Meta announced on Wednesday it would restore former President Donald Trump’s Facebook and Instagram accounts more than two years after they were suspended. Summary Meta announced on Wednesday it would restore former President Donald Trump’s Facebook and Instagram accounts more than two years after he was suspended from both platforms for inflammatory posts related to the Jan. 6 Capitol riot. The former president’s accounts will be reactivated “in the coming weeks,” according to a statement from Meta, Facebook’s parent company. …
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A global outage of Facebook services lasted for hours on Monday. It occurred a day after a whistleblower came forward criticizing the company. Summary Facebook’s suite of apps and services suffered a worldwide outage on Monday …
Put one in the win column for Facebook after lawsuits against the social network giant were dismissed in federal court. While the left and right can agree on Big Tech’s dominance, their coverage didn’t necessarily reflect …
Facebook’s Oversight Board, billed as a “Supreme Court” for the social media giant, upheld the company’s decision to keep Trump off the platform. Most voices on the left and right characterized the story as Facebook’s failings …
Big Tech censorship or a threat to national security: While social media companies are taking down Trump accounts, are conservatives justified in pointing out double standards? Summary After suspending President Donald Trump’s personal account for 12 …
Why are Mark Zuckerberg and Jack Dorsey testifying in front of the Senate, and what can we expect? Summary The CEOs of Facebook and Twitter are testifying in a congressional hearing today regarding the content moderation …
Facebook is banning new political ads before election day. What’s really happening? Summary In an official statement this morning, Mark Zuckerberg announced that Facebook would not accept any new political ads for dissemination on their platform the week …