Facebook may suspend all political ads before 2020 election
The move is reportedly in response to the spread of misinformation and voter suppression on the platform.
Facebook removes fake accounts and pages linked to Roger Stone
About 260,000 users followed one or more of these pages
Facebook takes down network linked to Roger Stone, Proud Boys for ‘inauthentic behavior’
Facebook routinely bans profiles and pages from its platform for trying to cheat the system and fake engagement or mislead users. But it’s not everyday that one of those networks…
Facebook’s own audit scorches the company for ‘significant setbacks for civil rights’
It’s probably not a good thing to hear that your company made decisions that “represent significant setbacks for civil rights.” But, that’s exactly what the civil rights audit commissioned by…
Activists behind Facebook ad boycott rip Zuckerberg after meeting
One called the meeting ‘nothing more than a PR exercise’
Facebook criticized for toothless ‘PR exercise’ following ad boycott
In the face of mounting advertiser pressure over its handling of hate speech, Mark Zuckerberg today met with the leaders of the NAACP, the Anti-Defamation League, the Free Press, and…
Twitter and Facebook tell Hong Kong authorities to get bent (for now)
Oh hey would you look at that: Twitter and Facebook just did something good. The two tech giants took a stand, albeit a temporary one, for their Hong Kong users…
WhatsApp will halt processing of Hong Kong police requests for user data
China’s National Security Law has raised concerns of privacy abuse
Facebook ad boycotts, Galaxy Note 20, and more | Digital Trends Live
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Social media platforms are finally acting like the mini-governments they are
Is this burst of proactive community moderation just a temporary trend?