The Senate runoff elections in Georgia have become the latest battleground against misinformation as false and misleading posts swarm Facebook and Twitter.
Author: Jessica Guynn, USA TODAY
Facebook ranks deleting anti-Black and ‘most harmful’ hate speech over comments about white people and men
Facebook is more concerned about racist slurs and hate speech against Black people, Muslims and Jews than posts declaring, “White people are stupid” and “Men are pigs.”
Racial inequity persists after George Floyd: Black women and Latina entrepreneurs get less than 1% of venture capital
Black women and Latinas raised more venture capital in 2020 but parity is still a pipedream, the new ProjectDiane report from digitalundivided found.
Social censoring
Censor or conspiracy?
Amazon Web Services outage takes down part of internet
Having trouble binge-watching your favorite show or playing your favorite video game? An Amazon Web Services outage in the east may be to blame.
Don’t count on finding toilet paper on your next run to Target or Walmart: COVID-19 panic buying is on a roll again
Paper towels, cleaners and other household staples are in high demand in stores and online again as the coronavirus surges across the country.
Twitter fact-checks Donald Trump tweet about the firing of Chris Krebs (on Twitter)
Twitter appended a label to fact-check President Donald Trump’s tweet about his firing of the nation’s top election security official Chris Krebs.
‘You’re the ultimate editor,’ Twitter’s Jack Dorsey and Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg accused of censoring conservatives
Republicans accused Facebook and Twitter of meddling in the election to harm Trump. Democrats criticized the spread of misinformation and hate speech.
Social censoring
FB, Twitter bias? 🚫
Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg and Twitter’s Jack Dorsey brace for election ‘techlashing’ in Senate Judiciary hearing
Republican senators will accuse Mark Zuckerberg and Jack Dorsey of anti-conservative bias. Democrats will criticize their handling of hate speech.