Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter ban certain posts from its platform. Anadolu Agency/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Anadolu Agency/Getty Images Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter ban certain posts from its platform. Anadolu Agency/Getty Images As Election Day nears, Facebook and Twitter are finding themselves in a Catch- 22, between conservatives who accuse them of stifling free speech when they block or put warning labels on questionable posts, […]
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A New Zealand political party, Advance NZ, has cried foul after its Facebook page was removed, allegedly for containing falsehoods about the coronavirus pandemic. The ban comes just two days before a general election. In a statement, Facebook said that the page had been scrubbed due to “repeated violations” of its policy prohibiting misinformation about Covid-19 that could lead to physical harm. The move comes just […]
US President Donald Trump has taken notice of the social media crackdown on the New York Post over a story about his challenger Joe Biden’s son Hunter and his business dealings in Ukraine, urging a crackdown on platforms instead. “So terrible that Facebook and Twitter took down the story of ‘Smoking Gun’ emails related to Sleepy Joe Biden and his son, Hunter, in the [New York […]
Twitter has issued a clarification on its “Hacked Materials Policy” following fallout from the social media platform’s decision to block two New York Post articles about Hunter Biden. However, some netizens are arguing the platform has not been consistent with its application of the rule. “We want to provide much needed clarity around the actions we’ve taken with respect to two NY Post articles that were […]
Twitter and Facebook said their decisions to limit sharing of a New York Post article were meant to slow the spread of potentially false information. Denis Charlet/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Denis Charlet/AFP via Getty Images Twitter and Facebook said their decisions to limit sharing of a New York Post article were meant to slow the spread of potentially false information. Denis Charlet/AFP […]
After the New York Post dropped a bombshell story about Democratic presidential hopeful Joe Biden’s son Hunter’s Ukrainian business dealings on Wednesday, social media giants Facebook and Twitter rushed to limit its spread, prompting accusations of censorship and in-kind aid to Joe Biden. On Wednesday, the New York Post threw gasoline onto the smoldering coals of the Ukraine affair that led to US President Donald Trump’s […]
Better militia types wear only Tommy Bahama Guardian: US militias forge alliances with conspiracy theorists ahead of election “Not only have many of these Michigan pages and groups been on Facebook for years, the Facebook algorithm actively recommended other militia-related groups and pages to join, allowing each page and group to expand their reach.” https://t.co/ZcsOZhZ54q — The Spook who sat by the Ring Doorbell (@hypervisible) October […]
According to a recent survey of adults in the US aged 18-39, almost a quarter said they believed the Holocaust was a myth, that it had been exaggerated or they weren’t sure. Institutions focused on Holocaust research and remembrance, such as Yad Vashem, have noted that Holocaust education is a key component in combatting anti-Semitism. Tech giant Facebook updated its hate speech policy on Monday to ban […]
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg says his thinking has “evolved” on how to balance free speech and the harms of Holocaust denial. Drew Angerer/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Drew Angerer/Getty Images Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg says his thinking has “evolved” on how to balance free speech and the harms of Holocaust denial. Drew Angerer/Getty Images Facebook is banning all content that “denies or distorts the Holocaust,” […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/105327/46/1053274693_0:100:1920:1180_1200x675_80_0_0_eeae7a4cf53388089c9e36e83a529e84.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Andrei Dergalin. Sputnik International https://sputniknews.com/viral/202010101080730374-too-sexy-for-my-what-overtly-sexual-onion-ad-gets-temporarily-banned-on-facebook/ One needs to have a “pretty active imagination” to look at image of onions and “get something sexual out of it”, a manager for the seed company in question reportedly remarked. A Canada-based enterprise called Gaze Seed Company has announced that they have been finally allowed to advertise their Walla Walla Onion seeds on Facebook, after the […]
Facebook has removed hundreds of fake profiles it has linked to the conservative group Turning Point USA for carrying out organized attacks on the site, including attempts to influence public conversations by flooding news articles with pro-Trump comments and misinformation. The move was prompted by reporting last month in the Washington Post that found Turning Point Action, an affiliated pro-Trump group, was paying teenagers to post coordinated messages […]
