The Tech Oversight Project, mainly funded by Pierre Omidyar and Chris Hughes' organizations, launches Tuesday to push for Big Tech antitrust regulation
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Ads for housing that exclude demographics are still being approved by Facebook, a year after a study highlighted the illegal discriminatory practice on Facebook
Why There's Nothing to Fear With the End of Net Neutrality Richard Nieva / CNET : Facebook still allowing discriminatory housing ads Cale Guthrie Weissman / Fast Company : Facebook's ad platform still...
Study: social media has become a direct threat to democracy in areas such as echo chambers, misinformation, manipulation, micro-targeting, hate speech
Pierre Omidyar, founder of eBay, is a philanthropist, technologist and humanitarian. He is a member of The WorldPost editorial board.
Sources: hackers stole NSA data on US offensive and defensive cyber capabilities from a contractor's laptop in 2015, likely via Kaspersky software
This Time with Kaspersky's Help Associated Press : Report: Russian hackers target secrets taken by NSA worker Steven Musil / CNET : Russian hackers reportedly stole NSA cyber secrets in 2015 Gareth Ha...
Twitter says it has fixed a “bug” that allowed advertisers to target users based on racist and derogatory terms like the n-word and “Nazi”
tech companies just need to care more Nick Bilton / Vanity Fair : Silicon Valley deserves enormous blame for the role it played … Tim Peterson / Marketing Land : Facebook yanks education, employment, ...
A deep look at Heart of Texas, a Russia-linked Facebook group that promoted Texas secession and had 225K+ members before being taken down in summer of 2017
Russians— are spreading anti-immigrant propaganda online. http://www.nytimes.com/... Casey Michel / @cjcmichel : And these “Texas secession” rallies were, in toto, larger than the Idaho Falls turnout....
Department of Justice indicts three Russians, including two intelligence agency employees, and a Canadian in connection with 2014 Yahoo breach
DOJ The Guardian : Justice department charges Russian spies and hackers over Yahoo breach - video Marissa's Tumblr : Russian Hackers and Government Officers Indicted in Connection With Yahoo Security ...
Nonprofit Crisis Text Line counseling service receives $23.8M in grants, led by Reid Hoffman with Steve Ballmer, Pierre Omidyar, others participating
Leena Rao / Fortune : Tweets: @melindagates and @omidyarnetwork Tweets: Melinda Gates / @melindagates : Proud to support @nancylublin's important work to reach young people in crisis through @CrisisT...
Nonprofit Crisis Text Line counseling service receives $23.8M in grants, led by Reid Hoffman with Steve Ballmer, Pierre Omidyar, others participating
Crisis Text Line, a free, around the clock text-messaging support line for people in crisis, is getting a massive new round of grants …