“My son should be burying me”
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Facebook knows it was used to help incite the Capitol insurrection
When Mark Zuckerberg testified in front of a House of Representatives committee last month, he told them that Facebook had "made our services inhospitable to those who might do harm" in the lead-up to the Jan. 6 insurrection.
An internal company report reached a different conclusion: Facebook failed to stop a highly influential movement from using its platform to delegitimize the election, encourage violence, and help incite the Capitol riot.
The report, shared on Facebook's internal employee communications platform, offers its assessment on how people connected to "Stop the Steal," a far-right movement based on the conspiracy theory that Donald Trump won the 2020 election, used the social network to foment an attempted coup.
Facebook was outmaneuvered by a powerful network of coordinated accounts that promoted groups where members glorified hate, incited violence, and sought to spread a big election lie, according to the report.  Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg testifies during a House Energy and Commerce Committee hearing, March 25, 2021. House Energy and Commerce Committee via AP STAYING ON TOP OF THIS
Daunte Wright's funeral was a celebration of his life, but also a call to keep protesting police brutality
The funeral for Daunte Wright, a 20-year-old Black man killed by a police officer, was held in Minneapolis, Minnesota — just two days after Derek Chauvin was found guilty of murdering George Floyd.
Katie Wright broke down as she said that she could never have imagined being at her son's funeral. "My son should be burying me," she said.
She said Wright's 1-year-old son, Daunte Jr., was the "joy of his life" and that Wright always said that he "couldn't wait to make his son proud."
The funeral, while celebrating Wright's life as a son, brother, father, and smiling "jokester," was also a stark reminder of the Black lives lost to police violence.
Families of other Black men killed by police, including those of Floyd, Philando Castile, Oscar Grant, and Jamar Clark, were present. SNAPSHOTS
A 23-year-old YouTuber is running to be mayor of London, and is doing relatively well in the polls. Niko Omilana, 23, has nearly 3.5 million subscribers on YouTube. He has shocked cynics after polls showed him in fifth position, with a projected 5% of the vote.
Demi Lovato said she'll "probably never" discuss the details of her recovery after facing criticism over her choice to be "California sober." In a new documentary, she said she was still enjoying alcohol and weed "in moderation" despite some of her inner circle disagreeing with that decision. Now, she says she'll never discuss the details of what it means to her.
AirTags are very cool, but Tile is still better for your keys. Tile's key feature lets you use your keys to find your phone – not just the other way around. CAPTURING THE CHANGE
A photographer is showing that the climate crisis is already here
For much of the past decade, Kadir van Lohuizen has been using photography to try to document the climate crisis and explore what it means for the future. Specifically, the Dutch photojournalist has been documenting the effects of rising sea levels across the globe.
While learning a lot about both human migration and tides, van Lohuizen has managed to prove visually an idea that is hard to grasp even though experts have been warning about it for years: Our coastlines are in danger.
We spoke to him about his work, and the challenge at it score. He said, "The big challenge was, how do you visualize something which is not visible yet?" It's safe to say: he found an elegant, effective, and visually stunning way to solve it.  A mother and her daughter at Bainpara, their former village in Bangladesh. Some houses remain, but most were swallowed by Cyclone Ali in 2009. Kadir van Lohuizen / NOOR TIME FOR YOUR LONGREADS Take off your work hat and put on your weekend hat
Why is everyone ignoring the harassment allegations against Bachelor Colton Underwood? The former Bachelor contestant has gotten a ton of positive press for his coming-out, but as Stephanie McNeal writes, he hasn't addressed the recent stalking allegations against him.
Hot Stew by Fiona Mozley is BuzzFeed Book Club's May pick. Here's the first chapter. In London's Soho, a young millionaire intent on converting an old building into luxury condos finds out the hard way that its tenants won't leave without a fight. Read along with us.
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