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Facebook Says Covid-19 Shutdowns Hurt Its Ability to Fight Suicide, Self-Injury, Child Exploitation Content

Facebook said Tuesday it can’t moderate its own site or its subsidiary Instagram as effectively as possible for certain categories of rule violations during the novel coronavirus pandemic, while almost nobody got the chance to appeal its moderators’ decisions in the second quarter of 2020. Per the latest version of its Community Standards Enforcement Report,…

Social Media Tom McKay

Why Some of You Might Be Seeing a New ‘Quotes’ Section Underneath Tweets

Apparently, some more metrics on our tweets is exactly what is missing from our lives during a global pandemic. Or at least that’s what Twitter thinks. As reported by the Verge, Twitter is testing a new feature that would show users the amounts of “Retweets with comments” on each tweet. Strangely though, this metric, which…

Social Media Jody Serrano

To Avoid Backlash, Facebook Reportedly Relaxed Fact-Checking Standards on Conservative Pages

In an attempt to correct the perception of a small but very vocal minority that claims Facebook’s silencing conservative voices on its platforms, the company’s reportedly swung too far in the opposite direction and essentially gave a free pass to conservative pages to spew their bullshit online. According to leaked documents reviewed by NBC, Facebook…

Social Media Alyse Stanley

What Is QAnon And Why Did Facebook Ban One Of Its Largest Groups?

Facebook has banned one of the largest groups devoted to the far-right, rabidly pro-Trump QAnon conspiracy theory, Business Insider reported on Friday. A Facebook spokesperson told Business Insider that the group, titled “Official Q/QAnon,” was removed for “repeatedly posting content that violated our policies” on Thursday. Those rule violations included bullying and harassment, hate speech,…

Social Media Tom McKay

Facebook Does Bare Minimum to Temporarily Slow Down Pro-Trump Misinformation PAC

In its latest spin around the misinformation merry-go-round, Facebook has temporarily restricted a pro-Trump super PAC that’s spent nearly $10 million in the 2020 election cycle from placing ads for repeatedly sharing lies, the company told Gizmodo in a statement. The group in question is the Committee to Defend the President, which happens to sound…

Social Media Tom McKay

Facebook Finally Deletes a Trump Post Over Coronavirus Misinformation

Facebook has finally done the least it could do, for the first time ever deleting a post by Donald Trump for spreading misinformation about the novel coronavirus. Twitter in turn restricted Trump’s re-election campaign account from tweeting at all until it deleted an identical post. Trump’s official Facebook account uploaded a series of clips from…

Social Media Tom McKay

Pranksters Stream Porn During Zoom Hearing for Alleged 17-Year-Old Twitter Hacker

Pranksters disrupted judicial hearings on Wednesday for the 17-year-old Florida kid who allegedly hijacked the accounts of prominent Twitter users last month, according to multiple people on the teleconference call. There were several intrusions during the first attempt at the hearing, and it was finally stopped after pornography was streamed via Pornhub. The judge overseeing…

Social Media Matt Novak

Congrats to Instagram on Its New Bloatware

Like a dyed-in-the-wool narcissist, Facebook absolutely can’t stand the idea anyone would care about another company—hence its propensity to buy up or rip off anything that so much as threatens to peel away a fraction of its users’ attention. Anyway, here’s Reels, something no one asked for. TikTok. You’ve heard of it, probably because there’s…

Social Media Avery Ellis

President Trump’s Department of Violent Goons Investigates Tweets of Portland Journalists

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security sent local police departments in Oregon at least three intelligence reports about the journalism and tweets of reporters in Portland over the past week, according to the Washington Post. The intelligence reports included tweets from journalists at the New York Times and Lawfare as well as other information, including…

Social Media Matt Novak

Facebook Says China Is Its Biggest Enemy, but It’s Also a Highly Valued Customer

Anyone who’s covered the wacky world of tech policy for any time at all probably has some ideas about how today’s major antitrust hearing will go down. Some think Jeff Bezos’s overall net worth will become part of the debate. Tim Cook will be grilled over Apple’s firm chokehold over the mobile app ecosystem. And…

Social Media Shoshana Wodinsky

Facebook Researchers Say Higher-Ups Ignored Their Findings on Instagram’s Racist Algorithm: Report

During a study in mid-2019, a team of Facebook employees found that proposed rules for Instagram’s automated account removal system disproportionately flagged and banned Black users. When the team approached CEO Mark Zuckerberg and his upper echelon of cronies with this alarming information, they were purportedly ignored and told to halt any further research regarding…

Social Media Alyse Stanley

Dozens of Hacked Twitter Accounts Had Their DMs Exposed, Twitter Confirms

Twitter never fails to disappoint. Despite its best(?) efforts, the platform remains the same bot-riddled, neo-Nazi-friendly cesspool that’s full of the same harassment and hate we’ve come to expect. With that said, it might not be too surprising that the high-profile Twitter hacking incident from earlier this month—you know, the one that hit Kanye West…

