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Censorship? Disinformation? Defining some key terms in the social media debate
While it may not always dominate the headlines, the debate over free speech in the U.S. remains at the forefront of our political conversation.
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Trump's Facebook and Instagram reinstated after 2-year ban: Here's everything we know
The former president’s Facebook and Instagram accounts — which were suspended following the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol insurrection — will be reinstated in the coming weeks, parent company Meta said Wednesday.
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Exclusive: Border militia groups are using Facebook to recruit, promote themselves, report finds
A new report from the Tech Transparency Project reveals that several border militia groups are actively using Facebook to promote their activities, recruit volunteers for border “operations” and even solicit donations — in apparent violation of the platform’s policies.
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Twitter will put Elon Musk’s free speech absolutism to the test
Would throttling back content moderation policies create more room for free expression or open the flood gates for hate speech and abuse?
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Social media reveals and distorts the reality of war in Ukraine
Russia’s invasion isn’t the first war to take place during the era of social media, but perhaps no other conflict has ever seen the online and real worlds so intensely intertwined.
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Russia passes law targeting free speech and pulls plug on Twitter and Facebook
The Russian government blocked access for its citizens to Facebook and Twitter on Friday as its invasion of Ukraine showed no signs of letting up.
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Facebook's name change is about more than bad PR
The company may want to distract from its recent scandals, but its new name also reflects its ambition to be a dominate force in the internet of the future.
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