Jun 2022

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Meta Working on Making Facebook Feed a "...

Sarah Lane, Robb Dunewood and Tom Merritt

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Facebook head Tom Alison said the new goal for Facebook is to build a "discovery engine," Discord launches its AutoMod moderation tool, and the European Commission updates its Code of Practice on Disinformation.

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