Facebook

Briefing

Is Meta out of ideas?

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blue badge club

Meta to offer verified accounts on Facebook and Instagram

Donald Trump sitting with his arms crossed against his chest.

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logging on

Trump's campaign formally requests that Facebook restore his account

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cough it up, zuck

Meta to settle Cambridge Analytica lawsuit for $725 million

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Cutting Costs

Is the Metaverse to blame for Meta's layoff of 11,000 employees?

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Feature

Will Metaverse be Zuckerberg's downfall?

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Feature

Can Sheryl Sandberg be replaced?

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leaning out

Sheryl Sandberg to leave Meta after 14 years

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SCOTUS

Supreme Court temporarily blocks Texas social media law

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Speed Reads

Meta disables some Instagram filters in Texas and Illinois due to facial recognition laws

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meta moves

Meta paying consulting firm to 'turn the public against' TikTok

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Jason Thacker

How myths of autonomy scrambled American parenting

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Bonnie Kristian

Standing 'sentinel' on social media won't fix Ukraine

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changing course

Facebook to temporarily allow some posts calling for violence against Putin

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*removes friend*

Meta executive speaks out after Russia blocks Facebook

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The Week team

Trump's new social network needs the tech law he hates

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please touch grass

How toxic superusers determine what everyone else sees on Facebook

Protesters interact with Capitol Police inside the U.S. Capitol.

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yikes

Virginia deputy AG resigns after Facebook posts of her praising Capitol rioters resurface

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James Pethokoukis

Empty conservative panic over Big Tech

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time to go

Peter Thiel, an early Facebook investor, is stepping down from Meta board

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Samuel Goldman

We used to be a proper country

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Peak Meta

Facebook lost users for 1st time in its history last quarter

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Ryan Cooper

The case against surveillance advertising

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Joel Mathis

Terrorists in the metaverse?

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Jason Thacker

Content moderation can't stop another Jan. 6

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more facebook fallout

The role Facebook groups played in Jan. 6

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locked out

Rep. Greene slams Facebook for 24-hour suspension

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Censored!

Children's book publisher claims 'anti-American' bias after Facebook disables account

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'muddy the waters'

Facebook told Republicans whistleblower was 'trying to help Democrats'

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Business briefing

The daily business briefing: December 17, 2021

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Bonnie Kristian

Stop pretending the metaverse is impressive

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Briefing

How Facebook's metaverse could change your life

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facebook fallout

Facebook whistleblower fears metaverse will create new dangers

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Facebook fallout

Facebook negatively impacts about 1 in 8 users, per documents

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'many concerns'

Facebook to shut down facial recognition system