Running Tally of Shitty Meta News
NOTE: I've stopped updating this page on a regular basis; it was too exhausting. I will continue updates with some of the more egregious stories. I'm sure you can find much more on your favourite news sites. Also see Criticism of Facebook on Wikipedia.
Shitty News from January 2025
- 2025-01-07 Meta eliminates fact-checking in latest bow to Trump
- 2025-01-07 Calling women 'household objects' now permitted on Facebook after Meta updated its guidelines
- 2025-01-09 Leaked Meta Rules: Users Are Free to Post "Mexican Immigrants Are Trash!" or "Trans People Are Immoral"
- 2025-01-13 Meta admits it deleted links to decentralized Instagram competitor Pixelfed
- 2025-01-14 Meta celebrates "freedom of expression" by censoring an LGBTQ group critical of Facebook.
- 2025-01-15 Lawyer Drops Meta Over Mark Zuckerberg's "Toxic Masculinity" Stanford professor Mark Lemley says the company and its founder have descended into "Neo-Nazi madness."
- 2025-01-17 Mark Zuckerberg is reportedly blaming former Meta exec Sheryl Sandberg for a company inclusivity initiative. Good ol' Mark throwing someone under the bus to avoid Trumpian attention.
- 2025-01-17 Meta's Community Notes Will Not Impact Paid Ads, Company Confirms. Sure. Just buy your way around any sort of pesky remaining "fact-checking".
- 2025-01-17 No fact-checking for Facebook and Instagram is driven by money, consequences will be harmful: MUN prof
- 2025-01-19 R.E.M.'s Michael Stipe calls for Facebook and Instagram blackout in protest against advance of American far right
- 2025-01-21 Meta Faces Backlash As Democrat-Related Terms Disappear From Instagram
- 2025-01-22 Meta Ex-COO Sheryl Sandberg Sanctioned For Deleting Emails
- 2025-01-22 Facebook removes, then reinstates, page of British anti-racism organisation
- 2025-01-22 Meta admits some people can't unfollow Donald Trump on Instagram
- 2025-01-23 Report: Meta's fact checking program failed to spot most disinformation
- 2025-01-24 (Opinion) Meta's new policy will only add to disinformation
- 2025-01-25 Meta platforms blocked posts by abortion pill providers
- 2025-01-27 Meta's "MAGA Makeover"
- 2025-01-27 Facebook's internal policy makers decided that Linux is malware and labelled groups associated with Linux as being "cybersecurity threats". The sad irony here is that Facebook runs much of its infrastructure on Linux and often posts job ads looking for Linux developers.
- 2025-01-29 Everything is Spam on Facebook Unless It is Paid Post (or Actual Spam)
- 2025-01-29 As an Autistic Man With Debilitating Social Anxiety, I'm Disturbed by Facebook's Intense Rightward Shift
- 2025-01-29 Facebook user disturbed after coming across bizarre ads on their feed: 'This is a peek of a weird future'
- 2025-01-30 Meta warns that it will fire leakers in leaked memo
- 2025-01-31 Meta Blocked News in Canada. Ads for Scams Are Taking Its Place
- 2025-01-31 "Mark must have the Facebook app installed": Internet explodes as Zuckerberg's meeting on leaks... leaks again
- 2025-01-31 Meta to pay $25 million to settle Donald Trump lawsuit, Zuckerberg hails administration
Shitty News from February 2025
- 2025-02-01 Meta's Safety Advisory Council Says It's Prioritizing Politics Over Safety
- 2025-02-04 Jesse Eisenberg no longer wants to be 'associated' with Mark Zuckerberg
- 2025-02-07 Meta prepares for layoffs on Monday
- 2025-02-07 Court documents show not only did Meta torrent terabytes of pirated books to train AI models, employees wouldn't stop emailing each other about it: 'Torrenting from a corporate laptop doesn't feel right'
- 2025-02-07 Facebook defends $725 million privacy settlement in US appeals court
- 2025-02-08 We didn't click 'consent' on any gambling website. So how did Facebook know where we'd been?
- 2025-02-08 Abandoning Facebook: It's Easy When You Know How
- 2025-02-08 Revealed: gambling firms secretly sharing user' data with Facebook without permission
- 2025-02-11 Click, Connect, Conspire: Unraveling Facebook's Global Misinformation Web
- 2025-02-21 Meta defends using pirated material, claims it's legal if you don't seed content
- 2025-02-24 John Oliver on Facebook: 'An absolute sewer of hatred and misinformation'
- 2025-02-24 As Facebook Abandons Fact-Checking, It's Also Offering Bonuses for Viral Content
- 2025-02-24 How new Facebook policies incentivize spreading misinformation
- 2025-02-24 I had only positive performance reviews during 2 years at Meta. I still got laid off as a 'low performer.'
- 2025-02-25 Facebook and Instagram publish graphic porn ads disguised as fake make-up tutorials
Shitty News from March 2025
- 2025-03-05 Meta keeps 'block' lists of ex-employees—and even help from a VP can't get you off them
- 2025-03-10 A Facebook Insider's Exposé Alleges Bad Behavior at the Top
- 2025-03-11 Facebook Employees Would Lose Board Games Against Zuckerberg on Purpose, Former Executive Claims
- 2025-03-11 Ex-Facebook COO Told Assistant To "Come To Bed" On Private Jet, Claims Book
- 2025-03-13 Meta stops ex-director from promoting critical memoir
- 2025-03-16 Careless People: A Story of Where I Used to Work by Sarah Wynn-Williams review – a former disciple unfriends Facebook This account of working life at Mark Zuckerberg's tech giant organisation describes a 'diabolical cult' able to swing elections and profit at the expense of the world's vulnerable.
Shitty News from April 2025
- 2025-04-17 Businesses face Meta account lockouts with devastating effects to their business. If your business is dependent on Meta, you run an extreme risk of losing it all if Meta capriciously decides to close your account.
- 2025-04-28 Meta AI Capable of Having Sexual Conversations With Minors
Shitty News from June 2025
- 2025-06-23 'A Black Hole of Energy Use': Meta's Massive AI Data Center Is Stressing Out a Louisiana Community
Shitty News from November 2025
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