief executive said. “We tried, in …

Meta Ditches Fact-Checkers Ahead of Trump’s Second Term
55 years ago

Meta Ditches Fact-Checkers Ahead of Trump’s Second Term

Wired  

Meta announced Tuesday that it is abandoning its third-party fact-checking programs on Facebook, Instagram, and Threads and replacing its army of paid moderators with a Community Notes model that mimics X’s much-maligned volunteer program, which allows users to publicly flag content they believe to be incorrect or misleading. In a video accompanying the blog post, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg said …

Mark Zuckerberg’s MAGA makeover will reshape the entire internet
Top News
2 days, 14 hours ago

Mark Zuckerberg’s MAGA makeover will reshape the entire internet

CNN  

New York CNN — Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg is making sweeping changes to the social internet, all in line with the desires of President-elect Donald Trump and his supporters. The recent elections “feel like a cultural tipping point towards once again prioritizing speech,” Zuckerberg said in his announcement, justifying relaxed new content moderation rules on Facebook, Instagram and Threads. Tuesday …

Expect This Election to Play Differently than 2020 on Social Media
2 months 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.
2 months, 1 week 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 …

How Mark Zuckerberg went from liberal darling to phone calls with Trump
3 months ago

How Mark Zuckerberg went from liberal darling to phone calls with Trump

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 Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Having once taken a harsh line against Covid …

Social media emerging as force multiplier for newcomers in J&K election battle
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Social media emerging as force multiplier for newcomers in J&K election battle

Hindustan Times  

Social media has emerged as a major dissemination and campaigning tool for political parties during the ongoing assembly elections of Jammu and Kashmir, even creating ‘ripple effect’ for some Independents or newer candidates like Sarjan Barkati and those associated with Engineer Rashid led Awami Itihad Party. All the big and small political parties across Jammu and Kashmir are using social …

‘How Elon Musk Destroyed Twitter’ authors say platform is ‘a tool for controlling political discourse’
3 months, 3 weeks ago

‘How Elon Musk Destroyed Twitter’ authors say platform is ‘a tool for controlling political discourse’

LA Times  

Elon Musk’s ownership of Twitter is the subject of a new book, “Character Limit: How Elon Musk Destroyed Twitter,” out Sept. 17. On the Shelf Character Limit: How Elon Musk Destroyed Twitter By Kate Conger and Ryan Mac Penguin Press: 480 pages, $32 If you buy books linked on our site, The Times may earn a commission from Bookshop.org, whose …

Shed partisan glasses in reading Meta letter
4 months, 1 week 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, …

How Mark Zuckerberg is moving to MAGA - after being called a 'secret Republican' in 2013
4 months, 1 week ago

How Mark Zuckerberg is moving to MAGA - after being called a 'secret Republican' in 2013

Daily Mail  

Mark Zuckerberg's bombshell letter to Congress this week calling the Biden administration's censorship campaign 'wrong' may signal yet another rightward shift in his politics. The billionaire tech mogul has even struck up a friendship with Trump's longtime ally UFC president Dana White — who introduced Trump at this year's 2024 Republican convention and still dreams of hosting a charity cage …

Meta CEO Zuckerberg says U.S. pressure on Covid-19 posts was 'wrong'
4 months, 1 week 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 …

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg says U.S. pressure on Covid-19 posts was 'wrong'
4 months, 1 week 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 praises Donald Trump's 'badass' response to assassination attempt
5 months, 2 weeks 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 …

Mark Zuckerberg stands up and apologizes to victims of social media after Senators accused him of endangering children
11 months, 1 week ago

Mark Zuckerberg stands up and apologizes to victims of social media after Senators accused him of endangering children

Daily Mail  

Mark Zuckerberg today stood up during a Senate hearing and apologized to families who say social media contributed to their children's suicide or abuse. Senator Ted Cruz had a blown-up graphic put behind him showing and Instagram warning screen to users searching for child sexual abuse material Zuckerberg said the 'basic science' behind the warning was that it was better …

Zuckerberg: King of the Metaverse, review: how Facebook changed (then ruined) the world
11 months, 4 weeks 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, …

