Report published on Thursday reveals how countries and governments exploited Facebook platform to spread falsehoods for political gain This article talks about foreign governments exploiting Facebook to influence people in other countries … Continue reading Facebook admits: governments exploited it to spread propaganda
Agreeing with everyone on your feed is boring and creates political apathy. Shake things up and become a social media freedom fighter, working behind enemy lines Makes sense. Facebook is all about … Continue reading Defriend everyone on Facebook if you really want to see the world as it is
Search company removes antisemitic and sexist autocomplete phrases after Observer article highlights offensive results On the surface this looks like a good thing, but autocomplete does give you an indictator of what … Continue reading Google alters search autocomplete to remove ‘are Jews evil’ suggestion
It’s one way the social network could make up for the damage it’s done to journalism. Makes sense. Local news has been decimated and the idea that Facebook should start determining what … Continue reading Facebook should consider subsidizing local news.
Even superheroes have problems with social media Whoops! I knew facial recognition on Facebook was going to be a problem! Source: Even superheroes have problems with social media / Boing Boing Continue reading Even superheroes have problems with social media
The tracking siphons data from Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and other sites and has taken place largely out of the public eye. This is why people need to download the shit outta Underground’s … Continue reading Police are spending millions of dollars to monitor the social media of protesters and suspects
Facebook has been getting a bad rep lately for a lot of different things, but there’s one you can fix yourself today by installing one simple app. When Trump got elected, Democrats … Continue reading If you get your news from Facebook, you live in an unrealistic bubble. This app might help.
Mark Zuckerberg vows to tackle hoaxes on Facebook. Can someone P.L.E.A.S.E explain to me why major news sources (FOX/CNN,etc) can’t be held accountable?! It’s FAR more dangerous to undreport, not report, show … Continue reading Facebook is starting to take responsibility for fake news. It could do more.
“We cannot ask someone on the street to come along, or talk freely to foreign journalists, but on Facebook we are open, even though we know the authorities are watching us there … Continue reading Moroccan activists plan protests to coincide with UN climate summit | World news
Facebook’s system allows advertisers to exclude black, Hispanic, and other “ethnic affinities” from seeing ads. This is troubling because it’s massively illegal! The ad we purchased was targeted to Facebook members who … Continue reading Facebook Lets Advertisers Exclude Users by Race
At least you can opt out of some upcoming targeted advertising, though. Even though Whatsapp recently started offering end-to-end encryption for its users (though not turned on by default) this latest move … Continue reading WhatsApp Will Share Your Phone Number With Facebook and More
A new feature might raise some eyebrows. If you want to see where you fall according to Facebook, log into the social network on a computer, visit the ad preferences page, then click … Continue reading Facebook really is keeping tabs on your political views