Social Media Shoshana Wodinsky

Facebook’s New Private Messaging Feature Promises Privacy From Everyone (Except Facebook)

Considering Facebook’s, um, questionable track record on all things privacy, you’d think the company would learn to stop leaning into the phrase when rolling out new products that promise to be safe and secure when the company actually means they’re safe and secure from everyone except, y’know, Facebook. None of this stopped the company from…

Social Media Shoshana Wodinsky

Study Finds That Facebook Is Full Of Transphobes, Just As We Suspected

Those who identify as part of the LGBTQIA+ community are often the targets of online harassment, and those threats can have fatal consequences. The transgender community in particular faces targeted attacked that are oftentimes “inhumane” or “abusive,” according to a new study from watchdog nonprofit Media Matters for America, and, in some cases, life-threatening. And while social…

Social Media Shoshana Wodinsky

Zuck: Would These Hips Lie… About a Secret Deal With Trump?

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is mostly in the news today for an unflattering photograph of him taken while surfing, slathered in Marilyn Manson-esque levels of sunscreen paired with an unsettlingly perky ass. In what may well have been an attempt to change Google results for his name to anything else, Zuckerberg somehow managed to switch…

Social Media Tom McKay

Twitter Confirms 130 Accounts Were Hit in the Latest Hack

In the days since we saw some of Twitter’s highest-profile accounts taken over for what appears to be a massive cryptocurrency scam, we’ve come up with more questions than we’ve gotten answers. How, exactly, was that one Twitter employee actually involved? What sort of technical protections has the company come up with to keep this…

Social Media Shoshana Wodinsky

Twitter Defends Giving David Duke a Platform: He’s ‘Not Currently a Member of the KKK’

Why is David Duke, a white supremacist and former Klansmen, allowed to spout hateful anti-semitic, anti-trans, and anti-Black things on Twitter? According to the company, one reason Duke is not banned is that he’s not currently a leader of the Ku Klux Klan. Seriously. Duke announced his endorsement of Donald Trump for re-election on Twitter…

Social Media Matt Novak

Facebook Kicks Off Friday by Fucking Up Numerous iOS Apps

A major Facebook fuckup crashed numerous iOS apps that rely on its framework for various purposes throughout Friday morning. Per The Next Web, the affected applications include everything from Spotify and Pinterest to Venmo, Tinder, Apple’s App Store, and even competing social media services like Twitter. It appears to have been resolved, though the screwup…

Social Media Tom McKay

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Former KKK Leader David Duke Endorses Trump on Twitter, Wants Tucker Carlson For VP

David Duke, the former Grand Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan, endorsed President Donald Trump yesterday on Twitter and even tweeted a suggestion about a new running mate for the U.S. president: Tucker Carlson. Why is David Duke still allowed to be on Twitter while other white supremacists are getting booted in droves? That’s a…

Social Media Matt Novak

Independent Civil Rights Audit Finds Facebook Is Making Everything Worse

As noted in Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg’s post, today is the day the public is supposed to find out the results of its independent civil rights audit, a two-year review of Facebook’s “policies and practices led by noted civil liberties and civil rights expert Laura W. Murphy and Megan Cacace, partner in the civil rights…

Social Media Joanna Nelius

Facebook Says Covid-19 Shutdowns Hurt Its Ability to Fight Suicide, Self-Injury, Child Exploitation Content

Why Some of You Might Be Seeing a New ‘Quotes’ Section Underneath Tweets

To Avoid Backlash, Facebook Reportedly Relaxed Fact-Checking Standards on Conservative Pages

What Is QAnon And Why Did Facebook Ban One Of Its Largest Groups?

Facebook Does Bare Minimum to Temporarily Slow Down Pro-Trump Misinformation PAC

Facebook Finally Deletes a Trump Post Over Coronavirus Misinformation

Pranksters Stream Porn During Zoom Hearing for Alleged 17-Year-Old Twitter Hacker

Congrats to Instagram on Its New Bloatware

President Trump’s Department of Violent Goons Investigates Tweets of Portland Journalists

Facebook Says China Is Its Biggest Enemy, but It’s Also a Highly Valued Customer

Facebook Researchers Say Higher-Ups Ignored Their Findings on Instagram’s Racist Algorithm: Report

Dozens of Hacked Twitter Accounts Had Their DMs Exposed, Twitter Confirms

Facebook’s New Private Messaging Feature Promises Privacy From Everyone (Except Facebook)

Study Finds That Facebook Is Full Of Transphobes, Just As We Suspected

Zuck: Would These Hips Lie… About a Secret Deal With Trump?

