Mark Zuckerberg is fooling no one by changing Facebook’s name to Meta
The “metaverse” epitomises Big Tech’s focus on masturbatory ego projects rather than social goods.
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Will Brexit make us more vulnerable to AI decision-making?
The government is proposing to remove EU-era regulatory protections that enable people to challenge the decisions algorithms make about them.
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In 2021, social media companies are essentially immune to criticism – and they know it
Despite shocking headlines, nothing seems to turn the public against social platforms. Is this bad news overload or successful PR…
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How do you solve a problem like Facebook?
The Facebook whistleblower wants Congress to take action. But her solutions would make Facebook even stronger.
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Can anyone “steal” your life from social media?
The viral story “Who Is The Bad Art Friend?” shows we don’t own the versions of ourselves we project online.
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The Great Facebook Outage of 2021: Why WhatsApp and Instagram were down for six hours
The outage demonstrates the danger of concentrating the power of the internet in just a few hands.
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What Facebook’s empty campus says about the post-Covid world
When Big Tech found it could work from home, an economy of lower-paid workers lost out.
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The introduction of Facebook places means that Faceook is now in direct competition with services li
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