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Facebook wants to have it both ways. Now, I credit Facebook for, minutes ago, citing the principle of “Free Speech” in their response to a question about #FakeNews, but they also have now acknowledged the fact that they shadow ban individual posts based on
With wunderkind and likely 2020 presidential contender, Mark Zuckerberg falling all over himself to vow that Facebook is gravely concerned and ready to crack down on alleged “Russian interference” in U.S. elections, it seems like a good time to back up and review some
While the results were still coming in on the EU Referendum, Julian Assange made a bold accusation that Facebook and Google were actively trying to influence the results. While it wouldn’t surprise me, I figured he was probably exaggerating and figured I would see
Today, Facebook admitted (well, partially admitted) that, “it’s impossible to fully exclude the possibility that, over the years of the feature’s existence, a specific reviewer took isolated actions with an improper motive.” Uh, okay? A few weeks ago, iroots.org reported that Facebook employees had
I should say, “Why so-called conservatives and libertarians got it all wrong.” More on that later. First, leaked documents by The Guardian now appear to confirm at least one of the allegations made about Facebook’s manipulation of trending news topics. Click here to see
You may have noticed recent news that Facebook routinely suppressed items of interest to conservatives in their “trending” topics section. Surprise, surprise…It turns out “Rand Paul” was one of the topics they suppressed. *Scroll down to the bottom of this post for some breaking news.
Post by Rand Paul. The US government should be the champion for the internet, not a threat. They need to be much more transparent about what they’re doing, or otherwise people will believe the worst. I’ve called President Obama to express my frustration
(Transcript via FOX) GRETA VAN SUSTEREN: Well, this will or should make you sick to your stomach. There is news tonight the U.S. military is spending $34 million on new headquarters in Afghanistan. What’s the problem with that? Well, we’re not going to use it.
UPDATE! Senator Rand Paul sailed past 1 million Facebook ‘likes’ at 9:51 p.m. ET last night (June 9, 2013). The folks over at RonPaulForums.com had a competition–complete with prizes–to name the moment when he hit the 1 million mark. Senator Paul’s likely 2016 presidential competition, Marco Rubio,
Jeremy Hobson wraps up his final report for NPR’s ‘Marketplace’ with an insightful conversation with some teens about technology and social media in their lives. To get some insight, we went to the source — high schoolers. We found out what apps they use