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'Completely Upside Down': As Most Americans Struggled During First Six Months of Pandemic, Billionaire Wealth Surged by $845 Billion

A man preaches on the street about the dire state of the economy on August 25, 2020 in New York City. (Photo: Andrew Lichtenstein/Corbis via Getty Images)

'Disturbing Milestone': Just 12 US Billionaires Now Own More Than $1 Trillion in Combined Wealth

Jake Johnson, staff writer

"This is simply too much economic and political power in the hands of twelve people."

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Civil Rights Groups Say Internal Facebook Audit Confirms Company Business Model 'Relies on Racism and Hate'

Eoin Higgins, staff writer

"There are real-life consequences when social media networks provide platforms...

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Facebook Under Fire After Its Response to Coronavirus Misinformation Makes Clear Company Could Do More to Combat Political Lies

Eoin Higgins, staff writer

Public Citizen is demanding Facebook take more action to control misinformation on the platform.

"It's not about free speech. It's about money."

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Mark Zuckerberg, chief executive officer and founder of Facebook, attends the Viva Tech start-up and technology gathering at Parc des Expositions Porte de Versailles on May 24, 2018 in Paris, France.

Facebook Ignored Internal Warnings Its Algorithms Were Intensifying Divisiveness: Report

World's 500 Richest People Gained $1.2 Trillion in Wealth in 2019: Analysis

With an image of himself on a screen in the background, Facebook co-founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg testifies before the House Financial Services Committee in the Rayburn House Office Building on Capitol Hill October 23, 2019 in Washington, D.C.

Facebook CEO Zuckerberg Dodges When Pressed About Details of White House Dinner With Trump

Warren Raises 'Corruption' Alarm After Trump, Zuckerberg, and Thiel Hold Secret White House Meeting

Mark Zuckerberg

Time to 'Break Facebook Up,' Sanders Says After Leaked Docs Show Social Media Giant 'Treated User Data as a Bargaining Chip'

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg

Hundreds of Facebook Employees to CEO Zuckerberg: 'Free Speech and Paid Speech Are Not the Same Thing'

With an image of himself on a screen in the background, Facebook co-founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg testifies before the House Financial Services Committee in the Rayburn House Office Building on Capitol Hill October 23, 2019 in Washington, DC. Zuckerberg testified about Facebook's proposed cryptocurrency Libra, how his company will handle false and misleading information by political leaders during the 2020 campaign and how it handles its users’ data and privacy. (Photo: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

'Perhaps You Believe You're Above the Law': Zuckerberg Grilled Over Libra, False Political Ads, and More

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg testifies on Capitol Hill on Wednesday, October 23, 2019.

'A Clear-Cut Example of a Potential Conflict of Interest': Four Democrats in Zuckerberg Hearing Own Facebook Stock

Democratic presidential hopeful South Bend, Indiana Mayor Pete Buttigieg greets campaign volunteers before departing a rally outside the Reading Terminal Market in Center City Philadelphia, PA, on October 20, 2019 (Photo: Bastiaan Slabbers/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Falling in With the 'Wrong Crowd'? Buttigieg Took Campaign Hiring Advice Direct From Facebook CEO

CEO Mark Zuckerberg

As Zuckerberg Defends False Trump Ads as Free Expression, Critics Say Facebook's Assault on 'Foundations of Democracy' Must Be Stopped

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'Without Encryption, We Will Lose All Privacy': Snowden Condemns US, UK, and Australian Push for 'Backdoor' Into Facebook Messaging Apps

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.)

Warren Challenges Facebook's Political Advertising Policy—With Ad That Falsely Claims CEO Zuckerberg Endorsed Trump

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Censoring Our War Crimes

Facebook has backed down after deleting the iconic photo of a naked, screaming, napalm-burned Vietnamese girl in the name of "maintaining a safe and respectful experience for our global community." The shift came amidst charges the social network was revising history, abusing its power, attacking "a mainstay of our democratic society" - and proving it really needs to learn some editorial judgment if it can't understand the obscenity of the photo lies not in its nudity.

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Fight for the Future

Disinformation and Human Rights Experts: Gutting Section 230 Will Help Facebook and Harm Marginalized Communities

Fight Corporate Monopolies

Fight Corporate Monopolies Releases "Dos And Don'ts" For Lawmakers Interrogating Big Tech CEOs

Institute for Policy Studies

A Year Into Crisis, Billionaires Could Pay for 2/3 of Biden’s COVID Relief Bill With Their Pandemic Profits

Institute for Policy Studies

The Wealth of Just 12 US Billionaires Now Totals Over One Trillion Dollars

Demand Progress

20+ Groups Commend Antitrust Subcommittee, Outline Next Steps for Curbing Big Tech’s Power

The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights

Facebook’s New Policy Endangers Democracy, Zuckerberg Pushes Ahead Anyway

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Chuck Collins

10 Biggest Pandemic Profiteers

Chuck Collins

COVID-19 Has Exacerbated Extreme Levels of Inequality. It’s Time for a Billionaire Wealth Tax

Robert Reich

Sedition By Other Means: Corporate Executives and Lobbyists Routinely Undermine Democracy to Protect Their Bottom Line

Carmen Scurato

Facebook's Content-Moderation Policies Are a Hot Mess

Jessica J. González, Igor Volsky

Five Things Mark Zuckerberg Must Do If He’s Serious About Preventing Election Violence

Neve Gordon

Redefining Anti-Semitism on Facebook

Chuck Collins, Frank Clemente

It Is Time for a One-Time Pandemic Wealth Tax on Billionaires’ Windfall Gains

Simon Whalley

How to Fund the Salvation of Humanity

Gaurav Laroia, Carmen Scurato

Facebook's Unchecked Power Endangers Civil Rights

Miles Mogulescu

Neoliberal Capitalism Depends on White Supremacy