Commentary: Elon Musk bought Twitter just to break it. With a new war, we’re paying the price
1 year, 2 months ago

Commentary: Elon Musk bought Twitter just to break it. With a new war, we’re paying the price

LA Times  

It’s been nearly a year since Elon Musk acquired Twitter, and more than the average landlord, he’s made some changes to the storefront: replacing the social media platform’s cheerful winged mascot with an ominous “X,” stripping all but paying subscribers of verified status, and turning it from a frenetic crossroads of breaking news and opinion to a playground for falsehoods …

Supreme Court warns social media users to be more careful of its impact and reach
1 year, 4 months ago

Supreme Court warns social media users to be more careful of its impact and reach

The Hindu  

The Supreme Court has said social media users should be careful about its impact and reach as it dismissed a petition filed by actor and former Tamil Nadu MLA S. Ve Shekher, who is facing cases for sharing a Facebook post in 2018 allegedly containing derogatory remarks against women journalists. "If one uses social media, then he should be more …

Social media users should be more careful about its impact, reach: SC
1 year, 4 months ago

Social media users should be more careful about its impact, reach: SC

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: The Supreme Court has said social media users should be careful about its impact and reach as it dismissed a petition filed by actor and former Tamil Nadu MLA S Ve Shekher who is facing cases for sharing a Facebook post in 2018 allegedly containing derogatory remarks against women journalists. “If one uses social media, then he should …

Deep divides on social media, but algorithm tweaks may not help: Study on FB, Insta
1 year, 5 months ago

Deep divides on social media, but algorithm tweaks may not help: Study on FB, Insta

Hindustan Times  

There is significant ideological divide in the political information Facebook and Instagram users are exposed to, and they spend less time on these services when specially curated feeds are switched off, a set of new studies from what is the largest under-the-hood analysis of social media platforms has found, including clues that many problems that exist on these technologies may …

Opinion: How I looked past Twitter and learned to like social media again
1 year, 5 months ago

Opinion: How I looked past Twitter and learned to like social media again

LA Times  

I had no plan to join Bluesky. Bluesky is one of many social networks that have emerged to compete with Twitter, which, since Elon Musk gained control last October, has grown increasingly toxic. Then last Wednesday, Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta, which operates Instagram and Facebook, launched Threads, another Twitter-esque platform that within less than a week signed up more than 100 …

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 …

Meta's Threads wants to become a 'friendly' place by downgrading news and politics
1 year, 5 months ago

Meta's Threads wants to become a 'friendly' place by downgrading news and politics

NPR  

Meta's Threads wants to become a 'friendly' place by downgrading news and politics Enlarge this image toggle caption Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Days after the public launch of Twitter rival Threads, Meta executive Adam Mosseri was surprisingly transparent about the company's distaste for the news media: Meta will not be doing anything to encourage hard news and politics …

Old Chat of Mark Zuckerberg Calling Facebook Users 'Dumb' Resurfaces, Elon Musk Reacts
1 year, 6 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: Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg and the bitter battle for the future of social media
1 year, 6 months ago

Twitter: Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg and the bitter battle for the future of social media

The Independent  

Just days after agreeing to a cage fight with Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg was asked, “in the name of camaraderie”, to say something positive about his tech rival. “I always thought that Twitter should have a billion people using it… The idea coupled with good execution should get there.” His comments followed years of barbs between the billionaires, seemingly stemming …

Mark Zuckerberg Takes a Cheeky Dig at Twitter, Promises to Keep Threads 'Friendly'
1 year, 6 months ago

Mark Zuckerberg Takes a Cheeky Dig at Twitter, Promises to Keep Threads 'Friendly'

News 18  

As Meta’s new Twitter competitor Threads has recently been released, Mark Zuckerberg has now revealed his opinion on why he believes Twitter failed – people on there aren’t ‘friendly’, or as Twitterati is taking it – they are just too ‘mean’. That’s one reason Twitter never succeeded as much as I think it should have, and we want to do …

Facebook’s Meta launches ‘Twitter killer’ social network Threads
1 year, 6 months ago

