The Facebook Files

Facebook knows, in acute detail, that its platforms are riddled with flaws but hasn’t fixed them. That’s a key finding of a Journal series that launched this week, based on an array of internal company documents. Read all the stories here.

The Facebook Files

Facebook knows, in acute detail, that its platforms are riddled with flaws but hasn’t fixed them. That’s a key finding of a Journal series that launched this week, based on an array of internal company documents. Read all the stories here.

Zuckerberg’s bad week gets worse as Senators call for Instagram probe

Because of the ownership structure of Facebook, Zuckerberg can essentially rule by decree. We're seeing the results.

Analysis Shows Facebook Allows 99% of Climate Disinformation to Go Unchecked

Facebook has "given the fossil fuel industry's public relations campaigns a new lease on life."

Facebook announces crackdown on 'coordinated social harm' campaigns

Facebook on Thursday 

Facebook Knows Instagram Is Toxic for Teen Girls, Company Documents Show

Its own in-depth research shows a significant teen mental-health issue that Facebook plays down in public. Part 2 in a series offering an unparalleled look inside the social-media giant’s failings—and its unwillingness or inability to address them.

Tracking Viral Misinformation

Facebook Promises To Distinguish Takedowns From Governments; Whether They're For Illegal Content, Or Merely Site Rules Violations

There's an interesting discussion that happens in content moderation circles with regards to government requests for takedowns: are those requests about content that violates local laws or about the content violating website policies? Many people...

Facebook’s Censoring of Women's Bodies is Nipocrisy

As long as Facebook and Instagram maintain a policy that female nipples are offensive and male nipples are not, they get to decide whose bodies count as valid for public viewing and whose bodies don't.

Facebook’s Secret War on Switching Costs

Update, October 1, 2021: The original version of this essay incorrectly stated that Metcalfe's Law dictated that the number of connections in a network doubled with each new user; that has been corrected, below.When the FTC filed its amended...

Facebook Said to Consider Forming an Election Commission

The social network has contacted academics to create a group to advise it on thorny election-related decisions, said people with knowledge of the matter.

Instagram, Facebook Remove Comments From Lizzo’s Account After Singer’s Tearful Video

The singer shared in a now-deleted IG Live earlier this week that she had been the target of hateful comments about her appearance.

Facebook Is NOT The Internet; Stop Regulating As If It Was

For quite some time now we've been trying to remind people that the internet is not just Facebook. Unfortunately, this seems quite difficult for many people -- especially policy makers -- to understand. We've discussed how the various policy...

Blake Ross - Wikipedia

Hacked Facebook Users Forced To Buy $300 Oculus VR Headset Just To Talk To Customer Support

Back in 2014 when Facebook bought Oculus, there were the usual pre-merger promises that nothing would really change. Oculus founder Palmer Luckey, who has since moved on to selling border surveillance tech to the Trump administration, made oodles...

Facebook Cares About Privacy—But Only If You’re an Advertiser

The social giant kicked off researchers studying how political ads can encourage targeted voter suppression, leaving citizens with little insight into how they’re manipulated on the platform.

FB developing AI, new ways to detect users under age 13 - ET CIO

Admitting that it is not easy to detect and remove accounts belonging to people under the age of 13, Facebook has said that it is looking at ways to c..