Economy Oct 30 Facebook hits refresh with ‘Meta’ but internal leaks reveal a larger crisis By PBS NewsHour
World Oct 28 Facebook grilled by U.K. lawmakers making online safety rules Lawmakers pressed Facebook to provide its data to independent researchers who can look at how its products could be harmful. Facebook has said it has privacy concerns about how such data would be shared. By Associated Press
World Oct 25 Facebook’s language gaps allow terrorist content and hate speech to thrive Internal company documents show the problems are far more systemic than just a few innocent mistakes, and that Facebook has understood the depth of these failings for years while doing little about it. By Isabel Debre, Fares Akram, Associated Press
Economy Oct 13 Facebook expands harassment policy to protect public figures The changes come amid mounting criticism of the company's handling of hate speech, misinformation and other kinds of harmful content. Earlier this month, a former Facebook data scientist told Congress that the platform has failed in its responsibility to protect… By David Klepper, Associated Press
Nation Jul 22 Watch 8:50 Is Facebook putting company over country? New book explores its role in misinformation A new book, “An Ugly Truth: Inside Facebook's Battle for Domination,” details how Facebook struggles and sometimes fails to curtail hate speech, disinformation and violent rhetoric on its platform. It also examines how Facebook has become an enormously lucrative data…
Apr 03 Watch 8:07 Crackdown on online hate speech pushes extremists to other platforms By Simon Ostrovsky In a Congressional hearing last week the heads of Facebook and Twitter said they're taking measures to slow the spread of hate speech and conspiracies on their sites in the wake of the Jan 6 insurrection. But a crackdown on… Continue watching
Jan 28 Oversight panel overturns 4 Facebook content takedowns in first ruling By Kelvin Chan, Associated Press In its initial batch of rulings, the board ordered Facebook to restore posts by users that the company said broke standards on adult nudity, hate speech, dangerous individuals and misinformation. Continue reading
Jan 28 Amazon asks regulators to block shareholder proposal to address hate speech By Associated Press Amazon.com, Inc. has asked federal regulators to block multiple shareholder proposals addressing criticism of the company's stances on curbing hate speech, diversity in hiring, workplace conditions and surveillance technologies. Continue reading
Jan 16 Watch 5:43 Symbols of hate, and their racial implications, at the Capitol Hill riot By Ivette Feliciano, Connie Kargbo Last week's riot on Capitol Hill was filled with hate symbols: nooses, confederate flags, violent graffiti symbols. Ivette Feliciano spoke with civil rights lawyer and founder of the Equal Justice Initiative, Bryan Stevenson, about the racial implications of the riot,… Continue watching
Jun 29 Reddit bans pro-Trump forum in hate speech crackdown By Tali Arbel, Associated Press An online comment forum that is one of the internet's most popular websites has banned a pro-Donald Trump forum as part of a crackdown on hate speech. Continue reading