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Internal docs: Facebook employees created a test account in 2019 and within days it was recommended extreme and conspiratorial content, including QAnon Groups — In the summer of 2019, a new Facebook user named Carol Smith signed up for the platform, describing herself as a politically conservative mother …
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| New York Times: |
Internal docs show the extent of Facebook's knowledge of extremist Groups on its site but don't offer a complete picture of its decision-making in response — Company documents show that the social network's employees repeatedly raised red flags about the spread of misinformation and conspiracies …
Tweets: @rmac18, @amaramarasingam, @rmac18, @frankluntz, @juliacarriew, @mollyjongfast, @bernardchickey, @davidclinchnews, @can, @justinhendrix, and @daveyalba. Thanks:@thekenyeung
| The Information: |
Sources: over 12 news outlets, including AP and Fox Business, formed a consortium to sift leaked Facebook docs from Frances Haugen, reporting stories separately — It's not often that major news organizations coordinate to sift through a large trove of leaked company documents and agree … | Michael Riley / Bloomberg: |
Internal docs show Facebook staff faulted the company for failing to thwart the proliferation of Groups, like Stop The Steal, that fomented January 6 violence — Employees and the company's own research highlight ways Facebook failed to police its platforms ahead of the siege on the Capitol
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| Washington Post: |
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| Craig Timberg / Washington Post: |
A new whistleblower, a former member of Facebook's Integrity team, files an SEC complaint alleging Facebook prized profits over fighting hate speech and misinfo — Latest complaint to the SEC blames top leadership for failing to warn investors about serious problems at the company
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| Adi Robertson / The Verge: |
Software Freedom Conservancy says TRUTH Social violates Mastodon's open source code licensing terms by not sharing its source code, gives it 30 days to comply — Truth Social ripped off open-source platform Mastodon — The Software Freedom Conservancy (SFC) says former President Donald Trump's …
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| New York Times: |
Russia says its deep packet inspection tech is now installed at 500 telco locations, covering 100% of mobile traffic and 73% of broadband — Russia's boldest moves to censor the internet began in the most mundane of ways — with a series of bureaucratic emails and forms.| Bob Van Voris / Bloomberg: |
A group of states say Google takes up to 42% of the money paid for online ads, in a newly unsealed court filing in their lawsuit against Google — Google takes up to 42% of the money paid for digital ads published online, according to a newly unsealed court filing by states that claim …
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| Leah Nylen / Politico: |
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Apple issues new App Store Guidelines, including letting developers contact users about other payment methods as part of an earlier agreement with US developers — Apple today introduced a new set of App Store Guidelines which include three key changes. One of the changes is the result …
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Tweets: @drbarnard, @iansherr, and @appfairness
| Steve Kovach / CNBC: |
A 2019 email confirms Google asked Roku for preferential treatment for YouTube in Roku's search results, despite Google's claims to the contrary — - Google said Thursday it would remove YouTube apps from the Roku app store on Dec. 9 as the two sides fight over a new agreement.
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9to5Google, Tubefilter, Android Central, and Slashdot
Tweets: @amyklobuchar, @senamyklobuchar, @benedictevans, @stevekovach, and @stevekovach. Thanks:@mattrosoff
| Ian Allison / CoinDesk: |
Walmart is testing letting shoppers buy bitcoin at 200 Coinstar kiosks in its US stores through a Coinme partnership — Walmart, the world's largest company by revenue, is letting customers buy bitcoin at dozens of its U.S. stores. — Shoppers can purchase the cryptocurrency …
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| Victoria Guida / Politico: |
Sources: during the final days of the Trump presidency, OCC quietly determined that banks can legally trade cryptocurrencies on behalf of clients — A formal move to green-light crypto trading by banks would probably be met with resistance by advocates of tough financial rules.
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| Tim De Chant / Ars Technica: |
A look at the cultural and investment shifts Intel undertook to build a leading-edge foundry business, which some say could take five years to fully appraise — Intel wants to be a foundry—again. Will this time be different? — Last month, Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger stepped to a podium on a hazy … | Kif Leswing / CNBC: |
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| Faiz Siddiqui / Washington Post: |
Lyft releases its first safety report, says it received 4,000+ reports of sexual assault, including 360 reports of rape, on its app from 2017 through 2019 — Ride-hailing company's first safety report came nearly 2 years after Uber released a similar set of data for its app
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Lyft, Lyft, The Guardian, Gizmodo, New York Times, New York Post, and WRAL TechWire
Tweets: @carriecourogen, @amandamarcotte, @kirker, @kateconger, and @washingtonpost
| Tonya Riley / CyberScoop: |
FTC study on the six largest ISPs finds that some fail to fully inform consumers on how their data is monetized, such as using browsing history to serve up ads — Internet service providers fail to disclose to consumers how they use sensitive data, obscure privacy practices and making …
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VICE, The Register, Law Street Media, PCMag, KnowTechie, and 9to5Mac
Tweets: @senblumenthal, @bergmayer, @timcushing, @adam_k_levin, @mmasnick, @linakhanftc, @internetthought, @linakhanftc, @ethanbaron, @senmarkey, @jeffstone500, and @rycrist. Thanks:@tonyajoriley
| Marty Swant / Forbes: |
Braze, a marketing campaign management software startup, files for an IPO, says its FY 2021 revenue was $150.2M, up from $96.4M in 2020, with a net loss $31.43M — A decade after its founding, the marketing tech startup Braze is beginning the process of becoming a publicly traded company.Sponsor Posts
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