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1 in 4 Americans Really Have Deleted Facebook’s App, Pew Study Finds

Americans have soured on Facebook in the past year, as more people come to terms with the toxic role that the social media platform plays in their lives. A new Pew Research Center survey shows that a large percentage of the population has taken extended breaks from Facebook in the past year, with 26 percent…

Social Media Matt Novak

Facebook’s New Office Looks Like a Tree House Built by an Incompetent Dad

“We’re a culture of builders,” Janelle Gale, Facebook’s VP of Human Resouces, says in a new video promoting the company’s lavish new office in Menlo Park, California. Gale believes that the recently completed piece of architecture accurately reflects the kind of culture that Facebook has built. We agree. For years, Facebook has worked with starchitect…

Social Media Rhett Jones

Facebook Sorry for Deleting Holocaust Education Post Over Photo of Nude, Starving Jewish Children

Last month, Mark Zuckerberg defended Holocaust deniers, stating in an interview that he doesn’t “think that they’re intentionally getting it wrong,” and in turn, Facebook shouldn’t take down the dangerously false content. On Wednesday, the platform did, however, temporarily remove a post advocating for Holocaust education from the Anne Frank Center. “These numbers are alarming,…

Social Media Melanie Ehrenkranz

Cool, Looks Like Facebook Has a James Damore Now

Last year, a Google engineer named James Damore triggered an entirely unnecessary and ultimately unproductive controversy after his internally published 10-page memo decrying “Google’s Ideological Echo Chamber” became a matter of public record. Damore, who more or less used the pretense of science to imply some of his coworkers may be unqualified diversity plants, was…

Social Media Tom McKay

Instagram Gets Twitter-Style Verification and a Better Way to Secure Your Account

On Tuesday, Instagram will start rolling out some new tools designed to help weed out fake accounts and better inform users. Popular accounts will soon have the option for other users to see more detailed information about them, and everyone’s going to be scrambling to get the coveted check mark of authenticity. Whenever Facebook announces…

Social Media Rhett Jones

Facebook Bans Myanmar Leaders, Admits It Was ‘Too Slow’ to Stop Posts Promoting Genocide

For years, an ethnic cleansing campaign by Myanmar’s Buddhist majority against its Muslim Rohingya has torn the country apart. Facebook has faced scrutiny for its role in the spread of false information that incited violence. On Monday, it announced that it has banned several members of the Myanmar military and organizations that were named by…

Social Media Rhett Jones

Facebook’s War on Bullshit Is Not Going Well—We Talked to the Fact Checkers on the Front Lines

The harassment of Julia and her team started in May. That’s when Facebook expanded its fact-checking effort to Brazil. Fact-checkers at one of the participating organizations where Julia (not her real name) serves as director, were targeted by groups who thought the organization was censoring the right. The harassment became so vitriolic, the small team shut…

Social Media Melanie Ehrenkranz

Facebook Bans App That Inspired Cambridge Analytica and Suspends 400 Others

In the midst of an app audit that will probably never end, Facebook gave us an update on its progress on Wednesday. While the company is still being stingy with information, it said 4 million users should expect a notification that a now-banned app called myPersonality may have misused their data. Additionally, Facebook says 400…

Social Media Rhett Jones

Facebook Removes Hundreds of Pages Used in Iranian Influence Campaign

On Tuesday, Facebook revealed that it has terminated hundreds of pages that were engaged in what it called “inauthentic behavior.” The latest takedown of political influence campaigns was said to involve hundreds of pages with hundreds of thousands of followers which are believed to be tied to Iran and Russia. Social media companies are feeling…

Social Media Rhett Jones

The New York Public Library is Turning Classics Into Instagram Stories

Gizmodo has advocated for libraries as an excellent means of logging off, because a library is a service that lets you “stream” films, music, magazines, books, and all other kinds of media for free. But now one of the world’s greatest libraries is trying to enrich the social media experience. The New York Public Library…

Social Media Jennings Brown

Facebook Is Scrapping Thousands of ‘Targeting Options’ That Could Be Used for Ad Discrimination

Facebook has a controversial history when it comes to abetting discriminatory ad practices on its platform. But following a litany of investigations, a lot of bad press, and most recently, an official complaint from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Facebook is trying to clean up its mess. On Tuesday, the social network…

Social Media Melanie Ehrenkranz

Facebook Pushes Back on Reporting About its User Trust Ranking

As disclosed by the Washington Post this morning, Facebook has been ranking users on their trustworthiness in identifying false information—though in a statement to Gizmodo, the platform distanced itself from implications that trust rank is broadly applicable to all facets of the network. “The idea that we have a centralized ‘reputation’ score for people that…

Social Media Avery Ellis

HUD Makes It Official, Files Complaint Alleging Facebook Ad Tools Allow Housing Discrimination

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development has filed an official discrimination complaint against Facebook, saying the site’s dizzying array of advertising tools makes it simple for advertisers to illegally exclude wide swathes of the population from seeing housing ads, Politico wrote on Friday. In a press release, HUD wrote that Facebook’s “targeted advertising” model…

Social Media Tom McKay

Report: Facebook Is Fighting a Demand to ‘Wiretap’ Messenger in an MS-13 Case

The U.S. government is demanding for Facebook to “wiretap” its Messenger app so agents can hear a suspect’s spoken conversation, as a part of an investigation into the MS-13 gang, according a report from Reuters. Reuters is basing the report on accounts from three people reportedly briefed on the criminal probe. The anonymous sources told…

