In a recent article, leftist tech outlet Wired describes how the Facebook’s Instagram algorithm repeatedly showed one young mother videos and images of ill, dying, or dead children. The constant drumbeat of negative content on social media platforms is particularly harmful to young women and teen girls, with China’s TikTok only expanding the negativity.
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg told staff in a recent Q&A session that he plans on “turning up the heat” on performance goals to get rid of employees who “shouldn’t be there.” Zuckerberg has a gloomy outlook on the economy and Facebook’s performance, stating, “If I had to bet, I’d say that this might be one of the worst downturns that we’ve seen in recent history.”
Tech giant Facebook is facing backlash for new charges imposed on apps created for its virtual reality headsets as developers take issue with the commercial terms set by the company.
After ignoring (or even celebrating) six years of political censorship and election interference, leftists have found a Facebook content moderation policy they disagree with — a longstanding ban on using the platform to distribute illicit prescription drugs.
Facebook is reportedly blocking links to the official page explaining how to receive payouts in a successful class action lawsuit brought against the company.
The Facebook Oversight Board, colloquially known as the “Facebook Supreme Court,” received more than a million appeals from Facebook and Instagram users hoping to overturn censorship by the company, according to the Board’s first annual report.
Following the overturning of Roe v. Wade, and threats of domestic terrorism against pregnancy centers, Facebook has labeled radical abortion group Jane’s Revenge as “terrorists.”
Facebook-owned Instagram has flagged the account of Donald Trump Jr., accusing the conservative leader of “repeatedly posting false information,” although Mark Zuckerberg’s platform has not specified what the allegedly false information consists of.
According to a recent report, volunteers who spent a week working in a virtual-reality environment similar to the metaverse proposed by Mark Zuckerberg’s Facebook reported more anxiety, lower productivity, and suffering from migraines.
Far-left Facebook “whistleblower” Frances Haugen is reportedly launching a non-profit focused on holding Mark Zuckerberg’s company “accountable” for its actions. Haugen hopes to train an army of lawyers to attack Facebook (now known as Meta) and other Big Tech giants that don’t conform to her vision of the Internet.
Protonmail founder Andy Yen recently commented on big tech firms like Apple and Google, stating that their business models are “not good for users [and] not good for society.” The focus of Yen’s ire is surveillance capitalism, the business model of Silicon Valley giants like Facebook that turn the private lives of their users into information sold to the highest bidder.
Eric Greitens, the former governor of Missouri who is running to replace Roy Blunt to represent the state in the U.S. Senate, has been censored by Twitter and Facebook for using a metaphor about “hunting RINOS” — Republicans In Name Only.
A well-written phishing message sent via Facebook Messenger has reportedly scammed 10 million Facebook users and counting.
According to a recently leaked memo, Facebook employees have been given a new directive to make the app’s feed more like the massively popular Chinese-owned TikTok.
Facebook (now known as Meta) recently was hit with a wave of lawsuits relating to the company’s platforms and their negative impact on teen mental health; now the company’s Instagram platform is influencing teens to “Take a Break” and stop consuming harmful content.
Eight lawsuits have been filed in various states alleging that Facebook’s platforms are detrimental to the health of young people. One attorney says, “The defendants knew that their products and related services were dangerous to young and impressionable children and teens, yet they completely disregarded their own information. They implemented sophisticated algorithms designed to encourage frequent access to the platforms and prolonged exposure to harmful content.”
The corporate media may lose some of the special treatment it was given by Big Tech in the years following Donald Trump’s 2016 election victory, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal.
A recent report claims that lawyers for Facebook are investigating outgoing Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg’s use of corporate resources over several years. The company is investigating Sandberg’s alleged use of company resources in activities like writing her books and planning a wedding.
Facebook reportedly plans to stop developing the consumer versions of its Portal video-calling smart home device and pivot to focus on business-oriented solutions such as conference-calling. The decision marks another stumble by Mark Zuckerberg’s social media empire, which has put a hiring freeze in place for many divisions.
