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In 2014, [[Matt Honan]], a [[Wired]] journalist for [[Wired]] magazine notes the effects of an experiment he tried out - "liking" ''everything'' which Facebook served up to him for 48 hours.<ref>http://www.wired.com/2014/08/i-liked-everything-i-saw-on-facebook-for-two-days-heres-what-it-did-to-me/</ref>
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In 2014, [[Matt Honan]], a [[journalist]] for ''[[Wired]]'' magazine notes the effects of an experiment he tried out - "liking" ''everything'' which Facebook served up to him for 48 hours.<ref>http://www.wired.com/2014/08/i-liked-everything-i-saw-on-facebook-for-two-days-heres-what-it-did-to-me/</ref>
  
 
==Censorship==
 
==Censorship==

Revision as of 11:03, 28 March 2017

The world's most popular social network, with over 1,000,000,000 users in 2014.

Facebook.svg
Group.png https://Facebook.com   Sourcewatch TwitterRdf-entity.pngRdf-icon.png
Started: February 4, 2004
Founders: Mark Zuckerberg, Eduardo Saverin, Andrew McCollum, Dustin Moskovitz, Chris Hughes
Subgroups: Instagram, WhatsApp, Oculus VR, PrivateCore

Owner: Mark Zuckerberg (53%)
Staff: 10082
 

Sub-Pages

          Page Name          SizeDescription
Facebook/Censorship7,102Facebook has censored its users' free speech for years. After being quasi-covert, this became explicit in 2020 as part of the COVID-19/Censorship.
Facebook/Oversight board1,240The group charged with deciding what could be said on Facebook, and what should be removed

As the world's most widely used social website, Facebook has a great - and often poorly understood - ability to influence its users.[1]

Control

The first board member was Bilderberg/Steering committee member, Peter Thiel.[2]

Gatekeeping

WhoWhatWhy reports that gatekeeping is a common phenomenon in Facebook, as editors reported regular manual intervention to add or remove particular news stories from the 'trending' news feed.[3]

Mark Zuckerberg wrote in 2017 that "Right now, we're starting to explore ways to use AI to tell the difference between news stories about terrorism and actual terrorist propaganda so we can quickly remove anyone trying to use our services to recruit for a terrorist organization."[4]

Mass surveillance

With over 1,000,000,000 active users, Facebook is recording a lot of data about a lot of people. Together with other social media, in 2016, Facebook "accounted for 43 percent of all traffic to major news sites. Nearly two-thirds of Facebook and Twitter users access their news through their feeds."[5]

Content moderation

A Facebook friendly version of the iconic 1972 war photograph

A 2015 estimate put 1/3 of Facebook's entire staff as moderators, but Facebook claimed this was an overestimate - although without offering an alternative figure.[6]

The editor of Norway's largest newspaper found his Facebook feed censored after he posted the 1972 image of Kim Phúc running away from a US napalm attack. In an open letter to Mark Zuckerberg he complained that "First you create rules that don’t distinguish between child pornography and famous war photographs. Then you practice these rules without allowing space for good judgement. Finally you even censor criticism against and a discussion about the decision – and you punish the person who dares to voice criticism."[7]

Tracking of Users

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Facebook admits to using the microphone to listen to users' environments, but has claimed that it does not record conversations.

Since 2012, Facebook has been "better understanding of our ecosystem" by encouraging users to report if their friends use the network under an assumed name.[2] Mark Zuckerberg has been consistent in his explanation of the plan to shareholders, a plan to be the middle-man in all personal communication.[8]

Tracking of Non-users

In April 2015, after research bu Belgian privacy regulators, Facebook admitted that it was placing a cookie on "some" people's browsers, even if they were not Facebook users and had never visited the site. It claimed that this was due to a "bug".[9]

Research

Emotional Contagion

Multiple experimenters have used data from Facebook to study 'emotional contagion', how mood is transferred between friends. It was announced in 2014 that some research was not merely observational, but involved investigations in manipulating users' moods through the skewing of data presented through Facebook. For 7 days, 689,003 users were presented with modified newsfeeds which included more or less "happy" or "sad" phrases from friends. The study concluded "that emotional states can be transferred to others via emotional contagion, leading people to experience the same emotions without their awareness."[10]

Face recognition

Facebook announced in 2014 that it has developed a program called "DeepFace," which can determine whether two photographed faces are of the same person with 97.25% accuracy - compared with a human ability of discriminating faces at about 97.5%.[11]

Experiments by users

In 2014, Matt Honan, a journalist for Wired magazine notes the effects of an experiment he tried out - "liking" everything which Facebook served up to him for 48 hours.[12]

Censorship

In 2015, the EFF reported that in the South Carolina prison system, accessing Facebook is an offense on par with murder, rape, rioting, escape and hostage-taking, with at least one inmate receiving more than 37 years in isolation for the 'offence'.[13]

