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Biden Considers Pardons For Trump's Critics Amid Transition Norms

President Biden weighs pardons for Trump's critics, condemns punishing dissent, and advocates for truth in media amidst challenges of misinformation and po...

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Amazon Joins the Trend of Scaling Back DEI Programs

Amazon is winding down some DEI programs as part of a larger review amid growing pressures from activists and changing corporate priorities.

Mic

Silicon Valley’s tycoons are bending the knee to Trump

In 2017, Silicon Valley rebuked Trump’s travel ban. Today, it has reversed course and is bending over backwards with displays of deference to Trump

The Guardian - US

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How could Trump’s second term affect DEI initiatives in the US?

The president-elect has disparaged DEI. As Meta and Walmart drop diversity goals, here’s how others may follow

The Guardian - US

Illegal ‘bully’ kitten breeders selling pets illicitly on Facebook and Instagram, investigation finds

Exclusive: Undercover investigator was offered kitten imported from Russia for £6,000 by unlicensed trader

The Independent UK

Meta's appointment of UFC chief and Trump pal Dana White may kick off a trend

Meta's appointment of the Ultimate Fighting Championship CEO to its corporate board could kick off a new trend.

Fortune

Hafta 519: Meta and fact-checking, the role of journaling, social media as source of news

This week on Hafta, Newslaundry’s Abhinandan Sekhri, Jayashree Arunachalam, and Manisha Pande are joined by author Amitava Kumar and academic Joyojeet Pal.

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President Biden Criticizes Meta's Removal Of Fact Checkers

President Biden criticizes Meta's decision to replace fact-checkers with user-generated notes. He discusses potential pardons, VP Harris's future, and his ...

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The New Meta Censorship Rules Are Coming Our Way So Buckle Up, Here’s What We Know So Far

Meta's new censorship rules see the ditching of fact-checkers and instead adopting a system similar to that of Elon Musk's X.

Pedestrian.tv

Meta and Amazon ax diversity programs ahead of Trump inauguration

Changes at Meta come after company elevated prominent Republican to key position and donated to Trump

The Independent UK

Epic CEO Tim Sweeney says tech leaders are 'pretending to be Republicans' to gain favor with Trump, skirt antitrust laws, and ultimately 'rip off consumers and crush competitors'

The Trump administration is expected to be softer on antitrust cases, which as we know are one of Sweeney's major pursuits.

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Mark Zuckerberg Claims Biden Administration Would 'Scream and Curse' at Meta Employees to Remove COVID Content, Including a Meme of Leonardo DiCaprio

Mark Zuckerberg revealed that the Biden administration allegedly "screamed" and "cursed" at Meta employees during disputes over Facebook's handling of COVID-related posts.

International Business Times

Mark Zuckerberg Says Jim Jordan's Investigation of Conservative Censorship Was Like 'What Elon Did on The Twitter Files'

Mark Zuckerberg likened Jim Jordan's investigation into censorship to Elon Musk's "Twitter Files."

Latin Times

Leaked Meta Training Materials Uses 'Immigrants Are Pieces of S--t' as Example of Now Acceptable Content

Content moderation changes announced by Meta are part of a broader policy shift that includes the suspension of the company's fact-checking program

The Guardian - US

Meta terminates its DEI programs days before Trump inauguration

Meta, fresh off announcement to end factchecking, follows McDonald’s and Walmart in rolling back diversity initiatives

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International Business Times

Meta Abandons Racial Diversity Programs In Further Right-wing Shift

Social media giant Meta announced Friday it is dismantling its diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programs across the company, marking another major shift in strategy as it aligns with politically conservative priorities.

Salon

Meta kills off DEI and LGBTQ+ themes

On top of rolling back DEI plans, Meta's content moderation tweaks allow users to call LGBTQ+ users "mentally ill"

International Business Times

Brazil Gives Meta 72 Hours To Explain New Fact-checking Policies

Brazil on Friday gave social media giant Meta 72 hours to explain its fact-checking policy for the country, and how it plans to protect "fundamental rights" on its platforms.

Fortune

Elon Musk says AI has already gobbled up all human-produced data to train itself and now relies on hallucination-prone synthetic data

“The cumulative sum of human knowledge has been exhausted in AI training,” Musk said. “That happened basically last year.”

TechRadar

Researcher nets major reward for finding Facebook bug able to unlock the gates to its internal systems

The discover of a security vulnerability at Meta has proved valuable for one lucky researcher.

The Conversation

What Meta’s move to community moderation could mean for misinformation

Meta, the parent company of Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp and other services has announced it will discontinue its third-party factchecking programmes, starting in the US. Journalists and anti-hate speech activists have criticised the decision as an attempt to curry favour with the incoming US president, Donald Trump, but there could be…

Fortune

Meta staffers reportedly furious over Mark Zuckerberg's changes to hate policies

Staffers say Meta is in "total chaos" following the changes announced by CEO Mark Zuckerberg.

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