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“If They Won’t Hear Us, They Will Fear Us”: How The Capitol Assault Was Planned On Facebook
Facebook says it is temporarily banning ads for gun accessories and military gear through next week's inauguration "out of an abundance of caution"
Facebook Has Been Showing Ads For Military Gear Next To Insurrection Posts
State Department Employee Changes Site To Say Trump Is Leaving
GoFundMe has banned fundraisers for traveling to political events "where there's risk of violence by the attendees", following the violence at the Capitol
Amazon Suspended Parler From Its Web Hosting
Pinboard · 2 weeks ago
GoFundMe says it is returning funds to the donors of campaigns that were meant to cover the travel costs of Trump supporters to the January 6 rally in DC
Black Capitol Police Officers Describe The Racism They Faced
In leaked email, Amazon says it will suspend Parler's AWS account on Jan. 10 at 11:59PM PST for not complying with its TOS and posing a risk to public safety
Techmeme · 2 weeks ago
Amazon Is Booting Parler Off Of Its Web Hosting Service
Reddit · 2 weeks ago
Amazon Is Booting Parler Off AWS
Hacker News · 2 weeks ago
Amazon Is Booting Parler Off of Its Web Hosting Service
Hacker News · 2 weeks ago
A network of YouTube channels, which have not disclosed their connection to Epoch Times, has been propagating election disinformation since Election Day
The Pro-Trump Mob Was Doing It For The Gram
Apple gives Parler 24 hours to institute a full moderation policy or face expulsion from the App Store, according to emails between the two companies
Apple Has Threatened To Ban Parler From The App Store | The social networking app favored by conservatives has been given 24 hours to institute a moderation policy.
The Trump supporters who rioted in the US Capitol on Wednesday had been openly planning online for weeks, including on mainstream and niche social media sites
Some Facebook employees say internal forum admins froze comments on at least three threads in which employees discussed removing Trump from the site
As a mob of Trump supporters stormed the US Capitol building, Facebook and Twitter let Trump cheer them on using their platforms, only adding ineffective labels
Internally, Facebook staff have voiced skepticism over the company's campaign to portray itself as a defender of small businesses in its fight against Apple
Fake GOР Leaders Are Selling CBD Oil On Parler | Roughly 50 fake accounts exploited the conservative social network to shill Τrump coins, Τrump hats, and CBD oil.
TikTok Is Banning MLMs And Other "Content That Aims To Deceive People For Financial Gain"
Facebook is working on an AI tool called TLDR, which would summarize articles in bullet points and which was announced in an end-of-year, company-wide meeting
Four key Facebook staffers who dealt with hateful or violent speech have left in recent weeks, calling out leadership for lack of action in their farewell posts
Employees are leaving Facebook and torching the company in departure notes
Facebook insiders say it is prioritizing revenue over user safety by its lax approach to stopping scammers, hackers, and disinfo peddlers from buying ads
This year disinformation about the pandemic, BLM protests, and the election divided the US, with the "Plandemic" as a case study of social networks' failures
ICE Is Trying to Force BuzzFeed News to Divulge Its Sources
NLRB has issued a complaint against Amazon in November over firing of warehouse employee who discussed pay and other workplace issues with her coworkers
Techmeme · 2 months ago