Sources: many of Meta's employees are furious about its moderation changes allowing “allegations of mental illness” when based on “gender or sexual orientation”
See Substack as another illustration [embedded post] Olivier Simard-Casanova / @o.simardcasanova.net : While I don't dispute that there's a contingent of fascists in the Silicon Valley, Meta is so big...
As Meta proudly unveils AI tools, Facebook users find feeds clogged with AI junk, even when Facebook is needed as a civic resource to coordinate disaster relief
by which they mean there are no instances of deep fakes of candidates themselves or voting-related activities. It has been a weird coverage cycle. Mark Little / @marklittlenews : A big concern at the...
Sensor Tower: in February 2024, X had 27M US DAUs of its mobile app, down 18% YoY, and the US user base has been flat or down every month since November 2022
X usage has declined as downloads of Threads have surged in recent weeks. — The number of people using X daily is falling … Threads: @lorakolodny , @georgescriban , @clarajeffery , @chancerydaily , ...
Adam Mosseri says Threads had some issues with “low quality recommendations” over the last few weeks and should get “much better over the next few weeks”
Adam Mosseri says that Threads has had some issues with what he calls “low quality recommendations” over the last few weeks. Threads: @mosseri , @tomwarrenuk , @scottbeale , @corndog_apologetics , @ad...
Twitter Trust and Safety VP Ella Irwin says she took the screenshots of internal systems that Bari Weiss shared and that “reporters were not accessing user DMs”
do Weiss and Taibbi have access to users' DMs? It would be good to get clear explanation about this screen and yes/no answer to this straightforward question. https://twitter.com/... Bari Weiss / @bar...
“Welcome to hell, Elon”: Musk won't be able to grow Twitter users and revenue without enormous compromises and realizing that content moderation is the product
Now It's Elon Musk's Turn Benj Edwards / Ars Technica : How to download a backup copy of your Twitter data (or deactivate your account) Peter Kafka / Vox : The Big Tech boom is over and Wall Street kn...
Facebook's most-viewed story in Q1, from Chicago Tribune linking a doctor's death to COVID vaccines, shows why publishers should consider how content is shared
On Friday, The New York Times had a scoop. Facebook — that known vector for the spread of kid photos, neighborhood goings-on … Tweets: @jbenton , @wexler , @parkermolloy , @niemanlab , @parkermolloy ...
Review of public posts of dozens of Facebook users sharing extreme right-wing views shows how Facebook rewards their lies and helped incubate the insurrection
I saw this play out in the Philippines too when I was reporting my story about President Duterte “influencers” on Facebook. https://www.nytimes.com/... https://twitter.com/... Stuart Andrew Thompson /...
At all-hands, Zuckerberg said that Biden won the election, Bannon violated policies but not enough to shutter his account, Facebook isn't adverse to legislation
Mark Zuckerberg https://www.buzzfeednews.com/ ... Luke O'Brien / @lukeobrien : Mark Zuckerberg could not make a better case for regulation. https://www.reuters.com/... Rat King / @mikeisaac : Zuckerbe...
Sources: teens are being paid by conservative youth org Turning Point Action to promote pro-Trump posts on Twitter and Facebook; Twitter suspended ~20 accounts
One tweet claimed coronavirus numbers were intentionally inflated, adding, “It's hard to know what to believe.” Another warned, “Don't trust Dr. Fauci.” Tweets: @isaacstanbecker , @kevinroose , @hsha...