Twitter Confirms 130 Accounts Were Hit in the Latest Hack

Twitter Defends Giving David Duke a Platform: He’s ‘Not Currently a Member of the KKK’

Facebook Kicks Off Friday by Fucking Up Numerous iOS Apps

Former KKK Leader David Duke Endorses Trump on Twitter, Wants Tucker Carlson For VP

Independent Civil Rights Audit Finds Facebook Is Making Everything Worse

Feds Sniffing Around Polymarket After Suspicious Bets

DJI Osmo 360 Review: The Best 360 Camera for the DJI-Pilled

Don’t Get Too Attached to Any AI App

‘Paradise’ Writer Teases What’s Coming in Season 3 After That Huge Twist

Trump’s New White House App Is Mildly Concerning and Weird for a Lot of Reasons

Bloodsucking Ticks Can Survive Inside Your Home Longer Than You Might Think

The Best New Toys of March 2026

Judge Denies Liking LinkedIn Post Critical of Elon Musk But Reassigns His Cases Anyway

Aqara Smart Lock U400 Review: Hands-free Unlocking at Its Best

MSI Prestige 14 Flip AI+ Review: A Solid 2-in-1 Laptop With Some Glaring Flaws

Sonos Play Review: Call It a Comeback

Sonos Era 100 SL Review: The Cheapest Way Into Wired Sonos Sound

Asus ROG’s Massive Swift OLED Gaming Monitor Epitomizes Excess in the Best Way

The Ikea Varmblixt Smart Lamp Fills a Donut Hole in My Life

Nothing Headphone A vs. Headphone 1: Which Pair of ANC Wireless Headphones Wins?

Asus ROG’s Cetra Open Wireless Gaming Earbuds Might Be Better Than Wearing a Headset

Facebook Says Covid-19 Shutdowns Hurt Its Ability to Fight Suicide, Self-Injury, Child Exploitation Content

Why Some of You Might Be Seeing a New ‘Quotes’ Section Underneath Tweets

To Avoid Backlash, Facebook Reportedly Relaxed Fact-Checking Standards on Conservative Pages

What Is QAnon And Why Did Facebook Ban One Of Its Largest Groups?

Facebook Does Bare Minimum to Temporarily Slow Down Pro-Trump Misinformation PAC

Facebook Finally Deletes a Trump Post Over Coronavirus Misinformation

Pranksters Stream Porn During Zoom Hearing for Alleged 17-Year-Old Twitter Hacker

Congrats to Instagram on Its New Bloatware

President Trump’s Department of Violent Goons Investigates Tweets of Portland Journalists

Facebook Says China Is Its Biggest Enemy, but It’s Also a Highly Valued Customer

Facebook Researchers Say Higher-Ups Ignored Their Findings on Instagram’s Racist Algorithm: Report

Dozens of Hacked Twitter Accounts Had Their DMs Exposed, Twitter Confirms

Facebook’s New Private Messaging Feature Promises Privacy From Everyone (Except Facebook)

Study Finds That Facebook Is Full Of Transphobes, Just As We Suspected

Zuck: Would These Hips Lie… About a Secret Deal With Trump?

Twitter Confirms 130 Accounts Were Hit in the Latest Hack

Twitter Defends Giving David Duke a Platform: He’s ‘Not Currently a Member of the KKK’

Facebook Kicks Off Friday by Fucking Up Numerous iOS Apps

Former KKK Leader David Duke Endorses Trump on Twitter, Wants Tucker Carlson For VP

Independent Civil Rights Audit Finds Facebook Is Making Everything Worse

Feds Sniffing Around Polymarket After Suspicious Bets

DJI Osmo 360 Review: The Best 360 Camera for the DJI-Pilled

Don’t Get Too Attached to Any AI App

‘Paradise’ Writer Teases What’s Coming in Season 3 After That Huge Twist

Trump’s New White House App Is Mildly Concerning and Weird for a Lot of Reasons

Bloodsucking Ticks Can Survive Inside Your Home Longer Than You Might Think

The Best New Toys of March 2026

Judge Denies Liking LinkedIn Post Critical of Elon Musk But Reassigns His Cases Anyway

Aqara Smart Lock U400 Review: Hands-free Unlocking at Its Best

MSI Prestige 14 Flip AI+ Review: A Solid 2-in-1 Laptop With Some Glaring Flaws

Sonos Play Review: Call It a Comeback

Sonos Era 100 SL Review: The Cheapest Way Into Wired Sonos Sound

Asus ROG’s Massive Swift OLED Gaming Monitor Epitomizes Excess in the Best Way

The Ikea Varmblixt Smart Lamp Fills a Donut Hole in My Life

Nothing Headphone A vs. Headphone 1: Which Pair of ANC Wireless Headphones Wins?

Asus ROG’s Cetra Open Wireless Gaming Earbuds Might Be Better Than Wearing a Headset

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