[ad_1] Clegg didn’t offer specifics on the plans, or what might trigger these “break-glass options.” But he suggested that the company might consider “pretty exceptional measures to significantly restrict the circulation of content on our platform.” He pointed out the company has taken such steps in other countries in the past, including Sri Lanka and […]
Category: Mark Zuckerberg
Facebook didn’t actually take down the event page for Wisconsin militia
[ad_1] Facebook didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment. The company told BuzzFeed News that its initial statement was an “error.” Facebook had said at the time that it removed both the group and the event page. The company has been widely criticized for not taking action against the Kenosha Guard group and its […]
Facebook slaps new label on Trump post about mail-in ballots
[ad_1] Facebook Previously, Facebook had labeled Trump’s post with a message encouraging users to visit the company’s voting information center. But that label, which is similar to ones the company has added to other voting-related posts, had been criticized for not taking a stronger stance on the president’s claims. Facebook’s new label comes after Mark […]
WSJ: Mark Zuckerberg used a private Trump meeting to hurt TikTok
[ad_1] Mark Zuckerberg may have used a private meeting with Donald Trump to push for the US to attack TikTok, writes the Wall Street Journal. During his visit to Washington DC late last year, the Facebook CEO made both public speeches and private exhortations about the threat posted by its rival. The paper notes that […]
The recent ad boycott hasn’t slowed down Facebook
[ad_1] During a call with analysts, Mark Zuckerberg said that hate speech and misinformation are only a “small part” of the content on Facebook. “We do not profit from misinformation or hate,” he said. It’s not necessarily a surprise that Facebook would continue to flourish in the face of an advertiser backlash. While large corporations […]
Congress grills Facebook over its acquisitions and feature cloning
[ad_1] Documents from the Hearing on “Online Platforms and Market Power: Examining the Dominance of Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Google” pic.twitter.com/fF20JB0w9v — House Judiciary Dems (@HouseJudiciary) July 29, 2020 Zuckerberg expanded on the idea in another email. “We can likely always just buy any competitive startups. But it’ll be a while before we can buy […]
Big tech CEOs release opening statements before antitrust hearing
[ad_1] All three CEOs also took the time to address antitrust concerns that their companies are far too dominant. For example, Bezos pointed out that Amazon has competition from the likes of Walmart, Target and Costco that offer curbside pickup, which he says gives them a certain advantage. Like Bezos, Pichai made the claim that […]
Rep. Matt Gaetz says Mark Zuckerberg lied to Congress … in 2018
[ad_1] Citing Zuckerberg’s 2018 testimony, Gaetz says that Zuckerberg lied to Congress when he described Facebook as “politically neutral.” He said that a recent report from Project Veritas, the right-wing activist group known for dubious “undercover” investigations, proves the social network unfairly censors conservatives. Project Veritas has a history of hidden camera “stings” that use […]
Facebook will debunk coronavirus rumors in its COVID-19 info center
[ad_1] Though Facebook has taken a number of steps to combat misinformation about the coronavirus pandemic, such as sending alerts to people who share or interact with posts that are later debunked and removed. But some experts have criticized this approach, saying the alerts are not specific enough because they don’t let users know which […]
Ad boycott leaders say meeting with Zuckerberg was ‘a disappointment’
[ad_1] .@JGo4Justice: “Instead of committing to a timeline to root out hate and disinformation on Facebook, the company’s leaders delivered the same old talking points to try to placate us without meeting our demands.” 2/ #StopHateForProfit #ChangeTheTerms — Free Press (@freepress) July 7, 2020 Color of Change President Rashad Robinson, who was also at the […]