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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez praises “courageous” Facebook employees who want to censor politicians’ ads
Over 250 Facebook employees signed an open letter saying that letting politicians speak freely in ads is “a threat to what FB stands for.”
Facebook Live murders are an increasing phenomenon, the latest allegedly happened last weekend in Utah
Jeffrey Antonio Langford Jr., a 24-year-old man, is being accused of first-degree murder.
Now even the Census Bureau wants to tackle online “misinformation”
The Bureau is teaming up with Facebook, Google, and Twitter and working with them directly.
Greta Thunberg calls on people to “demand change” and encourage Facebook to censor content
Thunberg wants Zuckerberg to crack down on speech.
Publishers sign up to continue their abusive relationship with Facebook
Publishers sign up to Facebook News, despite how they’ve been treated in the past.
Indian court orders YouTube, Facebook, and Twitter to block “defamatory” video worldwide
National courts are increasingly being used to force social platforms to block or remove videos globally.
London police partner with Facebook to train AI on how to block terrorist livestreams
The idea is to improve the platform’s capabilities to detect and instantly flag streamed shootings.
Facebook bans Page of Hong Kong protest safety app, HKmap Live
The app creator says Facebook’s real name policy prevented them from operating the account anonymously.
India to introduce social media regulations that combat “fake news” and “misuse of social media”
Yet another government that wants to be the arbiter of truth.
Facebook to start revealing Page owners, forcing them to make their private information public
The changes mean many popular anonymous and pseudonymous meme pages and political pages will be forced to leave the platform.
Instagram to test suggesting accounts you may want to unfollow
As some people put it: “Sure… making us easier to manage”.
Marc Benioff calls for abolishing Section 230, while forgetting Salesforce is currently using it as a defense
Salesforce lawyers are probably wishing Benioff would keep quiet.