Facebook oversight board to Trump: ‘You still are not welcome’
May 5, 2021
The oversight board also told Facebook that it should either ban Trump completely or refine its rules
Unhinged Trump goes on a 45-minute social media rant of lies
December 3, 2020
The outgoing president’s rant shows a man totally detached from reality and raises serious questions about his competency.
Election misinformation floods social media, obscuring facts & truth
October 14, 2020
Very little activity on the so-called social media platforms can be considered social.
Trump uses paid models for fake endorsement ads
July 6, 2019
A series of Facebook video ads for President Donald Trump’s re-election campaign shows what appears to be a young woman strolling on a beach in
Lost privacy? You lost yours long ago
April 5, 2018
Like a number of friends, I have mixed feelings these days about being on Facebook. The admission of the company that is allowed data on
Mueller looking at Trump-Cambridge Analytica
March 22, 2018
Special counsel Robert Mueller is scrutinizing the connections between President Donald Trump’s campaign and the data mining firm Cambridge Analytica, which has come under fierce
Social media fell right into Russian hands
February 17, 2018
The election-interference indictment brought by Robert Mueller, the U.S. special counsel, underscores how thoroughly social-media companies like Facebook and Twitter were played by Russian propagandists.
Social media & election problems
November 2, 2017
In three exhaustive hearings this week, executives from Facebook, Twitter and Google acknowledged that their platforms were used by Russia to try and create division
Facebook gives Congress Russian ads
October 2, 2017
Social media giant Facebook is expected to provide Congress on Monday with more than 3,000 ads that ran around the time of the 2016 presidential
Facebook faces accountability problems
September 19, 2017
The problems keep piling up for Facebook, and it’s unclear how long the internet giant will be able to brush them aside as it barrels