Facebook labels posts that its fact checkers have found false, as in the screenshot on the left. On the right, a similar post had no label applied. Screeenshot via Avaaz hide caption toggle caption Screeenshot via Avaaz Facebook labels posts that its fact checkers have found false, as in the screenshot on the left. On the right, a similar post had no label applied. Screeenshot via […]
QAnon followers are scrambling for a new digital home after Facebook issued a blanket ban on the movement’s pages on Tuesday, in what looks likely to be the most significant social media crackdown in the history of the pro-Trump conspiracy movement. Faced with a wide-ranging purge, QAnon followers dreaming of the day Donald Trump orders the mass arrests of his opponents are faced with a choice: […]
With more people voting by mail this year, Facebook and other social media companies are preparing for a potential delay in election results. Frederic J. Brown/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Frederic J. Brown/AFP via Getty Images With more people voting by mail this year, Facebook and other social media companies are preparing for a potential delay in election results. Frederic J. Brown/AFP via […]
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg (from left), Google CEO Sundar Pichai, Apple CEO Tim Cook and Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos have been in the spotlight over the market power that their giant companies have. Bertrand Guay/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Bertrand Guay/AFP via Getty Images Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg (from left), Google CEO Sundar Pichai, Apple CEO Tim Cook and Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos […]
Facebook and other technology giants have become the subject of controversy, being accused by government bodies of stymieing competition with their acquisition of other companies as well as impacting politics and freedom of expression. Legal representatives of Facebook Inc. have warned that attempting to break-up social media giants like Instagram and WhatsApp would defy established law, cost billions, and harm consumers. Amid rising antitrust legal threats, the lawyers produced a […]
The heads of major Big Tech firms have agreed to testify to a Senate panel later this month, where they’ll address legal liability for online platforms, privacy and “media domination” just days before the US election. The CEOs of Google, Twitter and Facebook are set to testify to the Senate’s Commerce Committee on October 28. The tech bigwigs will speak to lawmakers virtually during the hearing, […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/0a/03/1080649552_0:0:3000:1688_1200x675_80_0_0_7203e4e091eff277d11d480b33ee2a07.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/us/202010031080649609-facebook-twitter-google-ceos-to-testify-before-congress-in-late-october/ The CEOs of the most prominent social media networks are going to testify on Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, which is designed to strip online intermediaries of responsibility for what is said/published by other people on their websites. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Google and Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai and Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey have agreed to testify before the Senate Commerce Committee […]
Social media companies are bracing for delayed election results, which experts warn could open the door for misinformation, false claims and threats of violence to spread online. Denis Charlet/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Denis Charlet/AFP via Getty Images Social media companies are bracing for delayed election results, which experts warn could open the door for misinformation, false claims and threats of violence to […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo-itemprop.png Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/us/202010011080632380-google-facebook-and-twitter-ceos-to-be-subpoenaed/ The US Senate Commerce Committee has unanimously voted to subpoena the CEOs of Twitter, Facebook, and Google for a hearing on a key law protecting tech companies. MORE DETAILS TO FOLLOW Source link
HONG KONG—As Trump and China hawks lock horns with Beijing on TikTok, trade, and Huawei, the Chinese Communist Party and its leader Xi Jinping are threatening to target U.S. companies with similar nationalistic bans—and signalling to Chinese firms at home that they expect total loyalty. Private Chinese companies that have managed to establish a foothold on U.S. shores increasingly rely on the CCP’s backing, particularly when […]
Civil rights groups and other critics say the social network has not done enough to curb misinformation, hate speech and voter suppression ahead of the U.S. presidential election. Thibault Camus/AP hide caption toggle caption Thibault Camus/AP Civil rights groups and other critics say the social network has not done enough to curb misinformation, hate speech and voter suppression ahead of the U.S. presidential election. Thibault Camus/AP […]