Two antitrust bills that have attracted support from conservatives in Washington DC on the grounds of “bipartisan” efforts to curb the power of Big Tech are now being defended by progressives on the grounds that they will make the censorship of tech platforms easier.
The family of a preteen girl is claiming that Facebook’s Instagram app resulted in her suffering from an eating disorder, self-harm, and suicidal thoughts according to a recently filed lawsuit.
Blake Masters, the Arizona Senate candidate who recently won the endorsement of Donald Trump, appeared on Breitbart News Saturday on SiriusXM this weekend where he outlined his plan to take on Big Tech’s election interference if elected to the U.S. Senate.
Taylor Lorenz, the establishment media journalist known for doxing teenagers and anonymous meme accounts and literally crying because of the ensuing backlash, is under fire for repeated errors in reporting which she refuses to acknowledge. The Washington Post, which published Lorenz’s shoddy reporting, is also under attack by Oculus VR founder Palmer Luckey for publishing and then deleting false claims about him.
Far-Left Facebook “whistleblower” Frances Haugen claims that Mark Zuckerberg “has been surrounded by people since he was 19 years old, who told him he was doing a great job,” and that the company, now known as Meta, cannot “recover” until he steps down as CEO.
Just one day after Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg announced her plans to leave the company, the Silicon Valley giant’s VP of AI revealed he will be departing later this month.
The President of Poland, Andrzej Duda, has met with representatives of both Facebook and Google-owned YouTube, including the CEO of the latter, in order to discuss alleged Russian “disinformation” on the two platforms.
According to recent reports, Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg, Mark Zuckerberg’s longtime second in command and a notorious leftist, is stepping down from her position at the social media giant.
The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority has launched a new probe into Google’s advertising business. According to the competition watchdog, it is investigating “whether Google limited the interoperability of its ad exchange with third-party publisher ad servers and/or contractually tied these services together, making it more difficult for rival ad servers to compete.”
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s digital Metaverse is set to lose “significant” amounts of money for the next three to five years according to statements at a recent shareholder meeting. The announcement comes as Facebook faces significant headwinds, including a recently announced hiring freeze across multiple divisions.
A group of investor activists from the National Center for Public Policy Research’s Free Enterprise Project (FEP) will present shareholder proposals at Meta, Twitter, and Lowe’s critiquing discriminatory diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) policies that give preferential treatment on the basis of sex and race.
Social media giant Snapchat suffered a huge 43 percent drop in its stock price on Tuesday after the company’s CEO warned of a continually deteriorating online digital advertising environment.
The Washington D.C. attorney general is suing Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg over the social media giant’s misleading privacy policies and failure to protect user data.
A Facebook executive reportedly told employees recently that they are prohibited from discussing abortion on Workplace, Facebook’s internal work chat platform.
Facebook (now known as Meta) is reportedly pulling back on investments in a number of products and freezing hiring across a variety of divisions.
A recent report reveals that a lobbying group funded by Facebook has been planting stories in newspapers across the United States in an effort to manipulate the media and fight big tech regulation.
The Indian branch of corporate news site Business Insider has acknowledged that shadowbanning, in which social media platforms hide or suppress content without informing the user, is real, in an in-depth report that interviewed a number of influencers.
The creator of the Apple iPod has warned that the newly developing online metaverse runs the risk of damaging human social interactions and creating additional toxicity online. Tony Fadell says “we don’t need more technology between us.”
Facebook (now known as Meta) recently warned its Reality Labs VR development division to prepare for cutbacks, which could be a huge blow to the company’s Metaverse ambitions.
The 5th Circuit Court of Appeals has rejected a Big Tech umbrella group’s efforts to block House Bill 20, a law passed by the Republican-controlled State of Texas that prohibits political censorship by large social media platforms, in a major win for online freedom campaigners.
The largest tech firms in the world have reportedly lost over $1 trillion in value over just three trading days. Microsoft, Amazon, Tesla, and Google all lost more than $100 billion in a few days, while Facebook lost $70 billion.