
Digital Mar 12, 2022
Facebook researchers find its apps can make us lonelier
Facebook researchers struggle to understand why some of its app experiences cause users pleasure while the same content sometimes inflicts pain.
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Facebook researchers struggle to understand why some of its app experiences cause users pleasure while the same content sometimes inflicts pain.
Rohingya refugees blame the social media company for allowing the "out-of-control spread of anti-Rohingya content” despite repeated warnings about deadly consequences.
The name change is the most definitive signal so far of the company’s intention to stake its future on a new computing platform — the "metaverse."
Twitter Inc. and Facebook Inc. have both sparked the ire of Donald Trump, but the social networks have taken nearly opposite approaches to politics and the president. While Twitter this week slapped unprecedented fact-checks on presidential tweets, Facebook has adopted a more hands-off strategy, saying ...