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December 23, 2021
The revelation that Torrance, Calif., police officers exchanged racist text messages is further proof that police racism is widespread.
December 12, 2021
"It was absolutely the most terrifying thing I've ever experienced in my life," Kyanna Parsons-Perez told the TODAY show on…
December 10, 2021
Waniki Lushun Fox succumbed to her injuries on Tuesday, two days after firefighters saved her life.
November 25, 2021
Rachael Hawk, in her second year at Facebook, influenced one of the U.S.'s most powerful companies to better support Black…
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November 22, 2021
If Facebook and Instagram are to serve as the next evolution of social technology, social change will have to happen…
November 20, 2021
Nextdoor has worked to curtail racism on its media platform, including with diversity and inclusion training for its moderators.
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November 10, 2021
Meghan Markle believes she’s found an easy solution to the social media hate speech and bullying problem – a dislike…
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October 29, 2021
Blue Telusma explores the new rebranding of Facebook to "Meta" and founder Mark Zuckerberg's ulterior motives.
October 28, 2021
Facebook CEO Zuckerberg said his company is rebranding itself as Meta in an effort to encompass its virtual-reality vision for…
October 28, 2021
Pinkett Smith's assertions and some of the social media chatter about them prompted the actress to take to Twitter to…
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October 27, 2021
Reports of hateful and violent posts on Facebook started pouring in soon after Trump wrote that looters in Minneapolis would…
October 24, 2021
Leaked Facebook documents reveal the platform has been selectively dealing with rampant hate speech and misinformation being spread.
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October 22, 2021
Noble, the director of UCLA's Center for Critical Internet Inquiry, googled "Black girls," and pornography turned up first in her…
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October 21, 2021
In addition to Facebook’s racial and ethical issues, it has enforced harrowing effects on the self-esteem of Black children and…
October 5, 2021
A former Facebook data scientist told Congress that the social network giant’s products harm children and fuel polarization in the…
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October 4, 2021
Blue Telusma explores how Monday's Instagram outage reveals the troubling dependency that most of us have on social media.
October 2, 2021
Trump was also suspended from Facebook and Google’s YouTube over similar concerns that he would provoke violence.
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September 27, 2021
Facebook is putting a hold on the development of a kids’ version of Instagram to address concerns about the vulnerability…
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September 21, 2021
Facebook's semi-independent oversight board says it will review the company's "XCheck," or cross-check, system following an investigation
September 16, 2021
In a post on Facebook, the grieving 44-year-old father confirmed his daughter Karli’s passing, writing Monday, "My heart is broken."