Craig Silverman
Six Republican Secretaries Of State Tried To Stop Facebook’s Effort To Register Millions Of Voters
Despite the request, Facebook said it registered an estimated 4.4 million people to vote in the upcoming presidential election.
Ryan Mac
A Leaked Internal Report Reveals The Wall Street Journal Is Struggling With Aging Readers And Covering Race
The report, obtained by BuzzFeed News, was dated the same month that ongoing tensions between news and opinion sections at Rupert Murdoch’s broadsheet spilled into the public.
Amber Jamieson
Facebook Promised To Label Political Ads, But Ads For Biden, The Daily Wire, And Interest Groups Are Slipping Through
A failure in Facebook's transparency system means some election ads aren't disclosing who paid for them.
Craig Silverman
Mark Zuckerberg Said Facebook Will Have Fewer Bans After The Election
In a companywide meeting, Facebook’s CEO said recent content rules banning hate and conspiracy content were implemented because of the US presidential election and that a wide margin of victory for either candidate could prevent violence following the vote.
Ryan Mac
Twitter Just Stopped Blocking The Biden Article It Said It Would Block Yesterday
The company’s back-and-forth on its own policies has created outrage and confusion.
Jane Lytvynenko
Facebook Is Banning Ads That "Discourage" Vaccines
It follows efforts to limit Holocaust denial, voter intimidation, and the QAnon mass delusion.
Craig Silverman
Facebook Moderators Terrified Of COVID-19 Are Being Forced To Return To The Office Next Week
“How can we possibly be ready to return to the office when this entire process has been so utterly and completely mishandled?”
Ryan Mac
It Took Facebook More Than A Year — And A Whistleblower — To Remove A Troll Farm Connected To Azerbaijan's Ruling Party
Former Facebook data scientist Sophie Zhang said it took the company a year to pursue an investigation into fake accounts and comments in Azerbaijan.
Craig Silverman
Mike Pence's Eye Prompted A Lot Of Chatter. Here Are The Facts About COVID-19 And Pink Eye.
Studies show pink eye can be a symptom of COVID-19, but it's rare.
Peter Aldhous
The News Site Was Bogus. Facebook Still Let It Build A Real Audience.
The Globe Independent used Facebook ads to widely promote plagiarized stories that were often critical of China.
Craig Silverman
The Victims Of Violence During The Kenosha Protests Are Suing Facebook
Citing a law that dates from the Reconstruction era, four people, including the partner of a man killed during the protests, are taking the company to court.
Craig Silverman
“I Have Blood On My Hands”: A Whistleblower Says Facebook Ignored Global Political Manipulation
A 6,600-word internal memo from a fired Facebook data scientist details how the social network knew about specific examples of global political manipulation — and failed to act.
Craig Silverman
Facebook Says Trump’s Misleading Post About Mail-In Voting Is OK. Employees Say It’s Not.
“Facebook is broken. Another performative announcement by leadership not intended to address any issues.”
Craig Silverman
Facebook Said It Removed A Militia Event Page Threatening Violence In Kenosha. It Didn’t.
Facebook said it removed a militia event associated with the shooting of three protesters in Kenosha, Wisconsin. It didn't. Here's what really happened, and why it could happen again.
Ryan Mac
Chinese-Made Smartphones Are Secretly Stealing Money From People Around The World
Preinstalled malware on low-cost Chinese phones has stolen data and money from some of the world's poorest people.
Craig Silverman
Apple Booted "Fortnite" From The App Store And Now The Companies Are In A Legal Fight
Fortnite's lawsuit accused Apple of "anti-competitive restraints and monopolistic practices.”
Craig Silverman
Facebook’s Preferential Treatment Of US Conservatives Puts Its Fact-Checking Program In Danger
Facebook’s employees and fact-checking partners say they are left in the dark about how the company decides what content stays up and what comes down.
Craig Silverman
Mark Zuckerberg Says A Ban On TikTok Would Set “A Really Bad Long-Term Precedent”
“I certainly think that there are valid national security questions about having an app that has a lot of people’s data that follows the rules of another country, a government that is increasingly is kind of seen as a competitor.”
Ryan Mac
Facebook Fired An Employee Who Collected Evidence Of Right-Wing Pages Getting Preferential Treatment
Facebook employees collected evidence showing the company is giving right-wing pages preferential treatment when it comes to misinformation. And they’re worried about how the company will handle the president’s falsehoods in an election year.
Craig Silverman
A Staff Member At A Summer Camp Got COVID-19. Then More Than 250 Others Tested Positive.
Almost half of the staffers and campers who tested were infected with COVID-19. The CDC said singing and cheering "might have contributed to transmission."
Craig Silverman
