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Facebook's parent company Meta is censoring anti-Hamas and pro-Israel commentary. It's seemingly the latest effort in Big Tech to choose sides on political issues that seems designed

A group of US senators is demanding that Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg hand over troves of emails and documents that could show how the company handled the knowledge that its platforms could harm the mental health of teens.

The ongoing Palestinian-Israeli crisis is further intensified in the information space by the failure of the leading tech giants, including Meta, to combat online disinformation, incitement to violence, and hate speech proliferating on their platforms, most egregiously against Palestinians.

Oh boy. Another Christmas, comes another lawsuit over this major Christmas hit.

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has personally and repeatedly thwarted initiatives meant to improve the well-being of teens on Facebook and Instagram, at times directly overruling some of his most senior lieutenants, according to internal communications made public as part of an ongoing lawsuit against the company.

Oh boy. Another Christmas, comes another lawsuit over this major Christmas hit.

Facebook (now known as Meta) CEO Mark Zuckerberg often overruled senior executives' proposals aimed at improving the mental health of teenagers on Facebook and Instagram, according to internal documents revealed as part of a lawsuit against the company.

Christmas classics enter at No 37 and No 40 respectively, ahead of increasing ubiquity over the festive season

The disclosures highlight Zuckerberg’s sway over decisions at Meta that can affect billions of users. And they also shed light on tensions that have occasionally arisen between Zuckerberg and other Meta officials who have pushed to enhance user well-being.

Technology advocacy groups sharply criticized Zuckerberg after the internal communications came to light.