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Facebook says it has an edge in fighting back against influence campaigns like the one Russia waged against the U.S. in 2016. The company says it requires users' real names, but an NPR reporter tested it and signed up for an account under a fake name in about 1 minute. Experts say that feature is not a silver bullet.

Facebook is launching a page focused on climate change facts. Facebook's Nick Clegg talked with NPR about the company's steps to stop misinformation on climate change and other issues.

David Greene talks to law professor Kate Klonick, who is independently documenting Facebook's efforts to create a new internal oversight board, about CEO Mark Zuckerberg's congressional testimony.

NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Roger McNamee, a former mentor to Mark Zuckerberg and an early investor in Facebook. He believes the company threatens democracy because it has helped spread fake news.

A two-year investigation concludes the social network's leaders made decisions that were "significant setbacks for civil rights."

The social media company announced changes to its community standards, releasing internal review guidelines and allowing appeals of content removal decisions.

Mark Zuckerberg has announced a plan to make Facebook the only primary platform people use to connect to others virtually. But he fails to discuss the responsibilities that come with that power.

Cambridge Analytica has been suspended by Facebook for harvesting information from millions of users. NPR's Michel Martin speaks with former Facebook product manager Antonio Garcia Martinez.

The platforms also gave information about those accounts to researchers.

Researchers are trying to access more data to draw better conclusions about the correlation between the content and its consequences on users.