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News Literacy Project
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U.S. Politics
“If They Won’t Hear Us, They Will Fear Us”: How The Capitol Assault Was Planned On Facebook
buzzfeednews.com - David Mack and Ryan Mac and Ken Bensinger
Right-wing extremists used Facebook to call for the overthrow of the government and storm the US Capitol in the period leading up to the Jan. 6 …
3 days ago
News Literacy Project
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Conspiracies
How Facebook Became a Tool of the Far-Right
The New York Times - Stuart A. Thompson and Charlie Warzel
Dominick McGee didn’t enter the Capitol during the siege on Jan. 6. He was on the grounds when the mob of Donald Trump supporters broke past police barricades and began smashing windows. But he turned...
Jan 15
News Literacy Project
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How much political news do people see on Facebook? I went inside 173 people’s feeds to find out
Nieman Lab - Laura Hazard Owen
October 2020 was one of the craziest news months in recent history, but you wouldn’t know it by looking in people’s Facebook feeds. What do people see in their Facebook feeds? How much news do they encounter...
Nov 28, 2020
News Literacy Project
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Facebook Struggles to Balance Civility and Growth
The New York Times - Kevin Roose, Mike Isaac and Sheera Frenkel
SAN FRANCISCO — In the tense days after the presidential election, a team of Facebook employees presented the chief executive, Mark Zuckerberg, with an alarming finding: Election-related misinformation...
Nov 25, 2020
News Literacy Project
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Facebook Gets Rich Off Of Ads That Rip Off Its Users
buzzfeednews.com - Craig Silverman and Ryan Mac
Facebook is on track for record ad revenue this year. That’s partly due to its lax approach to stopping scammers, hackers, and disinformation …
Dec 10, 2020
News Literacy Project
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Technology
Facebook Is Developing A Tool To Summarize Articles So You Don’t Have To Read Them
buzzfeednews.com - Ryan Mac
"We all get the privilege of seeing the future because we are making it.” Facebook told employees on Tuesday that it’s developing a tool to summarize …
Dec 16, 2020