Could Facebook messages be used in abortion-related prosecution?
A case out of Nebraska involving a mother and her teenage daughter could offer a preview of how digital footprints could be used to enforce abortion laws.
By 19th News - July 22, 2023A case out of Nebraska involving a mother and her teenage daughter could offer a preview of how digital footprints could be used to enforce abortion laws.
By 19th News - July 22, 2023The Kentucky Republican has promised to investigate debunked claims of conservative censorship online.
By Josh Israel - December 12, 2022The president’s plan includes expanding access to mental healthcare and cracking down on social media companies that target young children.
By Josh Axelrod - March 02, 2022The site Donald Trump says will fight for ‘truth’ will censor its own users.
By Emily Singer - October 21, 2021The lawyers will have to pay the legal fees of 18 different people and entities they sued over the lie that the 2020 election was stolen.
By Emily Singer - August 05, 2021While 2021 has seen rises in antisemitic and anti-Muslim violence, Facebook has failed to enforce its hate speech policies.
By Josh Axelrod - August 04, 2021New legislation proposed by Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) aims to stop the spread of health misinformation. But could it ultimately make the problem worse?
By Jacob Gardenswartz - July 23, 2021Facebook’s oversight board specifically cited Donald Trump’s repeated incitement of the rioters at the U.S. Capitol in its decision to keep him off the platform.
By Oliver Willis - May 05, 2021Donald Trump’s social media accounts have been muzzled since the day after the deadly riot at the Capitol on Jan. 6.
By Associated Press - May 05, 2021Facebook will announce on Wednesday whether Trump can have his account back.
By Emily Singer - May 03, 2021The GOP governor set his sights on punishing ‘Big Tech’ after Donald Trump was banned from Twitter.
By Oliver Willis - April 26, 2021A bill introduced in the Legislature would also prevent social media companies from banning users who violate their rules.
By Oliver Willis - April 06, 2021Facebook’s failures, said a nonprofit advocacy group, ‘helped sweep America down the path from election to insurrection.’
By Associated Press - March 23, 2021An ad run by the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association said, ‘The Equality Act is a threat to life as we know it in our nation today.’
By Casey Quinlan - March 19, 2021Besides losing access to his social media accounts, Trump is losing millions of dollars in business as his term expires.
By Emily Singer - January 15, 2021‘We believe the risks of allowing the President to continue to use our service during this period are simply too great,’ said Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg.
By Donna Provencher - January 08, 2021Sen. Josh Hawley plans to object to the Electoral College vote count.
By Josh Israel - December 30, 2020Twitter continues to label Donald Trump’s tweets for containing misleading and false information.
By Donna Provencher - December 17, 2020‘At the end of the day it proved to be pretty ineffective,’ said one expert.
By Associated Press - November 07, 2020But Republicans are accusing Silicon Valley tech giants of ‘silencing’ him.
By Donna Provencher - October 29, 2020Legitimate U.S. social media accounts are sharing false claims of voter fraud.
By Associated Press - October 18, 2020Reps. Pramila Jayapal and David Cicilline accused Facebook of failing to enforce its own rules.
By Associated Press - September 28, 2020More than 900 companies have joined an ad boycott against Facebook for allowing hate speech on its platform.
By Associated Press - July 11, 2020Facebook continues to face criticism for not removing or labeling posts by Donald Trump that spread misinformation and, many said, encouraged violence.
By Associated Press - June 21, 2020The Trump ads lied about Joe Biden, protesters, Democratic policies, voter fraud, and more.
By Josh Israel - June 12, 2020Some of the accounts Facebook removed recently were posing as legitimate non-governmental organizations in order to deceive people.
By Associated Press - March 15, 2020House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said the misleading ads ‘should not come at the cost of counting who is in our country.’
By Associated Press - March 06, 2020The social media giant does not plan to combat fake news spread by political ads.
By Associated Press - January 09, 2020‘Specifically when Frodo offers the ring to [Galadriel] and she imagines using the power righteously, at first, but knows it will eventually corrupt her.’
By Josh Israel - January 08, 2020The so-called ‘platform for the alt-right’ will be part of the Facebook News.
By Josh Israel - October 25, 2019