Listen to Facebook Feed with Brandon Ellis Facebook has banned British alt-right activist groups including the English Defense League, Britain First, and the British National Party. This ban includes, “posts and other content that “expresses praise or support” for these radical groups, according to the Guardian. Facebook justified their actions stating, “Individuals and organisations who spread hate, or attack or call for the exclusion of others on the basis of who they are, have no place on Facebook.” Should the controversial British National Party have the right to express their views? Facebook doesn't think so: “The individuals and organisations we... Continue reading

Listen to Facebook Feed with Brandon Ellis Weeks after the horrific mosque massacre in New Zealand, the story continues to strike an emotional chord. Privacy commissioner, John Edwards, called Facebook ‘morally bankrupt liars’ in a recent tweet. Edwards’ rather impassioned remarks come after Facebook streamed the cold blooded killing of 50 people at a New Zealand mosque according to CNN. In a report from The Guardian, Edwards went onto say of Facebook: “They are morally bankrupt pathological liars who enable genocide (Myanmar), facilitate foreign undermining of democratic institutions...allow the live streaming of suicides, rapes, and murders, continue to host and... Continue reading

Listen to Facebook Feed with Brandon Ellis! Facebook’s Business Manager is a valuable tool connecting businesses with clients quickly and efficiently. The benefits of Business Manager are clear, but it can alienate average users with just how separate it is from the rest of Facebook. Recently, Facebook explored a way to solve this issue by conducting a test which adds a shortcut on its Messenger app directly to your business messages. According to Matt Southern of Search Engine Journal, this test was limited and only “a minimal number of Messenger users” had access to it. In an official statement in... Continue reading