X is promoting Community Notes to solve its disinformation problems, but some former employees and people who currently contribute notes say it’s not fit for that purpose.| WIRED
If you thought 2020 was bad, decisions from Big Tech and the US government have led to an internet that’s even worse off.| WIRED
Parents of newborns are reporting symptoms including diarrhea, twitching, and “complete toddler meltdowns” after giving them Pure Body Extra detox treatment.| WIRED
Ahead of the election, anti-government militias are using Facebook to recruit, coordinate training, and promote ballot box stakeouts. Meta isn’t shutting their groups down and is even auto-generating pages.| WIRED
After Meta’s layoffs and deprioritizing of news and political content, local election officials say they’re in a precarious spot heading into the elections.| CNBC
Meta Platforms Inc. CEO Mark Zuckerberg says he has grown tired of taking on too much ownership of problems beyond his or his company's control. The billionaire said his days of apologizing are over. What Happened: Zuckerberg said this during a conversation at the Chase Center in San Francisco, reported TechCrunch. The event, hosted by the Acquired podcast's David Rosenthal and Ben Gilbert, saw Zuckerberg joking about scheduling his next appearance to apologize for his comments. He quickly clari| Yahoo Finance
The social network exploded in Myanmar, allowing fake news and violence to consume a country emerging from military rule.| WIRED
We're ending our third party fact checking program and moving to a Community Notes model.| Meta Newsroom