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Desmond Butler and Barbara Ortutay Associated Press Published 1:52 PM EDT May 9, 2019 Washington – The animated video begins with a photo of the black flags of jihad. Seconds later, it flashes highlights of a year of social media posts: plaques of anti-Semitic verses, talk of retribution and a photo of two men carrying more jihadi flags while they burn the stars and stripes. It wasn’t produced by extremists; it was created by Facebook. In a clever bit of self-promotion, the social media giant takes a year of a user’s content and auto-generates a celebratory video. In this case, the user called himself “Abdel-Rahim Moussa, the Caliphate.” “Thanks for being here, from Facebook,” the video concludes in a cartoon bubble before flashing the company’s famous “thumbs up.” Facebook likes to give the impression it’s staying ahead of extremists by taking down their posts, often before users even see them. But a confidential … [Read more...] about Facebook auto-generates videos celebrating extremist images

Kimberly Yuen Newsday Published 10:15 PM EDT Apr 9, 2019 Michelle Bajada was at Target last year looking at a 9-by-11-foot rug that she thought would be perfect for her kids to play on in their Floral Park living room. But at $200 she felt it was too expensive so she walked away and forgot about it for a while. The following week, she noticed on her Facebook feed someone was giving away a shaggy white rug in the exact size that she had been eyeing. So Bajada hopped into her SUV, drove to the owner’s house five minutes away and came home with a new rug. “I really was just so grateful,” said Bajada, who works as a pre-K teacher in Manhattan. She later sent flowers as a token of appreciation. “She never had to do that,” said Robyn Rizzi of Bellerose, the rug’s previous owner. “She got it off our hands, it was taking up a ridiculous amount of room in our basement.” Bajada and Rizzi didn’t just randomly find each other on … [Read more...] about Get free stuff, make friends through Buy Nothing groups

Adam Graham The Detroit News Published 7:24 PM EDT Apr 5, 2019 I stopped using Facebook in 2016 and not once, not even for a second, have I regretted my decision. Like you, I was addicted to Facebook, and like you, I was sick of Facebook. But I was tired of being sick of it, so I decided it was time to stop using it. And it was easier than I ever expected. Let’s back up. My first experience with social media came when a friend told me about Friendster in 2002. “You’ve gotta get on Friendster so we can be friends on there!” he explained to me. “But… we’re already friends… in real life,” I thought. Ah, to be so young and naïve. Then came MySpace (R.I.P.) and eventually Facebook became the shiny new toy that everyone had to have. By this point I was all in, so I started an account as soon as I was able to, and I collected “friends” like I was trying to get a high score. (All social networks, in a sense, are … [Read more...] about Graham: Why I quit Facebook and never looked back