Conservative Leaders Reject Facebook’s ‘Insulting’ Response to Bias
August 22nd, 2019 2:33 PM
On Thursday, Media Research Center President Brent Bozell and more than 20 conservative leaders released a statement rejecting Facebook’s “insulting” response to specific examples of bias. They declared, “No conservative leader or organization should accept this as a legitimate response to the undeniable issues we have raised.” The Media Research Center (MRC) also leads a group called the Free…
Facebook Knows Where You’ve Been, Won’t Let You Erase the Evidence
August 22nd, 2019 12:08 PM
Facebook has been stalking users’ internet history. Don’t believe it? Just ask ... Facebook. The company published an August 20 article via its Newsroom titled “Now You Can See and Control the Data That Apps and Websites Share With Facebook.” The piece assures Facebook users that “businesses often share data about people’s interactions on their websites with ad platforms and other services.”…
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Jorge Ramos Serves Up Green New Deal Propaganda on Facebook Watch
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August 21st, 2019 1:02 PM
If a recent episode of Real America is any indication, then the purpose of the partnership between Facebook and Univision appears to be little more than to allow host Jorge Ramos to indulge the fringiest left-wing policies under the guise of journalism
Axios: Social Media Firms Might Police Speech to Protect ‘Truth’
August 21st, 2019 11:10 AM
After years of being hammered by liberal talking heads for being too lenient about policing content, social media companies are considering radical changes to the social media landscape. Big Tech giants might begin to decide “what is true and what is false,” according to Axios.
Facebook Plans on Using Journalists to Control Its News, Again
August 20th, 2019 4:05 PM
Ready for a handful of liberal news sources and a maybe a conservative or two? How about a computer program that chooses what stories you should read? Facebook’s upcoming “News Tab” already sounds suspect. Especially, in light of previous attempts by the company to control its news feed. Facebook “will pay dozens of publishers to license content for News Tab, and news from many more will be…
MRC’s Bozell: Facebook’s Response to Bias Claims Is ‘Insulting'
August 20th, 2019 3:45 PM
Media Research Center (MRC) President Brent Bozell issued a statement on Tuesday regarding former Senator Jon Kyl’s interim report on Facebook’s anti-conservative bias.
Facebook Audit Fails to Address Conservative Censorship Concerns
August 20th, 2019 12:52 PM
Facebook released its official report about accusations of bias from conservatives — only it bears no resemblance to the similar audit it did for the left. The company didn’t actually admit conservative concerns about censorship were valid in the new report.
Big Tech or Big Brother: Facebook Monitors Employee Trauma Therapy
August 19th, 2019 4:04 PM
Facebook is allegedly trying to monitor its workers’ psychiatric trauma sessions. According to a letter written by whistleblowers within Accenture, a Facebook contractor, “This pressuring of a licensed counselor to divulge confidential information is at best a careless breach of trust into the Wellness program and, at worst, an ethics and possible legal violation.”
Dem Senator: Zuckerberg May Have Misled Hill on Voice Recordings
August 16th, 2019 1:36 PM
Senator Gary Peters (D-MI) questioned whether Facebook was entirely honest in its previous Hill testimony about recording its users’ supposedly private conversations. Peters wrote in an Aug. 15 letter “regarding recent reports that, counter to your prior testimony to Congress, Facebook Inc. (Facebook), has collected, transcribed, analyzed, and used data from private audio conversations of…
Facebook Recorded User Audio; Paid Contractors to Transcribe It
August 14th, 2019 9:22 AM
Facebook has been recording audio clips of its users and paying contractors to copy what they say. According to Bloomberg, the employees, “who are not told where the audio was recorded or how it was obtained” are merely told to transcribe it. The anonymous workers explained how they are “hearing Facebook users’ conversations, sometimes with vulgar content, but do not know why Facebook needs them…
Zucked Over: Facebook Could Pay Billions in Court Decision
August 13th, 2019 1:32 PM
A lawsuit against Facebook has ended in a loss for the massive social media platform. Reuters reported that a federal court ruled against Facebook, declaring that it illegally collected and stored biometric data of users without their consent. Shawn Williams, the lawyer representing the plaintiffs, said “This biometric data is so sensitive that if it is compromised, there is simply no recourse.
Instagram Mysteriously Purges Popular Meme Pages
August 2nd, 2019 2:04 PM
Instagram has gone to war with meme pages. The reason why is unclear. “Instagram seems to have purged most of the top meme accounts on the platform,” according to Insider. Reports indicate that pages with hundreds of thousands to millions of followers were suddenly purged on July 25 and 26. YouTuber and free speech advocate Tim Pool theorized in his video “The Great Meme PURGE Is Upon Us,…
Saudi Arabia Ran Massive Propaganda Campaign on Facebook
August 2nd, 2019 1:52 PM
Facebook announced that it had removed 259 accounts, allegedly part of a Saudi Arabian propaganda network. The accounts, the pages set up by the accounts, and the events hosted by the pages promoted propaganda about the Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman, his “Vision 2030,” and the success of the Saudi Arabian Armed Forces in Yemen.
D-Minus! More Users Give Facebook an Awful Grade
July 31st, 2019 3:02 PM
According to a Michigan-based survey to the American Customer Satisfaction Index, user satisfaction with Facebook is dropping rapidly. As the study reported, “ACSI results show a dramatic loss in user satisfaction with Facebook, and the site plummets 6% to the industry’s bottom with an ACSI score of 63.”