Facebook’s Meta launches ‘Twitter killer’ social network Threads

Al Jazeera  

Mark Zuckerberg launches Twitter rival in bid to capitalise on turmoil at Twitter under Elon Musk. Instagram owner Meta has launched its new social media network Threads, aiming to capitalise on the turmoil at Twitter under billionaire owner Elon Musk. Zuckerberg’s launch of the platform dubbed a “Twitter killer” by some tech analysts is seen as a direct challenge to …

Zuckerberg-Musk fight is on: Meta launches 'Twitter Killer' Threads app
1 year, 6 months ago

Zuckerberg-Musk fight is on: Meta launches 'Twitter Killer' Threads app

The Hindu  

Meta's Mark Zuckerberg is set to deliver a blow to Elon Musk on Wednesday night, as the tech billionaires' rivalry goes live with the launch of Instagram's much-anticipated Threads platform, a clone of Twitter. Analysts said investors were salivating over the possibility that Threads' ties to Instagram might give it a built-in user base and advertising apparatus, which could siphon …

With Twitter in chaos, Mark Zuckerberg looks to pounce
1 year, 6 months ago

With Twitter in chaos, Mark Zuckerberg looks to pounce

CNN  

Washington CNN — Mark Zuckerberg has tried for years to take on Twitter. Meta launched Threads, which the company describes as a “text-based conversation app” and whose promotional screenshots resemble Twitter’s layout, on Thursday. Poised to benefit are rivals including Meta’s Threads; the decentralized social network Mastodon, which according to its creator saw a spike in signups over the weekend; …

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 …

U.S. President Joe Biden says Twitter spews lies across the world
2 years, 2 months ago

U.S. President Joe Biden says Twitter spews lies across the world

The Hindu  

U.S. President Joe Biden said on Friday that Elon Musk had purchased a social media platform in Twitter that spews lies across the world. Twitter laid off half its workforce on Friday but said cuts were smaller in the team responsible for preventing the spread of misinformation, as advertisers pulled spending amid concerns about content moderation. Biden said at a …

Social media hammered by mounting questions over advertising
2 years, 7 months ago

Social media hammered by mounting questions over advertising

Associated Press  

Social media has had a rough 2022 with lingering questions about advertising spending, political ads and a $44 billion takeover of Twitter that may or may not be happening, depending on which Elon Musk tweet you read. Social media companies are competing for the same pool of advertising money that is increasingly under threat from spiking inflation and also changes …

Elon Musk says he would reverse Twitter’s ban of former President Trump
2 years, 7 months ago

Elon Musk says he would reverse Twitter’s ban of former President Trump

LA Times  

Elon Musk said he would allow President Trump to return to Twitter if the Tesla chief executive takes ownership of the company, reversing the former president’s January 2021 suspension over his incendiary tweets surrounding the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. While Twitter permanently banned Trump within two days of the Jan. 6 insurrection, Facebook moved to suspend Trump’s …

Donald Trump reevaluating Twitter lawsuit after Elon Musk’s $44bn takeover
2 years, 8 months ago

Donald Trump reevaluating Twitter lawsuit after Elon Musk’s $44bn takeover

The Independent  

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Donald Trump is reevaluating …

Ex-US President Obama Blames Social Media for 'Weakening of Democracy' Around the World
2 years, 8 months ago

Ex-US President Obama Blames Social Media for 'Weakening of Democracy' Around the World

News 18  

Former President Barack Obama has claimed that the way people consume and share information is eroding democracy around the world, and he blamed the current information ecology, which is fueled by social media corporations, for “turbocharging some of humanity’s worst impulses”. Obama said social media companies’ decisions regarding content moderation and the use of algorithms to rank posts “have made …

Trump's social media site hits the app store a year after he was banned from Twitter
2 years, 10 months ago

Trump's social media site hits the app store a year after he was banned from Twitter

NPR  

Trump's social media site hits the app store a year after he was banned from Twitter Enlarge this image toggle caption Chris Delmas/AFP via Getty Images Chris Delmas/AFP via Getty Images Truth Social, the fledgling social media platform created by former President Donald Trump that bills itself as "free from political discrimination," launched Monday. Sponsor Message Truth Social joins a …

