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Content Moderation
October 5, 2021
Daniel Strauss
The Fight to Rein in Facebook Takes a Big Step—or Two—Forward This Week
First, whistleblower Frances Haugen will testify. Then Biden’s aggressive antitrust pick finally gets his confirmation hearing. But it’s still an uphill battle.
August 17, 2021
Jacob Silverman
Facebook Wants to Ban the Taliban. It’s Another War That Can’t Be Won.
The Taliban’s takeover in Afghanistan is an extreme, though not entirely unique, test case for the power and the peril of these platforms.
May 12, 2021
Josh Sklar
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Jacob Silverman
I Was a Facebook Content Moderator. I Quit in Disgust.
Facebook is driving content moderators toward despair through mismanagement, vague policies, and overwork. I’d had enough.
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