A profile of Gail Slater, the head of the DOJ's antitrust unit who has become the leader of the MAGA antitrust movement over Big Tech “censorship” concerns
very much not what some in the business world & antitrust bar have hoped for (or at least publicly predicted) from this admin. Nancy Scola / @nancyscola : I profiled the new head of the DOJ antitrust ...
Sources: Trump's aides and Elon Musk became annoyed with Vivek Ramaswamy's outspokenness and some were angered by his H-1B comments, leading to his DOGE ouster
or did it leave him? Andrew Hayward / Decrypt : Dogecoin Dumps as Elon Musk's DOGE Agency Website Removes Meme Imagery Dasha Burns / Politico : Bannon berates Musk over his attacks on Trump's AI infra...
Some conservative critics of Elon Musk allege censorship and claim they were stripped of their X verification badges after challenging his views on H-1B visas
The fight between Ketamine Boy and the MAGAts is definitely a time to root for injuries … David Ingram / NBC News : Elon Musk accused of censoring conservatives on X who disagree with him about immigr...
Academics and US agencies are overhauling or ending online misinformation research due to Representative Jim Jordan and other Republicans' escalating campaign
An escalating campaign, led by Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) and other Republicans, has cast a pall over programs that study political disinformation … Mastodon: @PaulaChertok@mas.to , @dangillmor@mastodon...
Researchers and US agencies are overhauling or ending the study of political and medical misinfo due to pressure from Rep. Jim Jordan and other conservatives
An escalating campaign, led by Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) and other Republicans, has cast a pall over programs that study political disinformation … X: @_yayger , @jswatz , @solnatamd , @jeffreymarlett ...
Ahead of House hearing, Mark Zuckerberg calls for Section 230 reform that makes protections conditional on platforms' ability to identify and remove content
Want this newsletter delievered to your inbox? — Good evening, Aaron Mackey / Electronic Frontier Foundation : Facebook's Pitch to Congress: Section 230 for Me, But not for Thee Russell Brandom / Th...
At all-hands, Zuckerberg said that Biden won the election, Bannon violated policies but not enough to shutter his account, Facebook isn't adverse to legislation
Mark Zuckerberg https://www.buzzfeednews.com/ ... Luke O'Brien / @lukeobrien : Mark Zuckerberg could not make a better case for regulation. https://www.reuters.com/... Rat King / @mikeisaac : Zuckerbe...
At all-hands, Zuckerberg said that Biden won the election, Bannon violated policies but not enough to shutter his account, Facebook isn't adverse to legislation
As false claims declaring that Joe Biden isn't the president-elect flourish on his platform, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg told employees …
Trump's campaign is poised to replicate its 2016 success on Facebook, exploiting how FB's AI ad tools automatically distribute ad spend and target audiences
Look at a thousand of the millions of Facebook ads Donald Trump has run, and it's hard to believe that they represent a winning strategy. Tweets: @therealquags , @brianweeden , @antoniogm , @larryrose...
How extremists exploit tech's respect of “free speech” and media's bias to cover “both sides” to amplify fringe messages and get into mainstream conversation
This is a crib of a talk that Data & Society Founder and President danah boyd gave at the Online News Association conference … Tweets: @zephoria , @peteforsyth , @fabiochiusi , @marklittlenews , @anne...