How Frances Haugen Became a Power Player in the Facebook Leaks  —  In a time of mega-leaks, journalists' sources have become power players.  Frances Haugen, the former Facebook product manager who shared company documents, led a meticulous media rollout.  —  Frances Haugen first met Jeff Horwitz …

‘History Will Not Judge Us Kindly’  —  Before I tell you what happened at exactly 2:28 p.m. on Wednesday, January 6, 2021, at the White House—and how it elicited a very specific reaction, some 2,400 miles away, in Menlo Park, California—you need to remember the mayhem of that day …

A whistleblower's power: Key takeaways from the Facebook Papers … A personal decision by Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg leads to a crackdown on dissent in Vietnam.  Measures to suppress hateful, deceptive content are lifted after the American presidential election in 2020 …

Facebook Debates What to Do With Its Like and Share Buttons  —  Likes and shares made the social media site what it is.  Now, company documents show, it's struggling to deal with their effects.  —  SAN FRANCISCO — In 2019, Facebook researchers began a new study of one of the social network's foundational features: the Like button.

How Facebook Failed the World  —  In the fall of 2019, Facebook launched a massive effort to combat the use of its platforms for human trafficking.  Working around the clock, its employees searched Facebook and its subsidiary Instagram for keywords and hashtags that promoted domestic servitude in the Middle East and elsewhere.

What's still in the Dem megabill?  Cheat sheet on 12 big topics  —  Democrats are making big sacrifices to slash the price tag of their social spending bill from $3.5 trillion to roughly $2 trillion as they close in on a deal that can satisfy both the party's moderate and progressive factions.