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Facebook blocks access to group criticizing Thailand king after government threat

The Verge

In this week’s episode of “should the social network leave it up or take it down?” That’s despite potential human rights abuses that may arise like the catastrophic episode in Myanmar, where ruling members of the military used hate speech on Facebook to promote its real-world genocide of the minority Muslim Rohingya population.

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The wildest details in the Facebook memoir Meta is trying to bury

Engadget

Wynn-Williams worked closely with the companys top executives, traveling around the world with Mark Zuckerberg and former COO Sheryl Sandberg as they met with foreign leaders and shaped the policies that would define Facebook. This policy applied not only to internal meetings with others at Facebook, but heads of state.

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Warning Signal: the messaging app’s new features are causing internal turmoil

The Verge

On January 6th, WhatsApp users around the world began seeing a pop-up message notifying them of upcoming changes to the service’s privacy policy. The resulting furor sparked a backlash that led Facebook-owned WhatsApp to delay the policy from taking effect until May. It’s not only that Signal doesn’t have these policies in place.

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The tier list: how Facebook decides which countries need protection

The Verge

Among the disparities: Facebook lacked misinformation classifiers in Myanmar, Pakistan, and Ethiopia, countries designated at highest risk last year. Facebook likely spends more on integrity efforts than any of its peers, though it is also the largest of the social networks.

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Leaving content moderation to volunteers is empowering racists

The Verge

This gap between our content policy and our values has eroded our effectiveness in combating hate and racism on Reddit; I accept full responsibility for this. [.]. Carman writes: Boss-Moms is one of many Facebook groups grappling with inadequate moderation policies as members attempt to discuss Black Lives Matter. The Ratio. ??

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What a new book reveals about Facebook and Russian interference

The Verge

And while I ultimately come to some different conclusions than the authors do, the book is worth reading for everyone interested in social networks, trust and safety, and cybersecurity. That policy was reversed last year.) And, of course, for anyone else like me who is fascinated by Facebook history.).

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Facebook’s big QAnon crackdown might have come too late

The Verge

The “Tide Pods challenge” surged on social networks in 2018, and ultimately more than 10,000 children were reported to have been exposed to whatever extremely inedible substance is actually inside Tide Pods. But coded messages are harder to discern, particularly by policy teams that have not invested in unscrambling them.

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