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Documents Suggest Facebook Uses Media “Accusations” to Determine Credibility of Alleged Crimes
Evidence disputing the accusations doesn’t appear to be considered in the section of the documents describing how to determine whether an alleged crime is “credible.”
Facebook’s New Terms Give It More Discretion to Censor Whatever It Wants
The new terms allow it to ban users and censor content to avoid “legal or regulatory impacts”
Facebook Threatens the Hodgetwins With Deletion
“Your Page is at risk of being unpublished…”
In Facebook’s Virtual World, Horizon, Your Actions Are Recorded in Case You Break the Rules
Censorship in virtual worlds.
Instagram Starts Hiding Hashtag Results for QAnon
The topic has now been purged from most of the major social media platforms.
Facebook Announces New Deep Learning System That Automatically Detects “Misinformation”
The system could lead to even more automated censorship on the platform.
Facebook Scrubs All Searches for “Kyle Rittenhouse,” Will Remove Posts “Supporting or Praising the Violence”
If users search his name Facebook will say they “couldn’t find anything.”
Australian Celebrity Chef Pete Evans Laments Facebook Censorship
Evans isn’t the first to voice concerns.
Facebook Blocks Popular Group in Thailand for Criticizing the Country’s Monarchy
The Group had over 1 million members.
Facebook Is Developing Room-Scanning Technology
AI Habitat is the new Facebook tech you didn’t know you didn’t want.
Report: Facebook to Allow Posts That Encourage People to Send in Multiple Copies of Their Mail-In Ballots
The New York Times reports that this will be exempt from Facebook’s election integrity rules.
FEC Questioned on Election Ethics of Big Tech Censoring Laura Loomer but Not Her Rival
“Can these tech companies legally grant material benefit to one political candidate, but not another?” the letter asks.