Facebook admits censoring Linux was a mistake
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Tuesday, 04 February 2025 12:13

Facebook admits censoring Linux was a mistake


We have been forgetting who the good guys are lately

Facebook’s bizarre censorship of Linux groups and the wholesome DistroWatch magazine was a mistake, the social notworking outfit has admitted.

“Everything I say is leaked”
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Friday, 31 January 2025 11:16

“Everything I say is leaked”


Zuckerberg moans at leaked meeting

At an all-hands meeting inside Meta on Thursday, the company's co-founder and chief executive, Mark Zuckerberg, said he was increasingly careful about what he said internally because there were more leaks than in in a Welsh soup.

Meta surrenders and gives Trump $25 million
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Thursday, 30 January 2025 11:34

Meta surrenders and gives Trump $25 million


Wrong to suspend his account over that little insurrection business

Social notworking outfit Meta has written a $25 million cheque to Donald Trump to apologise for freezing his account over the 6 January insurrection at the US Capitol.

Facebook censors Linux topics
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Tuesday, 28 January 2025 10:35

Facebook censors Linux topics


Right wing good, open sauce bad

Social notworking site Facebook is censoring posts mentioning Linux-related topics, according to Linux news and discussion site DistroWatch.

Facebook forces users to follow Donald Trump
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Wednesday, 22 January 2025 08:19

Facebook forces users to follow Donald Trump


Censors the democrat hashtag

Facebook users are complaining that their accounts automatically now follow President Donald Trump and are being swamped with newspeak posts about him.

Meta is only firing fact checkers in US
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Tuesday, 14 January 2025 23:51

Meta is only firing fact checkers in US


Fake news only available in countries run by oligarchs 

 Meta has told the Brazilian government that it doesn't yet have to worry about the end of fact checkers in its country because it is only removing them in the United States.

Meta disables fact-checking
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Tuesday, 07 January 2025 21:25

Meta disables fact-checking


Embracing the right

Meta Platforms CEO Mark Zuckerberg has announced the end of fact-checking and the removal of speech restrictions across Facebook and Instagram.

Abandon WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger, and Signal, FBI warns
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Encryption and public safety concerns

The FBI has issued an urgent call to iPhone and Android users, urging them to reconsider using popular messaging apps like WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger, and Signal.

Meta claims it is censoring too much
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Wednesday, 04 December 2024 09:26

Meta claims it is censoring too much


Too much harmless content taken down

According to a top executive, Meta mistakenly removes too much content across its apps.

Australia ban under-16s from social media 
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Friday, 29 November 2024 09:52

Australia ban under-16s from social media 


Social media is apparently more dangerous than anything else down under 

The land down under, Australia which has more poisonous reptiles and insects than anywhere in the world, has decided that its kiddies are more at danger from social media than anything else.