Facebook & Twitter CEOs to testify on big tech censorship during ‘disputed’ presidential election
As information warfare exposes two completely different versions of reality concerning the presidential election, the Senate is slated to grill...
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Facebook ‘relied heavily on FBI’ briefings before trying to prevent NY Post story from ‘spreading wildly’: Zuckerberg
Facebook took its cue from the FBI before it decided to limit the distribution of the NY Post's "smoking gun"...
Twitter censored the NY Post for ‘showing direct material’ to back up claims, violated hacked materials policy: Dorsey
Facing a grilling in the Senate, Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey testifies that Twitter censored the New York Post for "showing...
Senate is hovering over Twitter & Facebook: Dorsey, Zuckerberg to both testify before & after election
Two Senate committees are hovering over two big tech targets, with Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey...
Conflicts of interest with Facebook censorship, the Atlantic Council, Burisma & politics: perspective
While receiving nearly half a million dollars from Burisma, the Atlantic Council partnered with Facebook to monitor election misinformation. Then,...
‘Social media services that I & others have built are tearing people apart’: ex-Facebook ads chief testifies
Facebook's former director of monetization testifies that the social media services he helped build are tearing people apart, and that...
Facebook to censor anything it deems necessary to avoid ‘adverse legal or regulatory impacts’
Facebook will start removing user content that could get the social media giant into legal or regulatory trouble in a...
Big tech CEOs give Congress the 5 Ds of Dodgeball on anti-competitive behavior
Today, some 20,000 people on YouTube tuned-in on to a Congressional hearing where the CEOs of Google, Facebook, Apple, and...
4 House members ask Facebook, Twitter & Google to give them COVID-19 disinformation reports monthly
Four House Committee on Energy and Commerce members are asking Facebook, Twitter, and Google to give them monthly reports about their...
Facebook says it doesn’t benefit from hate, but its algorithms tell a different story: op-ed
At a time when huge companies are suspending their advertising campaigns on Facebook, the social media giant claims it doesn't...
‘Facebook’s business model is poison & its algorithms amplify misinformation’: digital forensics expert testifies
Facebook's business model is poison and its divisive algorithms are a driving force behind online misinformation, according to a digital...
‘When technology takes control of our information environment, it takes control of humanity’: Center for Humane Tech president
When technology like AI takes control of our information environment, then it takes control of the fate of humanity, according...
House Intel Committee ditches script, grills big tech on polarizing users and toxic civic discourse
Today, representatives from big tech companies Google, Facebook, and Twitter testified remotely in a virtual hearing before the House Intelligence...
Think for yourself? Facebook removes QAnon-related content as ‘coordinated inauthentic behavior’
Today, Facebook releases its Coordinated Inauthentic Behavior report for the month of April, saying it took down over 30 QAnon-related...
What’s wrong with anti-competitive behavior in big tech?
Big tech companies like Google and Facebook are under investigation for antitrust by the the FTC and the DOJ. The...
Will Facebook be able to handle a joke with new deepfake policy? How about a political one?
As Facebook unveils its new policy on deepfakes, will the social media giant be able to handle a joke and...
Facebook News looks to be just another brick in the echo chamber wall
Facebook News launches in the US today in an attempt to help the media industry and democracy, but it appears...
‘Zuck Buck’ grilled in the House: Facebook CEO defends Libra in hearing
Mark Zuckerberg is appearing before the House Financial Services Committee where Chairwoman Maxine Waters grills him over Libra, political ads,...
47 attorneys general now support Facebook antitrust investigation
New York's attorney general announces today that 47 attorneys general have joined the antitrust investigation into Facebook, reaching as far...
FBI worries Facebook’s privacy first policy will be a ‘child predator’s dream’
An incredibly sensitive subject -- Facebook is looking to push a privacy first policy with end-to-end encryption, but the FBI...
