Mark Zuckerberg

Civil rights group sues Facebook over anti-Muslim posts

By Alejandra Molina — April 8, 2021
(RNS) — 'Hateful, anti-Muslim attacks are especially pervasive on Facebook,' the lawsuit alleges.

Facebook and the speech of religious pro-lifers

By Charles C. Camosy — October 31, 2019
(RNS) — Facebook's refusal to vet political ads for accuracy has brought outrage from some on the left, who say it leaves the network vulnerable to being manipulated as it was in 2016's election. But the fact is that Facebook’s sins are bipartisan.

Fighting anti-Semitism and remembering the Holocaust on social media

By Paul O'Donnell — March 12, 2019
(RNS) — Not waiting for social media platforms to take action, institutions from Washington to Auschwitz combat hate by creating a 'virtual community of remembrance.'

Why Mark Zuckerberg is wrong about the Holocaust

By Jeffrey Salkin — July 23, 2018
(RNS) — The Facebook co-founder's refusal to kick Holocaust deniers off his platform masks a larger, ugly trend in American society.

As Facebook reels, Silicon Valley dabbles in ethics

By Jack Jenkins — April 11, 2018
(RNS) — Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg's testimony before Congress put a spotlight on a major shift within the American tech sector: a rapid, albeit uneven, embrace of ethics.

Can Facebook replace church?

By Andrea Syverson — July 5, 2017
(RNS) Mark Zuckerberg is right about one thing: Christians are leaving their traditional, brick-and-mortar churches – in droves. (COMMENTARY)

How Facebook is like church, according to founder Mark Zuckerberg

By Emily McFarlan Miller — June 28, 2017
CHICAGO (RNS) Zuckerberg made the analogy last week as he announced the social network's new mission at its first Facebook Communities Summit: "Bring the world closer together."

In Indonesia, a new way to take back social media from extremists

By Yonat Shimron — November 15, 2016
JAKARTA, Indonesia (RNS) How can the world’s third-largest democracy bridge its diversity challenges? At a hackathon this summer, a group of Indonesians came up with an idea.

Facebook founder meets the pope. Friendly, if not yet ‘friends’

By Josephine McKenna — August 29, 2016
VATICAN CITY (RNS) Mark Zuckerberg, founder of the social media giant, said he and the pontiff discussed social justice. Whether Francis will join Facebook is another question.
Page 1 of 1