- This is a thread on how Facebook's ad platform undercut political competition in the world's largest democracy. By giving a leg up to the ruling BJP. I explain here the findings of our year-long investigation. https://twitter.com/Kum_Sambhav/status/1507577966250799111 4 comments india
- AOC calls Facebook a "cancer to democracy" after Meta rebrand https://www.theverge.com/2021/10/29/22753046/facebook-meta-aoc-instagram-rebrand-france-haugen-blumenthal 1000 comments technology
- AOC calls Facebook a "cancer to democracy" after Meta rebrand https://www.theverge.com/2021/10/29/22753046/facebook-meta-aoc-instagram-rebrand-france-haugen-blumenthal 2092 comments politics
- Nobel Peace Prize winner Maria Ressa calls Facebook 'biased against facts' and a threat to democracy https://www.euronews.com/next/2021/10/09/philippine-nobel-peace-prize-winner-maria-ressa-calls-facebook-biased-against-facts 56 comments worldnews
- Australia shows the way. It’s the job of governments not big tech to run democracies | Facebook https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/feb/21/australia-shows-the-way-its-the-job-of-governments-not-big-tech-to-run-democracies 15 comments technology
- Making Sense Of The Facebook Menace - Can The Largest Media Platform In The World Ever Be Made Safe For Democracy? https://newrepublic.com/article/160661/facebook-menace-making-platform-safe-democracy 10 comments politics
- We can have democracy or we can have Facebook, but we can't have both https://the.ink/p/we-can-have-democracy-or-we-can-have 31 comments technology
- Roger McNamee: ‘Facebook is a threat to whatever remains of democracy in the US' https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2020/jul/26/roger-mcnamee-facebook-is-a-threat-to-whatever-remains-of-democracy-in-the-us 4 comments politics
- Democracy In Bulgaria - Toy Store Chain Gets Raided By The Government After Owner Dares To Criticize Them On Facebook - English In Comments https://www.mediapool.bg/darzhavata-atakuva-hipolend-sled-aktivno-uchastie-v-protestite-news311697.html#comments 32 comments europe
- Facebook accused of promoting hate speech and destabilizing democracy in India https://www.arabnews.com/node/1721081/world 28 comments worldnews
- NAACP president calls Facebook 'one of the biggest threats to democracy' as companies join ad boycott https://theweek.com/speedreads/922027/naacp-president-calls-facebook-biggest-threats-democracy-companies-join-ad-boycott 9 comments politics
- Facebook won’t ban political ads, prefers to keep screwing democracy – TechCrunch https://techcrunch.com/2020/01/09/facebook-wont-ban-political-ads-prefers-to-keep-screwing-democracy/ 61 comments politics
- Voters ‘used as lab rats’ in political Facebook adverts, warn analysts. Parties are all involved in a targeted experiment that campaigners warn lacks transparency and could harm democracy https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2019/nov/09/facebook-voters-used-as-lab-rats-targeted-political-advertising 5 comments technology
- Facebook co-founder: Allowing false political ads skirts 'responsibility to democracy' https://www.cnet.com/news/facebook-co-founder-allowing-false-political-ads-skirts-responsibility-to-democracy/ 9 comments politics
- How I helped hack democracy. Cambridge Analytica scandal. Facebook got fined about $600,000 for their part in this crime. Yeah that fine will teach them not do that again. (/s) http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2019/10/book-excerpt-mindf-ck-by-christopher-wylie.html 20 comments technology
- Facebook is ‘the biggest threat’ to US democracy, Cambridge Analytica whistleblower says https://www.cnbc.com/2019/10/22/brittany-kaiser-facebook-is-the-biggest-threat-to-us-democracy.html 3 comments politics
- Facebook glitch emboldens student climate protesters | "It’s an attack our freedom, it's defilement of our democracy." https://www.smh.com.au/environment/climate-change/facebook-glitch-emboldens-student-climate-protesters-20190202-p50v9u.html 7 comments worldnews
- Facebook is as bad for democracy as smoking, say tech experts, who think the cure is breaking up the social network https://www.businessinsider.com/facebook-is-a-damaging-to-your-health-as-cigarettes-say-tech-experts-2019-1 128 comments politics
- Facebook could become a threat to democracy without tougher regulation, the former head of UK intelligence agency GCHQ has said. Robert Hannigan told the BBC the social media giant was more interested in profiting from user data than "protecting your privacy". https://www.bbc.com/news/business-46480457 15 comments worldnews
