Social media giant Facebook has called for comments from the public on former President Donald Trump’s indefinite suspension from the platform, with the input set to inform a decision by an advisory panel on whether Trump will be allowed back on. Facebook’s Oversight Board, which includes lawyers, current and former journalists, rights advocates, and academics,…
Oversight Board Overturns 4 Facebook Decisions, Upholds 1
Facebook’s oversight board on Friday said it overturned four of the company’s decisions in removing content. In one case, Facebook removed a post talking about hydroxychloroquine, a common drug that’s shown some efficacy in treating COVID-19. The board overturned the decision, saying the French user who created the post didn’t encourage people to buy or…
Small Investors Push Against Platforms’ Ban on GameStop Stock Buys
Small stock investors are fighting against broker platforms that have banned retail investors from buying certain stocks, including those of Gamestop (ticker: GME), which has been used by many small investors as a vehicle to force a short squeeze on hedge funds that aggressively shorted the video game retailer’s stock. The investors are accusing online…
Discord Now ‘Working With’ WallStreetBets After Banning Its Chat Server
Instant-messaging platform Discord is now reversing course after it banned the popular group WallStreetBets on Wednesday, claiming the server allowed “hateful and discriminatory content.” Discord said they had made the move after “repeated warnings,” saying it had nothing to do with the GameStop trading debacle that has been generating headlines over the past few days….
Facebook Cancels Abe Lincoln
Commentary Facebook has a problem with America’s greatest president. Abraham Lincoln’s run-in with the tech giant began late last year, when Republic Book Publishers decided to buy social media ads for my new historical novel, “Old Abe.” The marketing team created and submitted ads to a handful of platforms. Right away, to our surprise, we…
Social Media Users Abandon Twitter, Facebook Over Censorship Issues: Survey
WASHINGTON—An Epoch Times reader survey of more than 3,200 social media users has found that many people have moved away from certain platforms, most commonly Facebook (43 percent), Twitter (32 percent), and Instagram (16 percent). The most common reasons for quitting the platforms were censorship and bias, including the censorship of former President Donald Trump….
Facebook Vows to Permanently Stop Recommending Political Groups
Facebook’s CEO Mark Zuckerberg said on Wednesday the platform will stop recommending political and civic groups to its users, in an effort to “turn down the temperature and discourage divisive conversations.” The social media company announced in October that it had taken “emergency measures” to stop recommending those groups to U.S. users in the run-up…
Trump Administration Official Navarro Suspended From Twitter
A former high-level Trump administration official was suspended from Twitter, in the latest move from the technology giant against conservatives. Former White House trade adviser Peter Navarro said he was restricted from accessing his account. “It wasn’t because of anything I said, it’s because of who I am and what I might say. The great…
Our Tech Minders and the Future of Public Discourse
Commentary Both Apple and Google have deplatformed Parler, a social media app widely used as an alternative channel for group communication. Amazon soon joined this effort by denying access to cloud services hosting Parler content. Other service providers apparently followed suit, constricting and perhaps exterminating Parler from among the options available to consumers. Parler was…
Facebook to Reduce Political Content on Platform
Facebook is working toward reducing the amount of political content on the platform following feedback from its users, the company CEO Mark Zuckerberg said on Wednesday. “One of the top pieces of feedback we’re hearing from our community right now is that people don’t want politics and fighting to take over their experience on our…
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