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Facebook bans racist depictions of Jews and Black people | POLITICO
by Saim Saeed
2 days ago
Facebook on Tuesday said it updated its hate speech policy to include a ban on images of blackface and anti-Semitic tropes. The…
What women in Congress want from Facebook | Vox
by Rebecca Heilweil
2 days ago
About 100 female lawmakers from across the world have sent a letter to Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and COO Sheryl…
QAnon groups have millions of members on Facebook, documents show | NBC News
by Ari Sen & Brandy Zadrozny
3 days ago
An internal investigation by Facebook has uncovered thousands of groups and pages, with millions of members and followers, that support…
Trump Disputing Election A Worry For Facebook Employees | Buzzfeed
by Craig Silverman and Ryan Mac
5 days ago
After months of debate and disagreement over the handling of inflammatory or misleading posts from Donald Trump, Facebook employees want…
Ron Wyden, Section 230, and the fight to hold Big Tech accountable | Vox
by Sara Morrison
August 7, 2020
Sen. Ron Wyden is ready to send the CEO of Facebook to prison, and he has the bill to do…
Facebook removes a coronavirus misinformation post from Trump for the first time ever | The Washington Post
by Heather Kelly
August 6, 2020
Facebook and Twitter on Wednesday took extraordinary action against President Trump for spreading coronavirus misinformation after his official and campaign accounts…
More Than 1,000 Companies Boycotted Facebook. Did It Work? | The New York Times
by Tiffany Hsu & Eleanor Lutz
August 4, 2020
The advertiser boycott of Facebook took a toll on the social media giant, but it may have caused more damage…
Call For Papers: Conference for Truth and Trust Online
by Truth & Trust Online
July 31, 2020
The modern media ecosystem in which the public seeks truthful information and trustworthy sources is increasingly dominated by large-scale online…
Roger McNamee: ‘Facebook is a threat to whatever remains of democracy in the US’ | The Guardian
by Ian Tucker
July 31, 2020
The scale of internet platforms such as Google and Facebook is unprecedented in the tech world and, I would argue,…