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Insurrection At The Capitol: Live Updates
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is shown testifying at a Senate hearing on Capitol Hill last October. Facebook and Twitter announced new actions to curb the spread of misinformation.

Facebook Removes 'Stop The Steal' Content; Twitter Suspends QAnon Accounts

Jan 12, 2021
Twitter has suspended more than 70,000 accounts spreading the QAnon conspiracy theory since Friday. Facebook is removing content with the phrase "stop the steal."
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America Reckons With Racial Injustice
Roy Austin Jr. has been named Facebook's vice president of civil rights, a new position within the company with the mandate to oversee its accountability on racial hatred and discrimination on its platform.

Facebook Taps Former Obama Official As Vice President Of Civil Rights

Jan 11, 2021
Roy Austin Jr. will fill the new position, which was created by Facebook after a scathing audit released in July 2020 concluded the company's policies had caused "serious setbacks for civil rights."
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The Coronavirus Crisis
COVID-19 ads that Los Angeles County Supervisor Sheila Kuehl planned to run on Facebook got caught in the social network's ban on political advertising.

Mask Up! How Public Health Messages Collide With Facebook's Political Ads Ban

Dec 23, 2020
Nearly two months after Election Day, Facebook still prohibits political ads. The ban is frustrating some elected leaders who say it makes it harder to get out information about the pandemic.
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Technology
Amazon, and eight other social media and tech companies, received orders from the Federal Trade Commission on Monday. They must hand over information on how they harness user data.

Amazon, TikTok, Facebook, Others Ordered To Explain What They Do With User Data

Dec 15, 2020
The Federal Trade Commission gave nine social media and tech companies 45 days to hand over details on how they collect user data. It is the latest move by government actors to regulate big tech.
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Technology
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg testifies before the House Financial Services Committee in 2019. His company has been hit with twin lawsuits alleging it abused its power in order to crush rivals.

'The Wrath Of Mark': 4 Takeaways From The Government's Case Against Facebook

Dec 11, 2020
Twin complaints from the Federal Trade Commission and 48 attorneys general paint a portrait of a company protecting its power at all costs.
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Newscast headlines

Las Vegas Man Charged For Making Threatening Facebook Posts

Dec 10, 2020

A Las Vegas man faces charges over a threatening Facebook post about Governor Steve Sisolak. 

Steve Feeder faces a charge of “publishing matter inciting breach of peace.”  Feeder posted a set of comments to the governor’s official Facebook page multiple times. 

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Business
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos is the world's wealthiest person, according to the latest Bloomberg Billionaires Index, with a net worth of $186 billion. Four others also have fortunes over $100 billion. Here, Bezos speaks at a conference in 2018.

There's Rich, And Then There's Jeff Bezos Rich: Meet The World's Centibillionaires

Dec 10, 2020
The Amazon CEO and four other billionaires are part of the world's most exclusive club in the midst of the pandemic: those whose fortunes exceed $100 billion.
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The Coronavirus Crisis
A nurse prepares to administer a COVID-19 vaccine at Croydon University Hospital in London.

'The Perfect Storm': How Vaccine Misinformation Spread To The Mainstream

Dec 10, 2020
False claims about COVID-19 vaccines are spreading widely on social media, researchers warn. They could undermine public health efforts to curb the pandemic.
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Business
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg testifies before a House Financial Services Committee hearing in 2019.

48 AGs, FTC Sue Facebook, Alleging Illegal Power Grabs To 'Neutralize' Rivals

Dec 09, 2020
The state and federal officials say Facebook's acquisitions of WhatsApp and Instagram violated competition laws and served to stifle rivals by giving the social network an unfair advantage.
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Coronavirus Updates
As governments around the world prepare to approve the first coronavirus vaccines, social media companies are cracking down on hoaxes and conspiracy theories.

Facebook Bans Debunked Claims About COVID-19 Vaccines

Dec 03, 2020
The new ban is an expansion of the social network's rules against misinformation that could lead to imminent physical harm. It comes as governments prepare to roll out the first vaccinations.
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Technology
Facebook is under pressure to to do more to remove hate speech, misinformation and other harmful content from its platform.

Facebook Says It's Doing A Better Job Of Catching Hate Speech Before Users See It

Nov 19, 2020
The social network says hate speech accounts for a tiny fraction of the posts people see. It's relying on automated systems to catch it, but is under pressure to do better.
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The Coronavirus Crisis
Facebook's content moderators say the company is putting their health at risk by pressuring them to return to the office.

'Without Our Work, Facebook Is Unusable': Content Moderators Demand Safer Offices

Nov 18, 2020
The social network largely outsources its content review jobs. Workers say they are now under pressure to return to the office despite the pandemic.
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Technology
Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey testifies remotely during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing about how social media companies handled election misinformation.

