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    Renee DiResta, Abhiram Reddy, and Josh A. GoldsteinApril 24, 2024
    From shrimp Jesus to fake self-portraits, AI-generated images have become the latest form of social media spam
    Within days of visiting the pages — and without commenting on, liking, or following any of the material — Facebook’s algorithm recommended reams of other AI-generated content.
    Joshua BentonApril 1, 2024
    Yo! How a content-free social network briefly fascinated the world (and the news media)
    Ten years ago today, a new app arrived to strip the “media” out of social media, reducing messaging to two little letters. It burned bright, but not for long.
    Over 100 watchdog groups sign letter demanding Meta keep CrowdTangle running
    Sarah ScireMarch 14, 2024
    A window into Facebook closes as Meta sets a date to shut down CrowdTangle
    CrowdTangle will close August 14. Meta has argued the tool was used to generate inaccurate and incomplete reports about Facebook.
    Peter GresteMarch 4, 2024
    Facebook will stop subsidizing Australian news. Will tax dollars have to replace it?
    “If we accept that news is a public good, not something we can treat as a product to be traded like soap, then we have to develop economic models that somehow get the public to pay for it.”
    Gretel KahnNovember 8, 2023
    In Canada’s battle with Big Tech, smaller publishers are caught in the crossfire
    Independent outlets explain how traffic and engagement have plummeted overnight after Meta blocked news from its platforms.
    Luke Thorburn and Aviv OvadyaOctober 31, 2023
    Social media algorithms can be redesigned to bridge divides — here’s how
    “It falls to both the tech companies that built these systems and an engaged public to create technologies designed for social cohesion.”
    Meta threatens to remove news from Instagram and Facebook over proposed California law
    Laura Hazard OwenApril 21, 2023
    A history of BuzzFeed News, Part II: 2017–2023
    “We can’t keep losing money.”
    News now makes up less than 3% of what people see on Facebook
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