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Congress blasts Facebook’s algorithm as rotten to its core in scathing letter
Facebook’s disinformation problem is not the result of a few bad apples. So argue two members of Congress in a scathing letter aimed at the tech giant. Representatives Anna G.…
Facebook’s Oversight Board will decide the fate of Trump’s account
Donald Trump was banned from Facebook after his supporters stormed the Capitol. Now the company’s CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, is outsourcing the decision on whether the former president will stay that…
Facebook’s latest ad ban in the name of inauguration safety is pure performace
Facebook really needs to pick a lane. The social network took the step on Saturday of temporarily halting ads for certain weapon accessories and protective gear. Ads for guns, “weapon…
Facebook bars events close to the Biden inauguration, state capitols
Facebook is taking steps to avoid a repeat of what happened on Jan. 6. When Donald Trump supporters gathered in Washington, D.C. for a mass gathering that eventually ended in…
Facebook vows to remove all ‘Stop the Steal’ posts, but just look at what happened last time
Facebook would like to stop “Stop the Steal,” this time for real. In a statement posted on Monday, the company announced that in preparation for Inauguration Day, it would take…
Elon Musk advises people to ditch Facebook and use Signal
Tech CEO Elon Musk has urged his almost 42 million Twitter followers to use secure messaging app Signal instead of Facebook.
Elon Musk’s endorsement of Signal is causing the good kind of problems
So many people are joining Signal that there’s now a wait. The end-to-end encrypted messaging app endorsed by the likes of Edward Snowden got a major (ahem) signal boost Thursday…
Facebook blocks Trump indefinitely, Zuckerberg says the risks ‘are simply too great’
Mark Zuckerberg announced on Thursday that Facebook has blocked President Donald Trump from accessing his accounts indefinitely. The Facebook cofounder and CEO said Trump wouldn’t be able to access his…
Facebook belatedly removes Trump video falsely claiming election ‘was stolen’
Facebook continues to be the digital embodiment of too little, too late. With violent pro-Trump extremists in control of the U.S. Capitol building Wednesday, Donald Trump posted a video to…