Culture
Meta blocks chatbots from discussing abortion with childrenSocial media firm Meta has barred its artificial intelligence chatbot from discussing abortion with minors, according to internal company documents made public in a recent report. The… Read More
Courts
Meta faces first of many lawsuits over allegedly intentional addictive design, harm to kidsSocial media companies bear responsibility for willful negligence in growing addictive platforms that directly harm children, a lawsuit argues, in a case facing jury selection Tuesday in Los Angeles. “It is the first case where a jury will hear the evidence that the social… Read More
Courts
Obama judge opens door for Big Tech to get even bigger(Daily Caller News Foundation) – An Obama-appointed federal judge held Tuesday that Meta is not an illegal monopoly. District Court Judge James Boasberg concluded that Meta’s purchases of Instagram and… Read More
Culture
Whistleblowers claim Meta suppressed child safety research(Daily Caller News Foundation) – Facebook and Instagram parent company Meta allegedly suppressed internal research that revealed disturbing dangers to children using its virtual reality (VR) headsets and platforms, according… Read More
Culture
Americans accuse Big Tech of widespread censorship(The Daily Signal) – Big Tech’s censorship of Americans is a threat to free speech rights according to a long list of comments submitted to the Federal Trade… Read More
Culture
Facebook worked ‘hand in glove’ with China, ex-executive tells Senate panel(The Daily Signal) – Sarah Wynn-Williams, a former Facebook executive, testified on Wednesday on explosive allegations about the social media company’s relationship with China. In her prepared opening statement for a… Read More
Culture
Meta employees put their own tampons in men’s bathroomMeta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, eliminated tampons from its men’s bathrooms, but liberal employees have pushed back. To protest a Meta policy last month that took… Read More
Opinion
Billionaire Zuckerberg proves school choice only hope for failing urban school districtsMark Zuckerberg’s been in the news for taking some conservative turns of late: he’s eliminated fact-checkers at Facebook, removed tampons from the men’s… Read More
Culture
Meta/Facebook removes tampons from men’s bathroomsMark Zuckerberg is making some changes at Meta. The billionaire businessman ordered the removal of menstrual products, such as tampons and pads, from the men’s bathrooms at the company’s offices… Read More
Culture
Meta (Facebook) ends DEI, in alignment with elections, legal decisionsMeta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, has announced it is eliminating its management team focused on diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) and will stop using DEI as a… Read More
Culture
Study: Meta failing to moderate Instagram, circulating self-harm content to teensA new study has found self-harm content on Instagram to be thriving due to parent company Meta’s “extremely inadequate” moderation efforts. The report conducted by… Read More
Government
The Facebook ‘how-to’ manual on COVID censorship exposed after lawsuitThe onboarding documents that Facebook used to help new employees quickly delete posts that the government deemed unacceptable during the pandemic has been released. The documents were turned over to… Read More
Politics
Mark Zuckerberg admits Biden-Harris admin pressured Facebook to censor content, expresses regret(Daily Caller News Foundation) – Mark Zuckerberg expressed regret Monday that Facebook caved to pressure by the Biden-Harris administration to censor content. Zuckerberg admitted in a letter to House… Read More
Missouri
‘Go f**k your mom and your dog’: St. Joseph, Missouri school board president stands by profanity-laced Facebook outburst(The Heartlander) — The St. Joseph, Missouri school board president went on a profanity-laced tirade in a Facebook comment on a post about a local company’s gift to local schools. Read More
Education, Kansas
School board member who belittled mom’s battle against obscene books now seeking ways to spam his criticsOne of two Kansas school board members whose belittling of a mom concerned with obscene books in schools went viral has now suggested… Read More
Social Media
Trump blasts Facebook, Google for ‘wrongly censored’ photo of assassination attempt(The Center Square) – Former President Donald Trump blasted Facebook and Google Tuesday after Facebook admitted it had censored photos of Trump’s assassination attempt, images widely seen as a major… Read More
Josh Hawley
Missouri Sen. Josh Hawley drags apology out of Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg for company’s harm to teens, would like to drag him into courtMissouri Sen. Josh Hawley took Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg to a Capitol-sized woodshed Wednesday for the harm his social media sites reportedly cause to teenagers, challenging the Facebook founder in… Read More
Opinion
How the Biden White House, Facebook quietly censored Americans(The Daily Signal) – Did you think what you saw on your Facebook feed was determined by your interests and your friends? Think again. New documents… Read More
Big Tech
Florida AG calls on Zuckerberg to respond to ‘stunning’ number of Florida human trafficking cases on Meta platforms(The Center Square) – Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody on Monday called on Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg to appear before the Statewide Council on Human Trafficking to account for how… Read More
Education, Kansas
Leavenworth school district won’t remove false claims about academic progress(The Sentinel) — Glowing, but incorrect posts about academic progress at USD 453 Leavenworth have appeared on the school’s Facebook page, but apparently no one in leadership in the district… Read More
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