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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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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 …
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| Brandy Zadrozny / NBC News: |
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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| 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 … | Washington Post: |
Docs: Facebook user reports of “false news” hit ~40K per hour on January 6; the Instagram account reported most often for inciting violence was @realdonaldtrump — Relief flowed through Facebook in the days after the 2020 presidential election.
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| 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| 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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| Bob Van Voris / Bloomberg: |
A group of US states say Google takes up to 42% of the money paid for online ads, in a newly unsealed court filing from 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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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Apple updates App Store Guidelines, including to let 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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| 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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| 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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| 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.| 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.
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| Kif Leswing / CNBC: |
Intel reports Q3 revenue of $18.1B, up 5% YoY, vs. $18.2B est., Client Computing Group revenue fell 2% to $9.7B due to component shortages; stock down 10%+ — - Intel reported third-quarter earnings on Thursday. — The semiconductor company is in a period of massive capital expenditure …
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