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How Frances Haugen maximized the impact of her leaked Facebook documents, rolling them out to WSJ and then broadening the circle to a large group of outlets — In a time of mega-leaks, journalists' sources have become power players. Frances Haugen, the former Facebook executive …
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| Alex Heath / The Verge: |
Internal docs show Facebook is struggling to attract users under the age of 30, with teenage users declining by 13% since 2019 — The world's largest social network is internally grappling with an existential crisis: an aging user base — Earlier this year, a researcher at Facebook shared some alarming statistics with colleagues.
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Internal docs detail Facebook's struggles with violence-inciting content in India, including failure to designate some politically-connected groups as dangerous — Internal documents show a struggle with misinformation, hate speech and celebrations of violence in the country, the company's biggest market.
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| Clare Duffy / CNN: |
Leaked docs show Facebook has known it has a problem related to human trafficking content for people working inside private homes, but still hasn't fixed it — New York (CNN Business)EMBARGOED FOR MONDAY 10/25 7 AM ET — Facebook has for years struggled to crack down on content related …
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| Bloomberg: |
Internal Facebook docs show time spent by US teenagers was down 16% YoY, young US adults were also spending 5% less time on the social network, and more — Rising internal concerns about young users was largely invisible to outsiders, forming the basis of a whistle-blower's SEC complaint
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| Ben Hubbard / New York Times: |
Citizen Lab: the iPhone of Ben Hubbard, an American reporter for NYT, was hacked in 2020 and 2021, likely by Saudi Arabia using NSO's Pegasus; NSO denies claim — Invasive hacking software sold to countries to fight terrorism is easily abused. Researchers say my phone was hacked twice, probably by Saudi Arabia.
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| Richard Lawler / The Verge: |
Tesla rolls back its FSD beta from version 10.3, which improved many items like brake light and turn signal detection, to 10.2 after “seeing some issues” — Elon Musk didn't specify what issues the company found — Tesla's decision to test its “Full Self Driving” …
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| Mike Isaac / New York Times: |
Internal docs show how Facebook discussed hiding the Like button to alleviate stress and anxiety, but users interacted and shared fewer posts — Likes and shares made the social media site what it is. Now, company documents show, it's struggling to deal with their effects.| Michael Shields / Reuters: |
ProtonMail's parent company wins a Swiss court appeal confirming email services are not considered telcos and thus not subject to data retention requirements — Geneva-based Proton AG, the company behind ProtonMail and ProtonVPN, has won an appeal regarding its treatment under Swiss law … | Julia Kollewe / The Guardian: |
Tesco, UK's largest supermarket chain, was hacked on Saturday, halting online grocery orders through Sunday; Tesco says its site and app are back up and running — Consumers unable to book or amend deliveries after ‘attempt made to interfere with systems’ — Tesco has been hit by hackers …
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| Manish Singh / TechCrunch: |
India-based Groww, which lets users invest in mutual funds, gold, stocks, and more, raises a $251M Series E led by Iconiq Growth, tripling its valuation to $3B — Groww has tripled its valuation to $3 billion in just six months as the Indian fintech startup looks to broaden its offerings … | Mary Ann Azevedo / TechCrunch: |
Brazil-based insurance startup Justos, which aims to collect users' data through phones to determine rates, raises a $35.8M Series A led by Ribbit — Justos, a startup that says it will be the first insurance company in Brazil to use data when determining rates, has raised a $35.8 million Series … Sponsor Posts
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