Filed Under: “Facebook”
Newspapers’ lawsuit against Facebook and Google shows courts may be best for reining in tech abuses
By Cory Doctorow
An online ad marketplace stripped of surveillance can thrive, but it will not happen without government intervention
Falsehoods about climate change run rampant on Facebook, study finds
By Jake Johnson
Facebook’s refusal to fact-check lies and misinformation about climate change show it is ‘the Big Tobacco of our generation,’ one group says
Facebook is blocking researchers from studying its misinformation problem
By Ethan Zuckerman
How big of a problem is misinformation on social media? Without key data, the picture is blurry
Facebook leaks detail damage the company does, but also suggest some ways to possibly lessen it
By Jean Twenge
A first step toward making social media better is to have governments impose effective safety measures Facebook rejected
‘Facebook papers’ spur global outrage and calls to break up tech behemoth
By Jon Queally
Internal documents reveal Facebook ignored employee concerns about the site promoting violence, harming children, and spreading lies
Whistleblower confirms: Facebook deliberately chose to promote violent and hateful content
By David Neiwert
Facebook suppressed internal research that showed harmful effects of its products
New FTC lawsuit against Facebook shows Biden administration is getting serious about anti-trust
By Kenny Stancil
Antitrust experts welcome FTC lawsuit seeking to force social media giant to divest WhatsApp and Instagram
Facebook cut off accounts of disinformation researchers examining political advertising
By Jessica Corbett
Social media giant cited fake concerns over privacy to stop academics from building list of why users were shown specific political ads
Federal Trade Commission setback in case against Facebook shows why anti-trust reform laws are needed
By Mitch Stoltz
Facebook is a monopoly, but the current law on the books isn’t modern enough to create a solution to the problem
Facebook allowed conservative activists to run fake Green Party page
By Julia Conley
Social media giant took no action after determining right-wing group was posing as environmental advocates