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Facebook puts groups on ‘probation’ for repeatedly spreading disinformation Sponsored Links REUTERS/Dado Ruvic Facebook’s post-election crackdown on groups is extending beyond bans. The company told the Washington Post that it’s now putting political and social groups on probation if they repeatedly violate community standards. If Facebook makes that call for a given group, administrators and…
Facebook repeatedly overruled fact checkers in favor of conservatives Sponsored Links MANDEL NGAN via Getty Images Facebook has repeatedly overruled its own fact checkers in order to help conservative pages avoid punishment for spreading misinformation. That’s according to leaked documents reported by NBC News, which found evidence that employees regularly intervene in the company’s fact-checking…
LinkedIn says it will stop repeatedly copying iOS clipboard Jacob Kastrenakes LinkedIn plans to stop its app from repeatedly copying the contents of an iOS device’s clipboard, after a user highlighted the seemingly privacy-invasive practice earlier this week. ZDNet reports that LinkedIn called the behavior a bug. The app copies clipboard contents in order to…