[Link] Facebook has ruined our reality, now it’s coming for the metaverse too

Read: 31/10/2021 www.theguardian.com

“Facebook”. The word paints a thousand pictures, every one of them a portrait of some element of the human condition I could happily live without. Message requests from veterans in Montana that read, “Hello beautiful Lady.

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[Link] Facebook bans, sends cease-and-desist letter to developer of Unfollow Everything extension

Read: 12/10/2021 www.techspot.com

What just happened? Given the rough couple of weeks Facebook has been through, the company could definitely use some good PR right now, so here's exactly the opposite: it's been revealed that the social network has permanently banned the creator of a tool that unfollows all connections automatically

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[Link] Ex-Fox host claims Facebook defamed him by fact-checking climate change videos

Read: 29/9/2021 arstechnica.com

Former Fox Business host John Stossel is suing Facebook, alleging that the social media company and one of its contracted fact-checking organizations defamed him when it flagged two of his videos, alerting viewers to “missing context” and “partly false” claims.

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[Link] Fact-checking works to undercut misinformation in many countries

Read: 14/9/2021 arstechnica.com

In the wake of the flood of misinformation that's drowning the US, lots of organizations have turned to fact-checks. Many newsrooms set up dedicated fact-check groups, and some independent organizations were formed to provide the service.

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