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Musk To Charge for Twitter X Use

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Robert Reich: Facebook Is Failing the American People

Robert Reich / Truthdig Jan 16, 2020 Mark Zuckerberg says he's willing to run political ads, even if they're demonstrably false. Who will step in to protect our democracy? Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Robert Reich: Big Tech and Democracy Can’t Coexist

Robert Reich / Truthdig Nov 7, 2019 Facebook and Twitter have come to completely dominate the information marketplace. As a society, we can't afford to leave them intact. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Twitter Bans Political Ads Ahead of 2020 Election

RACHEL LERMAN and BARBARA ORTUTAY / The Associated Press Oct 30, 2019 This move sets it apart from Facebook, which continues to defend running paid political ads, even false ones, as a free speech priority. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Billionaires, Not Voters, Are Deciding Elections

Sonali Kolhatkar / Truthdig Nov 9, 2018 As voters, we need to become literate in the ways of the moneyed class when it comes to elections. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Twitter Permanently Bans Alex Jones and Infowars, Citing Abuse

BARBARA ORTUTAY / The Associated Press Sep 6, 2018 Banning the right-wing conspiracy theorist and his show comes a day after Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey testifies before Congress about alleged bias against conservatives on the platform. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Facebook, Twitter Vow to Combat Foreign Intrusion

MARY CLARE JALONICK and BARBARA ORTUTAY / The Associated Press Sep 5, 2018 Facebook's Sheryl Sandberg and Twitter's Jack Dorsey tell a Senate panel that their platforms plan to use new technologies to combat abuses ahead of the November midterm elections. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Illinois County Sues Facebook, Alleging Fraud

The Associated Press Mar 26, 2018 A lawsuit filed in Cook County Circuit Court charges that Trump-affiliated political consulting firm Cambridge Analytica deceived the millions of Illinois Facebook users whose information it collected. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Fake News Travels 6 Times Faster Than the Truth, Study Shows

SETH BORENSTEIN / The Associated Press Mar 8, 2018 Massachusetts Institute of Technology research finds that in 126,000 stories tweeted millions of times over 10 years, "no matter how you slice it, falsity wins out." Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Twitter Turns a Profit for First Time, but Problems Remain

BARBARA ORTUTAY / The Associated Press Feb 8, 2018 The company is still struggling to get people to sign up, despite the attention President Trump's no-holds-barred tweets have drawn to the service. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )