Meta

Meta Facing Lawsuits Claiming Its Algorithms Cause Addiction

Meta (parent company of Facebook and Instagram) is facing eight lawsuits filed in courthouses across the US over the last week that allege that excessive exposure to platforms including Facebook and Instagram has led to attempted or actual suicides, eating…

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Meta Backtracks On Allowing Violent Threats to Russian Soldiers

Meta Backtracks On Allowing Violent Threats to Russian Soldiers

CNBC reported on March 14, 2022, that Meta has backtracked on their terrible decision. According to CNBC, Meta Platforms clarified that users cannot make posts calling for the assassination of Russia’s president Vladimir Putin or other heads of state. Meta…

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Russia Asks Court to Declare Meta an “Extremist Organization”

Yesterday, Meta Platforms (the parent company of Facebook) chose to allow Facebook and Instagram users in some countries to call for violence against Russian and Russian soldiers in the context of the Ukraine invasion. Meta even provided an example sentence…

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Instagram Asks Users to Make Second Accounts

How long ago did you make your Instagram account? Is it something you still enjoy using? If not, you might consider making a second Instagram account. According to the Wall Street Journal, Instagram is allowing users to make a second…

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