Facebook Says it Takes Down Hate Speech. A New Lawsuit Says They’re Lying.
Facebook co-founder, Chairman and CEO Mark Zuckerberg testifies before a combined Senate Judiciary and Commerce committee hearing on April 10, 2018 in Washington, DC. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.The civil rights group…
Report: Facebook Still Struggles to Contain Misinformation
Bill Clark-Pool/Getty Images Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.In 2016, Facebook was caught flatfooted. Throughout that year’s election, Americans using the platform confronted a range of misinformation as Russian state-sponsored trolls, Eastern European teenagers, and others…
Can an Oversight Board Created by Facebook Actually Fix the Company’s Failings?
Former President Donald Trump leaves Trump Tower in Manhattan on March 9, 2021 in New York City. James Devaney/GC Images Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.When Donald Trump reemerged at last month’s Conservative Political Action Conference to…
“Infodemiologists” Dive Into the Battle Against Vaccine Misinformation on Facebook
Anti-lockdown conspiracy theorists rally in London.Justin Ng/Avalon/ZUMA Press Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.This story was originally published by the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. …
Sheryl Sandberg and Top Facebook Execs Silenced an Enemy of Turkey to Prevent a Hit to the Company’s Business
People look on as smoke rises on the Syrian side of the border in Hassa, near Hatay, southern Turkey, on January 28, 2018, as Turkish jet fighters hit People’s Protection Units (YPG) positions.Ozan Kose/AFP/Getty Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap…
Online Nurses’ Groups Are Rife with Vaccine Disinformation
Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.Nicole Bennett, a critical care nurse practitioner in Massachusetts, had always found humor and camaraderie in her Facebook group for nurses. She joined the group, called Nurses, in 2019, right after…