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Critics say Facebook does not apply its rules against misinformation as robustly to posts in Spanish, allowing harmful claims to spread.

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  • Technology

'Ya Basta Facebook' Says Company Must Curb Misinformation In Spanish

Advocacy groups are demanding the social network disclose how it reviews Spanish-language content and appoint a high-level executive to oversee policy and enforcement in Spanish.

March 16, 2021
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By:
  • Shannon Bond
An illustration of a message seen on Facebook mobile last month, when Facebook banned publishers and users in Australia from posting and sharing news content in a dispute over a new law requiring tech platforms to pay for it.

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  • Media

Facebook Reaches Deal With News Corp. Australia To Pay For News Content

The three-year deal came weeks after Facebook briefly blocked Australian news outlets' content on its platform to protest a change in the country's media law requiring the company to pay for it.

March 16, 2021
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By:
  • Scott Neuman
Facebook has promised repeatedly in recent years to address the spread of conspiracy theories and misinformation on its site.

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  • Politics

Far-Right Misinformation Is Thriving On Facebook. A New Study Shows Just How Much

Research from New York University found that far-right accounts known for spreading misinformation drive engagement at higher rates than other news sources.

March 06, 2021
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By:
  • Michel Martin and
  • Will Jarvis
Facebook rescinded its ban on the sharing of news stories in Australia after the government amended proposed laws that will require social media companies to pay news publishers for sharing or using content on their platforms.

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  • Technology

Facebook To Restore News Content After Brokering Deal With Australian Regulators

Facebook objected to a proposed law that would force the social media giant and Google to pay publishers for news content.

February 23, 2021
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By:
  • Jaclyn Diaz and
  • Shannon Bond
Facebook on Wednesday announced it would restrict Australians from accessing news articles on its platform.

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  • Technology

Facebook Blocks News In Australia Over Government Plan To Force Payment To Publishers

The announcement came just as Google reached a deal with Australian publishers and as the president of Microsoft urged U.S. regulators to copy Australia's proposal.

February 18, 2021
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By:
  • Bobby Allyn and
  • Claire Miller
Clubhouse launched in March of 2020, just in time for lockdown orders. Now, other tech companies are rushing to make Clubhouse clones.

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  • Technology

Clubhouse May Be Social Media's Future. What's All The Hype About?

The invite-only app lets you eavesdrop on chats between celebrities, journalists and tech savants. Oprah, Elon Musk and White House Chief of Staff Ron Klain have all joined.

February 12, 2021
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By:
  • Bobby Allyn and
  • Claire Miller
A healthcare worker administers a dose of the coronavirus vaccine to an elderly at a health center in the Cypriot coastal city of Limassol on February 8, 2021.

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  • Technology

Facebook Widens Ban On COVID-19 Vaccine Misinformation In Push To Boost Confidence

The social network says it will focus on groups, pages and accounts repeatedly sharing false claims about vaccines.

February 08, 2021
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By:
  • Shannon Bond
People make three-finger salutes during an anti-coup march on Saturday in Yangon, Myanmar.

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  • Asia

Myanmar Blocks Facebook, Twitter As Anti-Coup Protests Grow

Days after a coup and the detention of Aung San Suu Kyi and other elected leaders, the country's military is moving to strangle free speech by shutting down access to social media sites.

February 06, 2021
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By:
  • Avie Schneider
With social media platforms cracking down on the baseless QAnon conspiracy theory, adherents are scrambling to find other ways to communicate.

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  • Technology

Unwelcome On Facebook And Twitter, QAnon Followers Flock To Fringe Sites

As Twitter and Facebook crack down on those spreading baseless QAnon conspiracies, adherents are finding other apps to communicate on, including platforms where they may be further radicalized.

January 31, 2021
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By:
  • Shannon Bond
Facebook created the panel of experts to review the hardest calls the social network makes about what it does and does not allow users to post.

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  • Technology

Facebook 'Supreme Court' Orders Social Network To Restore 4 Posts In 1st Rulings

The panel of experts tasked with reviewing Facebook's most difficult content decisions has issued its first rulings, dealing with hate speech, nudity and COVID-19 misinformation.

January 28, 2021
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By:
  • Shannon Bond
The social network MeWe is among a number of apps seeing an influx of users after Facebook and Twitter kicked off former President Donald Trump.

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  • Technology

Fast-Growing Alternative To Facebook And Twitter Finds Post-Trump Surge 'Messy'

Social network MeWe began as a privacy-focused alternative to Facebook. Trump supporters and right-wing groups disillusioned with mainstream social media have flocked to it since the Jan. 6 riot.

January 25, 2021
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By:
  • Shannon Bond
Facebook's oversight board is considering what to do about Donald Trump's accounts.

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  • Technology

Facebook Oversight Board Co-Chair On Determining The Future Of Trump's Accounts

Facebook oversight board co-chair Jamal Greene tells NPR about what the board is considering as it weighs whether to allow Donald Trump back onto Facebook and Instagram.

January 24, 2021
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By:
  • Jason Slotkin
Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Jan. 8. A Twitter account believed to be linked to Khamenei was permanently banned Friday after posting a threatening image involving former President Donald Trump. Twitter told The Associated Press the account was a fake.

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  • World

Twitter Bans Account Linked To Iran's Supreme Leader

An image that seems to threaten former President Donald Trump has prompted Twitter to deactivate an account linked to Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. The image also appears on Khameini's website.

January 23, 2021
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By:
  • Dustin Jones
Facebook's new Oversight Board will review its controversial decision to suspend former President Donald Trump in the wake of the Jan. 6 assault on the U.S. Capitol.

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  • Technology

Facebook Asks Oversight Board Whether Trump's Account Should Be Restored Now

The social network referred its decision to revoke the former president's posting privileges to its Oversight Board, an independent panel of experts.

January 21, 2021
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By:
  • Shannon Bond
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is shown testifying at a Senate hearing on Capitol Hill last October. Facebook and Twitter announced new actions to curb the spread of misinformation.

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  • Technology

Facebook Removes 'Stop The Steal' Content; Twitter Suspends QAnon Accounts

Twitter has suspended more than 70,000 accounts spreading the QAnon conspiracy theory since Friday. Facebook is removing content with the phrase "stop the steal."

January 12, 2021
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  • Brakkton Booker
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