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U.S. 12/20/21, 15:30

A group of House representatives sent a letter last Friday, Dec. 17, to Facebook's CEO questioning how the company manages to successfully censor conservative views while, at the same time, human traffickers post ads on its platform to deceive those who wish to illegally enter the United States. Congressman Michael Cloud, ...

U.S. 12/14/21, 15:47

The Facebook company, now known as Meta, admitted in a legal document that its famous "fact-checkers" whose function is ultimately to limit or censor the dissemination of those news stories they deem 'not factual' are simply biased opinions. Facebook's admission was learned through a deposition the company made in a defamation ...

World 12/08/21, 05:38

A team of lawyers representing victims of the genocide suffered by Myanmar's Rohingya ethnic group in 2017 sued Facebook in Britain and the United States, demanding $200 billion in compensation. The lawsuit exposes that Facebook's algorithms encouraged hate speech against the Muslim Rohingya, stoking racist contempt among the largely Buddhist population, ...

China 12/06/21, 02:49

According to RFA, Facebook and Twitter have deleted thousands of Chinese regime propaganda accounts. Facebook deleted 600 accounts from their Facebook and Instagram platforms, while Twitter removed nearly 2,000 users. Facebook said on Dec. 1 that one fake account belongs to a fictitious Swiss biologist named Wilson Edwards. This account spread ...

Tech 11/22/21, 06:25

Algorithms used by Facebook to suppress what the Big Tech monopoly labels as hate speech identify overwhelmingly more bigotry and prejudice against white people and men. 90% of the content removed by Facebook's algorithms was aimed towards demographics, demonstrating that "hate speech" against other racial groups and women is smaller. The ...

New York 11/22/21, 00:36

Facebook, now known as Meta, has formally contacted the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) to request the police department stop using phony profiles on Facebook's platform to spy on its users.In order to solve crimes, the U.S. police department has been recently working with a tech firm to analyze Facebook ...

U.S. 11/12/21, 15:37

A left-lean new survey has painted an unwelcome picture for Facebook as it indicates three out of four Americans think the social network giant makes society worse. The latest CNN poll released on Wednesday, Nov. 10, found that 76% of Americans say Facebook makes society worse, only 11% say it makes society better, ...

Tech 11/07/21, 04:19

If you want to use Facebook, you must allow it to track your online activities, including where you check-in, which groups you join, and with whom you connect. This information is mainly used to offer more relevant advertising to you, resulting in more profit for Facebook. Unfortunately, you can't stop ...

U.S. 11/02/21, 22:16

Facebook is unplugging its decade-old facial recognition software over concerns of misuse and the inconclusive attitude from the government about the technology. Following the termination, more than a billion users' data will be deleted. In addition, the platform will stop identifying people from the images and videos uploaded on its site, ...

California 11/01/21, 16:56

A Californian outdoor clothing company canceled all paid advertising on one social media platform for putting "profits over people." Ventura-headquartered Patagonia boycotted all paid Facebook ads because the internet company allegedly spreads "hate speech" and "misinformation" about U.S. democracy and climate change theory. "Internal Facebook documents released over the last few weeks ...

U.S. 10/29/21, 02:06

Facebook introduced its latest company name on Thursday, Oct. 28, rebranding the owner of Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp as "Meta." According to New York Post, in a lengthy online event, founder Mark Zuckerberg stated that the company's previous name "doesn't encompass everything that we do." Therefore, at the Facebook Connect augmented and virtual ...

Tech 10/28/21, 16:13

A social media influencer warned Facebook users should beware of a silent, user data-tracking feature in the app. Mauricio Modestin Jr., who is also known as skillsoverpolitic, exposed an "Off-Facebook activity" feature that automatically shares information with the social media giant unless individuals turn it off. "Facebook is tracking every app that ...

U.S. 10/26/21, 05:44

Facebook’s internal documents revealed that the social media giant has endangered American democracy, and the company’s employees knew it but they could not prevent CEO Mark Zuckerberg from letting the hate speech and misinformation spread on its platform. Thousands of pages of documents leaked to media outlets show that Facebook employees ...

U.S. 10/23/21, 15:33

A Facebook whistleblower has sent documents to a number of news outlets from which they cited to report that the social media network has been aware of the harms it causes. According to CNBC, multiple outlets on Friday, Oct. 22, used internal Facebook research and documents provided by Frances Haugen, who ...

Tech 10/20/21, 18:27

According to a recently published report, social networking giant Facebook could announce a name change next week. It's attempting to generate a profound rebranding as it goes through its worst public relations crisis. According to The Verge, Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg plans to talk about the name change at ...

Tech 10/19/21, 17:26

Russia could by a draft law regulate and restrict algorithms that recommend content on social media platforms, which increase the risks of conflicts, according to Moscow-based media outlet Kommersant.  As sources within the State Duma (the lower house of Russia's Federal Assembly) told the Russian media outlet on Friday, Oct. 15, ...

U.S. 10/13/21, 01:42

A second Facebook whistleblower is ready to give her testimony before Congress regarding her former employee, describing how she felt as though she had “blood on her hands” after working there. Sophie Zhang was ready to witness Facebook perform her “civic duty,” according to her tweet on Tuesday, Oct. 12. “If Congress ...

U.S. 10/11/21, 19:19

After a tumultuous week swimming in allegations from a whistleblower, Facebook on Sunday, Oct. 10, promised changes. "We will, of course, seek to make ourselves ever more transparent so people can hold us to account," said Facebook top executive Nick Clegg in an appearance on ABC “This Week.” Last week, Frances Haugen, ...

China 10/09/21, 17:14

Facebook is aware of Chinese officials monitoring subjects of oppression on its platform but has done little to intervene; an ex-Facebook manager has accused. "My team directly worked on tracking Chinese participation on the platform surveilling, say, Uyghur populations in places around the world," said Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen at a ...

World 10/09/21, 05:41

Facebook and its family of apps, including Instagram, WhatsApp and Messenger, went down for many users on Friday, Oct. 8, marking their second outage in a week. Web monitoring group DownDetector showed that nearly 3,000 people reported outages on Facebook and more than 33,000 people reported the issues with Instagram. Facebook Messenger was also affected, with ...