Facebook Audit Fails to Address Conservative Censorship Concerns
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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.”
Mark Cuban Warns: Facebook Globalism ‘Can Lead to People Dying’
Major business leaders aren’t all eager for Facebook’s new cryptocurrency, Libra. In an interview with The Verge’s Nilay Patel, billionaire and Shark Tank investor Mark Cuban had some objections to Facebook’s “tentacles” stretching across the globe.
Viral Border Patrol Officer 'ICE Bae' Iced by Instagram
America’s favorite Border Patrol officer, Kiara Cervantes -- hailed as the ICE Bae' -- has called for a boycott against Instagram after the Big Tech giant deplatformed her. Apparently, Instagram allows multiple accounts that pretend to be her while banning the actual Kiara Cervantes herself.
Fake News! Democrats Are Buying Online Local News to Win in 2020
Democrats are trying to buy their way to a presidential victory in 2020 on Facebook and Google. Priorities USA, a Democratic SuperPAC, announced that it was launching an advertising campaign that would repackage local news into Democratic propaganda, in an attempt to assist the DNC with its 2020 presidential campaign.
FTC Commissioner Wants to Take Zuckerberg to Court
No one is happy with the fine the FTC levied on Facebook. Not even the FTC. Federal Trade Commissioner Rebecca Kelly Slaughter wrote in a July 24 letter that she objected to the $5 billion fine handed to Facebook for privacy violations. “I am skeptical that its terms will have a meaningful disciplining effect on how Facebook treats data and privacy,” she wrote, arguing instead that the FTC…
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Facebook’s Prehistoric Comedy Series Mocks Right to Bear Arms
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Facebook Watch’s animated show Human Discoveries, starring the voices of Zac Efron and Anna Kendrick, is essentially a social commentary about today set in the Stone Ages discussing gender inequality, gender roles, and, the topic of the most recent episode, gun control. In Tuesday's fourth episode, "And Then They Defined the Relationship," the camp is divided on whether everyone having "hand…
