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For millions, the WhatsApp outage could have been a matter of life and death — Guardian

With so many lives dependent upon a functional messaging service, the Facebook outage reveals the need for a different path forward, writes Humza Jilani. Here...

Whistleblower: Facebook is misleading the public on progress against hate speech, violence, misinformation — CBS

Frances Haugen says in her time with Facebook she saw, "conflicts of interest between what was good for the public and what was good...

Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp go down — CNN

Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp all suffered outages midday Monday, writes Clare Duffy. Here is the link: https://www.cnn.com/2021/10/04/tech/facebook-instagram-whatsapp-outage/index.html

Facebook’s program for VIPs allows politicians and celebs to break its rules, report says — Engadget

The 'cross check' system was created to avoid 'PR fires,' writes K. Bell. Here is the link: https://www.engadget.com/facebook-vip-cross-check-xcheck-181720267.html

Researchers studying Facebook misinformation say they were deplatformed — CNN

New York University researchers discovered scathing new data on the spread of misinformation on Facebook, despite the site curtailing their research, even going so...