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After criticism for lack of transparency, Facebook releases a previously hidden first quarter report on most-viewed content
The company released a second quarter report on "widely-viewed content" last week, which painted a …
Francis Agustin
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Liberal political messages dominate on Instagram — a stark contrast to Facebook, where conservative political messaging rules
Content involving climate change, the Black Lives Matter movement, and other liberal political mess…
Ben Gilbert
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Ex-Facebook executive and CrowdTangle cofounder Brandon Silverman quits Silicon Valley for Capitol Hill to craft laws to make social media more transparent
Silverman left Facebook in October 2021 and set about helping senators develop tech transparency le…
Tasmin Lockwood
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Conservative outlets regularly have the top-performing posts on Facebook — but Facebook says the full picture is more complicated
While Facebook users are more likely to engage with hyper-partisan content, the links in their news…
Aaron Holmes
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Facebook executives weren't happy when their own data showed it perpetuates a right-wing echo chamber
After Facebook acquired a tool to measure user engagement, it repeatedly demonstrated that the plat…
Ben Gilbert
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Facebook made up a new popularity ranking so you will stop talking about what's actually popular on Facebook
Facebook's metrics repeatedly demonstrated that the platform had become a right-wing echo chamber. …
Ben Gilbert
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The New York Post's dubious Hunter Biden article was shared 300,000 times on Facebook even after the company said it limited its reach
Most interactions with the New York Post article came after Facebook said it would temporarily slow…
Paige Leskin
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Jennifer Aniston's record-breaking debut on Instagram highlights 'The Aniston Effect' as her 'Friends' costars each gain over 1 million followers
Up until Oct. 15, the Instagram accounts for the four fellow "Friends" Instagrammers - Lisa Kudrow…
Paige Leskin
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Around half of the top US Facebook posts since Election Day are sowing doubt about the legitimacy of the election
The top most interacted-with Facebook posts in the last 7 days were dominated by misinformation fro…
Mia Jankowicz
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Mozilla slams Facebook for terminating the accounts of NYU researchers, says the claims 'simply do not hold water'
"In our view, those claims simply do not hold water. We know this, because before encouragin…
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Photos show body bags that read 'disinfo kills' outside of Facebook's DC office to protest vaccine misinformation on the platform
The Real Facebook Oversight Board is calling on Facebook to take further action to limit the spread…
Palmer Haasch
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Facebook plans to stop showing you so much political content
Facebook will rely on user feedback to de-emphasize political posts in News Feeds, and the change c…
Katie Canales
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Engagement with anti-vaxx Facebook pages more than trebled from July to August, analysis shows
The Guardian's research was based on monitoring six popular pages that posted anti-vaccine messages.
Isobel Asher Hamilton
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Dan Bongino runs one of the top US Facebook pages, but says its execs never speak to him and 'do everything they can to get in my way'
Conservative commentator Dan Bongino is one of the most popular US figures on Facebook, but claimed…
Sinéad Baker
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An anonymous Facebook exec says 'right-wing populism is always more engaging' and that's why conservative posts thrive on the platform
The exec told Politico the right-wing's focus on "nation, protection, the other, anger, fear" drive…
Alex Nicoll
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Facebook just bought a tool that publishers use to dominate social media
"We think Facebook is the single most powerful platform in the world in connecting people to each o…
Alex Heath
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Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter removed a COVID-19 video tweeted by Trump due to false coronavirus information — but millions had already viewed it
Social-media companies including Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter agreed earlier this year to address…
Sarah Al-Arshani
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LADBible was once the poster child for Facebook video - now it's shifting its distribution to Instagram and Snapchat and ditching its bro-ey tone
"It's no secret with what they're doing to their platform," Arian Kalantari, cofounder of LADBible …
Lauren Johnson
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Facebook and Twitter are choking the spread of a controversial New York Post story about Hunter Biden after questions arise about its veracity and a possible disinformation campaign
The New York Post's sourcing has raised questions about the authenticity of the files, which the pa…
Aaron Holmes,Paige Leskin
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Facebook scrubbed potentially damning Russia data before researchers could analyze it further
That is what Albright said was his mission when he downloaded the last 500 posts shared by six acco…