Searching for to appease lots of of firms which have halted promoting, Fb is pledging to do a greater job policing 'hateful' content material – a tall order in a nation the place warring political events can’t even agree on primary details. ...

A deep-pocketed astroturf marketing campaign has created the impression that Fb customers are up in arms about racism on the platform, however the ‘Cease Hate for Revenue’ marketing campaign is a unadorned political power-grab by the standard suspects. ...

Plummeting Fb shares have worn out billions of founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s private wealth. The impetus? Companies comparable to Coca-Cola and Verizon have pulled their advertisements, demanding that Fb censor hate speech. ...

Fb is labeling content material posted by state-funded media retailers and plans to bar them from operating advertisements in a conveniently loophole-packed effort to stop “overseas affect” within the 2020 US presidential election. ...

Fb’s “insurgent shareholders” wish to assessment potential dangers new end-to-end encryption service might enable for elevated exploitation of kids by sexual predators – however why wait till now to kick up a fuss? ...

Fb has shuttered a well-liked group for Michiganders who oppose their governor’s excessive lockdown measures, fueling debate about free speech throughout the coronavirus disaster. ...

In a problem to Zoom’s dominance within the video-calling sphere, Fb is debuting a brand new characteristic permitting such chats with as much as 50 folks. However wasn’t Zoom within the sizzling seat for sharing knowledge with Fb within the first place? ...

Fb has debuted a “web-enabled simulation” during which a inhabitants of bots it has created primarily based on actual customers can duke it out - supposedly to assist the platform cope with unhealthy actors. But it surely’s not completely remoted from actuality. ...

World leaders are having their social media posts deleted underneath the guise of the pandemic, however is that this only the start of socially damaging subterfuge? ...

Regardless of quite a few accusations from conservatives of censorship, Hillary Clinton is claiming right-wing shops have “mastered” Fb and used it in opposition to her. ...