Facebook on Wikispooks

 Has facebookDescription
"Independent Police Complaints Commission"https://www.facebook.com/IPCC-Independent-Police-Complaints-Commission-105248346269780/A group interested in complaints about the UK police
'Destiny'https://www.facebook.com/OmniDestiny/Started as video streamer, now is known for debating people.
'Lionel'https://www.facebook.com/people/Michael-Lebron/100009028605927
'reallygraceful'https://www.facebook.com/reallygracefulytAmerican Youtuber with an interest in secret societies and mystery religions.
21st Century Wirehttps://www.facebook.com/21st-Century-Wire-182032255155419/A sound alternative news site.
911 Bloggerhttps://www.facebook.com/911bloggerA solid 9/11 truth website, running since 2005
AE911 Truthhttps://www.facebook.com/ae911truth/A high profile 9/11 truth group, including over 2300 qualified architects and engineers
AIPAChttps://www.facebook.com/AIPAC/A lobby which has somewhere between a lot of influence and "total control" over the US Government.
ASEANhttps://www.facebook.com/aseansecretariatEconomic union in Southeast Asia.
Abertay Universityhttps://www.facebook.com/AbertayUni/Abertay was the first to offer a degree in Ethical Hacking, starting in 2006.
Active Change Foundationhttps://www.facebook.com/activechangefoundation1Worked closely with the Institute for Statecraft on "de-radicalisation"
Activist Posthttps://www.facebook.com/activistpostDissident website started in 2010. "We encourage people to share our articles. You may repost our content"
Adam Smith Internationalhttps://www.facebook.com/adamsmithinternational.ltd/London-based consultancy charged with overseeing the overseas work of the Adam Smith Institute. Used by British intelligence services to train puppet police forces in the Middle East.
Gerry Adamshttps://www.facebook.com/gerryadams.sf/Former IRA leader who is also president of the Sinn Féin
Hannes Adomeithttps://web.facebook.com/hannes.adomeitSpooky German academic who headed up the German cluster of the Integrity Initiative.
Dirk Adriaensenshttps://www.facebook.com/pages/Dirk-Adriaensens/281276211898227
Agence France-Pressehttps://www.facebook.com/AFPnewsenglish/The French-News-Agency is the world's oldest news organisation.
Tariq Ahmadhttps://www.facebook.com/LordAhmadofWimbledon
Saleyha Ahsanhttps://www.facebook.com/saleyha.ahsanA freelance reporter, film maker and A&E doctor with a Sandhurst background. She has traveled to conflict zones in North Africa and Asia and made films and news reports including Libya, Syria, Bosnia, Palestine, India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. She appeared with "Dr Rola" in the controversial 2013 video shown on the BBC's Panorama news programme calling for humanitarian bombings of Syria.
Air Force Office of Scientific Researchhttps://www.facebook.com/afosrInvests in basic research efforts for the Air Force, in cooperation with private industry, academia, and other organizations.
Luke Akehursthttps://www.facebook.com/luke.akehurst.35An ardent fan of Labour Friends of Israel
Alba Partyhttps://facebook.com/AlbaPartyScottish independence party, trying to take over from the Scottish National Party, which has moved closer to the British establishment.
Anthony Albanesehttps://www.facebook.com/AlboMPNew Prime Minister of Australia
Alchetronhttps://www.facebook.com/alchetronA machine generated encyclopedia
All-Party Parliamentary Group against Antisemitismhttps://www.facebook.com/APPGAgainstAntisemitism/
Alliance for Securing Democracyhttps://www.facebook.com/securedemocracy/"A well-funded national security advocacy group"
Milton Allimadihttps://www.facebook.com/milton.allimadiFounder/editor of Black Star News, which broke the news of Sunny Sheu's murder.
Rosena Allin-Khanhttps://www.facebook.com/DrRosenaBritish Member of Parliament from the Labour Party.
Anne Alyhttps://www.facebook.com/anneazzaalyAustralian MP and terror expert
Amazonhttps://www.facebook.com/AmazonA monopoly/cartel online retailer with deep state connections.
American Economic Associationhttps://www.facebook.com/AEAjournals/
American Free Presshttps://www.facebook.com/americanfreepressUS weekly newspaper founded in 2001 which helped expose the Bilderberg.
American Freedom Alliancehttps://www.facebook.com/AmericanFreedomAlliance
American Historical Associationhttps://www.facebook.com/AHAhistorians
American University of Beiruthttps://www.facebook.com/aub.edu.lb/Prestigious US-run university in Lebanon
American-Turkish Councilhttps://www.facebook.com/American-Turkish-Council-331857977024030/timeline/Sibel Edmonds has presented evidence implicating this group in espionage
Hooshang Amirahmadihttps://www.facebook.com/hooshangamirahmadiofficialpageIranian American spook who attended Le Cercle.
Huda Ammorihttps://www.facebook.com/huda.ammori/
Nikolina Angelkovahttps://facebook.com/nikolinaangelkovaofficialWEF YGL Bulgarian Minister of Tourism
Richard Angellhttps://www.facebook.com/richardwangellRight wing activist in the UK Labour Party
Dominique Angladehttps://www.facebook.com/Dominique-Anglade-1893697624238721/Canadian politician, former Deputy Premier of Quebec, as Opposition Leader promoted the COVID-19 official narrative
Anglo Americanhttps://www.facebook.com/AngloAmericanuk/
Frank Anthonyhttps://www.facebook.com/Dr.FrankkAnthony/Guyanese Minister of Health from August 2020
Anti-Mediahttps://www.facebook.com/TheAntiMedia/
Anti-Slavery Internationalhttps://www.facebook.com/Anti-Slavery-International-46852258376/
Antioch Universityhttps://www.facebook.com/AntiochMidwest/A US private university with multiple campuses
Aamer Anwarhttps://www.facebook.com/mohammed.anwar.7330
Safia Aoudehttps://www.facebook.com/aoude
Apoluthttps://www.facebook.com/apolut/German-language independent media
Arab Human Rights Centre in Golan Heightshttps://www.facebook.com/pages/Al-Marsad-Arab-Human-Rights-Centre-in-Golan-Heights/1430895697124379Human rights organisation that operates in the occupied Golan Heights.
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