#How Facebook and Twitter rigged the game in 2020

#How Facebook and Twitter rigged the game in 2020

“#How Facebook and Twitter rigged the game in 2020” In her new book, “Rigged: How the Media, Big Tech, and the Democrats Seized Our Elections,” Mollie Hemingway reveals how social-media companies like Twitter and Facebook responded to the 2016 election of Donald Trump to go from free-speech advocates to censors — including blocking The Post’s…

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#How Facebook can — and should — be tamed by the government

#How Facebook can — and should — be tamed by the government

“#How Facebook can — and should — be tamed by the government” “Facebook and Big Tech are facing a Big Tobacco moment, a moment of reckoning.”  This was the prediction made last Tuesday by Richard Blumenthal, the 75-year-old senator from Connecticut, at the beginning of a Senate subcommittee hearing examining allegations against Facebook brought by…

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#Whistleblower blowback won’t hurt Facebook: Goodwin

#Whistleblower blowback won’t hurt Facebook: Goodwin

“#Whistleblower blowback won’t hurt Facebook: Goodwin” The news that the Facebook whistleblower would tell her story to Congress electrified Washington and the tech giant’s critics. Senators from both parties were salivating and whistleblower Frances Haugen didn’t disappoint, with an incisive condemnation of how her former employer knowingly enticed children and young teens in an insatiable…

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# Likes out: Facebook blackout sparks ideas for Web 3.0

# Likes out: Facebook blackout sparks ideas for Web 3.0

“# Likes out: Facebook blackout sparks ideas for Web 3.0 ” Facebook’s conglomerate of social applications, including Instagram, WhatsApp, Messenger, and its virtual reality headset Oculus, all suffered a major power outage on Monday, switching the platforms offline for a total of six hours to the effect of billions of users and businesses across the…

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#Senators skewer Facebook exec over Instagram’s impact on kids

#Senators skewer Facebook exec over Instagram’s impact on kids

“#Senators skewer Facebook exec over Instagram’s impact on kids” Senators slammed Facebook in a contentious hearing with its safety chief on Thursday, blasting the company over leaked research showing that Instagram can make body issues worse for many teen girls. “While Facebook publicly denies that Facebook is harmful for teens, privately Facebook experts and researchers…

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#How our culture and government gave too much power to Facebook

#How our culture and government gave too much power to Facebook

“#How our culture and government gave too much power to Facebook” Capitalism offers an optimal paradigm to organize a virtuous society’s economic affairs. But virtue is a precondition for capitalism, not a product of it, and no modern phenomenon better highlights that distinction than the rise of addictive social-media platforms. This past week, The Wall…

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#Facebook Learned Instagram Was Horribly Toxic For Teen Girls YEARS AGO — And Buried The Report!

#Facebook Learned Instagram Was Horribly Toxic For Teen Girls YEARS AGO — And Buried The Report!

“#Facebook Learned Instagram Was Horribly Toxic For Teen Girls YEARS AGO — And Buried The Report! ” What fresh hell is it this time?? Look, we already knew Facebook had become the internet’s go-to repository for some of the most vile racism, insidious conspiracy theories, and unwanted attention from ex-boyfriends. And over the past few years,…

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#Facebook reads and shares WhatsApp private messages: report

#Facebook reads and shares WhatsApp private messages: report

“#Facebook reads and shares WhatsApp private messages: report” Facebook’s encrypted messaging service WhatsApp isn’t as private as it claims, according to a new report. The popular chat app, which touts its privacy features, says parent Facebook can’t read messages sent between users. But an extensive report by ProPublica on Tuesday claims that Facebook is paying…

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