Social Media has had such a high, negative impact, we need to focus on the causes. [View all]

In particular, a few recent articles that show Facebook’s disregard for our democracy.

Special treatment for “conservative” content which heavily tilts the playing field.

Multiple articles available on Techdirt, regarding their algorithms. Particularly this:

https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20210221/12145046290/yet-another-story-shows-how-facebook-bent-over-backwards-to-put-place-different-rules-conservatives.shtml

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Also,, Shutting down platforms, to prevent honest appraisal of FB’s manipulation. Ala:

https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20210806/12140147316/facebook-acting-badly-shuts-down-researchers-accounts-over-claims-privacy-violations-that-dont-stand-up-to-scrutiny.shtml

and…

https://crooksandliars.com/2021/08/facebook-blocks-accounts-investigating

(These two links may be nearly the same, I found the crooks and liars one right before I hit send.)