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• 2025/01/27 12:30 UTC [L..T] Facebook flags Linux topics as 'cybersecurity threats' – posts and users being blocked «Facebook is banning posts that mention various Linux-related topics, sites, or groups. Some users may also see their accounts locked or limited when posting Linux topics. Major open-source operating system news, reviews, and discussion site DistroWatch is at the center of the controversy, as it seems to be the first to have noticed that Facebook's Community Standards had blackballed it.»
• 2014/06/01 [L..T] Facebook Could Decide an Election Without Anyone Ever Finding Out
• 2014/04/30 12:35 UTC [L..T] Facebook Is Throttling Nonprofits and Activists «So far coverage of Facebook's plan to squeeze the organic reach of Pages has focused on its impact on "brands" that spam us with ads and promotions. But nonprofits, activists, and advocacy groups with much fewer resources (and no ad budgets) are also being hugely affected. It's starting to look like Facebook is willing to strangle public discourse on the platform in an attempt to wring out a few extra dollars for its new shareholders.»
• 2011/07/12 19:30 UTC [L..T] Friends in Revolution «So far, the idea of Facebook Revolution has been a great example of wishful thinking by the digerati. In real life, the phenomenon hasn't held up. The uses of Twitter in Iran were particularly exaggerated, as the messages that caught the attention [of] outsiders were in English. In Egypt, a national strike beginning April 6, 2008 (hence the name of the April 6 Youth Movement) announced on Facebook was a failure – disorganized, unsure of its tactics, quickly repressed once it stepped offline and into the streets.»
• 2009/07/27 [L..T] Chris Mooney is Not My Friend Anymore “It was not until a Boston Globe article in which Mooney and Kirshenbaum place the blame and responsibility squarely on the shoulders of scientists that the camel's back broke.”