Internet
This week, Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen testified about the tens of thousands of pages of internal documents she leaked exposing how Facebook prioritized profits over the public's safety and called on lawmakers to ...
Oct 7, 2021
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A Facebook executive is pushing back on a whistleblower's claims—supported by the company's own internal research—that the social network's products harm children and fuel polarization in the U.S.
Oct 7, 2021
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The EU said Thursday that Facebook and YouTube took down less of the hate speech reported to them in 2021 than 2020 as pressure mounts to impose tighter regulation on social media platforms.
Oct 7, 2021
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Former Facebook product manager Frances Haugen testified before the U.S. Senate on Oct. 5, 2021, that the company's social media platforms "harm children, stoke division and weaken our democracy."
Oct 7, 2021
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Business
Australia's prime minister on Thursday described social media as a "coward's palace" and warned that digital platforms including Facebook should be held liable for defamatory comments posted anonymously.
Oct 7, 2021
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As social media giants like Facebook and Twitter come under increasing criticism for how they approach what type of speech is allowed on their platforms, another type of online group navigated similar struggles more than ...
Oct 7, 2021
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Camera lights glare. Outrage thunders from elected representatives. A brave industry whistleblower stands alone and takes the oath behind a table ringed by a photographers' mosh pit.
Oct 7, 2021
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Internet
Facebook has announced that it is halting development on its Instagram Kids project. This follows reports that the social media giant had commissioned—and kept secret—internal research that found Instagram was detrimental ...
Oct 7, 2021
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Internet
Social media platforms are transforming how online advertising works and, in turn, raising concerns about new forms of discrimination and predatory marketing.
Oct 1, 2021
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TikTok said Monday it now has more than a billion active users, just four years after the hugely popular video-sharing app was launched by Chinese group ByteDance.
Sep 27, 2021
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