BARBARA ORTUTAY

October 18, 2020 at 3:00 am

Is Facebook really ready for the 2020 election?

Ever since Russian agents and other opportunists abused its platform in an attempt to manipulate the 2016 U.S. presidential election, Facebook has insisted — repeatedly...

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October 15, 2020 at 5:57 pm

Why tech giants limited the spread of NY Post story on Biden

Misinformation frequently outpaces the truth on social networks, academic studies have found. But if social media titans aren’t careful, their attempts to clamp down on...

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October 15, 2020 at 12:17 pm

YouTube follows Twitter and Facebook with QAnon crackdown

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — YouTube is following the lead of Twitter and Facebook, saying that it is taking more steps to limit QAnon and other...

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October 13, 2020 at 1:17 pm

Facebook bans anti-vaccination ads but not antivax posts

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Facebook says it will ban ads on its platform that discourage vaccinations — with an exception carved out for advocacy ads...

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October 9, 2020 at 10:04 am

Twitter tightens limits on candidates ahead of US election

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Twitter is imposing tough new rules that restrict candidates from declaring premature victory and tighten its measures against spreading misinformation, calling...

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October 7, 2020 at 4:19 pm

Facebook braces for contested election, voter intimidation

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Facebook said it’s readied new safeguards for the 2020 U.S. elections that have it better prepared to deal with candidates who...

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October 6, 2020 at 2:04 pm

Facebook says it will ban groups that openly support QAnon

Facebook said it will ban groups that openly support QAnon, the baseless conspiracy theory that paints President Donald Trump as a secret warrior against a...

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October 1, 2020 at 11:56 am

Facebook, Twitter flounder in QAnon crackdown

Facebook and Twitter still aren’t enforcing even the limited restrictions they’ve recently put in place to stem the tide of dangerous QAnon material, a review...

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September 25, 2020 at 4:30 am

Facebook critics start rival, independent ‘oversight board’

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — A group of prominent Facebook critics, including one of the social network's early investors and a journalist facing jail time in...

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September 22, 2020 at 1:33 pm

Facebook: Fake pages from China tried to disrupt US politics

Facebook says it has removed a small network of fake accounts and pages that originated in China and focused on disrupting political activity in the...

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