Facebook Misinformation

• Top climate change deniers posts weren’t labelled on Facebook, report says

  Facebook did not add labels to half of posts pushing content from top climate change deniers, according to an analysis from the Center for Countering Digital Hate.

  Environment

  Feb 23, 2022
  
• Facebook stood by as Donald Trump’s posts set America ‘on fire’

  Internal Facebook documents reveal the tech giant had 90 per cent certainty Donald Trump's posts around the George Floyd killing violated company rules, but did nothing to stop it.

  World

  Oct 27, 2021
  
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• Facebook slow to fight COVID-19 vaccine misinformation on platform, critics say

  Facebook shelved employee ideas to combat COVID-19 vaccine misinformation in the spring, critics say. But the company has said it has made “considerable progress” on the issue.

  Tech

  Oct 26, 2021
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• Facebook failed to stop global spread of abusive content, documents reveal

  Newly released documents show Facebook has been "playing catch up" outside the United States in Canada to combat misinformation is several languages.

  Tech

  Oct 25, 2021
• ‘We shouldn’t be surprised’: Docs show Facebook internal war amid U.S. Capitol riot

  At the same time as the riot, frustration inside Facebook erupted over what some saw as the company's halting and often reversed response to rising extremism in the U.S.

  Tech

  Oct 22, 2021
• Facebook-backed Australian group to probe social media misinformation complaints

  Digital Industry Group Inc said its new misinformation oversight subcommittee showed the industry was willing to self-regulate against damaging posts.

  Tech

  Oct 11, 2021
• Facebook deploys team to monitor content as posts about conflict in Gaza spread online

  Misinformation, hate speech and calls for violence about the conflict have circulated on social media platforms amid the deadly fighting.

  World

  May 19, 2021
• Facebook to label all posts about COVID-19 vaccines to counter misinformation

  The social network is also adding a tool to help get users vaccinated by connecting them to information about where and when they can get their shot.

  Tech

  Mar 15, 2021
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• Is Facebook ready for the U.S. presidential election?

  ``This election is not going to be business as usual,'' Zuckerberg wrote in a September Facebook post in which he outlined Facebook's efforts to encourage voting and remove misinformation from its service. ``We all have a responsibility to protect our democracy.''

  Politics

  Oct 18, 2020
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• Facebook says it will ban advertisements discouraging public from getting vaccinated

  Ads advocating for or against legislation or government policies around vaccines, including a COVID-19 vaccine, will still be allowed, the company said in a blog post. It will begin to enforce the new global policy in the next few days.

  Health

  Oct 13, 2020