Internal docs show how antivax activists flooded vaccine content on Facebook with negative comments, despite Zuckerberg's push to promote COVID-19 vaccines
Internal company documents suggest that the company plays down awareness of its flaws. Kara Swisher / New York Times : The Endless Facebook Apology Katie Canales / Insider : Apple reportedly threatene...
Facebook says that on Thursday it will lift the ban on political and social issue ads in the US, imposed after the November election
FB says advertisers who have completed the ad authorization process may submit new ads that require a “Paid for by” disclaimer or edit existing, eligible ads to turn them back on. https://www.axios.co...
A look at those unlucky enough to forget the password to access their bitcoin; Chainalysis says 20% of all bitcoin, or ~$140B, appears to be lost or stranded
Also the Libor transition and Chinese stock bans. Charlesarthur / The Overspill : Start Up No.1462: the bitcoin millionaires with no money, the “clean” CES, the trouble with scotch eggs, Uganda bans s...
As POTUS, Biden will overturn Trump's immigration EOs, support net neutrality, and may not prioritize Section 230 reform, but his antitrust approach is unclear
and Google in particular Financial Times : Biden's team is as antipathetic towards Zuckerberg and other tech titans as other Democrats, but some tech execs expect less drama after four years of Trump ...
US says it has seized 300+ “cryptocurrency accounts”, worth around $2M, four websites, and four Facebook pages used by al-Qaeda, Hamas' military wing, and ISIS
that it claimed were FDA approved— across four Facebook pages to finance the terror group's operations, according to Homeland Security Investigations. 👉The sale of illicit items on Facebook is literal...
eBay confirms that ex-CEO Devin Wenig is the person who allegedly ordered six eBay employees to initiate a cyberstalking campaign; Wenig is not being charged
Surveillance. Harassment. A live cockroach delivery. US attorneys have charged six former eBay workers in association with an outrageous cyberstalking campaign. Tweets: @karlbode , @wired , @lachla...
Sources: Amazon employees often consulted sales info on third-party vendors when developing private-label merchandise, contrary to assertions to Congress
Contrary to assertions to Congress, employees often consulted sales information on third-party vendors when developing private-label merchandise Tweets: @jason_kint , @trippmickle , @wsj , @halsinger ...
Sources: Shadow, a company affiliated with Democratic digital nonprofit ACRONYM, built the Iowa caucus app that contributed to delays in reporting results
show’ a year ago Wall Street Journal : Iowa's Tally-by-App Experiment Fails Zeynep Tufekci / The Atlantic : Who Needs the Russians? Jeff Bercovici / Los Angeles Times : Tech firm started by Clinton ca...
Facebook tightens rules for political advertisers in the US, requiring further identity proof such as tax-id number or Federal Election Commission registration
for free, to anyone — that blows publicly-available information about TV advertising out of the water https://twitter.com/... Lachlan Markay / @lachlan : This is potentially fantastic news for politic...
FBI recommends not to indict Hillary Clinton for email misconduct, finds 110 emails in 52 email chains contained classified info at the time sent
until Hillary Clinton Jason Koebler / Motherboard : Reminder: Public Officials Using Private Email Servers Is Indefensible Lucia Maffei / TechCrunch : FBI recommends no charges for Hillary Clinton ove...