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Facebook Sparks Outrage After Announcing Plans for Digital Currency
The plan has already come under fierce criticism from financial regulators and lawmakers.
Chomsky and Herman’s Propaganda Model Foretells a Weaponized Facebook
Information can enlighten and democratize. It can just as well imprison and impede the interests of the common good.
Weaponized Social Media Is Driving the Explosion of Fascism
Weaponized memes are engineered to excite and incite while poisoning democracies with disinformation.
Surveillance Capitalism Is Destroying Our Freedom and Our Intimacy
Surveillance capitalism is doing to human nature what industrial capitalism has done to our planet.
Can Facebook Reinvent Itself?
If there’s anything users don’t associate with Facebook, it’s secure communication.
Facebook Let Corporate Partners Read Users’ Private Messages
A new report details how Facebook gave tech corporations access to users' data without their consent.
New Documents Show That Facebook Has Never Deserved Your Trust
You are, and always have been, Facebook’s most valuable product.
Facebook Aids Authoritarians Like the Philippines’ Duterte
Filipina journalist Maria Ressa discusses more.
Facebook Is Pushing Anti-Semitic, Anti-Black Narratives
Facebook fought critics following the 2016 election by launching a PR offensive backed by a Republican research firm.
Social Media War in Brazil Pushes Far-Right Candidate Toward Presidency
Like Trump, Jair Bolsonaro strategically avoids debate and uses social media to spread misinformation.