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“#After ban, new ‘Stop the Steal’ Groups spread conspiracy theories on Facebook” Supporters of President Donald Trump gather to protest the election results at the Maricopa County Elections Department office. Image: Courtney Pedroza/Getty Images Facebook banned a “Stop the Steal” Group with more than 360,000 members on Thursday for spreading misinformation. On Friday morning, two…
“#IGTV and Facebook Live are blind spots in Facebook’s election misinformation fight” Misinformation is rife on some parts of Instagram. Image: LIONEL BONAVENTURE/AFP via Getty Images Thanks to labeling and fact checking, President Trump is having more trouble than usual spewing his lies on Facebook and Twitter. But his followers are happy to take up…
“#Facebook considers becoming mildly less convenient in hopes of saving democracy” So much friction. Image: vicky leta / mashable Facebook is awash with election misinformation. And so, two days after the U.S. presidential election, it has decided to add “friction” to its spread. So reports the New York Times, which notes that Facebook is considering…
“#Facebook bans hashtag searches for #StopTheSteal and #SharpieGate conspiracy theories” Searches for right wing conspiracies #StopTheSteal and #SharpieGate are now being blocked on Facebook. Image: Spencer Platt/Getty Images is a right-wing conspiracy theory claiming that the Democratic Party is trying to steal the election from Donald Trump by, well, counting valid votes. is another conspiracy…
“#Facebook group pushing false claim of stolen US election rapidly gains 325,000 members” A public Facebook group pushing false claims about voter fraud and Democrats trying to “steal” the US election rapidly swelled to more than 325,000 members on Thursday, a day after it was created. The “Stop the Steal” group, which says it was…
“#Trump campaign prematurely claims victory in Pennsylvania, forcing Twitter and Facebook to take action” The Trump campaign continues to spread misinformation about the 2020 presidential election results on social media. Image: MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images With the latest results from Tuesday’s election handing some big wins to Joe Biden, the Trump campaign decided to…
“#Don’t trust Facebook posts about state wins because of this dumb loophole” Misinformation festers on Facebook. Image: Bob Al-Greene / Mashable Don’t trust what you see on Facebook should always be the rule rather than the exception. That’s no different on Election Day, even after Facebook promised it would add context to posts declaring winners…
“#Facebook and Twitter tried to stop voter intimidation… and they failed miserably” Neither disinformation nor voter intimidation is anything new. But tools developed by leading tech companies including Twitter, Facebook, and Google now allow these tactics to scale up dramatically. As a scholar of cybersecurity and election security, I have argued that these firms must…
“#You might be able to test out Dark Mode in the Facebook app right now” Image: Rasit Aydogan / Anadolu Agency Dark mode devotees, listen up! Facebook caught up with the times earlier in 2020 when it announced that it would begin bringing a dark mode version of the app to iPhone. And so the…
“#Facebook content mods reportedly favor Trump, Jr., other conservatives” Donald Trump, Jr. is used to getting special treatment. On Facebook, there’s no exception. Image: Paul Hennessy/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images Facebook is trying super hard to refute claims of “anti-conservative bias,” reportedly to the extent that it’s undermining the company’s own efforts to promote truth…