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Public-Well being Officers Focused, Dwell and on Fb

Opponents of social-distancing guidelines are utilizing Fb to arrange and broadcast protests on the houses of well being officers, generally utilizing violent rhetoric, in campaigns that well being authorities say quantity to harassment.
Opponents of social-distancing rules are using Facebook to organize and broadcast protests at the homes of health officials, sometimes using violent rhetoric, in campaigns that health authorities say amount to harassment.

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Author: Jeff Horwitz

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  1. "Facebook will pay $130 million to establish an independent board charged with reviewing the companys content moderating, providing long-term backing to its experiment in better policing the platform". (December 14, 2019)
  2. "Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg called for global regulators to take a “more active role” in governing the internet, among his strongest remarks yet on regulation that come after more than a year of intense scrutiny over missteps at the social network". (March 31, 2019)
  3. "The social media company is rolling out a video-chat feature, part of a suite of new offerings aimed at users kept home by the coronavirus". (April 24, 2020)
  4. "The social network struggled to balance CEO Mark Zuckerbergs mantra of free expression against internal findings that misinformation and rabid partisanship had overrun a feature meant to be central to its future". (February 1, 2021)
  5. "Facebook is making a major bet that the future of social media will be in private messaging and small group chats, not the public sharing of photos and messages that it pioneered". (March 6, 2019)
  6. "Facebook is scheduled to report its fourth-quarter and full-year 2019 results after the market closes Wednesday". (January 29, 2020)
  7. "Mr. Houston, a friend of Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg who has credited him with providing valuable advice on running Dropbox, joins the board as an independent director". (February 4, 2020)
  8. "The social-media giant reported a growing base of users and increasing quarterly revenue, capping a year of reliable strength in its core advertising business even as expenses climbed". (January 29, 2020)
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