The Washington Post was the first to report that Meta (Facebook’s parent company) had hired the right-wing consulting firm Targeted Victory to run a smear campaign against […]
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There’s a better way than fact-checking COVID posts
by Faye Flam The right and left may not agree on what constitutes misinformation, but both would like to see less of it on social media. And […]
The price of leaving Facebook unchecked
In August 2017, the Myanmar military, backed by civilian mobs, launched a coordinated attack against the Rohingya Muslims living in the country’s Rahkine state. The massacre — […]
A chronological feed wouldn’t fix Facebook’s problems
by Cathy O’Neil There’s been a lot of discussion, since the Facebook Files were leaked, about how to repair the social media platform. A lot of this […]
Nextdoor was supposed to encourage kindness
by Robin Abcarian It’s become conventional wisdom that the proliferation of social media sites and the ease with which strangers can communicate has led to a deterioration […]
Zuckerberg takes page from Musk’s book
by Parmy Olson It seems to be a rite of passage that as technology billionaires get older, they spend more time chasing dreams they might have fantasized […]
Take bipartisan action on Facebook
by Doyle McManus Facebook’s critics have long argued that the social media giant is bad for consumers, bad for children and bad for the country — a […]
Facebook’s bad days show government needs to step in
EDITOR’S NOTE: This online-only version contains additional information not found in the print or e-edition of today’s paper. It’s been a harrowing 72-or-so hours for social media […]
Facebook is too secretive. Its oversight board should change that
by Parmy Olson Boards are notorious for group think and spinelessness. In Facebook’s case, a board could make a difference. Documents reported by The Wall Street Journal […]
Republicans live in a separate reality
“Before you argue with someone, ask yourself, is that person mentally mature enough to grasp the concept of different perspectives? Because if no, there’s absolutely no point.” […]
