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Facebook's language gaps weaken screening of hate, terrorism

By ISABEL DEBRE and FARES AKRAM
Oct 25, 2021 7:34 AM - Internal company documents from the former Facebook product manager-turned-whistleblower Frances Haugen show that in some of the world's most volatile regions, terrorist content and hate speech proliferate because the company remains short on moderators who speak local languages and understand cultural contexts.
Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram back online after worldwide outage

By FRANK BAJAK and BARBARA ORTUTAY
Oct 5, 2021 8:52 AM - Facebook and its Instagram and WhatsApp platforms are back online after a massive global outage plunged the services and the businesses and people who rely on them into chaos for hours. Facebook said late Monday that "the root cause of this outage was a faulty configuration change" and that there is "no evidence that user data was compromised as a result" of the outage.
Global glitch: Swaths of internet go down after cloud outage

KELVIN CHAN
Jun 8, 2021 1:42 PM - Dozens of websites briefly went offline around the globe Tuesday, including CNN, The New York Times and Britain's government home page, after an outage at the cloud computing service Fastly, illustrating how vital a small number of behind-the-scenes companies have become to running the internet.
Facebook board upholds Trump ban, just not an indefinite one

By MATT O'BRIEN and BARBARA ORTUTAY
May 5, 2021 1:58 PM - Four months after Facebook suspended Former President Donald Trump's accounts for inciting violence that led to the deadly Jan. 6 Capitol riot, the company's quasi-independent oversight board upheld the bans. But it told Facebook to specify how long they would last, saying that its "indefinite" ban on the former president was unreasonable.
Among others but still feeling alone? A Naperville man has an app for that

By Burt Constable
May 2, 2021 9:32 AM - Feeling isolated, even if others are nearby? A Naperville man's app is designed to help people connect with others in their vicinity.
Social platforms flex their power, lock down Trump accounts

By DAVID KLEPPER and MATT O'BRIEN
Jan 7, 2021 4:07 PM - After years of treating President Donald Trump's inflammatory rhetoric with a light touch, Facebook and Instagram are silencing his social media accounts for the rest of his presidency. The move, which many called justified following Wednesday's insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, is also a somber reminder of the enormous power that social-media platforms can exercise when they choose.
Q&A: Will Twitter, Facebook crack down on Trump?

By BARBARA ORTUTAY
Nov 25, 2020 7:29 AM - For the past four years, President Donald Trump has enjoyed the special status of a world leader on Twitter and Facebook, even as he used his perch atop the social media pyramid to peddle misinformation and hurl abuse at his critics.
Twitter, Facebook CEOs defend election actions, promise more

By MARCY GORDON
Nov 17, 2020 2:54 PM - The CEOs of Twitter and Facebook on Tuesday defended their safeguards against disinformation in the presidential election, and promised Congress they would take vigorous action for two special elections in Georgia that could determine which party controls the U.S. Senate.
Justice Department files landmark antitrust case against Google

By MICHAEL BALSAMO and MARCY GORDON
Oct 20, 2020 2:37 PM - The Justice Department on Tuesday sued Google for antitrust violations, alleging that it abused its dominance in online search and advertising to stifle competition and harm consumers.
Inside the 'Malarkey Factory,' Biden's online war room

Matt Viser
Oct 19, 2020 9:36 AM - Joe Biden's campaign has quietly built a multimillion-dollar operation over the past two months that's largely designed to combat misinformation online, aiming to rebut President Donald Trump while bracing for any information warfare that could take place in the aftermath of the election.

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