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War rocks the media

Technocrats and far rightists on the move

The wonderful, terrible world of Web3, Zucker and Zuckerberg zetzed, and more media mishugas

A ProPublica/Washington Post analysis of Facebook posts, internal company documents and interviews, provides the clearest evidence yet that the social media giant played a critical role in spreading lies that fomented the violence of Jan. 6.

Introducing the AI Bill of Rights, and more hot flashes from media land

New attacks on press freedom, and new tech twists for 2022

Income disparity on the small screen, Zuckerberg's big rip-off, and more

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A plea to global media: Take the climate crisis seriously!

"It's almost as if Facebook's monopolistic mission to either own, copy, or destroy any competing platform has incredibly destructive effects on free society and democracy," said Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.