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Sopa Images / SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Searches for the word “dog” on Instagram’s stories feature are showing an emoji for a takeout box associated with Chinese American food, angering people who are concerned the app is reinforcing racist stereotypes. An Instagram employee noticed the issue over the weekend, according to a post on an internal Facebook message board, while users of the popular photo-sharing app have complained about the problem since 2019. Instagram is owned an...

BuzzFeed News; Saul Loeb / AFP via Getty Images The Trump Organization negotiated on behalf of then-president Donald Trump to make Parler his primary social network, but it had a condition: an ownership stake in return for joining, according to documents and four people familiar with the conversations. The deal was never finalized, but legal experts said the discussions alone, which occurred while Trump was still in office, raise legal concerns with regards to anti-bribery laws. Talks between...

Close icon Two crossed lines that form an X. It indicates a way to close an interaction, or dismiss a notification. Facebooks CEO Mark Zuckerberg. REUTERS/Erin Scott/File Photo Facebook staff told execs in August 2020 that 70% of top political groups were full of hate speech, misinformation, and violent threats. Researchers had to fight to convince management to take action against these groups, per a Wall Street Journal report. Facebook...

Facebook knew it had a huge problem with hateful groups 5 months ahead of the Capitol riot, internal docs show insider@insider.com (Isobel Asher Hamilton) © Provided by Business Insider Facebooks CEO Mark Zuckerberg. REUTERS/Erin Scott/File Photo Facebook staff told execs in August 2020 that 70% of top political groups were full of hate speech, misinformation, and violent threats. Researchers had to fight to convince management to take action against these groups, per a Wall ...

Image from: Twitter @morganfmckay Is it really a protest if no one comes? Because we were warned for days about nationwide protests planned at state capitals all across the country - and many in law enforcement feared that protestors would be armed. Welp, that didnt happen. In fact, in some state capitals there were zero protestors at all. But even more pathetic than no protestors was the lone protestor. For example, this guy came down to the New York state capital expecting to see a large cro...

Ted S. Warren/AP In the days following the violent Trump-inspired insurrection at the US Capitol on January 6, the FBI warned all 50 states that similar “armed protests” were being planned by right-wing extremists around their capitol buildings. But on Inauguration Day, at least, those protests turned out to be complete duds. Not only have there been no incidents of violence at state capitols on Wednesday as of 4 pm ET, but at many of them, the number of MAGA protesters could be counted on ...

Facebook temporarily stops ads related to weapon accessories and protective equipment ahead of the inauguration and after the Capitol Hill riot insider@insider.com (Madison Hoff) © Rafael Henrique/SOPA Images/LightRocket/Getty Images In this photo illustration a Facebook logo seen displayed on a smartphone. Rafael Henrique/SOPA Images/LightRocket/Getty Images Facebook is pausing advertisements for "weapon accessories and protective equipment" until two days after President-el...

TTP Director Katie Paul told Buzzfeed News on January 13 that Facebook gets to profit these ads. "Facebooks advertising microtargeting is directing domestic extremists toward weapons accessories and armor that can make their militarized efforts more effective, all while Facebook profits," Paul told Buzzfeed News. Attorneys general also mentioned microtargeting in a letter sent to Will Castleberry for Facebook Public Policy on January 15. Karl Racine of DC, Kwame Raoul of Illinois, Maura Healey ...

Conservatives react as Amazon boots Parler from its hosting service [Houston Chronicle] Jan. 11—Parler is down for the foreseeable future. Amazon removed social media platform Parler from its cloud hosting service Amazon Web Services this weekend, the move coming shortly behind Google and Apple’s removal of the platform from app stores, according to Buzzfeed News’John Paczkowski and Ryan Mac. Favored by conservatives as a haven for free speech, Parler became overrun with violent rhetoric ...

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