Donald Trump and Facebook have both decayed since his ban, and despite his unpredictability and tech's recent wild swings, his reinstatement may not matter much
Trump is key to social media company's success Travis Gettys / Raw Story : Trump official: Former president would look ‘pathetic’ if he returns to Facebook — and destroy his ‘useless’ Truth Social pla...
Mark Zuckerberg's appearance on Joe Rogan's show did little to help his metaverse pitch and suggests he may not be the best spokesperson for these efforts
Forget about the devastating reviews from the video game press, the cringe-worthy digital “selfie,” and the notable lack of legs … Tweets: @chafkin , @chafkin , @padresj , @krisholt , @film_girl , @ka...
Source: in February, Meta started an official internal process to shut down CrowdTangle, but paused the plan as the EU's Digital Services Act gained traction
and fund it for a year or two — to ensure that this vital tool is here for the next series of elections. https://twitter.com/... Davey Alba / @daveyalba : NEW from me: CrowdTangle has been in limbo fo...
Internal memo: Meta plans to make Facebook more like TikTok, including bringing Messenger back into the app and recommending posts from “unconnected” sources
a big departure from how it currently works. That and more changes here: https://www.theverge.com/... Sameer Singh / @sameer_singh17 : Leaving even more room for new startups to re-build the social gr...
Twitter says it stopped enforcing its civic integrity policy in March 2021 regarding lies about the 2020 US election as Biden had been president for over a year
massively so. Twitter is wrong. Katie Harbath / @katieharbath : This is a perfect example of why I wrote the oped about all the global elections coming up. We had no idea Twitter had stopped doing thi...
Docs: EU politicians said Facebook algorithm changes in 2019 negatively impacted politics, particularly in Poland, where many blamed Facebook for polarization
Loveday Morris / Washington Post : Tweets: @jesselehrich , @lyssaslounge , @lsnienie , @brooklynmarie , @brooklynmarie , @sanhotree , @wajahatali , @joenbc , @washingtonpost , and @jasonkuznicki Twee...
WSJ's Facebook Files don't show that Facebook's execs are evil or incompetent, but highlight their hubris in believing they can get things back under control
Read in app Shannon Bond / NPR : Senators Blast Facebook For Concealing Instagram's Risks To Kids Tweets: Laura Edelson / @lauraedelson2 : So now it is abundantly clear. @JeffHorwitz and the @WSJ were...
Facebook says WSJ's series contained deliberate mischaracterizations and conferred egregiously false motives to Facebook's leadership and employees
and burying the findings Charlie Osborne / ZDNet : Facebook rebukes WSJ over investigation on the platform's ability to harm, ‘toxic’ impact Parmy Olson / Bloomberg : Facebook's Beloved Growth Team Ha...
Biden backtracks on his Facebook criticism, says he meant top users spreading vaccine misinfo were “killing people”, and urges Facebook to reduce misinformation
Biden walks back attack over vaccine lies Cat Zakrzewski / Washington Post : The Technology 202: Facebook isn't sharing how many Americans viewed vaccine misinformation New York Times : 'Facebook isn'...
Book review of An Ugly Truth: an effective examination of every major Facebook scandal and shortcomings in Facebook's leadership, structure, and accountability
k, how did we miss this?’ An upcoming book reveals new details about the meeting where Mark Zuckerberg learned Russia had infiltrated Facebook Tweets: J.D. Vance / @jdvance1 : I can't get over how man...