Articles tagged: "Facebook"
From Radicalization To Insurrection: A Reckoning For Big Tech

From Radicalization To Insurrection: A Reckoning For Big Tech

While Trump, Republicans, and right-wing media should carry much of the blame, tech companies must atone for their role in far-right radicalization and make bigger changes.

A Complete Analysis Of Trump’s 199th Unpresidented Week As POTUS

A Complete Analysis Of Trump’s 199th Unpresidented Week As POTUS

Trump's spread of election lies highlights the fact it's not traditional ideological divides that keep us polarized, it's disinformation.

How Mark Zuckerberg Helped Break American Democracy

How Mark Zuckerberg Helped Break American Democracy

Facebook has failed to protect its users from disinformation and extremist communities. Its attempts to clean it up are too little too late.

Social Media Needs To Do More To Tackle Disinformation

Social Media Needs To Do More To Tackle Disinformation

Social media companies have failed to contain disinformation. These companies, Facebook especially, have a moral and ethical duty to do so.

Lincoln Project Ad Censorship Highlights Facebook Double Standard

Lincoln Project Ad Censorship Highlights Facebook Double Standard

PolitiFact labeled one claim false in a Lincoln Project ad, but the primary message was true. Facebook censored it but allows Trump ads to lie unchecked.

Here’s What Google And Facebook Can Do With Your Data

Here’s What Google And Facebook Can Do With Your Data

When it comes to agreeing to the lengthy terms of service on various sites without reading them, ignorance is bliss, but it has major privacy implications.

Facebook Wants To Read Your Mind, Literally

Facebook Wants To Read Your Mind, Literally

Facebook is now funding research into reading the signals produced by your brain. Calling this a disaster would be sugarcoating it.

How Facebook’s Main Algorithm Fans Bigotry And Violence

How Facebook’s Main Algorithm Fans Bigotry And Violence

Social media platforms are designed to amplify confirmation bias... even if that bias is bigoted. And that has had dire consequences.

A Look At Who Is Behind The Right-Wing Fake News That Spreads On Facebook

A Look At Who Is Behind The Right-Wing Fake News That Spreads On Facebook

I created a pro-Trump Facebook account, was exposed to fake news, and found out where it came from

Not Another Trump Voter Puff Piece

Not Another Trump Voter Puff Piece

This is a disturbing inside look at the Trump supporter echo chamber