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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

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Last Night on Late Night

Late night hosts survey the 'sad lineup' of newly outed Jan. 6 GOP lawmakers

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the facebook papers

Zuckerberg reportedly 'pretty mad' during earnings call

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the facebook papers

How Facebook is allegedly 'mischaracterizing its growth'

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facebook fallout

More 'bad' Facebook headlines could be coming

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Last Night on Late Night

Late night hosts have questions, suggestions for Facebook's big rebrand

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Facebook fallout

Founder of eBay reportedly helping Facebook whistleblower

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What's in a name?

Facebook reportedly believes now is a great time to change its name

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Joel Mathis

Facebook can be its own country when it gets an army

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'sharing the truth'

Facebook Oversight Board to meet with whistleblower

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crackdown

Why regulating tech is different than tobacco

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Johnsplaining

John Oliver tackles misinformation in immigrant communities, from AT&T

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live from new york

Senators cluelessly question whistleblower about Facebook in SNL cold open

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William Falk

Facebook's amoral algorithms

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Facebook fallout

Frances Haugen wasn't the only frustrated Facebook employee

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Damon Linker

The sticky problem of making Facebook go away

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Last Night on Late Night

Late night hosts recap the Facebook fallout, spoil the newest Trump tell-all

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Facebook fallout

Facebook asks for regulation following Senate hearing

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Facebook fallout

Facebook chooses to grow 'at all costs,' says whistleblower

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Business briefing

The daily business briefing: October 5, 2021

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Daily briefing

10 things you need to know today: October 5, 2021

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Last Night on Late Night

Late night hosts joke about how people survived the great Facebook outage

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Facebook Follies

What broke Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp

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Zuckerberg out

The Facebook outage, according to employees

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Facebook Follies

Facebook whistleblower comes forward on 60 Minutes with stark warnings

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drugs in america

DEA tells TikTok, Snapchat, and Instagram to do more to stop online drug sales

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future of facebook

Facebook tried to gauge whether they could encourage kids to use its products on playdates

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digital nation-state

The case for treating Facebook as a 'hostile foreign power'

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Feature

Fighting questions from within at Facebook