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Reddit’s largest remaining Trump community banned for “inciting violence” | Ars Technica
by Sam Machkovech
January 12, 2021
On Friday, Reddit joined this week's response to violent online rhetoric as spearheaded by President Donald Trump and removed its…
Reddit clone Voat, home to hate speech and QAnon, has shut down | Ars Technica
by Kate Cox
December 28, 2020
Reddit alternative Voat shut down on Christmas Day, citing a lack of operational funding, and casting doubt on the abilities…
Facebook Fuels Toxic Content, But Fox News Is Still the Superspreader | Mother Jones
by Kevin Drum
November 24, 2020
Democrats and Republicans alike have been eagerly grilling the CEOs of social media companies lately about their complicity in spreading…
Tech giants join with governments to fight Covid misinformation | The Guardian
by Alex Hern
November 23, 2020
Facebook, Twitter and Google are working with a coalition of governments including the UK and Canada to fight misinformation and…
The Biden team’s tug of war over Facebook | POLITICO
by Nancy Scola & Alex Thomspon
November 17, 2020
Some on the Biden campaign thought they had two opponents to beat: first Donald Trump and then Facebook. But people…
The perils of letting social media titans correct misinformation | Fortune
by Sarah Kreps & Douglas Kriner
October 26, 2020
With the election imminent, social media platforms find themselves once again in the awkward position of being the referee deciding…
To Understand Facebook Today, Read Its Earliest Critics | OneZero
by Joanne McNeil
October 23, 2020
Hardly a week goes by without another Facebook scandal. Frustration with Facebook and criticism of it — even despair over…
Report on tax evasion and listen to women of colour: Safiya Noble’s tips to cover tech | Reuters Institute
by Eduardo Suárez
October 20, 2020
Safiya Noble is one of the most respected voices on the impact of technology companies in society. She is an…
Facebook says it may quit Europe over ban on sharing data with US | The Guardian
by Alex Hern
September 23, 2020
Facebook has warned that it may pull out of Europe if the Irish data protection commissioner enforces a ban on…