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Hospital websites are sending medical information to Facebook
Experts say it might be a HIPAA violation
Facebook is changing its algorithm to take on TikTok, leaked memo reveals
TikTok redefined the idea of a social media feed — can Facebook play catch-up before it’s too late?
The world's largest social network has more than 2 billion daily users, and is expanding rapidly around the world. Led by CEO Mark Zuckerberg and his chief operating officer, Sheryl Sandberg, Facebook undergirds much of the world's communication online, both through its flagship app and its subsidiaries Instagram, WhatsApp, and Oculus. Despite huge financial success, Facebook is also confronted with questions about data privacy, hate speech on the platform, and concerns that frequent social media use can lead to unhappiness. The Verge publishes a nightly newsletter about Facebook and democracy, subscribe here.
The secret lives of Facebook moderators in America
In Arizona, Facebook’s content moderators get through the day with sex, drugs, and guns
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How the Buffalo shooting livestream went viral
Years after the Christchurch mosque attacks, what have platforms learned?
This firm made Republicans go viral — now it’s falling apart
Some workers were paid late, while others were berated by Benny Johnson
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Formed in 2009, the Archive Team (not to be confused with the archive.org Archive-It Team) is a rogue archivist collective dedicated to saving copies of rapidly dying or deleted websites for the sake of history and digital heritage. The group is 100% composed of volunteers and interested parties, and has expanded into a large amount of related projects for saving online and digital history.