Social Media Jennings Brown

Facebook Starts Forcing Popular Page Admins to Prove Who They Are

On Friday, in the latest round of Facebook’s whack-a-mole attempts to fix itself, the company launched new requirements for admins of Pages. Today’s changes to the admin privileges for Pages has been in the works since April, when Facebook said it would “[require] people who manage high potential reach Pages to get authorized to publish…

Social Media Rhett Jones

‘People You May Know:’ A Controversial Facebook Feature’s 10-Year History

In May 2008, Facebook announced what initially seemed like a fun, whimsical addition to its platform: People You May Know. “We built this feature with the intention of helping you connect to more of your friends, especially ones you might not have known were on Facebook,” said the post. It went on to become one…

Social Media Kashmir Hill

Facebook Wanted Us to Kill This Investigative Tool

Last year, we launched an investigation into how Facebook’s People You May Know tool makes its creepily accurate recommendations. By November, we had it mostly figured out: Facebook has nearly limitless access to all the phone numbers, email addresses, home addresses, and social media handles most people on Earth have ever used. That, plus its…

Social Media Kashmir Hill

Facebook: Hey Can We Pretty Please Maybe Have Lots of Your Banking Information Too?

Facebook is looking to gobble up users’ financial information, including such tidbits as “card transactions and checking-account balances,” as part of its relentless effort to swallow up yet more of the web, the Wall Street Journal reported on Monday. According to the Journal’s report, sources say the social media giant—which, for the record, has been…

Social Media Tom McKay

Facebook ‘Unpublishes’ InfoWars Pages as Social Media Companies Crack Down on Hate Speech

Facebook has “unpublished” four pages belonging to InfoWars in a move that could financially devastate the conspiracy theory empire. Facebook is avoiding the word “ban,” since InfoWars can appeal the decision, unlike Apple’s recent move to ban InfoWars podcasts, something that’s understood to be permanent. Facebook “unpublished” the Alex Jones Channel Page, the Alex Jones…

Social Media Matt Novak

This Facebook Feature Shouldn’t Exist

As it goes, the futility of a feature is painfully apparent when someone decides to exploit it. For me, this feature is Facebook’s ability to allow event hosts to manually change someone’s RSVP. I noticed the feature itself late last year when a friend of mine figured it out and was predictably being a dick…

Social Media Melanie Ehrenkranz

1 in 4 Americans Really Have Deleted Facebook’s App, Pew Study Finds

Facebook’s New Office Looks Like a Tree House Built by an Incompetent Dad

Facebook Sorry for Deleting Holocaust Education Post Over Photo of Nude, Starving Jewish Children

Cool, Looks Like Facebook Has a James Damore Now

Instagram Gets Twitter-Style Verification and a Better Way to Secure Your Account

Facebook Bans Myanmar Leaders, Admits It Was ‘Too Slow’ to Stop Posts Promoting Genocide

Facebook’s War on Bullshit Is Not Going Well—We Talked to the Fact Checkers on the Front Lines

Facebook Bans App That Inspired Cambridge Analytica and Suspends 400 Others

Facebook Removes Hundreds of Pages Used in Iranian Influence Campaign

The New York Public Library is Turning Classics Into Instagram Stories

Facebook Is Scrapping Thousands of ‘Targeting Options’ That Could Be Used for Ad Discrimination

Facebook Pushes Back on Reporting About its User Trust Ranking

HUD Makes It Official, Files Complaint Alleging Facebook Ad Tools Allow Housing Discrimination

Report: Facebook Is Fighting a Demand to ‘Wiretap’ Messenger in an MS-13 Case

Facebook Starts Forcing Popular Page Admins to Prove Who They Are

‘People You May Know:’ A Controversial Facebook Feature’s 10-Year History

Facebook Wanted Us to Kill This Investigative Tool

Facebook: Hey Can We Pretty Please Maybe Have Lots of Your Banking Information Too?

Facebook ‘Unpublishes’ InfoWars Pages as Social Media Companies Crack Down on Hate Speech

This Facebook Feature Shouldn’t Exist

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

1 in 4 Americans Really Have Deleted Facebook’s App, Pew Study Finds

Facebook’s New Office Looks Like a Tree House Built by an Incompetent Dad

Facebook Sorry for Deleting Holocaust Education Post Over Photo of Nude, Starving Jewish Children

Cool, Looks Like Facebook Has a James Damore Now

Instagram Gets Twitter-Style Verification and a Better Way to Secure Your Account

Facebook Bans Myanmar Leaders, Admits It Was ‘Too Slow’ to Stop Posts Promoting Genocide

Facebook’s War on Bullshit Is Not Going Well—We Talked to the Fact Checkers on the Front Lines

Facebook Bans App That Inspired Cambridge Analytica and Suspends 400 Others

Facebook Removes Hundreds of Pages Used in Iranian Influence Campaign

The New York Public Library is Turning Classics Into Instagram Stories

Facebook Is Scrapping Thousands of ‘Targeting Options’ That Could Be Used for Ad Discrimination

Facebook Pushes Back on Reporting About its User Trust Ranking

HUD Makes It Official, Files Complaint Alleging Facebook Ad Tools Allow Housing Discrimination

Report: Facebook Is Fighting a Demand to ‘Wiretap’ Messenger in an MS-13 Case

Facebook Starts Forcing Popular Page Admins to Prove Who They Are

‘People You May Know:’ A Controversial Facebook Feature’s 10-Year History

Facebook Wanted Us to Kill This Investigative Tool

Facebook: Hey Can We Pretty Please Maybe Have Lots of Your Banking Information Too?

Facebook ‘Unpublishes’ InfoWars Pages as Social Media Companies Crack Down on Hate Speech

This Facebook Feature Shouldn’t Exist

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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