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PublishedJuly 7, 2020
Facebook CEO to meet with civil rights groups as hundreds of companies join ad boycott
Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg placed the meetings in the context of ongoing protests and calls to root out racism in the United States.
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PublishedJuly 7, 2020
Social media platforms gird for 78 days of disinformation chaos after Election Day
Because of a surge in mail-in ballots, results are likely to be delayed.
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PublishedJune 18, 2020
Facebook removes Trump ads with symbol once used by Nazis to designate political prisoners
A red inverted triangle was first used in the 1930s to identify Communists, and was applied as well to Social Democrats, liberals, Freemasons and other members of opposition parties.
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PublishedJune 10, 2020
EU wants tech giants to do more to counter fake coronavirus news
A senior European Union official is demanding that tech firms like Google and Facebook provide detailed monthly reports on how they're tackling fake news linked to the coronavirus
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PublishedApril 25, 2020
The humble Farmer: I’m socially distant from seagulls, but I still seek Facebook friends
Social media and the present coronavirus have added words to our vocabulary and expanded the meanings of familiar ones.
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PublishedApril 16, 2020
Facebook will alert people who have interacted with coronavirus misinformation
The company said it displayed fact-checking labels on 40 million posts, based on 4,000 articles that its third-party reviewers had rated as false just last month.
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PublishedFebruary 20, 2020
Father of murdered journalist takes on YouTube over refusal to remove graphic videos
Despite repeated requests from the father of Alison Parker and others, videos of her death remain on YouTube, as do countless other graphic videos that show people dying.
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PublishedFebruary 19, 2020
Attorney General Barr suggests big tech should be accountable for harmful content
He says it may be time for significant changes to a key part of federal law that shields the companies from liability for their users' posts.
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PublishedFebruary 12, 2020
Social media giants face fines in planned U.K. online crackdown
The announcement risks inflaming tensions with the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump.
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PublishedJanuary 28, 2020
Facebook is stalking you – even when you’re not using it
The social network provides partners tracking software they embed in apps, websites, loyalty cards and other systems.
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