Sources detail Eric Schmidt's influence over Biden's Office of Science and Technology Policy; Schmidt's charity indirectly paid the salaries of two employees
As President Joe Biden granted his science office unprecedented access and power, one outside adviser to that office has attained … Tweets: @alexthomp , @alexthomp , @alexthomp , @_jack_poulson , and ...
White House discloses ties between tech companies and its staff, including national security advisor Jake Sullivan, who was a paid Microsoft adviser until 2020
Chad Day / Wall Street Journal : Tweets: @alexthomp and @vmsalama Tweets: Alex Thompson / @alexthomp : Susan Rice listed almost $638,000 in speaking fees earned during 2020, including more than $128,...
Q&A with Casey Newton on incentives for media and reporters in the age of social media, why some people in tech hate tech press, evolution of Facebook, and more
The Verge's Silicon Valley editor discusses tech media, recent issues with Facebook, and more … Part of the tech world is fed up with tech journalists. Tweets: @dlberes , @caseynewton , @kantrowitz , ...
In a rare public protest at Facebook, hundreds of staff staged a virtual walkout, pushing back on Zuckerberg's choice to let Trump's inflammatory posts stand
Since macOS 10.12 there's … Theodore Schleifer / Vox : Change will be harder for Silicon Valley than just donating money Wall Street Journal : Social Media Becomes Battleground Over Days of Street Pro...
Sources and documents: Zuckerberg and others shelved damning research into Facebook's polarizing effect, weakening efforts to apply its conclusions to products
and refuses to stop Charlesarthur / The Overspill : Start Up No.1317: Facebook knew it was polarising, ban Trump's Twitter?, how Bill Gates became … Anmol Mehrotra / Neowin : Facebook reportedly knew ...
Analysis of Joe Biden's YouTube, which has just 32,000 subscribers, shows his weakness against Trump's online presence, especially as campaigning goes virtual
The coronavirus has forced the Democrats' presumptive presidential nominee into an all-digital campaign, and he's struggling to break through. Tweets: @nytimesbusiness , @asemota , @ryangrim , @nytime...
Overview of the Senate hearing on foreign influence in social media, which heard testimony from Sheryl Sandberg and Jack Dorsey
Facebook and Twitter Finally Face the Music Matt Binder / Mashable : Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey tweets opening testimony during congressional hearing Don Reisinger / Fortune : Watch Here: Twitter and Fac...
Twitter CEO addresses claims about some Republican leaders not appearing in search auto-suggestions, points to a thread that offers explanation and vows changes
and what it isn't … There's a shadow of a doubt. Peter Hasson / The Daily Caller : Twitter Algorithm Buried Republicans For Something Totally Out Of Their Control Aroon Deep / MediaNama : Twitter deni...