#Joe Biden aide Bill Russo rips Facebook over misinformation

#Joe Biden aide Bill Russo rips Facebook over misinformation

“#Joe Biden aide Bill Russo rips Facebook over misinformation” A Joe Biden campaign staffer tore into Facebook this week for letting misinformation and calls to violence flourish on the platform despite attempts to slow their spread. Bill Russo, a deputy communications director for the president-elect’s campaign, ripped the social network in a series of Twitter…

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#Facebook argues its own tool showing conservative dominance isn’t ‘fully representative’

#Facebook argues its own tool showing conservative dominance isn’t ‘fully representative’

“#Facebook argues its own tool showing conservative dominance isn’t ‘fully representative’” Words. Image: Michael Reynolds / getty Listen to Facebook, just not a Facebook-owned analytics tool designed to provide insight into Facebook.  That appears to be the argument made late Tuesday by Facebook’s Alex Schultz in a frankly confounding blog post titled “What Do People…

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#Facebook Maybe Not Singlehandedly Undermining Democracy With Political Content, Says Facebook

#Facebook Maybe Not Singlehandedly Undermining Democracy With Political Content, Says Facebook

“#Facebook Maybe Not Singlehandedly Undermining Democracy With Political Content, Says Facebook ” Photo: Dan Kitwood / Staff (Getty Images) In a dispatch from Facebook’s newsroom released Tuesday night, corporate executives sought to downplay the role partisan discourse plays in shaping the platform, stressing that political content makes up only about 6% of users’ newsfeeds and…

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#Facebook Groups that spread misinfo will now face probation and forced moderation

#Facebook Groups that spread misinfo will now face probation and forced moderation

“#Facebook Groups that spread misinfo will now face probation and forced moderation” Facebook Group admins and mods are about to take on a lot more responsibility. Image: Mateusz Slodkowski/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images While the election may have now been called for Joe Biden, our misinformation nightmare is far from over. As unsubstantiated pro-Trump conspiracies…

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#Facebook limits election posts amid misinformation surge

#Facebook limits election posts amid misinformation surge

“#Facebook limits election posts amid misinformation surge” Facebook is reportedly imposing new restrictions on election-related content amid a surge in misinformation on the platform as officials continued to count votes. The social network took steps Thursday to demote misleading election posts and slow the spread of content after seeing “more reports of inaccurate claims” after…

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