There’s a “parallel media universe” on Facebook. And the biggest companies in the gig economy are pushing an alternative narrative of their own. It’s all kinda bananas … to put it lightly. But today is Friday, so we’re putting down the Twitter and raising a glass. Here’s to the National Basketball Association and its players’ union, who have set out plans to expand voting access and promote social justice.

Here’s a list of everything we talked about today:

• What if Facebook Is the Real ‘Silent Majority’? from The New York Times

• Zuckerberg acknowledges Facebook erred by not removing a post that urged armed action in Kenosha from The Washington Post

• ‘A totally different ballgame’: Inside Uber and Lyft’s fight over gig worker status from CNET

• Despite DeJoy’s vows to halt changes, serious problems persist, postal workers say from NBC

• Doomscroll Twitter reminder

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