Facebook has released a new threat report saying that Russia is the top source of foreign influence campaigns, and saying the company has removed more than 150 shady disinformation groups over the past five years. The U.S. topped a list of the countries most frequently targeted by deceptive foreign influence operations using Facebook between 2017 … Read more
Facebook’s CEO Mark Zuckerberg testified Thursday that he believed the blame for the January 6 MAGA riot rested on former President Donald Trump and those who broke into the Capitol Building. ‘I believe that the former president should be responsible for his words and that the people who broke the law should be responsible for … Read more
The heads of Facebook, Google and Twitter will testify at House hearing on disinformation – as Mark Zuckerberg says he’s open to Congress changing Section 230 Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg, Twitter ‘s Jack Dorsey and Google’s parent company Alphabet’s Sundar Pichai will again testify before Congress Thursday’s hearing will be about disinformation In pre-released testimony, Zuckerberg … Read more
James Murdoch has said he quit his father’s media empire because it was ‘legitimizing disinformation’ and slammed ‘crazy’ Trump for ‘infecting the US with cruelty’ and downplaying COVID-19. The youngest son of media mogul Rupert Murdoch and his second wife Anna told the New York Times about his decision to break free from the family business, … Read more