In practice, that means the social network plans to ban a new bunch of false claims in addition to the manifold false claims about vaccines and COVID-19 that it has already banned.
Among Facebook’s new targets: claims include that vaccines aren’t effective or that they’re toxic, dangerous or cause autism, all of which have been thoroughly debunked for both the coronavirus vaccine and any other vaccine.
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‘Doctor Strange 2' Gets Weirder, Scarier, Messier
Once a superhero franchise goes multiverse, it’s hard to go back.
Biden Announces Program Offering Discounted Internet Service
President Joe Biden announced that 20 internet companies have agreed to provide discounted service to people with low incomes, a program that could effectively make tens of millions of households eligible for free service through an already existing federal subsidy.
Amazon Fires 2 Union Organizers Tied to First U.S. Labor Win
Amazon has fired two employees with ties to the grassroots union that led the first successful U.S. organizing effort in the retail giant’s history.
2022 IS THE YEAR OF ALL-INCLUSIVE TRAVEL, AND HERE'S WHY
The hotel name Zoetry (in Zoetry Montego Bay Jamaica) has an umlaut mark over the letter "e."
'TOP GUN' SEQUEL A WELCOME TRIP TO THE DANGER ZONE
Early on in "Top Gun: Maverick," Tom Cruise hops on his sleek motorcycle, wearing Aviator sunglasses and a leather jacket with patches, and speeds into a time machine. No, that's not right. It's actually us who take a trip back.
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4 WAYS TO PROTECT YOUR SMALL BUSINESS FROM CYBER ATTACKS
Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, small businesses have quickly adopted remote working and transitioned to new technologies, such as contactless payments and online ordering.
A BEZOS-BIDEN SQUABBLE: CAN CORPORATE TAXES TAME INFLATION?
Jeff Bezos this weekend became the latest centi-billionaire to launch a political fight on Twitter by denouncing a tweet from President Joe Biden about corporate taxes as "disinformation” and “misdirection."
BIDEN ADMINISTRATION TO RELEASE $45B FOR NATIONWIDE INTERNET
The Biden administration is taking the first steps to release $45 billion to ensure that every U.S. resident has access to high-speed internet by roughly 2028, inviting governors and other leaders to start the application process.
NISSAN MULLING THIRD AUTO PLANT IN THE US TO MEET EV DEMAND
Nissan is considering adding a new auto plant in the U.S. to keep up with growing demand for electric vehicles, a top executive at the Japanese automaker said.
"You Know What's Cool?"
Facebook has spent a decade successfully ripping off its newer, hotter rivals. But this time, it tried to copy TikTok and blew up Instagram instead
A Perfect Match
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I think influencer marketing should become more plugand-play, like with Facebook ads."
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Big Tech's Great Reckoning
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La era de la neuroprivacidad
Puede sonar a ciencia ficción, pero ya se puede leer el pensamiento y estamos a un paso de influir en él, gracias a los avances en neurotecnología. Pronto, los datos no provendrán de las redes sociales o nuestras búsquedas en Internet: se recogerán directamente de nuestro cerebro. Y mientras las grandes empresas se frotan las manos, los científicos advierten que ya es la hora de regular. Legislemos los neuroderechos.
De-FAANGed
Investors are rethinking a strategy that's served them for the better part of a decade
SHARES OF FACEBOOK PARENT META SOAR DESPITE GROWTH SLOWDOWN
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The Karen Who Cried Kidnapping
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Zuckerberg Money Won't Be in Next Round of Aid for Elections
The nonprofit that distributed most of the $350 million in donations from Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg to election offices in 2020 said that it won’t disburse similar donations this year after backlash from conservatives suspicious that the contributions tilted the outcome of the presidential race toward Joe Biden.