Tag: Facebook
EU investigates Meta for addictive effect social media has on children
The European Commission—the executive arm of the EU—opened “formal proceedings” against Meta last week to see if the company violated the Digital Services Act’s (DSA) protections for minors.
States ask appeals court to reinstate 2020 antitrust lawsuit against Meta...
The lawsuit, which was originally filed by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), alleged that "Meta used its monopoly power to buy potential competitors and curtail competitive behavior."
Enough! Facebook needs to curtailed immediately
The “bottom line” is that self-regulation is not only a “joke,” but a complete failure.
Oil and gas inundated Facebook with election season ads after Biden...
ExxonMobil and the American Petroleum Institute were top spenders in a $9.6 million election-year fossil fuel marketing blitz targeting U.S. Facebook users.
Facebook often removes evidence of atrocities in countries like Syria and...
Recent history has shown that social media companies cannot be trusted to preserve vital digital evidence of atrocities.
Facebook screws up again
Well, we shall see how Band Together makes out. We’re off to a rough start because Facebook has made it so. Real people are joining us, even if Facebook makes the road difficult.
‘Overwhelming’ evidence Facebook is failing to tackle climate misinformation
Companies should consider pulling adverts from the platform until it takes further steps to tackle misleading climate-related content, say campaigners — but Facebook has been quick to defend its record.
The spread of global hate
Social media platforms like Facebook and Twitter helped right-wing populists take power. Can they now help rein them in?
Is Big Tech too powerful? Chris Hedges & Ramesh Srinivasan debate...
“To allow these companies to essentially function as de facto platforms for censorship and manipulation … harkens back to the way civil liberties were eviscerated in the wake of 9/11.”
Federal and state lawsuits brought against Facebook calls for an end...
"[Facebook] used its monopoly power to crush smaller rivals and snuff out competition, all at the expense of everyday users."
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Israelis invade Syria: Who will stop Israel?
Israel's latest land-grab in Syria, and the UN and the rest of the world's inability to stop Israel from ignoring and violating the UN Charter, the Geneva Conventions and the Genocide Convention.
The world’s four legacy empires going down
In a future full of signs that the four empires that have long dominated our world are all crumbling.
Luigi Mangione and Daniel Penny display the scale of acceptance for vigilante violence
The contrast in how Penny and Mangione have been covered in the media and treated by the elite show that vigilante violence actually is acceptable in America when carried out against those with little to no agency.
Trump’s pick to lead federal housing agency has opposed efforts to aid the poor
Such views would seemingly place Turner at odds with the core work of HUD, a sprawling federal agency that serves as a backstop against homelessness for millions of the nation’s poor, elderly and disabled.
It was the rage of the age
Was Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, a private research facility in Suffolk County, pivotal to the spread of eugenics through the United States and world?