- Facebook could threaten democracy, says former GCHQ boss https://www.bbc.com/news/business-46480457 43 comments technology
- Facebook put profits above care for liberal democracy: Silicon Valley faces a reckoning, just as banks did after the financial crisis https://www.ft.com/content/041d9b1c-e994-11e8-885c-e64da4c0f981 4 comments technology
- People used to think the internet would help democracy — but in the era of Facebook data breaches, it's seems it hasn't https://www.businessinsider.com/the-internet-has-not-helped-democracy-2018-10 80 comments politics
- A Threat to Global Democracy: How Facebook & Surveillance Capitalism Empower Authoritarianism https://www.democracynow.org/2018/8/1/a_threat_to_global_democracy_how 10 comments politics
- "Alarming": Facebook Teams Up With Think-Tank Funded by Saudi Arabia and Military Contractors to "Protect" Democracy https://www.commondreams.org/news/2018/05/18/alarming-facebook-teams-think-tank-funded-saudi-arabia-and-military-contractors 545 comments worldnews
- "Alarming": Facebook Teams Up With Think-Tank Funded by Saudi Arabia and Military Contractors to "Protect" Democracy https://www.commondreams.org/news/2018/05/18/alarming-facebook-teams-think-tank-funded-saudi-arabia-and-military-contractors 82 comments politics
- Let’s not trust Facebook to protect our privacy and our democracy https://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorials/2018/03/20/lets-not-trust-facebook-to-protect-our-privacy-and-our-democracy.html 8 comments politics
- Obama calls out Facebook and Google, and says it's hard to know how long democracy can survive the current political climate http://www.businessinsider.com/obama-on-facebook-google-reshaping-democracy-2018-2 478 comments politics
- Is Facebook Bad For Democracy? http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/facebook-democracy-social-media-1.4505631 102 comments politics
- Facebook: we were too slow to recognise our 'corrosive' effect on democracy. https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/jan/22/facebook-too-slow-social-media-fake-news-hiring 72 comments technology
- Facebook says it can't guarantee social media is good for democracy https://www.reuters.com/article/us-facebook-politics/facebook-says-it-cant-guarantee-social-media-is-good-for-democracy-iduskbn1fb14g 18 comments politics
- Facebook says it can't guarantee social media is good for democracy https://www.reuters.com/article/us-facebook-politics/facebook-says-it-cant-guarantee-social-media-is-good-for-democracy-iduskbn1fb14g 426 comments worldnews
- Facebook Admits: We ‘Can’t Guarantee’ We’re Good for Democracy https://www.thedailybeast.com/facebook-admits-we-cant-guarantee-were-good-for-democracy 8 comments politics
- Facebook has a history of breaking things — now maybe democracy https://news.vice.com/story/facebook-has-a-history-of-breaking-things-now-maybe-democracy 7 comments politics
- What Facebook did to democracy https://www.theatlantic.com/amp/article/542502/ 3 comments politics
- If Facebook Can Be Good for Democracy, It Can Also Be Bad https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2017/09/the-false-dream-of-a-neutral-facebook/541404/ 12 comments politics
- Facebook bans criticism of democracy as obscene content http://www.corrupt.org/news/facebook_bans_criticism_of_democracy_as_obscene_content 4 comments reddit.com
- Mark Zuckerberg Profits from Rage as Much as Donald Trump Does | The Facebook boss sure talks pretty about his commitment to democracy. But he profits from Trump's lies. So maybe his real commitment is to something else. https://www.thedailybeast.com/free-speech-pleasemark-zuckerberg-profits-from-rage-as-much-as-donald-trump-does 28 comments politics
- Cher ditches Facebook, Google for 'conspiring with Russia to destroy our democracy' https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/people/2018/12/18/cher-ditches-facebook-google-over-alleged-russian-election-meddling/2356655002/ 49 comments worldnews
- Facebook's fall: From the friendliest face of tech to perceived enemy of democracy https://www.foxnews.com/tech/facebook-went-from-happy-face-of-tech-to-perceived-enemy-of-democracy 68 comments business
- As Zuckerberg Defends False Trump Ads as Free Expression, Critics Say Facebook's Assault on 'Foundations of Democracy' Must Be Stopped: "To save democracy and the free press, we must eliminate Google and Facebook's control over the information commons." https://www.commondreams.org/news/2019/10/18/zuckerberg-defends-false-trump-ads-free-expression-critics-say-facebooks-assault 1736 comments worldnews