A pro-Trump ad was removed from Facebook after claims that it contained false information, Fox News has learned.America First Action PAC on Tuesday told Fox News that Facebook removed one of its ads, titled "On Hold," which was placed in Arizona, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin on July 24. The ad was flagged by Politifact on July 29, according to…
(CNN)Facebook announced Wednesday it had shut down pages and accounts linked to Roger Stone and Proud Boys, a far-right group Facebook has banned under its hate policies. Stone's own Instagram accoun…
TOPLINE US tech companies Google, Facebook, Microsoft, Zoom and Twitter have said that they would temporarily stop processing requests for Hong Kong authorities on user data, while ByteDance’s TikTok has pulled its app from the region as the companies review the Hong Kong’s new national security law which gives local authorities sweeping online censorship and…
Facebook has been vehemently condemned in a two-year report it commissioned into itself. The audit found a series of "serious setbacks" that led to failures on issues including hate speech, misinformation and bias. The 100-page report catalogues a "seesaw of progress and setbacks" on a wide variety of issues. Download the new Independent Premium app…
The civil rights auditors Facebook hired to scrutinize its civil rights record on Wednesday delivered a long-awaited and scathing indictment of the social media giant’s decisions to prioritize free speech above other values, which they called a “tremendous setback” that opened the door for abuse by politicians.The report criticized Facebook’s choice to leave several posts…
U.S.|Grand Juror in Breonna Taylor Case Says Deliberations Were MisrepresentedThe Kentucky attorney general’s office said it would release the panel’s recordings after a grand juror contended in a court filing that its discussions were inaccurately characterized.Breonna Taylor's family and the lawyer Ben Crump, right, said the charges a Kentucky grand jury agreed upon in the…
(John Finney Photography/Moment/Getty Images) An abnormally bad season of weather may have had a significant impact on the death toll from both World War I and the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic, according to new research, with many more lives being lost due to torrential rain and plummeting temperatures. Through a detailed analysis of an ice…