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Facebook is training its AI to censor “hateful memes”
89% of the content that’s removed from Facebook for “hate speech” is now proactively taken down by Facebook’s AI.
Facebook deletes Michigan United Facebook group after media complaint
A local media outlet tried to portray the group as violent.
Facebook quietly forms new lobbying group to promote the virtues of Big Tech in Washington
Facebook is also going to use the group to promote other Big Tech companies – not just itself.
Facebook censored iconic photo of Soviet flag raised over Reichstag on VE day
Apparently it broke Facebook’s “dangerous” organizations rule.
Congressman Paul Gosar asks AG Barr to investigate censorship of Laura Loomer and Paul Joseph Watson
Facebook has previously argued that its decision to brand Loomer dangerous is a “protected statement of opinion.”
Free Speech Alliance calls for an end to Facebook’s “Supreme Court” of speech authority
Groups are pushing back at the way Facebooks Oversight Board has been set up.
YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki downplays monopoly suggestions, says it’s a “competitive landscape”
This competitive landscape includes Facebook, Apple, TikTok, and Amazon-owned Twitch according to Wojcicki.
FCC commissioner isn’t happy with Facebook’s new “speech police”
Facebook’s new Oversight Board isn’t getting the warm welcome it thought it was going to get.
PA Governor Wolf didn’t get the memo, says social media is “forum for the exercise of First Amendment rights”
Big tech platforms are hardly a place for free speech.
Twitter tests prompting users to “rethink” what they’re about to say with new dystopian feature
“Are you sure you want to say that?”
Facebook takes down 31 QAnon groups, pages, and accounts “ahead of the 2020 election”
The crackdown on conspiracy theories continues.
Facebook’s realtime censors hinder Animal Crossing “weed” removal service sales
Posts are getting deleted as soon as they’re created.