Senators Ask Instagram About Content Promoting Eating Disorders

“Facebook knows that they are leading young users to anorexia content.”

“Facebook Whistleblowers” Aside, It Has Been a Dying Platform for Years, and It's Mentally Perverting the Older Generation

Guest post by Ryan, reprinted with permission

“Facebook Whistleblowers” Aside, It Has Been a Dying Platform for Years, and It's Mentally Perverting the Older Generation

Guest post by Ryan, reprinted with permission

House Democrats Decide To Hand Facebook The Internet By Unconstitutionally Taking Section 230 Away From Algorithms

We've been pointing out for a while now that mucking with Section 230 as an attempt to "deal" with how much you hate Facebook is a massive mistake. It's also exactly what Facebook wants, because as it stands right now, Facebook is...

New 'Stop Facebook' Campaign Demands Ban on Data Harvesting and Corporate Surveillance

"Facebook's surveillance capitalist business model is fundamentally incompatible with basic human rights."

Facebook Banning & Threatening People For Making Facebook Better Is Everything That's Wrong With Facebook

Regular readers know that I'm a believer in trying to get the big internet companies to embrace a more protocols over platforms approach, in which they're building something that others can then build on as well, and improve in their own...

Haugen Isn’t Really a ‘Facebook Whistleblower’

The enthusiasm with which much of the media and political establishment have characterised Frances Haugen as a “Facebook whistleblower” requires that we pause to consider what exactly we think the term “whistleblower” means. Haugen has brought to...

Facebook Banned Me for Life Because I Help People Use It Less

Facebook’s behavior isn’t just anti-competitive; it’s anti-consumer.

Facebook’s Algorithms Spread Hate & Harmed Children

a massive leak of tens of thousands of internal Facebook documents that show the social media’s own research indicates its algorithm helps boost disinformation, hate speech and political unrest aro…

Facebook VP can't give 'yes or no answer' on whether algorithms amplified insurrectionists' voices

Facebook Vice President Nick Clegg said he couldn't give a "yes or no answer" when asked on Sunday if the social media giant's algorithm played a role in amplifying insurrectionist voices ahead of Jan. 6.  

Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen could face legal retaliation for revelations | CBC News

Facebook has recently taken a harsher tone toward whistleblower Frances Haugen, suggesting that the social network giant could be considering legal action after Haugen went public with internal research that she copied before leaving her job...

UnidosUS severs ties with Facebook

The country's largest Latino civil rights organization on Friday severed its ties with Facebook, returning a recent grant from the social media giant.

Senate Democrat says Facebook offers 'crocodile tears about protecting children'

Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) said Facebook is "proffering more talk & crocodile tears about protecting children" following appearances by a Facebook executive on several Sunday shows.

Opinion | Facebook Was Dead—And for a Few Hours Life Was Good

"The privilege, however, is ultimately a dubious one—as swathes of humanity forsake reality for an artificial technological realm in which we often promote carefully cultivated images of ourselves in order to accrue the most 'likes' and other...

Philippine Nobel Winner Ressa Calls Facebook 'Biased Against Facts'

Maria Ressa used her new prominence to criticize the social media giant as a threat to democracy that fails to protect against the spread of hate and disinformation

Time’s Cover Page -!- I Think It’s About Time

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Facebook Suppressed Content Highlighting Israeli Abuses of Palestinians: Report

"Instead of respecting people's right to speak out, Facebook is silencing many people arbitrarily and without explanation, replicating online some of the same power imbalances and rights abuses we see on the ground."

What the Facebook Whistleblower Tells Us About Big Tech

Through her leaks and Congressional testimony, Frances Haugen, the “Facebook Whistleblower,” revealed a lot about Facebook's operation. Many of these revelations are things we've long suspected but now have proof of: Facebook focuses on growth—of...