Facebook should ban campaign ads. End the lies.
Permitting falsehood in political advertising would work if we had a model democracy, but we don’t. Not only are candidates dishonest, but voters aren’t educated,...
Category : Policy
California’s Privacy Act: What you need to know now
This week California’s attorney general, Xavier Becerra, published draft guidance for enforcing the state’s landmark privacy legislation. The draft text of the regulations under the...
Why each Libra member’s mutiny hurts Facebook
There’s a strategic cost to the defection of Visa, Stripe, eBay, and more from the Facebook -led cryptocurrency Libra Association . They’re not just names...
Jay Carney on the Trump White House, Amazon antitrust scrutiny, and working for Bezos – GeekWire
Managing public relations for the most powerful country in the world, or one of the most powerful companies, is not a job many people would...
Apple CEO Tim Cook lambasted for pulling Hong Kong protest app
Apple Inc. took down a Hong Kong protest app late yesterday after pressure from China, only to prompt a torrent of criticism today from some...
GitHub vows to keep dealing with ICE despite employee backlash
GitHub Inc. is facing a backlash from its own employees after insisting it will renew a $200,000 contract with the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement...
Zuckerberg to testify in Washington Oct. 24 as Libra partner calls for independence
Facebook Inc. Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg is heading to Washington D.C. to testify before the House Financial Services Committee Oct. 23. Meanwhile, Vodafone Group Plc,...
What Obama and Bezos have in common — from the man who’s called both ‘boss’ – GeekWire
Amazon SVP of Global Corporate Affairs Jay Carney speaking at the 2019 GeekWire Summit. (GeekWire Photo / Dan DeLong) The list of similarities between Amazon...
Female founders confront harsh reality of raising money in a male-dominated tech world
Until 1988, any woman who wanted a business loan in the U.S. needed a male relative to co-sign for her. Thirty-one years later, women are...
Amazon, Walmart confront India’s slowing economy as holiday season growth stalls
Even India’s biggest festive season, featuring blinding marketing blitzkrieg and heavy discounts from Amazon India and Walmart’s Flipkart, has failed to escape the pains of...
Senate report says Russian election interference ‘invariably’ supported Trump, recommends national PSA
A bipartisan Senate investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election released today definitively implicates the country in online operations designed specifically to get then-candidate...
California bans deep fake videos ahead of 2020 US election
California just became the latest state to crack down on deep fake videos, following growing concern that such technology could be used to cause mayhem...
Daily Crunch: Facebook faces government pressure over encryption
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How ‘the Internet broke America’ with The New Yorker’s Andrew Marantz
When Elizabeth Warren took on Mark Zuckerberg and Facebook earlier this week, it was a low moment for what New Yorker writer Andrew Marantz calls...