A look at Meta's “spirit of the policy” exception that lets the company break its moderation rules in conflict zones and crises; critics want more transparency
An Oversight Board case from Sri Lanka shows the power of Facebook's “spirit of the policy” exception Tweets: @hkanji , @restofworld , @decka227 , and @mvzelenks Tweets: Hussein Kanji / @hkanji : A li...
A look at Watchdog, a Sri Lanka-based research collective that built a fact-checking app and uses open source data to investigate the country's ongoing crises
From protests to power cuts, Watchdog uses open source research to investigate Sri Lanka's ongoing political and economic crisis. Tweets: @sarahbellelin , @aishnazim , @nilchristopher , @vickiturk , @...
In a rare public protest at Facebook, hundreds of staff staged a virtual walkout, pushing back on Zuckerberg's choice to let Trump's inflammatory posts stand
For years … Yann LeCun / Facebook : Whenever there is a major political issue with two sides … Tweets: Donie O'Sullivan / @donie : A Facebook employee resigns. “Mark always told us that he would draw ...
An excerpt from the book “The Hacker and the State”, which includes details about North Korea's hacking campaigns against banks across the world
Ben Buchanan / Wired : Tweets: @wired , @nicolas_veron , @harvard_press , and @buchananben Tweets: @wired : North Korean hackers have broken into financial institutions all over the world. But they d...
An excerpt from the book “The Hacker and the State”, which includes details about North Korea's hacking campaigns against banks across the world
They scored $80 million by tricking a network into routing funds to Sri Lanka and the Philippines and then using a “money mule” to pick up the cash. Tweets: @harvard_press , @nicolas_veron , and @buch...
Blocking social networks after terrorist attacks can do more harm than good, especially in places like Sri Lanka where official sources are often unreliable
We should be suspicious when governments crack down on speech in the name of safety — Imagine for a moment that you run …
An in-depth look at how misinformation and incendiary images on Facebook are spreading in Nigeria, where police say they contributed to a dozen recent killings
BBC : Tweets: @toluogunlesi and @kevinroose Tweets: Tolu Ogunlesi / @toluogunlesi : “Nigerian police say false information & incendiary images on Facebook have contributed to more than a dozen recent...
An in-depth look at how misinformation and incendiary images on Facebook are spreading in Nigeria, where police say they contributed to a dozen recent killings
Nigerian police say false information on Facebook is killing people — Nigerian police say false information and incendiary images … Tweets: @toluogunlesi and @kevinroose Tweets: Tolu Ogunlesi / @tol...
How hate speech and misinformation spread on Facebook in developing countries like Sri Lanka, where reputable sources are scarce, leading to real-world violence
MEDAMAHANUWARA, Sri Lanka — Past the end of a remote mountain road, down a rutted dirt track, in a concrete house …
The Sri Lankan government and civil society groups say that Facebook has failed for years to monitor and remove accounts inciting ethnic violence in Sri Lanka
DIGANA, Sri Lanka — When the Sri Lankan government temporarily blocked access to Facebook last month amid a wave of violence against Muslims … Tweets: @profgalloway , @miqdaad , @rmac18 , @francis_wad...