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Facebook is trying to stop the sale of Amazon rainforest land on its Marketplace

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Photo by Ricardo Beliel/Brazil Photos/LightRocket via Getty Images. The social network didn’t want to independently stop the illegal sale of land in the Amazon initially because Facebook’s “commerce policies require buyers and sellers to comply with laws and regulations,” the company told the BBC in February. Neither did I.

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TikTok’s success has made it a big target for regulators

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Others, such as President Trump’s Muslim ban, took a few tries — but eventually became law. And after Hong Kong passed a new national security law giving vast new surveillance powers to the Chinese Communist Party, TikTok led all social networks in pulling the app from Hong Kong. TikTok is registered in the Cayman Islands, for example.

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TikTok is having a monster 2020

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The theory originated on an anonymous conservative blog. They’re encouraging people to post disinformation in the groups, find “incriminating” information that they can pass to law enforcement, and find as much personal identifying information as possible. Ben Collins / NBC). Ali Breland / Mother Jones ). Sarah Perez / TechCrunch ).

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Leaving content moderation to volunteers is empowering racists

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More conservative moderators have taken a heavy-handed approach to removing such posts — no non-shower thoughts in the shower thoughts forum ! Non-governmental organizations say American companies pay as much attention to similar situations unfolding in India, Brazil, and Myanmar, among other places.

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The Facebook boycott advertisers have the right company but the wrong diagnosis

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Maybe your reaction is that’s terrible, we should get rid of the law that makes all that posting possible. Trump fans and conservative politicians are flocking to the social media app Parler. Eligible creators in Australia, Brazil, Canada, Mexico, Thailand, the United Kingdom and the United States can now participate.

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What Facebook doesn’t understand about the Facebook walkout

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It was barely two months ago that the company removed a post by the president of Brazil, Jair Bolsonaro, for promoting a phony coronavirus cure. You can argue that the company is more sensitive to pressure from conservatives in the United States, and a lot of good reporting has borne that out in the past few years.

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Three takeaways from a visit to TikTok’s new transparency center

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Nathan Simington is known for supporting Republicans’ “bias against conservatives” schtick, and helped to craft a recent executive order about social media. Facebook reviews user data requests through its law enforcement portal manually, without screening the email address of people who request access. Makena Kelly / The Verge ).