Facebook lets streams of depravity flow freelyReuters Facebook has gone out of its way to avoid acknowledging the obvious: It is a media company, not simply a platform its billion-plus users to share their lives with family and friends. READ MORE:* Facebook is a careless media company* Facebook targets a way to read your mind* Facebook plans to rewire your life. Denial is, far too often, the Facebook way. But Facebook still hasn't come to terms with what it really is - a media company where people get their news and which, especially because of the year-old Facebook Live, generates news content. And its Facebook Live has been a force for good, too.

Source: Stuff April 19, 2017 00:11 UTC