[ad_1] Facebook also plans to label ads from state-controlled media outlets. In the US, Facebook will block such ads altogether “out of an “abundance of caution” — even though it admits they rarely appear. That’s part of an attempt to protect elections in 2020 from foreign influence, Facebook says. Facebook claims it worked with more […]
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Facebook and Instagram ‘mistakenly’ blocked #sikh for months
[ad_1] Thanks for your patience today. We investigated this issue and found that these hashtags were mistakenly blocked on March 7th following a report that was inaccurately reviewed by our teams. — Instagram Comms (@InstagramComms) June 3, 2020 It’s unclear exactly how the block came about, or why it took so long for the company […]
Instagram blames anti-spam tech for stopping some Black Lives Matter posts
[ad_1] 1/ We’re aware that some people are incorrectly running into “action blocked” messages when using the hashtag #blacklivesmatter, or resharing related posts. We have technology that detects rapidly increasing activity on Instagram to help combat spam. — Instagram Comms (@InstagramComms) June 1, 2020 According to the company, the issue arose due to the influx […]
Facebook staff plan ‘virtual walkout’ over response to Trump posts
[ad_1] The walkout comes days after Zuckerberg announced Friday evening that Trump’s posts, which Twitter said broke its rules regarding “glorification of violence,” didn’t violate Facebook’s standards. Zuckerberg said he had a “visceral negative reaction” to Trump’s “inflammatory rhetoric,” but ultimately opted to leave the posts up untouched. Axios later reported that Zuckerberg had spoken […]
Twitter said Trump broke its rules. Facebook allows the same posts.
[ad_1] But the words didn’t just appear on Twitter. As with other Trump tweets, it was also cross-posted to Trump’s Facebook and Instagram account. Facebook, though, has not taken any action on the posts, despite also having rules against glorifying violence. That may not be particularly surprising given that Facebook also opted to do nothing […]
Facebook slams executive order: ‘It will restrict more speech online’
[ad_1] In an earlier interview, Mark Zuckerberg said he didn’t believe it was the “right reflex” to combat censorship with more censorship. “In general, I think a government choosing to censor a platform because they’re worried about censorship doesn’t exactly strike me as the right reflex there,” he said. He and Facebook are referring to […]
Mark Zuckerberg and Jack Dorsey disagree on fact checking the president
[ad_1] Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey fired back in a series of tweets. “We’ll continue to point out incorrect or disputed information about elections globally. And we will admit to and own any mistakes we make. This does not make us an ‘arbiter of truth.’ Our intention is to connect the dots of conflicting statements and […]
Facebook will verify identities for suspiciously popular accounts
[ad_1] Facebook has been verifying the identities of Page managers for a while in its quest to stamp out misinformation, but now it’s shifting that attention to individual accounts. The social network will now verify the identities of people behind profiles that both have a “pattern of inauthentic behavior” and whose posts “rapidly go viral” […]
Judges toss lawsuit alleging anti-conservative bias on social media
[ad_1] In 2018, the nonprofit organization Freedom Watch and a conservative YouTuber named Laura Loomer tried to sue social media companies. They alleged that Twitter, Facebook and Google — which owns YouTube — broke antitrust laws and violated their First Amendment rights by conspiring to suppress conservative viewpoints. Their case was dropped last year, but […]
Facebook’s own research warned its algorithms exploit ‘divisiveness’
[ad_1] The following year Facebook launched “Common Ground,” a wide-ranging effort to make the social network less polarizing and “increase empathy” among users. Yet the company ultimately decided not to act on many of the group’s recommendations, fearing it could fuel claims the company was biased against conservative viewpoints. Other proposed changes were watered down, […]