politics In the USA, Trump supporters are the most prolific users and sharers of "junk news" (a mix of untruth and distastefully presented materials) Cory Doctorow
Business Facebook hired a pollster to track Zuck's public image, but he quit because working for Facebook filled him with shame Cory Doctorow
News Suspect arrested for sexually assaulting little girl in viral Facebook child porn clip. She is now safe. Xeni Jardin
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web theory Facebook helped consolidate power for Cambodia's dictator and his attack-dog media, then killed the independent press's platform Cory Doctorow
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law City of Sarajevo bans unsanctioned utterances of its name, threatens Facebook groups Cory Doctorow
News Facebook will ask its 2 billion users to rank their trust in news orgs for 'Newsfeed' makeover Xeni Jardin
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facebook With repetition, most of us will become inured to all the dirty tricks of Facebook attention-manipulation Cory Doctorow
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