WASHINGTON — On a typical morning, I, an atypically voracious consumer of news, will read several newspapers, devour much of Apple News, spend unhealthy amounts of time scanning Twitter, and monitor trending political stories on sites such as Memeorandum and Political Wire. By 9 or 10 in the morning, I …
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In the wake of the 2016 election, Facebook has been actively waging war against its reputation as a bastion of “fake news.” As a result, it’s been cracking down on content that propagates conspiracy theories (such as anti-vaxxer pages and groups) and booting people who violate its anti-hate speech guidelines. …
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The New York Times on Wednesday published a bombshell report about Facebook‘s war against its critics. It was pretty damning. According to the Times, Facebook knew in 2016 that Russia was using its platform to influence the election, did not take down inflammatory posts from Trump about banning Muslim immigrants …
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At this point, there is overwhelming evidence that Russia meddled heavily in the 2016 election. The primary tool Russian operatives used to do so was social media – particularly Facebook – which boasts close to 215 million American users. On Thursday, the House Intelligence Committee released nearly 3,500 Facebook ads …
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