Meta hasn't labeled propaganda accounts of state-backed media from Russia and other authoritarian governments on Threads, unlike on Facebook and Instagram
Instagram's Twitter killer Chayanika Deka / CryptoPotato : Facebook's Answer to Twitter: A Complete Guide on Threads Allisa James / TechRadar : Threads is outpacing Twitter after finally getting a Fol...
Mark Zuckerberg says Threads now has over 30M signups, up from 10M within seven hours of launch, 5M in four hours, and 2M in two hours
what you need to know Tyler Lee / Phandroid : Twitter should be worried as Threads racks up 30 million sign ups in less than 24 hours Livemint : Elon Musk hits out at Zuckerberg as Threads seems ‘Thre...
Audio: citing security, Meta execs privately told rights groups that a decision “at the highest levels” prevented a more detailed report on hate speech in India
Executives at the Facebook parent privately shared with rights groups their disappointment about the sparse report, according to audio recordings Tweets: @press4change and @newley Tweets: Jeff Balling...
Internal Meta documents detail Instagram's struggle to compete with TikTok; users spend 17.6M hours per day watching Reels, far below TikTok's 197.8M hours
Reels faces formidable competition from the leading short-video platform; creators follow the views Tweets: @sal19 , @mrinaldesai , @stevekovach , @jeffhorwitz , @newley , @newley , @newley , @reaganb...
Profile of Katie Harbath, a former Facebook public policy director, who says social media will incubate future political violence unless governments intervene
Katie Harbath says she left Facebook disillusioned; now she pushes for more online guardrails — Katie Harbath joined Facebook … Tweets: @rebekahktromble , @newley , @melissaryan , @blackamazon , @so...
Sources: following Haugen's leaks, Meta sought to divide lawmakers along partisan lines to forestall regulation, as Zuckerberg told employees not to apologize
Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg drove response to disclosures about company's influence; sending deputies to testify in Congress Tweets: @mrjohnflowers , @samidh , @startupljackson , @eliotwb , @kantr...
Internal docs show how antivax activists flooded vaccine content on Facebook with negative comments, despite Zuckerberg's push to promote COVID-19 vaccines
Internal company documents suggest that the company plays down awareness of its flaws. Kara Swisher / New York Times : The Endless Facebook Apology Katie Canales / Insider : Apple reportedly threatene...
Behind the online battle between notable tech figures including a16z partners and Balaji Srinivasan, and the journalists who report, and tweet, on the industry
Late last fall, the New York Times was preparing a bombshell article about Coinbase, a financial exchange that had become … Tweets: @gaberivera , @damiencave , @jayhinman , @joab_jackson , @yudhanjaya...
Internal postings show Ankhi Das, a top Facebook exec in India, supported “strongman” Modi's party before he was elected in 2014 and disparaged its main rival
and never spoke up about blatant election misconduct on the platform. This is FB India, but it matters here, too. https://www.wsj.com/... Sheera Frenkel / @sheeraf : Reminder: What happens with Facebo...
Sources: Facebook didn't apply hate speech rules to at least four flagged individuals and groups in India, showing a pattern of favoritism to Modi's party
Company executive in vital market opposed move to ban controversial politician; some employees allege favoritism to ruling party Tweets: @jeffhorwitz , @seemay , @rmac18 , @tmclaughlin3 , @jeffhorwitz...