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Did Instagram Just Kill Linktree?
Thirteen months ago, Linktree, the link-in-bio company that allows creators to collect links to different platforms in a single, easily…
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Meta Is Being Sued in Kenya, Again
When David, a content moderator, heard that his company, Sama, would be ending its contract with Meta, he became one…
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In Bulgaria, Russian Trolls Are Winning the Information War
A former Meta employee who worked on its content moderation systems and policy, and who spoke to WIRED on the…
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TikTok and Meta’s Moderators Form a United Front in Germany
Screening social media content to remove abuse or other banned material is one of the toughest jobs in tech, but…
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WhatsApp Has Started a Fight With the UK About Encryption
“Nobody’s defending CSAM,” says Barbora Bukovská, senior director for law and policy at Article 19, a digital rights group. “But…
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Facebook Is Still Letting Russia Interfere in Politics
Nicolae Fratea is on a mission to purge his Facebook timeline of weird political adverts. Every couple of days, he’s…
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Meta Verified Shows a Company Running Out of Ideas
Meta’s new subscription service looks pretty familiar. For between $11.99 and $14.99 a month, Instagram and Facebook users will get…
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The Slow Death of Surveillance Capitalism Has Begun
Meta denies it has to alter the way it operates in response to the EU ruling, claiming it just needs…
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Does Meta’s Horizon Workrooms Deliver? Customers Say Yes … and No
It’s a rhetorical question, but LeBeau’s statements when we met in Workrooms for an interview several weeks ago suggest he…
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A New Lawsuit Accuses Meta of Inflaming Civil War in Ethiopia
On November 3, 2021, Meareg Amare, a professor of chemistry at Bahir Dar University in Ethiopia, was gunned down outside…
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