Facebook booted three troll networks linked to Russian intelligence and the St. Petersburg-based troll farm involved in meddling in the 2016 election. Nathan Gleicher, Facebook’s head of security, told reporters in a press conference that the three networks mainly focused on audiences and issues outside of the U.S. presidential election but that the company had suspended them now out of an abundance of caution because they […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/09/19/1080565766_0:316:3077:2047_1200x675_80_0_0_641b7544a5cca8c5b50d81a915d1b4f6.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/world/202009251080565847-facebook-says-took-down-3-russia-originated-social-media-networks/ WASHINGTON (Sputnik) – Facebook has removed three networks allegedly originating from Russia and primarily focusing on affairs in Syria and Ukraine, the company’s Head of Security Policy Nathaniel Gleicher said in a statement. “We removed three separate networks for violating our policy against foreign or government interference which is coordinated inauthentic behavior (CIB) on behalf of a foreign or […]
A screenshot of an Instagram post Facebook linked to Russia’s Internet Research Agency. United World International was a phony website created by the Russian operation and promoted on social media. Facebook hide caption toggle caption Facebook A screenshot of an Instagram post Facebook linked to Russia’s Internet Research Agency. United World International was a phony website created by the Russian operation and promoted on social media. […]
Facebook says the fake accounts it removed focused mainly on Southeast Asia. But they also included some content about the U.S. election, which did not gain a large following. Josh Edelson/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Josh Edelson/AFP via Getty Images Facebook says the fake accounts it removed focused mainly on Southeast Asia. But they also included some content about the U.S. election, which […]
Costco has halted sales of Palmetto Cheese, a popular brand of pimento cheese spread that had been offered in over 120 of its stores, after the company’s owner triggered outrage with a Facebook post criticizing Black Lives Matter. A sign posted at a store in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, indicates that Palmetto Cheese has been discontinued and will not be ordered again by Costco. The retailer […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/09/17/1080543893_0:0:3121:1757_1200x675_80_0_0_d11ba5484f4bc88b2a049bd939bee61a.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Evan Craighead . Sputnik International https://sputniknews.com/us/202009231080543925-facebook-prepared-to-restrict-content-circulation-if-us-election-descends-into-online-chaos/ Facebook will take an array of measures to “restrict the circulation of content” if the November 3 US presidential election devolves into chaos and unrest, according to a Tuesday report by the Financial Times. Former UK member of parliament Nick Clegg, Facebook’s vice president for global affairs and communications risk management, told the Financial Times that […]
Buildings are engulfed in flames as a wildfire ravages Talent, Ore., on Sept. 8, 2020. Unfounded rumors that left-wing activists were behind the fires went viral on social media, thanks to amplification by conspiracy theorists and the platforms’ own design. Kevin Jantzer/AP hide caption toggle caption Kevin Jantzer/AP Buildings are engulfed in flames as a wildfire ravages Talent, Ore., on Sept. 8, 2020. Unfounded rumors that […]
A former YouTube mod has sued the Google-owned platform, claiming work exposure to child abuse, beheadings, and other vile content led to depression and PTSD. Her lawyers previously forced a large settlement out of Facebook. The unnamed ex-YouTube moderator is demanding compensation and treatment for the trauma she said she suffered, claiming in a lawsuit filed on Monday that her work left her with depression and […]
We’re so inundated with evidence of Donald Trump’s fascistic villainy—these days, largely related to the pandemic he’s neglected and mismanaged to the tune of 200,000 dead Americans and counting—that it’s sometimes easy to forget that he’s also a traitorous puppet who won the 2016 election with Russian assistance. Enter Agents of Chaos, a two-part HBO documentary from the insanely prolific Alex Gibney (debuting Sept. 23) which […]
In June, Facebook announced the launch of a voting information campaign in the United States to boost voter registration, in a bid to stimulate electoral participation in the upcoming 3 November presidential election. The social media giant also vowed to monitor and remove misinformation and hate speech from its platform. As the United States prepares to celebrate National Voter Registration Day on Tuesday, Facebook Inc. announced […]
In yet another lawsuit, Facebook is now being accused of allegedly spying on Instagram users through the cameras on their mobile phones. The lawsuit was filed Thursday in a US federal court in San Francisco, California, by New Jersey-based Instagram user Brittany Conditi and accuses Facebook, Instagram’s parent company, of employing users’ mobile cameras while they are using the photo-sharing app to collect “lucrative and valuable […]