"The Harmful Behaviour od Facebook": Social Media Destabilizes Democracy and Harm Users' Mental Health
Lucas Leiroz de Almeida | globalresearch.ca | 2021-10-06
crg_globalresearch. …
globalresearch.ca/social-media-destabilizes-democracy-harm-users-mental-health/5757863

Scraped Data of 1.5 Billion Facebook Users Offered for Sale on the Dark Web — Reports
RT News | globalresearch.ca | 2021-10-06
crg_globalresearch. …
globalresearch.ca/scraped-data-1-5-billion-facebook-users-offered-sale-dark-web-reports/5757841

"Washington for a Safe Return to Campus" Facebook group censors WSWS writers
wsws.org | 2021-10-06
As the Delta variant continues to rip through Washington state while schools are open, the Facebook administrators for "Washington for a Safe Return to Campus" seek to censor any left-wing opposition to the Democratic Party and the teachers unions.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2021/10/06/wash-o06.html

Facebook Whistleblower to Congress: Regulate Big Tech. Silicon Valley Can't Be Trusted to Police Itself
Staff | democracynow.org | 2021-10-06
Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen testified to Congress Tuesday, denouncing the company for prioritizing "astronomical profits" over the safety of billions of users, and urging lawmakers to enact strict oversight over Facebook. Haugen's testimony gave a rare glimpse into the secretive tech company, which she accused of harming children, sowing division by boosting hateful content, and undermining democracy. "Facebook wants you to believe that the problems we're talking about are unsolvable. They want you to believe in false choices," Haugen said at the hearing. Roger McNamee, a former mentor to Mark Zuckerber…
www.democracynow.org/2021/10/6/facebook_hearing

Congress May Let Opioid Billionaires Get Legal Immunity
Andrew Perez | dailyposter.com | 2021-10-06
Click to share this on FacebookEditor's note: Watch The Daily Poster's David Sirota's recent discussion of the Sackler case on The Hill's "Rising."As a coalition of lawmakers tries to hold the billionaire Sackler family accountable for its role in the opioid crisis, Washington's most powerful business lobby group has now jumped into the intensifying battle over whether courts can…
dailyposter.com/opioid-billionaires-immunity/

Headlines for October 6, 2021
Staff | democracynow.org | 2021-10-06
Whistleblower Tells Lawmakers to Regulate Facebook Before It Causes More Harm, Schumer Sets Up Debt Limit Vote Amid Ongoing GOP Obstructionism, Voters Confront AZ Sen. Kyrsten Sinema over Reconciliation Bill as She Heads Back to D.C., Missouri Executes Man with Intellectual Disability Despite High-Profile Pleas, China-Taiwan Tensions Mount as Biden Reaffirms U.S.-Sino Commitment to Diplomatic Agreement, Amnesty Says Taliban Killed 13 Ethnic Hazaras After Taking Power; Kabul Faces Winter Power Outages, U.N. Rejects Expulsion of Top Officials from Ethiopia as Millions in Urgent Need of Humanitarian Assistance, Roma…
www.democracynow.org/2021/10/6/headlines

Mayo Clinic Minute: What to do if your child has a bellyache
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2021-10-06
Kids are back in the classroom, and a common back-to-school sickness is viral gastroenteritis, or stomach flu. It's an intestinal infection marked by watery diarrhea, abdominal cramps, nausea or vomiting, and sometimes fever. Watch: The Mayo Clinic Minute youtu.be/jwxQ2L4ZVXE Journalists: Broadcast-quality video (0: 58) is in the downloads at the end of this post. Please "Courtesy: Mayo Clinic News Network." Read the script. If your child is showing symptoms of a stomach bug, such as vomiting…
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/?p=318730

Monday's Blackout Reveals Real Power Of Big Tech Companies
Anonymous103 | southfront.org | 2021-10-05
Illustrative imageBlackout may be related to scandals from Facebook Files and Pandora Papers. | Written by Lucas Leiroz, research fellow in international law at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro. | This Monday, October 4th, the world suffered a very unusual episode: a major blackout of social networks. Facebook, Whatsapp, Instagaram and several other networks went offline worldwide for more than seven hours. Far from affecting only people addicted to social networks, the blackout had a strong impact on the economy, influencing several companies that depend on the use of these networks to operate their mark…
southfront.org/mondays-blackout-reveals-real-power-of-big-tech-companies/

The Monday October 4th Facebook Blackout Reveals Real Power of Big Tech Companies
Lucas Leiroz de Almeida | globalresearch.ca | 2021-10-05
@crg_globalresearch. This Monday, …
globalresearch.ca/monday-blackout-reveals-real-power-big-tech-companies/5757758

Zuckerberg's Instagram, WhatsApp and Facebook Report Worldwide Outage Hours After Accusations of Profiting from Polarization
Staff | orinocotribune.com | 2021-10-05
Mark Zuckerberg's Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp registered a worldwide drop on Monday, October 4, according to data from the DownDetector portal. A graph clearly showed the moment when the problem occurred and the number of reports received on each website. However, it was also evident on the remaining operational social media platforms such as Twitter, Telegram, TikTok, Snapchat, and others, where users from all over the world expressed their frustration for the collapse of the giant media corporation's tools. | Regarding WhatsApp and Instagram, users complained about not being able to open the applications,…
orinocotribune.com/zuckerbergs-instagram-whatsapp-and-facebook-report-worldwide-outage-hours-after-accusations-of-profiting-from-polarization/

El peligroso imperio de Zuckerberg
Editorial La Jornada | globalizacion.ca | 2021-10-05
Ayer las plataformas Facebook, Instagram y WhatsApp –las tres propiedad del megaconsorcio que encabeza el estadounidense Mark Zuckerberg– quedaron fuera de servicio durante varias horas, lo que ocasionó problemas de distinta magnitud a miles de millones de usuarios de todo…
globalizacion.ca/el-peligroso-imperio-de-zuckerberg/

Facebook platforms shut down by worldwide outage
wsws.org | 2021-10-05
The social media apps Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp and Messenger, which are used by billions of people internationally each day for critical business and personal activities, were shut down for more than five hours on Monday.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2021/10/05/face-o05.html

Former Facebook Employee Haugen Testifies Before Congress
telesurenglish.net | 2021-10-05