Cara Anna, AP, Study: Facebook fails to catch East Africa extremist content, 15 June 2022 "A new study has found that Facebook has failed to catch Islamic State group and al-Shabab extremist content in posts aimed at East Africa ...

Dazed, Is pro-Palestine content being censored on social media? ...

AFP/France 24, Israel says Iran tried to recruit agents via Facebook "Israel's internal security agency on Monday accused Iran of using a fake Facebook profile to try and get Israelis to collect information and harm people in their ...

Morgan Meaker, Wired, Why WhatsApp Survived Russia’s Social Media Purge, 21 March 2022 "It has become easier to be labeled an extremist in Russia. On Monday the label—once reserved for the likes of the Taliban and the Islamic State—was given to Facebook’s parent company, ...

Moustafa Ayad, The Daily Beast, These “cyberarmies” battling it out on Facebook are resorting to a bizarre weapon of choice to knock each other down. 2 Jan 2022

"The “Soldiers of the Righteous Caliphate” group was a microcosm ...

Mail Online, Jailed terrorist mocks life sentence on FACEBOOK: Muslim-convert extremist serving 19 years for stabbing prison guard jokes about life in Strangeways despite social media and internet ...

Mark Scott, Politico, Islamic extremists sidestep Facebook’s content police, 19 Dec 2021

"The posts — some tagged as “insightful” and “engaging” via new Facebook tools to promote community interactions — championed the ...

Mark Scott, Politico, Digital Bridge, (9 Dec 2021 "There are still public Facebook groups — some with more than 80,000 members — promoting Islamic extremist content, often with names directly tied to ...

Siladitya Ray, Forbes, Rohingya Refugees Sue Facebook For $150 Billion, Alleging Platform Failed To Curb Hate Speech That Led To Violence, 7 Dec 2021

"Several ...

Important report on CNN from Donie O'Sullivan about Facebook ads, which equate anti-vaccine messages to the Holocaust, etc. Will Meta step up on this, or provide excuses (again)?

NEW: Facebook has sold ads promoting anti-vaccine messages, comparing the US government's response ...

Jillian C. York and David Greene, Electronic Frontier Foundation, Facebook’s Secret “Dangerous Organizations and Individuals” List Creates Problems for the Company—and Its Users

Important points: "While Facebook—and ...

Matt O'Brien and Barbara Ortutay, AP, Facebook to shut down face-recognition system, delete data "Facebook said it will shut down its face-recognition system and delete the faceprints of more than 1 billion people amid growing concerns about the technology ...

Billy Perrigo, Time, Facebook Let an Islamophobic Conspiracy Theory Flourish in India Despite Employees' Warnings, 1 Nov 2021 "Facebook banned the QAnon conspiracy theory in October 2020, designating it a “militarized social movement.” But the company has not applied ...

Middle East Eye, Facebook employees questioned restrictions on Palestine posts during Gaza offensive "Documents shared by a Facebook whistleblower reveal concern among employees that tech giant was censoring pro-Palestine content."

Isabel Debre and Fares Akram, AP, Facebook's language gaps weaken screening of hate, terrorism, 25 Oct 2021

"Arabic poses particular challenges to Facebook’s automated systems and human moderators, each of which struggles ...

Sam Biddle, The Intercept, Revealed: Facebooks' Secret Blacklist of 'Dangerous Individuals and Organizations' (long read) "But while labels like “terrorist” and “criminal” are conceptually ...

Zarif Faiaz, The Daily Star, 6 Bangladeshi militant groups, 1 individual in Facebook’s secret blacklist

"The list, including militant organisations, hate groups and politicians, also names 6 militant ...

Mae Anderson, AP, Outage highlights how vital Facebook has become worldwide "In rebel-held Syria, where the telecommunication infrastructure has been disrupted by war, residents and emergency workers rely mostly on internet communication."

The National, WhatsApp down: how parts of the Middle East came to depend on the messaging service, 5 Oct 2021 "When WhatsApp went down on Monday, Dar Al Ifta, one of Egypt’s foremost Islamic advisory ...

Layla Mahmood, BBC News, Somali feminist: Facebook is being used to silence me

""We didn't kill you in Somalia and now you have freedom in the UK, but we will silence you on Facebook" - this warning was given to a UK-based Somalia-born women's rights activist."

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Bhaskar Chakravorti, Foreign Policy, Facebook’s Taliban Ban Will Prove Costly for Afghans

". Pro-Taliban users can still freely use WhatsApp, the wildly popular Facebook-owned messaging app. This is because the app is end-to-end encrypted, which ...

Elizabeth Culliford, Reuters, Facebook decided faith groups are good for business. Now, it wants your prayers

""One of the biggest communities using Facebook products to connect are people of faith," ...

NYT/Newsblock, Facebook’s Next Target: Religious Experience

"Now, after the coronavirus pandemic pushed religious groups to explore new ways of operating, Facebook sees an even greater strategic opportunity to attract highly engaged users to its platform. The ...

Reuters, Middle East Eye, Facebook says Iranian hackers used site in spying on U.S. military personnel

"The social media giant said the group, dubbed 'Tortoiseshell' by security experts, used fake online personas ...

Vice, ‘I’m in Constant Horror’: Student Jailed Over Printouts of Facebook Posts

"Vienna-based student Ahmed Samir Santawy went on hunger strike after he was sentenced to four years in Egypt's strictest prison. His fate now ...

Arab News, Bangladeshi cleric issues fatwa on Facebook emoji "A prominent Muslim Bangladeshi cleric with a huge online following has issued a fatwa against people using Facebook’s “haha” emoji to mock people." This refers to Ahmadullah.

Ryan Mac, Buzzfeed, Amid Israeli–Palestinian Violence, Facebook Employees Are Accusing Their Company Of Bias Against Arabs And Muslims

"As Facebook contends with internal allegations of censorship, unequal enforcement, and pro-Israel ...

Sky News, Facebook and Google plan new undersea cables to connect southeast Asia and America

"The cables, named Echo and Bifrost, will be the first to directly connect North America to some of the main parts ...

BBC World Service, The Documentary Podcast, Facebook's global power and influence

Ten minutes well-spent: "After a series of damaging scandals, many critics believe the social media giant has become too powerful and should be broken up. This week, Ros Atkins will consider Facebook's ...

Jack Gillum and Justin Elliott, Propublica, Sheryl Sandberg and Top Facebook Execs Silenced an Enemy of Turkey to Prevent a Hit to the Company’s Business

"Amid a 2018 Turkish military campaign, ...

CNN, How Facebook's Africa expansion could help foster new hubs like Nigeria's 'Silicon Valley'

"Facebook also unveiled more details on its expansion plans to tap into Africa's 1.2-billion-person market, including new tech ...