Mark Zuckerberg's terrible year: Facebook's devastating decline in users caps off turbulent 2021
2 years, 11 months ago

Mark Zuckerberg's terrible year: Facebook's devastating decline in users caps off turbulent 2021

Daily Mail  

Facebook's devastating earnings report marked the end of a difficult year for the company, which has been battered by whistleblower allegations, a major global service outage, and protests and controversy over its policies. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg suffered a rough year in 2021, culminating in a devastating decline in users in the final quarter following a number of controversies Former …

Meta and the Facebook Papers: Why Mark Zuckerberg has nothing to fear
3 years, 2 months 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 …

Former Zuckerberg advisor: Facebook’s problem is its business model
3 years, 2 months ago

Former Zuckerberg advisor: Facebook’s problem is its business model

CNN  

Editor’s Note: This interview has been editing for length and clarity. New York CNN Business — Calls for increased regulation of Facebook continue to grow louder after leaked internal documents became public and whistleblower Frances Haugen’s testimony showed that the social media platform has repeatedly failed to rein hate speech and misinformation. On Friday, a consortium of 17 US news …

Facebook calls Wall Street Journal reports “deliberate mischaracterizations”
3 years, 3 months ago

Facebook calls Wall Street Journal reports “deliberate mischaracterizations”

The Hindu  

Last week, Wall Street Journal reported that Facebook’s content moderation fails to take strict action against politicians and celebrities who violate the platform’s rules. In a response to the articles, Facebook’s head of global affairs Nick Clegg called the reports “deliberate mischaracterizations” of the work the company does. However, he added the allegations that Facebook conducts research, and then systematically …

Facebook must take responsibility for content on its platform: SC
3 years, 6 months ago

Facebook must take responsibility for content on its platform: SC

The Hindu  

In a stinging judgment, the Supreme Court on Thursday said giant social media platforms like Facebook, whose active users account for over one-third of the global population, cannot evade responsibility by “simplistically” claiming they have no power over the third-party information they display. Delhi riots | Legislative Assembly has no power to call Facebook official, Centre tells Supreme Court “But …

Facebook board upholds Trump exile, sends final decision back to company
3 years, 8 months ago

Facebook board upholds Trump exile, sends final decision back to company

LA Times  

President Trump arrives at the Jan. 6 “Stop the Steal” rally in Washington before some of his supporters went on to besiege the Capitol. In a statement, the organization said freezing Trump’s account after the insurrection was the right response but it was “not appropriate for Facebook to impose the indeterminate and standardless penalty of indefinite suspension.” In keeping with …

Opinion: There is more to the story of Facebook’s Trump decision
3 years, 8 months ago

Opinion: There is more to the story of Facebook’s Trump decision

CNN  

Editor’s Note: Christopher A. courtesy Alex Boerner Facebook’s decision was a litmus test for social media platforms’ capacity to draw the line between the protection of free speech and public safety. We use the tools of computational social science to research the key drivers of political polarization and build new technology to help social media users implement insights from our …

Facebook Disputes Claims It Fuels Political Polarization And Extremism
3 years, 9 months ago

Facebook Disputes Claims It Fuels Political Polarization And Extremism

NPR  

Facebook Disputes Claims It Fuels Political Polarization And Extremism Enlarge this image toggle caption Jenny Kane/AP Jenny Kane/AP Facebook is making changes to give users more choice over what posts they see in their news feeds, as the social media company defends itself from accusations that it fuels extremism and political polarization. The goal is to "give people real transparency …

Republicans and Mark Zuckerberg want you to know they are not to blame for their own fake news on Facebook
3 years, 9 months ago

Republicans and Mark Zuckerberg want you to know they are not to blame for their own fake news on Facebook

The Independent  

The best of Voices delivered to your inbox every week - from controversial columns to expert analysis Sign up for our free weekly Voices newsletter for expert opinion and columns Sign up to our free weekly Voices newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy House Republicans …

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