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| Alex Heath / The Verge: |
Internal documents show Facebook is struggling to attract American users under the age of 30, with US teenage users declining by 13% since 2019 — The world's largest social network is internally grappling with an existential crisis: an aging user base — Earlier this year …
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| Mike Isaac / New York Times: |
Internal docs show how Facebook discussed hiding the Like button to alleviate stress and anxiety, but users interacted and shared fewer posts — Likes and shares made the social media site what it is. Now, company documents show, it's struggling to deal with their effects.
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| Alexandra S. Levine / Politico: |
Internal documents show Facebook had no clear playbook for handling the dangerous content delegitimizing the US elections ahead of the January 6 riots — Facebook's rules left giant holes for U.S. election falsehoods to metastasize. On the day of the Capitol riot, employees began pulling levers to try to stave off the peril.
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| Washington Post: |
Internal Facebook docs and interviews detail Mark Zuckerberg's decisions to prioritize growth over safety, including censoring “anti-state” posts in Vietnam — Late last year, Mark Zuckerberg faced a choice: Comply with demands from Vietnam's ruling Communist Party …
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| Casey Newton / The Verge: |
Internal Facebook docs detail its opaque tier system for providing protection to users in certain countries, leaving gaps in Myanmar, Pakistan, and Ethiopia — Leaked documents reveal a huge, opaque system — This story is part of a group of stories called| Clare Duffy / CNN: |
Leaked docs show Facebook has known it has a problem related to human trafficking content for people working inside private homes, but still hasn't fixed it — New York (CNN Business)EMBARGOED FOR MONDAY 10/25 7 AM ET — Facebook has for years struggled to crack down on content related … | Gilad Edelman / Wired: |
Leaked docs offer a blueprint for solving Facebook's problems: improve products by deprioritizing engagement, reduce AI reliance, focus on developing countries — Internal research documents provide a blueprint for solving the company's biggest problems. — The Facebook Papers| Steven Levy / Wired: |
Internal docs reveal farewell posts by some Facebook employees detail disappointment and dissatisfaction with a company unwilling or unable to change — The “badge posts” of the company's former researchers offer the parting thoughts of the disillusioned. — The Facebook Papers
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| Bloomberg: |
Internal Facebook docs show time spent by US teenagers was down 16% YoY, young US adults were also spending 5% less time on the social network, and more — Rising internal concerns about young users was largely invisible to outsiders, forming the basis of a whistle-blower's SEC complaint
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| Ben Smith / New York Times: |
How Frances Haugen maximized the impact of her leaked Facebook documents, rolling them out to WSJ and then broadening the circle to a large group of outlets — In a time of mega-leaks, journalists' sources have become power players. Frances Haugen, the former Facebook executive …
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| Ben Hubbard / New York Times: |
Citizen Lab: the iPhone of Ben Hubbard, an American reporter for NYT, was hacked in 2020 and 2021, likely by Saudi Arabia using NSO's Pegasus; NSO denies claim — Invasive hacking software sold to countries to fight terrorism is easily abused. Researchers say my phone was hacked twice, probably by Saudi Arabia.
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| Richard Lawler / The Verge: |
Tesla rolls back its FSD beta from version 10.3, which improved many items like brake light and turn signal detection, to 10.2 after “seeing some issues” — Elon Musk didn't specify what issues the company found — Tesla's decision to test its “Full Self Driving” …
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