Last week, social media giant Facebook announced that it would be partnering with CheckYourFact.com, the fact-checking offshoot of the Koch-funded, right-leaning news outlet The Daily … The Koch brothers are funding Facebook’s newest fact-checking partnerRead more
Cops create fake and impersonator accounts to secretly spy on users
By pretending to be someone else, cops are able to sneak past the privacy walls users put up and bypass legal requirements that might require … Cops create fake and impersonator accounts to secretly spy on usersRead more
Facebook’s Hires Patriot Act Co-Author
Social media giant Facebook made a major hire Monday, bringing on lawyer Jennifer Newstead as the company’s general counsel—a move that generated criticism due to … Facebook’s Hires Patriot Act Co-AuthorRead more
Facebook is surveillance monster feeding on our personal data
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Correa Says Moreno INA Papers Probe Led to Facebook Page Block
Early Friday, former Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa confirmed that his Facebook account had indeed been blocked, just one day after the ex-head of state publicly … Correa Says Moreno INA Papers Probe Led to Facebook Page BlockRead more
Facebook still tracks you after you deactivate account
Even when your account is deactivated, the social network continues collecting data about your online activities. All that data gets sent back to Facebook and … Facebook still tracks you after you deactivate accountRead more
White Nationalism Hearing
Representatives from Google and Facebook, as well as civil rights advocates, testified in front of Congress Tuesday on the rise of white nationalism and the … White Nationalism HearingRead more
New Evidence Emerges of Cambridge Analytica’s Role in Brexit
For two years, observers have speculated that the June, 2016, Brexit campaign in the U.K. served as a petri dish for Donald Trump’s Presidential campaign … New Evidence Emerges of Cambridge Analytica’s Role in BrexitRead more
Leaving Facebook can make you happier
The study, titled The Welfare Effects of Social Media, from researchers at Stanford and NYU, is being praised as one of the most rigorous to … Leaving Facebook can make you happierRead more
Three out of seven Facebook’s fact checkers have shared misinformation
However, three of the seven fact-checking partners of Facebook – India Today, Dainik Jagran and Newsmobile – have been found circulating misinformation post-Pulwama terror attack … Three out of seven Facebook’s fact checkers have shared misinformationRead more