The feel-good Facebook group that a Maine chef started in March 2020 so the online community could share pantry-food dishes and recipes during the pandemic is still cooking on all burners.
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Big tech grapples with Russian state media, propaganda
After the European Union’s president called for a ban on Russian state media, a wave of tech companies blocked the channels from their platforms.
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Facebook loses users globally for the first time in its history
The company faces challenges on multiple fronts, as competion booms, regulators scrutinize its business practices and it begins a lofty transition to focus on the ‘metaverse.’
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The humble Farmer: Internet keeps my door open to the weird wide world
Two years into the pandemic, I can’t be the only one who has no idea what my friends’ voices sound like. But they have plenty to say online.
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The humble Farmer: You’ll always find diversion in the checkout line
People watching, speculating on others’ purchases and answering the eternal question ‘Is bourbon whiskey?’ will pass the time in any store.
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Instagram’s chief faces senators’ anger over possible harm to youth
Senators of both parties were united in condemning Instagram during a hearing that grew more confrontational and emotionally charged as it went on.
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Facebook’s policies around hate speech came at the expense of Black users, new documents show
Far from protecting Black and other minority users, Facebook executives wound up instituting half-measures after the ‘worst of the worst’ project that left minorities more likely to encounter derogatory and racist language on the site.
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Commentary: A chronological feed wouldn’t fix Facebook
The platform has grown up on the assumption that we don’t want to hear from most of the ‘friends’ in our networks.
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The humble Farmer: Country store conversations lose none of their wit online
There’s nothing like it for talking about who wrote ‘Tell Aunt Rhody,’ comparing Venice to Monhegan or confessing to blanket hogging.
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Plenty of pitfalls await Zuckerberg’s ‘metaverse’ plan
Mark Zuckerberg promises that the virtual-reality “metaverse” he’s planning to build will “let you do almost anything.”