TTP data: US anti-government militia activity has grown on Facebook, with the platform even auto-generating some group pages, despite users flagging the issue
Ahead of the election, anti-government militias are using Facebook to recruit, coordinate training, and promote ballot box stakeouts … X: Ryan McCarthy / @mccarthyryanj : Important story from @misstes...
[Thread] A tech startup founder describes how he made ~$200K in 2021 by ghostwriting tweets for venture capitalists, as a side hustle for five hours per week
👻 Ghostwriting tweets for venture capitalists is the side hustle of the founder of a tech startup (who asked to remain anonymous). Last year he made about $200,000. Here's how he did it, as told to In...
After investors bet an estimated ~$100B on self-driving vehicle startups, little progress has been made as companies take shortcuts and losses continue to mount
The first car woke Jennifer King at 2 a.m. with a loud, high‑pitched hum. “It sounded like a hovercraft,” she says, and that wasn't the weird part. Tweets: @trippmickle , @trengriffin , @joelwebersho...
Axios says it will launch AxiosHQ, which lets companies write internal memos styled like Axios newsletters, next month, starting at $10K a year
AxiosHQ communications platform to launch with Delta Air Lines and AT&T among early customers — Punchy news startup Axios is betting … Tweets: @stevekopack , @caseynewton , @benmullin , @katie_roof ...
An inside look at internal strife and dissent within Facebook, as employees warn the company is “hurting people at scale” and reckon with what they've built
Nine different Facebook employees told the company that a Trump ad with Nazi symbolism was hateful. Facebook only listened when the Washington Post covered it as news. https://www.buzzfeednews.com/ .....
Sources: Facebook is considering imposing a ban on political ads on its network in the days leading up to the US election in November
so sorry — maybe even death” https://www.nytimes.com/... https://twitter.com/... Kurt Wagner / @kurtwagner8 : Full story: Facebook is considering a ban on political ads in the days leading up to Novem...
Zuckerberg says Facebook will now label content that violates its rules but was left up because it was deemed newsworthy and of public interest
even Trump's Aaron Mak / Slate : Facebook Just Made Taking Down a Trump Post Inevitable Brian Fung / CNN : Facebook will label more controversial content and tighten advertising policies Queenie Wong ...
Inside the IRS's probe into Facebook, including emails from 2008 where Sandberg and Ted Price, Facebook's head of tax, discuss tax havens for parking profits
The social media behemoth is about to face off with the tax agency in a rare trial to capture billions that the IRS thinks Facebook owes. Tweets: @mccarthyryanj , @stevecimino , @katielpaul , @thetnho...
Facebook disbands its widely publicized “War Room”, says it wasn't a permanent solution, touts Strategic Response Team as its way to handle future crises
Mark Zuckerberg is in a crisis of leadership. Fortune : Data Sheet—Bitcoin Bites It Casey Newton / The Verge : The UK's inquiry into fake news is focused on a long-dead bikini-finding app Mike Godwin ...
Fake stories flagged by two or more unpaid third-parties like Snopes and AP will get warning labels, lower ranking on News Feed, but will remain shareable
Not With Censorship, But With More Info Eric Abent / SlashGear : Here's Facebook's plan for fighting fake news Michael Krey / Investor's Business Daily : Facebook Ratchets Up Its Efforts To Block Fake...