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Apple’s CEO Tim Cook Labels Facebook a ‘Chaos Factory’…

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Business Insider reports that tech industry insiders are becoming increasingly wary of social media platform Facebook, including Apple CEO Tim Cook and early Facebook investor Roger McNamee. During a recent commencement speech at Stanford, Tim Cook attacked Silicon Valley giants in general for behaving irresponsibly but did not specifically name any other companies. Cook did […]

Facebook Will Now Rank Your Comments So Its Dumbass Website Can Be ‘More Meaningful’…

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Facebook is a disease, but it’s still trying to be “more meaningful.” Two reports on Friday gave us fresh reminders of why Facebook is a detriment to society. First, Intercept reported that—despite Mark Zuckerberg’s repeated insistence that his company has a moral and professional obligation to protect users’ privacy—Facebook’s lawyers argued to a California judge […]

Outrage on Capitol Hill Over ‘Completely Unacceptable’ U.S. Funded Scheme to Shape Iran Debate…

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United States officials say they are outraged by a government-funded troll campaign that has targeted American citizens critical of the administration’s hardline Iran policy and accused critics of being loyal to the Tehran regime. State Department officials admitted to Congressional staff in a closed-door meeting on Monday that a project they had funded to counter […]

CrossFit, Inc. Suspends Use of Facebook and Associated Properties…

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CrossFit is a contrarian physiological and nutrition prescription for improving fitness and health. It is contrarian because prevailing views of fitness, health, and nutrition are wrong and have unleashed a tsunami of chronic disease upon our friends, family, and communities. The voluntary CrossFit community of 15,000 affiliates and millions of individual adherents stands steadfastly and […]

Sen. Josh Hawley, Who Works on AntiTrust, Says Social Media Companies Don’t Need to Be Broken Up, They Need to Be Eradicated Altogether…

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A Republican senator who works on antitrust says that social media, including Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter, have done more harm than good and they should “disappear.” In an op-ed published Wednesday in USA Today, Missouri Sen. Josh Hawley made the strongest comments against Facebook and other social media giants by a prominent elected official. Presidential […]

Facebook Busts Israeli Campaign to Disrupt Elections in African, Asian and Latin American Nations…

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Facebook said Thursday it banned an Israeli company that ran an influence campaign aimed at disrupting elections in various countries and has canceled dozens of accounts engaged in spreading disinformation. Nathaniel Gleicher, Facebook’s head of cybersecurity policy, told reporters that the tech giant had purged 65 Israeli accounts, 161 pages, dozens of groups and four […]

White House Declines to Back Christchurch Call to Stamp Out Online Extremism Amid First Amendment Concerns…

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The United States on Wednesday broke with 18 governments and top American tech firms by declining to endorse a New Zealand-led response to the live-streamed shootings at two Christchurch mosques, saying free-speech concerns prevented the White House from formally signing onto the largest campaign to date targeting extremism online. The “Christchurch Call,” unveiled at an […]

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