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Is there a war on truth? Conversation with Maria RessaRenowned journalist, a TIME magazine 'Person of the Year', joins The Stream to discuss her fight for press freedom.

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Russia's RT slams Facebook for blocking popular page      24:52  Witness

Maria Ressa: War on Truth         Facebook

British MPs say Facebook 'knowingly' violated data privacy laws       Facebook

Exclusive: Facebook allowed fake news ads ahead of Nigeria vote   by Yarno Ritzen

            Twitter13 Feb 2019 08:32 GMT

'Huge fail': Twitter says not enough done to prevent online abuseTwitter CEO Jack Dorsey says he would give himself a 'C' grade in the fight against online abuse.

       The Listening Post11 Feb 2019 10:59 GMT

BuzzFeed and the digital media bubbleRecent layoffs suggest that the click-based advertising revenue model doesn't add up to a profitable bottom line.

  09:01     Europe07 Feb 2019 13:37 GMT

Germany to restrict Facebook's data gatheringAntitrust watchdog threatens to impose fines of up to 10 percent of social media giant's annual global revenues.

       Social media04 Feb 2019 14:55 GMT

EU: Tech giants now better at removing hate speechYouTube, Microsoft, Twitter and Facebook assess 89 percent of flagged content within 24 hours, EU officials say.

       Facebook01 Feb 2019 13:03 GMT

Facebook deletes 783 'inauthentic' pages, accounts tied to IranSocial media company says removed accounts were part of an Iranian campaign targeting people in more than 20 countries.

       Privacy & Surveillance30 Jan 2019 19:48 GMT

Apple blocks Facebook app that paid teens to track internet useA Facebook research app privacy guidelines by collecting private data like internet history, location data and messages.

       Facebook21 Jan 2019 17:07 GMT

WhatsApp limits forwards to 5 recipients to check fake newsWhatsApp, owned by Facebook, expands five-recipient limit first enforced in India where fake news led to mob lynchings.

       Media19 Dec 2018 11:19 GMT

Facebook gives Netflix and Spotify access to users' messages: NYTFacebook gave large tech companies access to users' data, including private messages, New York Times reports.

       Asia Pacific19 Dec 2018 03:02 GMT

Facebook removes hundreds of pages linked to Myanmar's armySocial media giant has faced intense criticism for ineffective response to malicious posts against Rohingya minority.

       Europe17 Dec 2018 16:10 GMT

France to impose new tax on internet and tech giantsParis estimates it will make $570m in 2019 by introducing a new levy on large internet and tech firms from January 1.

        Israeli–Palestinian conflict17 Dec 2018 04:01 GMT

Israeli PM's son gets brief ban on FacebookFacebook account of Benjamin Netanyahu's son blocked for 24 hours after message calling for expulsion of Palestinians.

       The Listening Post16 Dec 2018 21:43 GMT

What happened to Zuckerberg's 2018 resolution to 'fix Facebook'?Multiple scandals have exposed the business calculations the company has made, which contradict its feel-good image.

  09:06     The Listening Post15 Dec 2018 08:13 GMT

Resolutions vs reality: Facebook's disastrous 2018Facebook's end-of-year wrap glossed over most of its own bad news. Plus, US immigration raids caught on camera.

  26:05     UpFront17 Nov 2018 09:09 GMT

Would Donald Trump be president without Facebook?Author and tech pioneer Jaron Lanier explains how social media can feed into people's insecurities.

       UpFront17 Nov 2018 08:25 GMT

Is Facebook ruining the world?We challenge visionary Jaron Lanier on why he thinks we all need to delete our social media accounts immediately.

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