I Love Facebook. That’s Why I’m Suing Meta.

We must be able to create a more civic-minded internet, with tools that would empower users to better control what they see. Read More

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Prof asks court to protect his Unfollow Everything 2.0 extension from Facebook's ire

You've got to fight for your right to personalize A professor has asked the US courts to confirm he has the right to release a browser extension to help people disengage with Facebook by automatically ... Read More

Lawsuit against Meta asks if Facebook users have right to control their feeds using external tools

In a story published May 1, 2024, about Meta, The Associated Press misspelled the first name of a U.K. developer. It should be Louis Barclay, not Luis Barclay. Read More

Social media expert celebrates 'wake-up call' on addiction: We need guardrails for children

Digital media we know now, by design, has been habit-forming and addicting," Kardaras told Fox News ... cited social media as a factor since it "lives on the emotional reactivity." "It's black ... Read More

Aaron Sorkin’s ‘The Social Network’ sequel: ‘I blame Facebook for January 6’

The Oscar-winning writer of 'The Social Network' is working on a follow-up movie about Facebook that will explore the company's role in the 6 January 2021 assault on the US Capitol. Read More

Aaron Sorkin Is Writing Some Kind of ‘Social Network’ Sequel Because ‘I Blame Facebook For January 6’ Riot at the U.S. Capitol

Aaron Sorkin is writing a sequel to "The Social Network" and blames Facebook for the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol. Read More

Aaron Sorkin Writing a Potential ‘Social Network’ Sequel: “I Blame Facebook for Jan. 6”

The 'West Wing' creator says he's working on ... broke the news when he was asked during a live-from-D.C. edition of The Town podcast about how Facebook and social media have influenced democracy ... Read More

Aaron Sorkin writing Social Network ‘quasi-sequel’ because he blames Facebook for January 6 riot

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news ... at Facebook between growth and integrity. There isn’t; there’s just growth.” Aaron Sorkin and ‘The Social Network’ star ... Read More

4 social media platforms we’ve lost, and what happened to them

Though it’s possible the app won’t actually be banned in the U.S., the potential end of the platform prompted some social media users to reflect on those we have lost. Here’s a look at the ... Read More

How social media is showing us what we like, rather than letting us find out for ourselves

Feel like you've seen everything ... news and audiobooks … and you don’t need to be a scientist to find it! This clearly impacts what social media users see in their feed, but Chayka says it's ... Read More

Can parents, school districts suing social media companies make platforms safer?

Facebook’s founding president ... in federal lawsuits over social media, sees similarities to another case he worked on against electronic cigarette maker JUUL. "We are dealing with a youth ... Read More