2024-08-28
While also completely and cowardly validating a process that was run with an incredibe amount of bad faith, overtly political and really hurtful to a lot of people.
Business Insider
Mark Zuckerberg's letter to Jim Jordan gave Republicans just enough to claim a political win, without getting Meta in more trouble amid its FTC antitrust suit
Mark Zuckerberg's letter to Chairman Jim Jordan and the House … Nick Heer / Pixel Envy : Mark Zuckerberg Ingratiates Himself With U.S. Republican Politicians Casey Newton / Platfor...
2024-03-22
And FWIW, personally, I think the Content Library has the potential to be wwwaaayyy better than CrowdTangle! It's really exciting! But it has a long way to go on the functionality side (as well as a few other places) and I think that's why so many people are worried.
Engadget
The Mozilla Foundation and 90+ research and advocacy groups urge Meta to keep CrowdTangle online until January 2025 to track election misinformation globally
Karissa Bell / Engadget :
Sorry, which claims are wrong? I don't see any claims that those groups can't apply for access. I see claims that the new tool is missing a lot of important functionality and that very few groups actually have access right now.
Engadget
The Mozilla Foundation and 90+ research and advocacy groups urge Meta to keep CrowdTangle online until January 2025 to track election misinformation globally
Karissa Bell / Engadget :
Two things stand out to me: first, being qualified to apply for something is a far cry from actually having access. What are the terms? How fast is the turnaround time? We're also 1/3 of the way through the year already...how many election groups have access right now? …
Engadget
The Mozilla Foundation and 90+ research and advocacy groups urge Meta to keep CrowdTangle online until January 2025 to track election misinformation globally
Karissa Bell / Engadget :
2024-03-14
Honest question...if the justification of banning TikTok is foreign ownership, do we think that's a model other countries should follow? If so, are we saying we think it's reasonable for almost every country in the world to force Meta, Alphabet, reddit, Snapchat and X to divest the local versions of their apps?
Washington Post
The US House passes a bipartisan TikTok bill that forces a sale or ban of the app; the legislation faces an uncertain Senate path without a companion measure
Honest question...if the justification of banning TikTok is foreign ownership, do we think that's a model other countries should follow? If so, are we saying we think it's reasonable for almost every country in the world to force Meta, Alphabet, reddit, Snapchat and X to divest the local versions of their apps?
Bloomberg
Memo: TikTok is “disappointed” that the US House passed the TikTok divestment bill, and reiterates its plans to lobby the Senate not to pass the legislation
TikTok told employees the company isn't planning to change its approach to protecting user data even after US lawmakers passed …
2023-11-19
Just realized that one of the less obvious reasons that Altman's departure is so shocking is that it represents the outcome of a functional board at a big tech company 🫣
Axios
OpenAI memo: Sam Altman's firing wasn't due to “malfeasance” or related to financial, business, safety, or security practices but a “breakdown in communication”
Team - after yesterday's announcement, which took us all by surprise, we have had multiple conversations …
Just realized that one of the less obvious reasons that Altman's departure is so shocking is that it represents the outcome of a functional board at a big tech company 🫣
@karaswisher
Sources: Sam Altman's exit followed a “misalignment” between OpenAI's profit and nonprofit adherents; some may view the company's development speed as too risky
that AGI could kill all of humanity Louise Matsakis / @lmatsakis : The Information reports that Ilya told OpenAI employees that “this was the board doing its duty to the mission of...
2023-11-18
Just realized that one of the less obvious reasons that Altman's departure is so shocking is that it represents the outcome of a functional board at a big tech company 🫣
@karaswisher
Sources: Sam Altman's exit followed a “misalignment” between OpenAI's profit and nonprofit sides, given the company's development speed could be viewed as risky
Scoop: There are about to be a lot more major departures of top folks at @OpenAI tonight and I assume Altman will make a statement tonight. But, as I understand it, it was a “misal...