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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

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if all your friends built a metaverse

Microsoft joins the metaverse madness

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Analysis

Solving the Facebook problem

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Last Night on Late Night

Late night hosts poke Facebook's Meta-morphosis, mock Romney's Halloween stunt

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into the metaverse

Mark Zuckerberg stars in surreal metaverse presentation

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'the FTC should be really angry'

FTC investigating whether Facebook violated settlement

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Last Night on Late Night

Late night hosts dislike Facebook's supercharged anger emoji

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Facebook fallout

Why 'big-name' Democrats are 'rebuffing' roles at Facebook

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The Facebook papers

Facebook reportedly gave angry emoji more weight than 'likes'

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Daily briefing

10 things you need to know today: October 26, 2021