Al Jazeera to Facebook: Get Your Shit Together on Disinformation
Credit to Author: David Uberti| Date: Mon, 11 Nov 2019 21:54:56 +0000
Al Jazeera wants Facebook to crack down on a network of Emirati-backed pages, including “QatariLeaks.”
Read moreThe U.S. Is Exporting Viral Anti-Vaxxer Content to Brazil
Credit to Author: David Gilbert| Date: Mon, 11 Nov 2019 15:44:12 +0000
A single U.S. anti-vaxx website accounts for almost a third of all the misinformation found on social media in Brazil, where 13% of people don’t vaccinate themselves or their children.
Read moreDocuments show Facebook controlling competitors with user data
Credit to Author: THE MANILA TIMES| Date: Thu, 07 Nov 2019 03:53:30 +0000
SAN FRANCISCO: Leaked documents from a civil suit against Facebook show how the social network aimed to employ user data as a tool for bargaining and to manipulate competitors, NBC News reported on Wednesday. Some 7,000 pages of documents reveal how Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg and his team harnessed users’ personal information to reward partners […]
Read moreBanning Political Ads on Facebook Could Backfire Big-Time on Democrats
Credit to Author: David Uberti| Date: Tue, 05 Nov 2019 18:36:34 +0000
It would deprive 2020 Democrats of a crucial tool to gather voter data and amass small-dollar donations.
Read moreWhy Twitter’s Political Ad Ban Won’t Make a Damn Difference
Credit to Author: David Uberti| Date: Thu, 31 Oct 2019 17:23:13 +0000
“That money that you’re banning isn’t leaving politics.”
Read moreHeat (The Elephant In The Room)
Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Thu, 31 Oct 2019 01:53:44 +0000
I came across a very interesting statistic the other day from the IEA’s Renewables 2018 report. The statistic is that 50% of total energy consumption globally is used for the production of heat for our homes, industry, and other applications
Facebook Employees Have Launched Their First Major Protest Against Mark Zuckerberg
Credit to Author: Lauren Kaori Gurley| Date: Tue, 29 Oct 2019 13:23:52 +0000
As the tech industry transforms into a hotbed of employee dissent, Facebook employees have remained on the sidelines. Are they finally having their moment?
Read moreFacebook Has Become a ‘Megaphone for Hate’ Against Muslims in India
Credit to Author: David Gilbert| Date: Tue, 29 Oct 2019 13:21:41 +0000
As millions of Indians are being stripped of their citizenship, rights groups say Facebook has given free rein to Hindu nationalist hate speech.
Read moreMark Zuckerberg’s Congressional Testimony Got Sidetracked by a Weird Exchange About Vaccines
Credit to Author: Anna Merlan| Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2019 19:21:36 +0000
Congressman Bill Posey interrupted a House Financial Services Committee hearing to press the Facebook CEO on how he would make the platform safe for anti-vaccine content.
Read moreHow Facebook Bought a Police Force
Credit to Author: Sarah Emerson| Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2019 13:00:26 +0000
Hundreds of pages of documents obtained by Motherboard show how Facebook is using the Menlo Park Police Department to reshape the city.
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