Erasebook Updates

A niche social network favored by right wing personalities and conservatives has accused Facebook of aiding a 2020 election "information blackout."

The Daily Coin and Gospel News Network both will be set up on Parler and Rumble.

This election season, Parler is the home for uncensored, real-time election coverage.

How much longer are we going to allow its platform to foment hatred and undermine democracy?

Parler CEO John Matze condemns Facebook for censoring video from Fox News primetime host Tucker Carlson.

Facebook Inc. is again being sued for allegedly spying on Instagram users, this time through the unauthorized use of their mobile phone cameras.

Parler is criticizing Facebook’s launch of a “Climate Change Information Center” in user feeds, a move intended to provide what the publisher deems to be “factual resources from the world’s leading climate organizations and actionable steps people can take in their everyday lives to combat climate change.” 

A reader passes along this item, which led to his account being locked (for 30 days, apparently) on "hate speech" grounds by Facebook (I've redacted his name below):

The social media platforms warn viewers that the Fox News host’s interview with a Chinese virologist contained “false information” about Covid-19.

Parler joins those cheering yesterday’s federal court ruling in County of Butler v. Wolf, in which Judge William S. Stickman IV, in the words of The Volokh Conspiracy’s Eugene Volokh, “broadly struck down” as unconstitutional, Pennsylvania’s shutdown orders—including the state’s limits on nonreligious gatherings (“25 persons for indoor gatherings and 250 persons for outdoor gatherings”).

A top Facebook official tweeted Saturday it would delete posts alleging leftist organizations started wildfires in Oregon and other Western states after the FBI said arson reports are "conspiracy theories," reported RT News.

The user data that the Facebook-owned messaging app [WhatsApp] shares publicly is allowing dozens of outside apps to track aspects of WhatsApp users' online activity — including whom they're likely talking to, when they're sleeping, and when they're using their devices. 

Facebook is finally researching how social media impacts elections - but won’t have results until 2021. This is not the first time they have drug their feet.

In recent years, social media platforms have been taking down online content more often and more quickly.

Facebook claims to be altruistic, a technological Philosopher King acting in our best interest, connecting us with others and enriching our lives.