Facebook And Twitter Defend Election Policies To Skeptical Senators

Nov 17, 2020
The Senate Judiciary Committee grilled Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg and Twitter's Jack Dorsey over how they handle false and misleading claims about the election, including from President Donald Trump.
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Technology
Parler bills itself as a "free speech" social network and puts few restrictions on what users can post.

Conservatives Flock To Mercer-Funded Parler; Claim Censorship On Facebook And Twitter

Nov 14, 2020
Backed by Rebekah Mercer, Parler now one of the most downloaded smartphone apps, as conservatives complaining of censorship by Facebook and Twitter seek out other social media alternatives.
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Technology
Millie Weaver, a former correspondent for the conspiracy theory website Infowars, hosts nearly 7 hours of live coverage on her YouTube channel. Conservative influencers like Weaver who often broadcast live are increasingly worrisome to misinformation res

From Steve Bannon To Millennial Millie: Facebook, YouTube Struggle With Live Video

Nov 10, 2020
Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and TikTok have stepped up efforts to curb the spread of misinformation about the election, but researchers say falsehoods thrive nearly unchecked on live videos.
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Elections
People call for stopping Pennsylvania's vote count Thursday at the state Capitol in Harrisburg. False claims of voter fraud and calls to protest have spread on social media, leading Facebook to take down one large group.

Facebook Removes Pro-Trump Group Urging 'Boots On The Ground'

Nov 05, 2020
The group had amassed more than 360,000 members who shared false claims about voter fraud before the social network shut it down, citing "worrying calls for violence" from some members.
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Technology
Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey testifies over video during a Senate Commerce Committee hearing on Wednesday about reforming Section 230, a key legal shield for tech companies.

Days Before Election, Tech CEOs Defend Themselves From GOP Claims Of Censorship

Oct 28, 2020
The chief executives of Facebook, Twitter and Google face skepticism from a Senate committee over their decisions about what content to allow and what to take down from their platforms.
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Technology
Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey, Google CEO Sundar Pichai, and Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg will testify on Wednesday before the Senate Commerce Committee about a legal shield known as Section 230.

Facebook, Twitter, Google CEOs Testify To Senate: What To Watch For

Oct 28, 2020
Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg, Twitter's Jack Dorsey and Google's Sundar Pichai go before the Senate Commerce Committee to defend Section 230, a law that protects them from lawsuits over users' posts.
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Technology
The Justice Department alleges Google has an illegal monopoly in search, setting up the biggest confrontation with a tech giant in more than 20 years.

Google Lawsuit Marks End Of Washington's Love Affair With Big Tech

Oct 21, 2020
The Justice Department's lawsuit against Google is the clearest sign yet of the "Techlash" that has politicians on both sides of the aisle bristling at the power of Silicon Valley.
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Business
Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter ban certain posts from its platform.

Don't Censor! Stop The Hoaxes! Facebook, Twitter Face A Catch-22

Oct 16, 2020
While Republicans accuse Facebook and Twitter of censoring free speech, one expert says the platforms should do more because U.S. voters are "more vulnerable to online disinformation" than ever.
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Technology
Twitter and Facebook said their decisions to limit sharing of a <em>New York Post</em> article were meant to slow the spread of potentially false information.

Facebook And Twitter Limit Sharing 'New York Post' Story About Joe Biden

Oct 14, 2020
The social media companies said they wanted to slow the spread of possibly false information. But their actions drew charges of censorship from President Trump and his allies.
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Coronavirus Live Updates
Anti-vaccine activists protested at the Massachusetts State House in August against Governor Charlie Baker's mandate that all students enrolled in child care, pre-school, K-12, and post-secondary institutions must receive the flu vaccine this year.

Facebook Bans Ads Discouraging Vaccines, In Latest Misinformation Crackdown

Oct 13, 2020
The move is a reversal of Facebook's longstanding reluctance to block problematic content. Critics say public health misinformation has flourished on the social network.
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Technology
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg says his thinking has "evolved" on how to balance free speech and the harms of Holocaust denial.

Facebook Bans Holocaust Denial, Reversing Earlier Policy

Oct 12, 2020
CEO Mark Zuckerberg, who previously considered such claims free speech, said his thinking has "evolved." Survivors had lobbied the social network to remove posts that deny the Holocaust.
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Technology
A screenshot of Facebook post about how President Trump came down with COVID-19 that was labeled "false information." At the bottom there is a link to a news article that fact-checks the false information in the social media post.

Tiny Changes Let False Claims About COVID-19, Voting Evade Facebook Fact Checks

Oct 09, 2020
A new report highlights how easy it is to spread hoaxes on Facebook, despite the tech giant's increasing efforts to stop misinformation about the coronavirus and the election.
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Technology
With more people voting by mail this year, Facebook and other social media companies are preparing for a potential delay in election results.

Facebook Vows To Crack Down On Voter Intimidation In Election

Oct 07, 2020
The social network announced new measures to prevent misinformation, threats and confusion surrounding the election, but said it would let Donald Trump Jr's call for an 'army of poll watchers' stand.

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