Sources: as part of its layoffs, Meta cut an ambitious project that would have let third-party fact-checkers like Reuters add comments at the top of articles
- Meta, Amazon, Alphabet and Twitter have all drastically reduced the size of their teams focused on internet trust and safety … LinkedIn: Hayden Field . Tweets: @omgno2trump , @emmakinery , @brianste...
Ex-staffers say Google's Jigsaw saw its workforce of 50 cut by at least 20 and fear Google is phasing out the altruistic division as it isn't profit oriented
Let us recall that Gmail is similarly ‘altruistic’... Tweets: Drew Olanoff / @yoda : cool now we're getting rid of the people running projects to protect us. https://twitter.com/... Thomas Brewster / ...
Companies are seeking to hire former Twitter misinformation experts, who were laid off or have quit, seeking to avoid liability for false and toxic information
@lisackaplan https://www.nytimes.com/... @graphika_nyc : John Kelly (@apidictionist), Graphika CEO shared his insights for the @nytimes about the growth of disinformation out of the political arena an...
Sources: Elon Musk addressed Twitter employees for the first time since agreeing to buy the company in April, discussing potential layoffs, moderation, and more
here's why. Shalini Nagarajan / Blockworks : Elon Musk Teases Crypto Integration At His First Twitter All-Hands Abhishek Mishra / Fossbytes : Elon Musk's First Meeting With Twitter Employees Transcrip...
Interview with Maryana Iskander, Wikimedia Foundation's next CEO, on the org's transparency, handling misinformation on Wikipedia pages, and more
Two decades ago, Wikipedia arrived on the scene as a quirky online project that aimed to crowdsource and document all of human knowledge and history in real time. Tweets: @djparekh , @worklifereward ,...
Interview with Color of Change leader Rashad Robinson on the Facebook ad boycott, meeting with Zuckerberg, working with the company, and more
Steven Levy / Wired : Tweets: @slpng_giants Tweets: @slpng_giants : Great interview with @rashadrobinson about the #StopHateForProfit campaign. Super proud to be teamed up with @ColorOfChange and all...
As some Facebook employees publicly express anger, Mark Zuckerberg announces Facebook is committing $10M to groups working on racial injustice
Ranjan here. Talking about how tech … Danny Peterson / TheStreet : Morning Bell With Jim Cramer: Facebook Rebellion Andrew Hutchinson / Social Media Today : Instagram Says Internal Spam Filters Have ...
Facebook's Oversight Board announces its first 20 members, out of a total of 40, who will oversee challenging content issues
“We want to make sure the content people … Steven Levy / Wired : Facebook Names the 20 People Who Can Overrule Mark Zuckerberg Chinmayi Arun / Just Security : The Facebook Oversight Board: An Experime...
In an interview, Mark Zuckerberg says he will stay on as Facebook's chairman, defends COO Sheryl Sandberg, reiterates Facebook's potential as a force for good
but ousting her alone wouldn't solve its problems Michael Nuñez / Mashable : Facebook admits hiring PR firm to attack billionaire George Soros Julia Carrie Wong / The Guardian : Zuckerberg's control o...
Sources: Facebook CSO Alex Stamos to leave amid disagreements with top execs over disinformation, will stay until August; his team is down from 120 to 3 people
Facebook's chief information security officer, Alex Stamos, will leave the company after internal disagreements over how the social network …