Facebook And Steve Bannon Hacked The Media. And They Won’t Stop.
For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis, the election, and more, subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter.Let’s talk about Steve Bannon—I’d like to say “one last time” but who are we kidding? Regardless of the election outcome, we know that America’s political and media ecosystem has been inexorably changed by a racist novel-loving, dual…
Now We Know Facebook Made Changes to Show You Less News From Mother Jones
NurPhoto via ZUMA Press For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis, the election, and more, subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter.The Wall Street Journal today published a big story about the inner workings of Facebook’s approach to political news coverage on its site. It includes this bit: In late 2017, when Facebook tweaked its…
Why Is Facebook Giving Pro-Vaccine Groups Such a Hard Time?
For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis, the election, and more, subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter.Yesterday, Facebook announced that it would no longer run anti-vaccine ads, part of a new policy to stop the spread of health misinformation amidst the pandemic and the country’s divisive political landscape. The public health community hailed this as…
Biden Disinformation Is Ripping Across Facebook the Same Day It Brushed Him Off
Tom Williams/Congressional Quarterly via ZUMA Press For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis, the election, and more, subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter.In advance of the first presidential debate, disinformation about Joe Biden is going massively viral on social media, just one day after the former vice president sent Facebook a letter laying out…
Facebook Is Restricting Its Workers’ Political Speech and They’re Pissed
Jennings Graeme/Abaca via ZUMA Press For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis, the election, and more, subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter.Facebook employees are furious after the company announced a new rule on Thursday prohibiting them from using their profile pictures to display political messages. The new rule bars certain kinds of profile pictures…
GOP Congressman to Black Protesters: “I’d Drop Any 10 of You Where You Stand”
Tom Williams/AP For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis, the election, and more, subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter.On Tuesday, Rep. Clay Higgins (R-La.) posted a picture of armed Black demonstrators on Facebook and captioned it with a threat: “I’d drop any 10 of you where you stand.” Facebook quickly removed the post for…