Democrats and advocates have criticized the process and the board s decision to leave open the ability for Trump to return, while Republicans have centered their criticism around accusations that Facebook is censoring conservatives through the ban.
Trump, unsurprisingly, also slammed the decision lumping together Facebook, Twitter and Google.
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“These corrupt social media companies must pay a political price, and must never again be allowed to destroy and decimate our Electoral Process,” Trump said in a statement.
The board released a decision Wednesday upholding the ban on Trump, but the board also said it found that the indefinite suspension on Trump was not appropriate, and is requesting that Facebook review the decision and decide an “appropriate penalty” within six months.
Health Official in Papua New Guinea Explains How Facebook Spreads Misinformation
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Papua New Guinea’s Prime Minister James Marape (R) preparing to receive a dose of the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine in Port Moresby on March 30, 2021.
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Papua New Guinea’s health minister, Jelta Wong, spoke with an Australian think tank over videochat on Thursday about challenges PNG faces in combatting the covid-19 pandemic. PNG is seeing a resurgence of the disease along with a growing wave of misinformation being spread online about vaccines, and the talk is an interesting look at how Facebook has harmed public health in a relatively small country of just 9 million people.
Facebook and News Corp Have Reached a Three Year News Distribution Deal
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After temporarily disabling Australian news organizations’ ability to share news links in February, Facebook announced on Monday that it had reached a licensing agreement with the news giant News Corp.
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In a statement, News Corp Australia said that the three-year deal would allow the media conglomerate’s properties including the national newspaper The Australian, the news site news.com.au, and major metropolitan papers including The Daily Telegraph, Herald Sun and The Courier-Mail to share news links on the platform in the country.
Secret Service Worry Major Biden’s Behavior Influenced By Time Spent On Far-Right Dog Forums
WASHINGTON Searching for answers in the wake of multiple violent incidents involving the German shepherd, Secret Service agents told reporters Wednesday that they remained concerned that Major Biden’s recent behavior had been influenced by time spent on far-right dog forums. “It starts out innocently enough with following a squeak toy meme account, but slowly dogs like Major get sucked into much more toxic forums, often with rabid anti-veterinarian sentiment,” said Secret Service director James M. Murray, adding that such websites often target pups as young as 6 months old with bigoted messages about the purity of thoroughbred bloodlines and inherent cultural inferiority of mutts. “What’s insidious is these reactionary forums groom their young members with treats, belly rubs, and exposure to other members’ anal glands. That’s the sort of recruiting strategy that m