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The parent company of Facebook, aka Meta, has announced that starting January 1st of 2022, Facebook will no longer let advertisers target people based on how interested the social network thinks they are in “sensitive” topics. These “sensitive” topics include health, race and ethnicity, political affiliation, religion, and sexual orientation. Meta makes roughly most of […]
The legendary R&B artist and co-founder of The Gap Band, Ronnie Wilson, has passed away at age 73. Wilson’s wife, Linda Boulware-Wilson, confirmed this in a Facebook post on Tuesday, asking his fans to pray for the family while they mourn his death: “The love of my life was called home this morning, at 10:01 […]
Yesterday, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg made the announcement that Facebook’s new corporate name will be ‘Meta.’ This announcement is in effort to reimage the company’s public image from just a social network platform to tech innovator focused on building the next generation of online interaction, known as the “metaverse.” In a statement from Zuckerberg, he […]
D. Hill is a famous music producer who is best known for his work on Drake and Future’s single “Life is Good,” has passed away at age 25. Born Darius Hill, D. Hill is a multi-platinum award-winning producer who has credits on songs with everyone, such as Lil Wayne, Lil Uzi Vert, Yung Mal, and […]
Season 13 of ‘The Wendy Williams Show’ will finally be airing on Monday, October 18th, but without Wendy Williams. A statement was issued from the show that was posted to Facebook. It stated: “The Wendy Williams Show will start airing originals on Monday, October 18, with an exciting lineup of guest hosts and panels to […]
A former Facebook product manager who released tens of thousands of pages of internal research and documents was revealed on a 60 Minutes interview. Facebook whistleblower, Frances Haugen worked on civic integrity issues at the company says the documents show that Facebook knows its platforms are used to spread hate, violence and misinformation. Plus, the […]
Is TikTok the King of All Social Media? Well No! Facebook is still number 1, with 2.9 billion monthly active users across the globe as of June 2021. But TikTok, founded in 2016 has more than one billion people around the world now. The popular video streaming and social media platform’s growth has been explosive. […]
U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy is calling for a national effort to fight misinformation about COVID-19 and vaccines. Murthy wrote in a 22-page advisory, that bogus claims have led people to reject vaccines and public health advice on masks and social distancing. Calling it a “urgent threat” to public health. Facebook, YouTube, Twitter and other Social […]
According to a report in the Telegraph, Facebook fired 52 employees for abusing their access to the social network’s user data. Some Facebook engineers obtained location data on women they were romantically interested in view private messages, deleted photos and more. In one story, an engineer was on vacation with a woman in Europe when the two […]
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Facebook Shuts Down Fat-Shaming and Racist Comments Directed At Lizzo
Tariq
August 20, 2021
After Lizzo broke down on video over, crying over being the subject of fat-shaming and racist comments. Facebook deleted hateful comments directed at Lizzo.. Sources at Facebook told TMZ, the company’s already removed a number of comments left on Lizzo’s recent Facebook and Instagram posts, and FB will continue reviewing reports of hateful comments on […]