Spam and Scams Proliferate in Facebook’s Political Ads

By: Steven Lee Myers — 1 October 2025 at 14:43

A new analysis of political advertisers found that the platform profits from ads that include deepfakes and other content prohibited by its own policies.

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As Election Nears, Canadians Confront News Void on Facebook and Instagram

By: Matina Stevis-Gridneff and Stuart A. Thompson — 21 April 2025 at 19:38

Hyperpartisan and misleading content from popular right-wing pages such as Canada Proud is thriving on Facebook as the election nears.

A campaign debate among Canada’s party leaders in Montreal last week. Online content around the April 28 federal election has veered into misinformation.

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How Meta’s News Ban Could Disrupt Canada’s Election

By: Matina Stevis-Gridneff， Nikolay Nikolov， Karen Hanley， James Surdam and David Jouppi — 21 April 2025 at 15:31

After Meta blocked news from its platforms in Canada, hyperpartisan and misleading content from popular right-wing Facebook pages such as Canada Proud have filled the gap. Our Canada bureau chief explains the effect on voters.

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X (Formerly Twitter) sourced content is banned

By: ／u／esoterix_luke — 22 January 2025 at 17:51

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Cry baby 👶

By: ／u／javelin3000 — 22 January 2025 at 12:57

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Definitely not a democracy

By: ／u／emily-is-happy — 20 December 2024 at 09:22

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What the hell happened, who did this to me

By: ／u／Pessimist2020 — 1 September 2024 at 13:22

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This is gold medal at the Olympics levels of a weird take

By: ／u／ChairmanMeowOfficial — 25 June 2024 at 06:54

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RIP Sean Spicer

By: ／u／Bhavya6969 — 24 June 2024 at 20:54

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I have nothing to say

By: ／u／Soft_Cable5934 — 4 May 2024 at 13:10

Real men lose their job as a president and call the man started with J and the second word started with B for ’voter fraud’

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Sell out

By: ／u／denicewimmer — 5 March 2024 at 19:04

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There we go, obvious misinformation!

By: ／u／NeverEndingWalker64 — 5 March 2024 at 13:56

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So

By: ／u／MyRoos — 28 February 2024 at 19:41

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Oh, good ol’ Paleolithic. Nobody died out of diseases back then at 30 or even less right?

By: ／u／NeverEndingWalker64 — 28 February 2024 at 14:33

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Will Lawmakers Really Act to Protect Children Online? Some Say Yes.

By: David McCabe and Cecilia Kang — 1 February 2024 at 10:03

After senators grilled the leaders of Meta, TikTok, X and others, there may be momentum to pass rules to safeguard the internet’s youngest users, some said.

The chief executives of Meta, Snap, Discord, X and TikTok testified on Wednesday in a Senate hearing about online child safety. Lawmakers have at least six bills waiting in the wings about the issue.

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How to Build a Simple Face Skin Care Routine

By: Erica Sweeney — 3 October 2023 at 09:01

Sifting through all the advice can be confusing. But dermatologists say simpler is better.