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November 24, 2020
Facebook used its power to modify user news feeds to suppress what it called “election misinformation.” This new policy used a “secret internal ranking” after the Nov. 3 election to alter users’ feeds on the platform.
The company…
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November 30, 2020
Twitter is all too eager to crack down on what it has deemed to be misinformation from President Donald Trump. Yet it appears all too willing to ignore obvious disinformation from a Chinese government account.
Australian Prime Minister Scott…
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December 1, 2020
While Twitter eagerly slaps warnings and labels on tweets from President Donald Trump like there’s no tomorrow, the platform is still unwilling to take action against Chinese misinformation.
Twitter placed an interstitial, or filter, over an image…
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December 2, 2020
Facebook’s new censorship process has taken off, and the platform’s Oversight Board has released the first six cases it plans to review.
The Facebook Oversight Board (The Board) does have a period for public comment for the posts under review…
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December 4, 2020
Facebook has, once again, decided to step up its censorship game.
The social media platform has reportedly decided that it will remove what it deems to be “false claims” about the COVID-19 vaccine that could be available around the world fairly…
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December 7, 2020
A fact-checking website may not even be able to properly check the facts in its own articles when the facts don’t line up with its narrative.
FactCheck.org, which partners with Facebook to fact-check articles and social media posts, has…
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December 7, 2020
Although the presidential election was more than a month ago now, Facebook is continuing to crack down on what it has decided is misinformation about the election.
A Facebook fact-checker marked an article that Congressman Jim Jordan (R-OH) posted…
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December 8, 2020
Pornhub has long attempted to hide its exploitative content, but this content’s time online may be quickly coming to a close.
Several prominent Republican senators have called for an investigation into PornHub following a recent New York…
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December 8, 2020
Conservatives have long bemoaned the lack of viewpoint diversity in the discussion surrounding COVID-19, but for one Wall Street Journal columnist, the issue is personal.
Former New York Times reporter and author Alex Berenson claimed…
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December 9, 2020
With the results of the 2020 election still being contested in several states, the need to uphold election integrity is incredibly important. With few other options, voting jurisdictions found help from organizations, including to one that…
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