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Mar. 30, 2020
Coronavirus Is Threatening Facebook’s Business Model The company is almost always bulletproof, but a pandemic may be the exception to the rule.
By Brian Feldman
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Mar. 9, 2020
How Facebook Fact-Checking Can Backfire The “implied truth effect” means that Facebook’s fact-checking process may be worse than doing nothing.
By Brian Feldman
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Feb. 19, 2020
Facebook’s Election Rules Are No Match for Bloomberg’s Billions The billionaire has crafted aggressive social-media campaigns that adhere to the letter of the law but not the spirit.
By Brian Feldman
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Jan. 7, 2020
Facebook Announces Fake Ban Against Deepfakes The policy is narrowly defined and continues a huge carve-out, making it completely useless for combating misinformation.
By Brian Feldman
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Dec. 4, 2019
Facebook’s Privacy Tool Launched Months Ago. Or Did It? Despite promising access, Facebook’s “clear history” tool is MIA for most of the United States, with no clear release date.
By Brian Feldman
the zucc
Nov. 5, 2019
What Does Facebook Know That We Don’t? Facebook is, for some reason, making its name more prominent in its other apps.
By Brian Feldman
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Oct. 28, 2019
The Real Reason Facebook Won’t Ban Political Ads The company has made it impossible for brands and campaigns alike to reach Facebook users through posts.
By Brian Feldman
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Oct. 18, 2019
The Zuck’s Speech The Facebook CEO’s speech defending his right to not do anything and take no responsibility misses the point.
By Brian Feldman
the zucc
Oct. 4, 2019
Zuckerberg Meets the Panopticon He Created Even in private, among loyal subjects, the CEO needs to act like he’s speaking to the public.
By Brian Feldman
the zucc
Sept. 5, 2019
Facebook’s Dating Service Is, Unfortunately, Made by Facebook The social-media company insists its new dating service is separate from existing Facebook, but instead, it is built atop it.
By Brian Feldman
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Aug. 20, 2019
Facebook Exacerbates One Problem by Trying to Solve Another In reintroducing human editors, Facebook is making it easier for bad-faith critics to claim bias.
By Brian Feldman
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Aug. 12, 2019
Facebook Is Trying to Protect Itself From Antitrust Action The company is integrating Instagram and WhatsApp more closely with Facebook to make it harder to break up.
By Brian Feldman
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July 24, 2019
Facebook’s FTC Deal Won’t Change Facebook The FTC gave Zuckerberg a slap on the wrist.
By Brian Feldman
the zucc
July 12, 2019
FTC Fines Facebook $5 Billion Over Cambridge Analytica Scandal Wall Street celebrated the news, and it doesn’t sound like Facebook will radically change.
By Brian Feldman
the zucc
May 14, 2019
Facebook May Actually Launch a Functional Privacy Tool The company is moving ahead with a “Clear History” tool, and Zuckerberg warned advertisers that ad targeting may suffer as a result.
By Brian Feldman
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Apr. 25, 2019
Facebook Sets Aside $3 Billion for FTC Fine Despite news that the FTC is preparing to levy the largest fine ever against a tech company, Facebook’s stock price rose this morning.
By Brian Feldman
the zucc
Apr. 19, 2019
Facebook Is Not Good at Protecting Your Privacy The site revealed this week that it stored millions of passwords insecurely and scraped users’ email contacts to use for ad targeting.
By Brian Feldman
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Mar. 7, 2019
Mark Zuckerberg Discovers the Problem With Facebook Is Facebook Mark Zuckerberg’s solution for Facebook’s privacy issues doesn’t address the features that caused them in the first place.
By Brian Feldman
the zucc
Dec. 5, 2018
Mark Zuckerberg: ‘That May Be Good for the World But It’s Not Good For Us’ Information cannot just flow through the internet; it all has to flow through Facebook.
By Brian Feldman
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Nov. 21, 2018
Mark Zuckerberg Is Done Apologizing to You There are no checks on the Facebook founder’s power, and he knows it.
By Brian Feldman
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Nov. 16, 2018
Facebook Can’t Explain What Separates Its PR Operation and Russian Troll Farms Facebook used a consulting firm to clandestinely push propaganda into the news cycle. It also penalizes Facebook users for doing the same.
By Brian Feldman