Avaaz study: a small group of mostly right-wing Facebook accounts are responsible for the spread of a disproportionate amount of false posts about voter fraud
Researchers have found that a small group of social media accounts are responsible for the spread of a disproportionate amount of the false posts about voter fraud. Tweets: @digiphile , @stevemullis ,...
Facebook and Twitter's warning labels during the election were a win for their public relations, but as a tech product, they were too little, too late
This election proved Big Tech still hasn't figured out how to make truth spread faster than lies — It was the equivalent of Big Tech slapping the … Tweets: @geoffreyfowler , @attorneynora , @jason_k...
Amazon says that of its 1.37M frontline workers, 19K+ contracted COVID-19 between March 1 and Sept. 19, with an infection rate lower than general US population
nearly 20,000 cases so far! https://www.cnbc.com/... Ben Popken / @bpopken : Amazon finally discloses how many of its workers tested positive for COVID-19 - over 19,000 - and says “We have been conser...
At an all-hands, Zuckerberg said Kenosha Guard's Page remained online after the shooting due to “an operational mistake” as some staff questioned his leadership
🌊 Technically soup Jack Morse / Mashable : Mark Zuckerberg blames Facebook contractors for Kenosha militia fiasco John Gruber / Daring Fireball : Facebook's Kenosha Guard Militia Event Was Reported 45...
Profile of Color of Change, a civil rights group pushing Big Tech on issues of race has gone from 1.7M members in May to 8M today
It felt hot in Brandi Collins-Dexter's attic, but nerves may have had something to do with it. — It was late June, and she was sitting in front of her computer … Tweets: @birnbaum_e , @issielapowsky...
Interview with Rashad Robinson, one of the organizers of the Facebook ad boycott, on working with Facebook, accountability, and mobilizing public support
New York Magazine : Tweets: @krissiegel and @hypervisible Tweets: Kris Siegel / @krissiegel : @karaswisher Unfortunately with Zuck at the helm they never will. They need to replace him, IMO, but can'...
An independent audit commissioned by Facebook harshly criticizes the company, arguing that some of its decisions were “significant setbacks for civil rights”
but Facebook will ignore because Facebook is Facebook and will always be Facebook for as long as Facebook is allowed to decide what Facebook shouldn't and shouldn't do on Facebook. https://www.nytimes...
After discussing the lack of action on Trump's posts with Mark Zuckerberg, civil rights leaders say they are “stunned by Mark's incomprehensible explanations”
and what are you standing for? https://www.cnbc.com/... Steve Kovach / @stevekovach : On CNBC, Color for Change's Rashad Robinson, who spoke with Mark Zuckerberg yesterday, said Zuckerberg's decision ...
Analysis: thousands of people are organizing via private group chats, message boards, Twitter, Instagram, more to execute coordinated “Zoombombing” campaigns
Here's How to Avoid Becoming a Victim of ‘Zoombombing’ Matthew Finnegan / Computerworld : Zoom pauses new feature development to focus on privacy, security Nick Statt / The Verge : US federal law enfo...
Facebook admits it often confuses advocacy and commentary on racism and white complicity in anti-blackness with attacks on a protected group
It was spirit week, and Carolyn Wysinger, a high school teacher in Richmond, California, was cheerfully scrolling through Facebook on a break between classes. Facebook: Reyma McCoy McDeid . Tweets: @a...