Meta’s new values look more awful than awesome

Meta’s new values look more awful than awesome

ByJosh Bernoff

Less than six months ago, it seemed that Meta, the company behind Facebook and Instagram, had learned a very public lesson. Between its involvement in spreading disinformation in the January 6 insurrection, a humiliating leak of documents showing how little it cared about the corrosive impact of its policies, and public calls to break the company up,…

Facebook pollutes discourse. Nick Clegg bloviating can’t change that.

Facebook pollutes discourse. Nick Clegg bloviating can’t change that.

ByJosh Bernoff

Facebook’s advertisers are bolting — check out the activity on the #StopHateForProfit hashtag. The company’s VP of Communications, Nick Clegg, says Facebook is doing a good job stopping hate and doesn’t profit from it. Is his defense believable? I wrote about this on Monday and published an op-ed in the Boston Globe about it today….