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Lawsuit filed against high school principal after police were contacted over meme account
The principal, Traci L. Smith, contacted the police over the memes.
Instagram’s meme fact checkers have themselves become a meme
Praise the internet.
Facebook is rolling out its new Preventative Health Tool and wants to know if you’ve had a pap smear
The new tool could be helpful as a reminder to get checked but some are worried about the privacy implications.
Native Inuit communities say Facebook policy changes on animal products are killing business
“Facebook is blocking people who are trying to sell their products when they’re trying to put food on the table.”
Instagram meme fact checkers acknowledge “concerning” shrinking of freedom of expression
The fact checker Africa Check seems oblivious that their actions are contributing to the decline in freedom of expression.
Facebook Messenger to remove the ability to find someone by phone number, researcher says
The move is mostly being praised.
Facebook vs CasaPound – Facebook is appealing a court’s ruling to reinstate the political group’s Page
Facebook was told to reinstate the page, and is now appealing.
Facebook fact checks and censors Die Hard memes, labels them as “False Information”
Die Hard gets the Facebook “fact check” treatment.
Photographers warned about companies trying to get them to agree to overreaching license terms
Photographers on social media seem to be the targets.
Facebook says blocking Homeland Security ads as “political” was a “mistake”
Facebook apologized for the error.
The Epoch Times responds to Facebook accusations of inauthentic activity
Epoch denied the accusations.
Instagram’s “fact-checking” program is killing memes
Instagram’s top memes are now being blurred out and hidden behind a “False Information” notice.