‘Seeded in social media’: Jailed Philippine journalist says Facebook is partly responsible for her predicament

'Seeded in social media': Jailed Philippine journalist says Facebook is partly responsible for her predicament

In April, Facebook hired Rappler to become part of its new news verification program, which fact-checks on behalf of the social media giant. [Russian disinformation on Facebook targeted Ukraine well before the 2016 U.S. election]The human rights case against Facebook is growing. Rappler's October 2016 series offered, in retrospect, a surprisingly accurate blueprint for the Russian disinformation operation already in full bloom in the U.S. presidential campaign and using similar digital techniques. U.S. disinformation in 2016 was foreign, not domestic, and didn't call for violence so much as sow social discord. Ressa still holds Facebook responsible for allowing the scale of false information in the Philippines to grow so fast.

Facebook says it fired leaker for participating in conservative bias 'stunt'

additionally Facebook says it fired a contractor who worked with right-wing sting group Project Veritas on a "stunt," as the group today published screenshots of internal Facebook conversations. The Veritas report includes 60 pages of documents and a related video, which features on-the-street confrontations with named Facebook employees. The documents, provided by a former Facebook contractor now employed by Veritas, include screenshots of Facebook employee discussions on moderation efforts, as well as an internal presentation discussing a racist troll campaign. The Veritas video specifically focuses on a moderation tag called "ActionDeboostLiveDistribution," which the source believes was applied to conservative videos for ideological reasons. Starting in 2016, Facebook gave a significant News Feed boost to live videos as a way of encouraging users to broadcast live.

'Seeded in social media': Jailed Philippine journalist says Facebook is partly responsible for her predicament

In April, Facebook hired Rappler to become part of its new news verification program, which fact-checks on behalf of the social media giant. [Russian disinformation on Facebook targeted Ukraine well before the 2016 U.S. election]The human rights case against Facebook is growing. Rappler's October 2016 series offered, in retrospect, a surprisingly accurate blueprint for the Russian disinformation operation already in full bloom in the U.S. presidential campaign and using similar digital techniques. U.S. disinformation in 2016 was foreign, not domestic, and didn't call for violence so much as sow social discord. Ressa still holds Facebook responsible for allowing the scale of false information in the Philippines to grow so fast.

according to Facebook says it fired a contractor who worked with right-wing sting group Project Veritas on a "stunt," as the group today published screenshots of internal Facebook conversations. The Veritas report includes 60 pages of documents and a related video, which features on-the-street confrontations with named Facebook employees. The documents, provided by a former Facebook contractor now employed by Veritas, include screenshots of Facebook employee discussions on moderation efforts, as well as an internal presentation discussing a racist troll campaign. The Veritas video specifically focuses on a moderation tag called "ActionDeboostLiveDistribution," which the source believes was applied to conservative videos for ideological reasons. Starting in 2016, Facebook gave a significant News Feed boost to live videos as a way of encouraging users to broadcast live.

Facebook says it fired leaker for participating in conservative bias 'stunt'