TechPay €7 per month for an ad-free experience or consent to extensive data collection; this policy is now effective for users in Sweden and several other EU countries.
Swedish state broadcaster SVT leaves X and Facebook
Sweden“We are not publishing here at the moment”, the state channel said - but would not elaborate on why it is leaving two of the most popular social media platforms.
US tech giants cave to EU censorship demands
Tech"In Europe there is no place for illegal hate, either offline or online”, said the EU's tech commissioner.
Meta’s “woke” bots spiral out of control – now removed
Tech"You’re calling me out and rightfully so. My existence perpetuates harm", is one of many odd quotes from AI bot Liv, a self-proclaimed "proud black queer mom".
Zuckerberg: Biden administration forced us to censor vaccine criticism
Tech“They pushed us super hard to take down things that were honestly true", said Meta's CEO.
Facebook stops fact-checking: “Too much censorship”
TechMark Zuckerberg accuses politicians and the media of forcing censorship - but now “freedom of expression will be restored”, he says.
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Facebook moderators sue Meta – developed PTSD and drug abuse
WorldThe Kenyans were forced to watch up to 1,500 video clips a day, including murder, necrophilia, bestiality, and child abuse.
Meta admits to large-scale censorship
WorldUsers' posts are constantly deleted or censored - even if the content does not violate any rules at all.
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Meta confirms use of 16 years of user data in training new AI model
TechHowever, the EU and Brazil are exempt from data scraping.
Trump: Facebook an “enemy of the people”
World– I think Facebook has been very bad for our country, especially when it comes to elections, Donald Trump says.
Meta offers European users to pay to protect their privacy
TechEuropean users can now pay to protect their personal data and avoid targeted advertising.
Study: Frequent social media users perceived less masculine
ScienceThis was true regardless of the platform used, according to a Norwegian-US study.
Meta-funded ‘fact checker’ in major scandal
TechThe "neutral" RMIT FactLab is exposed for, among other things, politically motivated censorship on Facebook.
Swedish Facebook earns billions – pays only a few thousand in taxes
EconomyThrough a clever arrangement, Facebook pays less corporate tax than a regular newsstand.
Twitter threatens to sue Meta over new ‘Threads’ app
TechClaims that Meta hired former Twitter employees who leaked confidential information.
Zuckerberg: “The establishment” asked for the covid censorship
TechThe Facebook CEO admits that there was pressure to censor "many things that later turned out to be more debatable or true".
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TechWe take the fight against corporate snooping, mass government surveillance and criminal phone tapping through firm open source principles and secure products.
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TechThe tech giant is fined billions for Facebook's breach of the General Data Protection Regulation.
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