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Facebook Oversight Board Says It Will Investigate A-List Content Rules Exemption
The VIP program called XCheck was exposed by the Wall Street Journal Sep. 13
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Facebook is Using News Feed to Promote Favorable Stories About Itself, NYT Reports
CEO Mark Zuckerberg signed off on Project Amplify last month in order to boost company’s image
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Will Facebook Finally Be Forced to Change After Devastating Wall Street Journal Exposés? | Analysis
“These are all selfish actors who will never hold themselves accountable,” one critic says
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Mark Zuckerberg Denies ‘Secret’ Deal to Bar Fact-Checking Trump on Facebook to Avoid Government Regulations
A new biography on PayPal founder Peter Thiel says Zuckerberg worked with Jared Kushner on the quid pro quo
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‘Just Plain False’: Facebook Responds to Wall Street Journal Reporting on Its Research
This is the second response from Facebook about WSJ’s reporting that Instagram has had a toxic effect on teen girls
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Facebook Found 41% of Comments on Vax-Related Posts Discouraged Vaccination (Report)
Even established media sources became “cesspools of anti-vaccine comments,” according to an internal memo obtained by The Wall Street Journal
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As Facebook Limits Political Content, News Publishers Brace for Less Vitriol – and Traffic
“Facebook has not been a healthy place for political debate, ever,” one publisher says
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Facebook Studied Instagram’s Toxic Effects on Teen Girls, Downplayed Problem to Public (Report)
The company’s internal research revealed app may cause major mental health issues, specifically around self-image
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Facebook Exempted Trump, Elizabeth Warren and Other A-Listers From Content Enforcement Rules (Report)
A VIP program called XCheck was initially created for quality-control purposes
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Are Fears Over Facebook and Other Big Tech Companies Overblown? | Video
Author Robby Soave explains why he’s “extremely skeptical” of both political parties’ push to curb Big Tech
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How Substack CEO Chris Best Sees Newsletters as a Way to Defend Press Freedom
“There’s some things in there that are that are off-limits, but we take a very broad support in general,” Best tells TheWrap
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Facebook Apologizes for Automated ‘Primates’ Label on Video of Black Men
The incident, generated by artificial intelligence software, “was clearly an unacceptable error,” the social network giant says
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Nearly 50 Facebook Groups Promote Livestock Drug Ivermectin, Watchdog Group Says
There are some 65,000 people in the groups, per Media Matters for America
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Facebook Pulls US Capitol Bomber Suspect Ray Roseberry’s Account After 30 Minutes of Livestreaming
The social-media network said it is working with law enforcement and that the incident violated its “dangerous organizations policies”
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FTC Accuses Facebook of Illegally Crushing Competition in New Antitrust Suit
“Facebook has systematically tracked potential rivals and acquired companies that it viewed as serious competitive threats,” says FTC