Twexit updates

A Facebook official on Wednesday announced changes to the platform's ad policy, pledging that the site would remove political ads that baselessly link certain kinds of voting to allegations of widespread voting fraud, such as false claims about mail-in voting.

Is Facebook a positive or negative influence on society - and does the company, or indeed anybody in a position to enact any type of change, actually care either way?

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Facebook has restricted the page of Tucker Carlson, the most popular cable news host in the country, smearing the Fox News host as sharing “false news.”

Parler, the people-driven, free speech platform, has released a memo detailing its plans to host unfiltered content during the 2020 election season, in accordance with its recently published Parler Pledge.

The social media giants — Facebook, Google’s YouTube, and Twitter — have, under pressure from the advertising industry, agreed to a set of “common definitions” for allegedly “hateful” and “harmful” content and to “harmonize” reporting standards for such content across the industry.

Facebook said Tuesday that it has a plan in case there is violent unrest in the wake of the US election, and that it would restrict content on its platform in such a scenario.

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.

You can’t make this up – Twitter freezes RT Host Steve Malzberg from platform for sharing video of Joe Biden touching children by claiming it is a “Violation of Child Sexual Exploitation Policy”.

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

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

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

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.”