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Facebook has banned all QAnon accounts from its platforms. The social networking giant announced the move on Tuesday, following mounting pressure to effectively crack down on the far-right conspiracy movement. “Starting today, we will remove Facebook Pages, Groups and Instagram accounts for representing QAnon,” Facebook wrote in a press release. “We’re starting to enforce this updated policy today and are […]
Amid his publicity stunt-laden COVID-19 experience, Donald Trump—the constant coverage of whom surely benefits no one—is once again pushing false narratives about the virus that’s taken the lives of more than 209,000 Americans. In messages shared to his Twitter and Facebook pages on Tuesday, the frequent pandemic downplayer recklessly compared the coronavirus to the seasonal flu. “Many […]
Selena Gomez is calling out Facebook for its lack of accountability. On Friday, Gomez shared posts to her Instagram Stories aimed directly at Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg and Sheryl Sandberg. The singer made it clear that she’s upset about Facebook allowing “misinformation” and “hate” to be promoted on its platforms. “Facebook and Instagram are being used […]
Police in Australia arrested and charged a woman with incitement for endorsing an anti-lockdown protest on Facebook. Zoe-Lee Buhler’s partner livestreamed her arrest on the social media platform, which shows Victoria police entering her home with a warrant and handcuffing her in her pajamas. “You’re under arrest in relation to incitement,” one of the officers says, explaining […]
Mark Zuckerberg has fired more shots at Apple. During a company-wide meeting Friday, the Facebook CEO accused the tech giant of having a “stranglehold” on apps that are available for iPhones. Zuckerberg claimed the App Store policies allowed Apple to “charge monopoly rents” on third-parties, which ultimately harms innovation and user experience. “[Apple has] this unique stranglehold as a gatekeeper […]
Facebook cleansed more than 30 accounts that claimed to be Black Trump supporters but were actually part of a troll farm, The Verge reports. According to Facebook’s July enforcement activity, the company removed 35 Facebook accounts, three pages, and 88 Instagram accounts for “violating our policy against foreign interference, which is coordinated inauthentic behavior on behalf of […]
Photos taken of Mark Zuckerberg on an electric surfboard in Hawaii have acquired a notable amount of attention for reasons related to neither the surfboard nor Hawaii. Instead, the topics of discussion revolve around the amount of sunscreen the Facebook head honcho has applied to his face, and also his literal ass…which ain’t looking too bad these days. Do […]
You surely don’t need anyone to tell you this, but iPhone users were experiencing some serious functionality issues with Spotify and other required-for-basic-existence apps as of Friday morning. Users took to Twitter and elsewhere to offer up public messages of mourning regarding the app-related fuckery. At the time of this writing, the DownDetector site showed […]
As it faces a growing advertiser boycott, Facebook announced it’s taking additional steps to curb dangerous content from its platform. The company shared the news in a blog post Tuesday, confirming it had removed hundreds of accounts, groups, and pages that were linked to a violent faction of the anti-government movement known as “Boogaloo.” Facebook said it has designated the decentralized […]
On Monday, Microsoft made it public that they are shutting down their attempt at a Twitch competitor (Mixer) less than a year after luring Ninja and some other big name creators to the brand via exclusivity deals. That shutdown becomes official on July 22. According to Forbes, this move came after Mixer acquired almost no […]
