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How to delete your Facebook account
It may be time to leave the world’s biggest social network
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DC attorney general sues Mark Zuckerberg over Cambridge Analytica scandal
‘This lawsuit is not only warranted, but necessary’
The world's largest social network has more than 2 billion daily users, and is expanding rapidly around the world. Led by CEO Mark Zuckerberg and his chief operating officer, Sheryl Sandberg, Facebook undergirds much of the world's communication online, both through its flagship app and its subsidiaries Instagram, WhatsApp, and Oculus. Despite huge financial success, Facebook is also confronted with questions about data privacy, hate speech on the platform, and concerns that frequent social media use can lead to unhappiness. The Verge publishes a nightly newsletter about Facebook and democracy, subscribe here.
The secret lives of Facebook moderators in America
In Arizona, Facebook’s content moderators get through the day with sex, drugs, and guns
This firm made Republicans go viral — now it’s falling apart
Some workers were paid late, while others were berated by Benny Johnson
A Facebook bug led to increased views of harmful content over six months
The social network touts downranking as a way to thwart problematic content, but what happens when that system breaks?
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