Tag: Facebook
Should Facebook and Twitter stop Trump’s lies?
If they are unwilling to protect the public against powerful lies, they shouldn’t have so much power to spread them to begin with.
‘Democracy for sale’: Cambridge Analytica & big tech’s history of manipulating...
“So was Facebook responsible for Donald Trump getting elected? I think the answer is yes.”
Is it time to regulate or nationalize Facebook?
Has Facebook gone from merely being a destination on the internet to something so interwoven in our lives that it should now be considered part of the commons and regulated as such?
Time to ‘break Facebook up,’ Sanders says after leaked docs show...
“As I have been saying the privacy frame is bullshit,” said another critic. “Facebook is all about criminal behavior to monopolize ad money.”
Big tech platforms have had a “profound negative effect on democracy.”...
“People of all political stripes understand that there’s a problem here.”
How this database is tracking and exposing officers’ bigoted Facebook posts
It’s found more than 5,000 racist, sexist, and Islamophobic Facebook posts and comments by law enforcement.
Libra: Facebook’s audacious bid for global monetary control
Payments can happen cheaply and easily without banks or credit card companies. This has now been demonstrated – not in the United...
Stop social media platforms from spreading hateful content
Tell social media platforms to stop the spread of hateful content online.
Facebook hires Koch-funded climate deniers for ‘fact-checking’
Fighting fake news with more fake news is a sure recipe for disaster. Especially during a climate emergency.
‘Zuckerberg must resign now’: Outrage after report shows Facebook let corporate...
"No one should trust Facebook until they change their business model."
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US diplomacy thwarts Palestinian UN membership amid claims of supporting statehood leaked cable shows
This diplomatic maneuvering seeks to avoid a U.S. veto, which would publicly align the country against Palestinian self-determination.
Supreme silence: High court decision curtails protest rights, stifling voices in the South
As the case now returns to lower courts for further proceedings, the national discourse on the limits of free speech and the right to protest continues to evolve.
Supreme Court questions use of obstruction law in Jan. 6 riot cases amid concerns...
This law is now at the center of a legal battle concerning its suitability for punishing those who stormed the Capitol during the certification of the 2020 election results.
New report reveals millionaires’ tax rates slashed by half since 1950s, fueling wealth inequality
This stark reduction in tax rates for the wealthiest Americans coincides with an era of escalating income disparity and could be costing the federal government hundreds of billions in lost revenue annually.
Missouri Republican Attorney General Bailey sues Media Matters using consumer law to censor the...
An analysis of Mo. Attorney General Andrew Bailey's bogus allegations against Media Matters.