The United States, the European Union, and dozens of other countries on Thursday launched a global Declaration for the Future of the Internet vowing online protection of...
“Despite half of U.S. and U.K. adults getting their news from social media, social media companies have not taken the steps necessary to fight industry-backed deception,”...
CEO Mark Zuckerberg had repeatedly promised to stop recommending political groups to users to squelch the spread of misinformation Leaked internal Facebook documents show that a...
“Changing their name doesn’t change reality: Facebook is destroying our democracy and is the world’s leading peddler of disinformation and hate.” Tech ethicists and branding professionals on...
“This industry is rotten at its core,” said one critic, “and the clearest proof of that is what it’s doing to our children.” Internal documents dubbed...
Frances Haugen said the company’s leaders know how to make their platforms safer, “but won’t make the necessary changes because they have put their astronomical profits...
Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg is said to be working on a rebranding plan. According to The New York Times, the plan which has come to be known...
Chair of the Federal Trade Commission Lina Khan posted on her Twitter the official press release of its position against Facebook. Pulling no punches the language...
As reported from Reuters, in the 80 page new complaint, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) accuses Facebook of illegally monopolizing power. The refiled case includes...
Apple gets serious about exploitative surveillance business models, and it’s about time Six months ago when we first published “Cracks in The Wall: Apple, Google, Amazon...
In a filing at the U.S. District Court in Washington D.C., on December 9th, 2020, the Federal Trade Commission, together with 46 states, plus the District...
Evidence of Ongoing Disinformation Campaign Four years ago, Russia played an illegal hand in deciding the 2016 U.S. Presidential Election, using social media to spread misinformation,...
Another batch of Fraudulent, pro Trump Social Media Manipulators are Identified and Removed, for now In blog posts from Twitter and Facebook the removal of a...
Facebook Attempts to Rebrand itself with New, Colorful All-Caps Logo for all Owned and Acquired Apps In the fifteen years that Facebook has graced our computer...
According to “a source knowledgeable about the probe” and quoted by Reuters and The Washington Post in stories today, more than 30 attorneys general will announce...
SuperBloom 2019 hits Southern California Deserts with an explosion of flowers.... and instagram tourists.