The expectation that the power to communicate broadly will unite us is not realistic – and never has been.
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Here’s what Facebook says triggered the massive outage on its apps
The technical issue took Facebook’s core social network, its photo app Instagram and its WhatsApp and Messenger services offline for hours.
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Whistleblower tells Congress that Facebook knows its platforms harm children, fuel division
Frances Haugen testifies that company executives refuse to make changes because they elevate profits over safety, and she says CEO Mark Zuckerberg is ultimately responsible.
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Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram suffer worldwide outage
Facebook blames ‘a faulty configuration change’ and says there is ‘no evidence that user data was compromised’ because of the outage.
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Senators accuse Facebook of concealing findings that Instagram can harm teens
Revelations in a report by The Wall Street Journal have set off a wave of anger from lawmakers, critics of Big Tech, child-development experts and parents.
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Commentary: Big Tech crackdown could have unintended victims
U.S. efforts to rein in Facebook and Twitter are a gift to authoritarian governments around the world.
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Facebook suspends Trump for 2 years, then will reassess
The move is in response to recommendations from the company’s quasi-independent oversight board and the finding that the former president stoked violence in the runup to the Jan. 6 Capitol riot.
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Facebook to end longtime exception for politicians who break its rules
The change is among the company’s responses to the Facebook Oversight Board’s recommendations.
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AGs urge Facebook to drop ‘Instagram for kids’ proposal
Attorneys general from across the U.S. have written to Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg urging him to drop company plans for a version of Instagram for children under 13.
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Online speech shield under fire as Trump Facebook ban stays
Section 230 of the law was enacted when many of the most powerful social media companies didn’t even exist.