The Facebook Papers

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How Meta Became the Internet’s Biggest Hub of Covid-19 Misinformation

Meta had every opportunity to boost the fight against vaccine hesitancy. The Facebook Papers show how the social media company squandered each one.

Dell Cameron & Mack DeGeurin Published October 20, 2022

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How Meta Failed to Fight Against American Climate Denial

Facebook's own employees think its efforts combating misinformation on climate change are inadequate. Read the internal documents for yourself.

Dell Cameron & Shoshana Wodinsky & Mack DeGeurin Published June 16, 2022

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How the Facebook Papers Exposed Meta’s Moderation Disaster

From hate speech to misinformation, Facebook's moderation often failed to meet the problems at hand, according to its own internal documents.

By Dell Cameron Published June 10, 2022

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Facebook Killed News Feed Fixes Over Fear of Conservative Backlash

Facebook said it did not "build and withhold any News Feed changes based on potential impact on any one political party.” Internal documents say otherwise.

Dell Cameron & Shoshana Wodinsky & Mack DeGeurin Published May 16, 2022

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7 Things We Learned From the Facebook Papers About Jan. 6, Meta, and the News Feed

Here's a look at just a few of the first 1,000 previously confidential pages Gizmodo published this month.

By Dell Cameron Published May 3, 2022

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Here’s What the Facebook Papers Say About the Ranking Algorithms That Control Your News Feed

Facebook employees knew that a computer-curated feed increased the time users spent on the social network—and that it led to unhealthy behaviors.

Dell Cameron & Shoshana Wodinsky & Mack DeGeurin Published May 2, 2022

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Read the Facebook Papers for Yourself

Hundreds of internal documents formed the basis of dozen of news stories. They have not been made public. Until now.

Dell Cameron & Shoshana Wodinsky & Mack DeGeurin & Thomas Germain Updated June 15, 2023

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Here’s What the Facebook Papers Say About Donald Trump, the 2020 Election, and Jan. 6.

Gizmodo has reviewed, redacted, and published more than two dozen leaked Facebook documents, the first of hundreds to come.

Dell Cameron & Shoshana Wodinsky & Mack DeGeurin Published April 18, 2022

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We’re Making the Facebook Papers Public. Here’s Why and How

Independent experts from NYU, UMass Amherst, Columbia, Marquette, and the ACLU are partnering with Gizmodo to responsibly publish this historic leak.

Dell Cameron & Shoshana Wodinsky & Andrew Couts Updated November 10, 2022