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Facebook, Instagram to delete 'sensitive' ads targeting options related to race, religion or political affiliation
It is important to note that the interest targeting options being removed is not based on people…
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A law allowing citizens to sue companies like Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube for censorship was reinstated in Texas
Industry groups say they will appeal the decision, which a representative described as "constitutio…
Hannah Getahun
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After the Facebook whistleblower came forward, the company reportedly tried to discredit her reputation among politicians
In October, Frances Haugen exposed major issues at the social media giant. Then, company lobbyists …
Ben Gilbert
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Facebook took down Australian government pages to gain leverage as its parliament was considering harsh new tech laws, whistleblowers say
Facebook removed pages belonging to hospitals, emergency services, and more, the WSJ said. Facebook…
Bill Bostock
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Elon Musk told Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez 'stop hitting on me' after she posted a scathing tweet about a tech 'billionaire with an ego problem'
"I was talking about Zuckerberg but ok," Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez replied to Elon Musk in a no…
Taiyler Simone Mitchell,Laure…
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Russia sanctions Mark Zuckerberg, Vice President Kamala Harris, and 27 other Americans, indefinitely barring them from entering the country
The travel ban includes Vice President Kamala Harris, LinkedIn CEO Ryan Roslansky, and the ABC repo…
Grace Kay
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Facebook reportedly killed its political moderation task force in the weeks leading up to the January 6 insurrection
Political groups got so toxic that Facebook formed a task force to police them, but dissolved it we…
Ben Gilbert
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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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Facebook is facing a much more black-and-white content battle against Russian misinformation than it has with the pandemic and 2020 US presidential election, expert says
Facebook won't field as many cries of censorship during Russia's war on Ukraine as the unprovoked a…
Katie Canales
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A Facebook bug promoted posts containing nudity, violence, and misinformation over the past 6 months, new report says
According to a report viewed by The Verge, Facebook identified a "massive ranking failure" on its N…
Katie Canales
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Facebook reportedly funded a campaign to plant stories casting TikTok as a threat to kids and pushing headlines like 'From dances to danger'
The social media giant paid a Republican political firm to influence public perception of TikTok, a…
Ben Gilbert
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A political drama series on Netflix has sparked a #MeToo wave in Taiwan
The show triggered a wave of sexual harassment allegations that led to a series of high-level resig…
Reena Koh
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Excitement about Trump's social media site is tepid with just weeks before its launch, but one politically-eager GenZer is all in
Truth Social, Trump's social media company is expected to launch officially on February 21.
Warren Rojas
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Russia's economy already lost $860 million this year because the government keeps shutting down the internet
The economic cost of blocking websites reflects lost work productivity, investments, and opportunit…
Jason Lalljee
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Ukraine's Zelenskyy reportedly wrote to Mark Zuckerberg and Sheryl Sandberg himself asking them to block Facebook in Russia
President Zelenskyy wrote separate letters to Mark Zuckerberg and Sheryl Sandberg asking for Facebo…
Katie Canales
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Meta COO Sheryl Sandberg said social media is 'bad for dictators' and that's why Putin blocked Facebook in Russia
"When we go down in Russia people are losing their ability to actually understand what's happening,…
Isobel Asher Hamilton
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Instagram is going to start labeling content from Russian state-owned media and making it harder to find
Instagram will stop recommending Russian state-run media posts in Explore and Reels and make the ac…
Sarah Jackson
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The Facebook whistleblower hearing wasn't about cries of censorship or other political theater for once - it was about the company's unhealthy reliance on AI
Frances Haugen kept the hearing trained on how Facebook's use of machines is dangerous, since algor…
Katie Canales
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Instagram's Threads never wanted to be a platform for hard news or politics. Now it's blocking searches about COVID-19.
Meta has temporarily blocked searches for COVID-19-related topics on Threads after rolling out a ne…
Tom Carter
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Russia says it will partially restrict access to Facebook, accusing it of censorship and human rights violations
Russia's communications regulator is cutting off Facebook after it says the network restricted four…