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We’re Publishing the Facebook Papers. Here’s How Meta Became the Internet’s Biggest Hub of Covid-19 Misinformation.
This piece is part of Gizmodo’s ongoing effort to make the Facebook Papers available to the public. See the full directory of documents here.
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Trump Could Be Back on Facebook as Soon as January
Donald Trump could be back to his old social media antics in just a few months. The two-year ban, barring the former poster-in-chief from Facebook, expires at the beginning of 2023. And Meta, Facebook’s parent company, hasn’t revealed whether it’ll be extending Trump’s virtual exile.
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Facebook and Instagram Boot RFK Jr’s Notorious Anti-Vax Group From Their Platforms
One of the most prolific and notorious anti-vaxxer online communities no longer has a home on either Facebook or Instagram as Meta reportedly took down both of their accounts for spreading misinformation, the company confirmed.
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Facebook Approved Pro-Genocide Ads in Kenya After Claiming to Foster ‘Safe and Secure’ Elections
Kenya’s national cohesion watchdog threatened to suspend Facebook from the country Friday if it doesn’t mitigate hate speech ahead of the country’s general elections next month. The regulator has given the company one week to remediate the problem, which included Facebook’s approval of ads advocating for ethnic cleansing. Human rights organisations and the Facebook whistleblower…