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UK MP slams Facebook’s answers on privacy scandal as “typically disingenuous”
The committee isn’t happen about conflicting evidence Facebook provided.
Facebook to fund two new BuzzFeed shows
After cutting the reach on everyone’s Facebook Pages, the company now seems to want to stick to more conventional methods of getting content for its audience.
Twitter employees describe CEO Jack Dorsey as Forrest Gump-like and indecisive
Others still describe him as “introverted, conflict averse, speaking in riddles,” and, “not as aggressive as Facebook’s Zuckerberg or Google’s Page.”
Facebook backed down on Houseparty acquisition due to antitrust scrutiny
Facebook had planned to gobble up even more of the social media market.
New WhatsApp-approved tool designed to help “fact-checkers” rate articles in bulk
Efforts to make fact-checking prolific in the run up to the 2020 elections are in full force.
Facebook plans to license legacy media news content after suppressing many indie creators from its platforms
Facebook’s plans are the latest example of big tech platforms making it harder for independent creators to thrive.
Google Assistant can now read your Telegram and WhatsApp messages, raising privacy concerns
Google’s Assistant wants access to 3rd party messages.
Australia threatens Incels forum, showing the country’s bold new push to police the entire internet
Australia is issuing takedown notices and threats of fines and jail time to countries outside of its jurisdiction.
Facebook accused of lying to UK lawmakers over privacy scandals
Members of Parliament want to know why Zuckerberg said he only found out about the Cambridge Analytica issue last year, when staff have said he knew about it a year earlier.
Facebook takes down Saudi Arabia-backed influence network
Facebook found many fake accounts that were being used to sway public opinion on the platform.
Instagram suspends account of Republican Congressional candidate Tom Norton
Norton accuses Instagram of censorship.
Joe Biggs banned from Instagram
This comes after Biggs was banned from Twitter, Shopify, PayPal, and Venmo earlier this month.