Interview with Sam Lessin and YouTuber Marina Mogilko about a $1.7M investment in her, in exchange for 5% of her creator-related earnings for the next 30 years
which attaches a number to a human and locks them into a three-decade contract—brings up a host of potential legal, ethical, and moral issues, which Lessin didn't shy away from when I asked him about ...
Facebook says WSJ's series contained deliberate mischaracterizations and conferred egregiously false motives to Facebook's leadership and employees
and burying the findings Charlie Osborne / ZDNet : Facebook rebukes WSJ over investigation on the platform's ability to harm, ‘toxic’ impact Parmy Olson / Bloomberg : Facebook's Beloved Growth Team Ha...
Facebook VP says WSJ's series contained deliberate mischaracterizations, and conferred egregiously false motives to Facebook's leadership and employees
A lot has been said about Facebook this week. A series of articles published by the Wall Street Journal has focused …
Australia says Facebook agreed to reinstate news content in Australia in the coming days after the government promised amendments to its proposed media bill
but what was lost along the way? Micky : Facebook versus Australia: the government hands Facebook a free pass Max Willens / Digiday : Cheat sheet: Facebook brings news back to platform in Australia - ...
Facebook VP of AI Jerome Pesenti says OpenAI's GPT-3 can “easily output toxic language that propagates harmful biases”, as some critics point out issues of bias
While GPT-3 has earned ecstatic reviews from many experts for its capabilities, some critics have pointed out clear issues around bias.
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 ...
Facebook VP of Engineering Jay Parikh, who was instrumental in building Facebook's data center infrastructure, is leaving the company after more than a decade
- Facebook's Vice President of Engineering Jay Parikh on Tuesday announced his departure from the company, joining a long list …
New form factors for Portal video chat devices are coming this fall, Facebook VP of AR/VR Andrew “Boz” Bosworth says
KEY POINTS — Andrew “Boz” Bosworth, Facebook vice president of AR/VR, spoke on stage at the Code Conference in Phoenix. — A LinkedIn photo of Facebook exec Andrew “Boz” Bosworth.
Leaked Facebook employee thread about now-deleted Boz memo had ~3,000 comments, with dozens criticizing leakers, others empathizing with users
Yesterday afternoon, BuzzFeed published … Alex Kantrowitz / BuzzFeed : Sen. Ed Markey Says “Congress Must Act” When Facebook Fails To Maintain Safety On Its Platform Sam Levin / The Guardian : Interna...
Leaked 2016 memo from Facebook VP Andrew Bosworth says “all the work we do in growth is justified”, even if Facebook enables terrorism; Zuck says he disagreed
Facebook Vice President Andrew “Boz” Bosworth said that “questionable contact importing practices,” …