Category: oregon

Facebook takes down false claims of extremists starting Oregon wildfires

Post author By Randall
Post date September 13, 2020
Categories In disinformation, Facebook, fake news, gear, Internet, misinformation, News, oregon, Social Media, social network, social networking, Tech, wildfire, wildfires

[ad_1] As with the company’s response to a Wisconsin militia group in light of a deadly shooting, though, there are concerns Facebook didn’t move quickly enough. Law enforcement warned about wildfire misinformation roughly two days before the crackdown, on September 10th, around the same time when a key Law Enforcement Today article spurred the false […]

Facebook ordered to clean up undersea drilling equipment in Oregon

Post author By Randall
Post date August 14, 2020
Categories In Facebook, fiber-optic, gear, News, oregon, Tech, undersea cable

[ad_1] Despite the company’s insistence that the abandoned equipment won’t impact the environment, Oregon Coast Alliance executive director Cameron La Follette told The Oregonian: “This accident, which resulted in Facebook/Edge Cable abandoning equipment and at least 6,500 gallons of bore gel under the seafloor, occurred due to corporate incompetence, combined with negligence and extreme irresponsibility […]