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Facebook is the world's most powerful media company. With 1.6 billion members, it has a huge influence on what people think. We need to pay attention to it.

Joined May 2016
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felix salmon
@felixsalmon3 Jun 2016
Amidst all the pro-Thiel sentiment, @nntaleb stands out, saying he's "ready" to do the same. m.facebook.com/nntaleb/posts…
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Population size: 1. Facebook 2. China 🇨🇳 3. India 🇮🇳 4. Whatsapp 5. WeChat 6. Instagram 7. USA 🇺🇸 8. Twitter 9. Indonesia 🇮🇩 10. Snapchat
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Time to reach 100M users (in years): ☎️ Telephone: 75 📱 Cellphones: 16 🌍 Internet: 7 👥 Facebook: 4 📸 Instagram: 2 – at Queens, NY
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Mathew Ingram
@mathewi30 May 2016
Bottom line to these NewsWhip numbers is that Facebook seems to be de-emphasizing non-native and non-video content: fortune.com/2016/05/30/faceb…
As Facebook Focuses on Video, Engagement for Top Publishers Declines | Fortune

As Facebook Focuses on Video, Engagement for Top Publishers Declines | Fortune

User interaction with non-video content has fallen sharply, NewsWhip says

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Jeet Heer
@HeerJeet26 May 2016
Thiel's behavior goes against the principle of free speech. He needs to step down from the board of Facebook, company with vast media power.
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Mathew Ingram
@mathewi26 May 2016
"Thiel’s tactics in going after Gawker are very, very frightening for anybody who believes in freedom of speech" fusion.net/story/306927/pete…
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emily bell@emilybell25 May 2016
Gawker publishes stories, people share/read them on Facebook, FB monetizes the attention , FB investor uses $ to kill Gawker...
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Facebook has a new free-speech problem: Peter Thiel, says @rob1cox reut.rs/25lZ2Cf
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Well that’s an interesting redaction
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zeynep tufekci
@zeynep19 May 2016
Even Glenn Beck confused by claim Facebook is biased against conspiracy theorists like him. medium.com/@glennbeck/what-d…
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@zephoria17 May 2016
"There never was neutrality, and there never will be." My thoughts last week on Facebook's power: bit.ly/27vdarx
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"Algorithms are not neutral. Algorithms do not function apart from people.” niemanlab.org/2016/05/algori…
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@zeynep16 May 2016
I know this is meant sarcastically but both of these statements are correct and do not contradict each other at all. xitter.cf/pmarca/status/73166924…
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How Facebook could affect news & elections, preview of Harvard Shorenstein fellows’ research hvrd.me/4mZ1Cd
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🅰️ndy@adnys19 May 2016
Facebook seems to be shying away from hard news reporting: #EgyptAir flight disappeared from radar 3 hours ago, still not Trending on FB.
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NYT Media@nytmedia19 May 2016
For Facebook and Conservatives, a Collegial Meeting in Silicon Valley nyti.ms/25bIz3A
For Facebook and Conservatives, a Collegial Meeting in Silicon Valley (Published 2016)

For Facebook and Conservatives, a Collegial Meeting in Silicon Valley (Published 2016)

The tête-à-tête at Facebook headquarters was an attempt to mend fences with conservatives, and most said it was a step in the right direction.

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