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Lawsuit accuses Meta executives of taking bribes from OnlyFans
Meta executives have been accused of accepting bribes from OnlyFans to give the service an unfair edge.
Facebook users in Ukraine are, in fact, banned from calling for Putin's death
Meta has narrowed its policy in Ukraine to ban users from calling for Putin's death, and to forbid general hate against Russians.
Mark Zuckerberg promotes Nick Clegg to President of Global Affairs at Meta
Nick Clegg, the former UK politician turned Facebook executive, has been promoted to president of Global Affairs at facebook parent company Meta.
Internal Facebook documents highlight its moderation and misinformation issues
A trove of internal documents show Facebook is in turmoil over decisions around moderation, safety and growth.
Instagram will encourage teens to 'take a break'
Instagram will encourage teens to 'take a break' from the social network, while Facebook also hopes to 'nudge' those teens away from harmful content.
Facebook pulled 120,000 posts for attempting to interfere with US voting (updated)
Facebook says it pulled 120,000 posts trying to interfere with voting in the 2020 US election, but it's not clear if the company is doing all it can.
Facebook's version of political neutrality isn't neutral
Yesterday, Facebook outlined how it will prevent the 2020 elections from being hacked and influenced in the same way they were in 2016. That includes crackdowns on "coordinated, inauthentic behavior" and securing the accounts of individual politicians and campaigns. But one thing that Facebook still won't do is make sure that the content of political ads on its site is truthful.
Facebook makes clear that posts by politicians can break 'normal' rules
Pretty much anything a politician says on Facebook goes, from the company's perspective. It typically won't remove their posts under its content guidelines and it doesn't fact check them. However, it might still limit the spread of political posts that include previously debunked misinformation (say, a climate change-denying video its fact checkers have discredited).
Facebook will share data on hate speech suspects with French courts (update)
Facebook is handing over identifying information to French courts on people suspected of using hate speech on its social network. "This is huge news, it means that the judicial process will be able to run normally," Cédric O, France's minister for the digital sector, told Reuters. "It's really very important, they're only doing it for France." Update 6/25/19 9PM ET: A Facebook spokesperson told us: "As a matter of course, we will no longer refer French law enforcement authorities to the Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty process to request basic information in criminal hate speech cases. However, as we do with all court orders for information, even in the US, we will scrutinize every order we receive and push back if is overbroad, inconsistent with human rights, or legally defective."
Facebook says it needs more regulation, not a breakup
Facebook wasn't content offering a brief statement rejecting co-founder Chris Hughes' call to break up the social network. Global Affairs and Communications VP Nick Clegg has published an opinion piece in the New York Times criticizing Hughes' argument and reiterating the company's desire for more regulation instead. When Hughes said that politicians ignored their responsibility to ensure competition, Clegg argued, he supposedly "misunderstood" both Facebook and the goals of competition law.
UK election campaign spills over into 3D Dot Game Heroes
If you're in the UK and are having a hard time getting a handle on the upcoming general election, perhaps seeing how the three party leaders perform as blocky, giant-sword-wielding heroes will help your decision-making. SouthPeak has added downloadable 3D Dot Game Heroes characters based on party leaders Gordon Brown, David Cameron and Nick Clegg. (Perhaps Southpeak is semi-overtly referring to the UK's top politicians as blockheads?) The downloadable politicians are accessible from the "Vault" section of the 3D Dot Game Heroes EU website, which is also home to the web-based character editor. For those of you outside of the UK, there are three new "Guy in a Suit" characters on the site. 3D Dot Game Heroes will be released in Europe on May 14 and in North America on May 11.
