Big TechGovernment and PolicySocial MediaFacebook & Twitter CEOs to testify on big tech censorship during ‘disputed’ presidential electionTim Hinchliffe4 months ago5.99KAs information warfare exposes two completely different versions of reality concerning the presidential election, the Senate is slated to grill...
Big TechGovernment and PolicySocial MediaFacebook ‘relied heavily on FBI’ briefings before trying to prevent NY Post story from ‘spreading wildly’: ZuckerbergTim Hinchliffe4 months ago2.62KFacebook took its cue from the FBI before it decided to limit the distribution of the NY Post's "smoking gun"...
Big TechGovernment and PolicyTwitter censored the NY Post for ‘showing direct material’ to back up claims, violated hacked materials policy: DorseyTim Hinchliffe4 months ago2.62KFacing a grilling in the Senate, Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey testifies that Twitter censored the New York Post for "showing...
Big TechGovernment and PolicySocial MediaTechnologySenate is hovering over Twitter & Facebook: Dorsey, Zuckerberg to both testify before & after electionTim Hinchliffe4 months ago4.73KTwo Senate committees are hovering over two big tech targets, with Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey...
Big TechSocial MediaConflicts of interest with Facebook censorship, the Atlantic Council, Burisma & politics: perspectiveTim Hinchliffe4 months ago6.1KWhile receiving nearly half a million dollars from Burisma, the Atlantic Council partnered with Facebook to monitor election misinformation. Then,...
Social Media‘Social media services that I & others have built are tearing people apart’: ex-Facebook ads chief testifiesTim Hinchliffe5 months ago5.96KFacebook's former director of monetization testifies that the social media services he helped build are tearing people apart, and that...
Social MediaFacebook to censor anything it deems necessary to avoid ‘adverse legal or regulatory impacts’Tim Hinchliffe6 months ago3.95KFacebook will start removing user content that could get the social media giant into legal or regulatory trouble in a...
TechnologyBig tech CEOs give Congress the 5 Ds of Dodgeball on anti-competitive behaviorTim Hinchliffe7 months ago2.91KToday, some 20,000 people on YouTube tuned-in on to a Congressional hearing where the CEOs of Google, Facebook, Apple, and...
Web4 House members ask Facebook, Twitter & Google to give them COVID-19 disinformation reports monthlyTim Hinchliffe8 months ago4.45KFour House Committee on Energy and Commerce members are asking Facebook, Twitter, and Google to give them monthly reports about their...
Social MediaFacebook says it doesn’t benefit from hate, but its algorithms tell a different story: op-edTim Hinchliffe8 months ago3.93KAt a time when huge companies are suspending their advertising campaigns on Facebook, the social media giant claims it doesn't...
Social Media‘Facebook’s business model is poison & its algorithms amplify misinformation’: digital forensics expert testifiesTim Hinchliffe8 months ago6.85KFacebook's business model is poison and its divisive algorithms are a driving force behind online misinformation, according to a digital...
Technology‘When technology takes control of our information environment, it takes control of humanity’: Center for Humane Tech presidentTim Hinchliffe8 months ago3.99KWhen technology like AI takes control of our information environment, then it takes control of the fate of humanity, according...
Social MediaTechnologyWebHouse Intel Committee ditches script, grills big tech on polarizing users and toxic civic discourseTim Hinchliffe9 months ago2.61KToday, representatives from big tech companies Google, Facebook, and Twitter testified remotely in a virtual hearing before the House Intelligence...
Social MediaThink for yourself? Facebook removes QAnon-related content as ‘coordinated inauthentic behavior’Tim Hinchliffe10 months ago4.04KToday, Facebook releases its Coordinated Inauthentic Behavior report for the month of April, saying it took down over 30 QAnon-related...
BusinessTechnologyWhat’s wrong with anti-competitive behavior in big tech?Tim Hinchliffe12 months ago24.8KBig tech companies like Google and Facebook are under investigation for antitrust by the the FTC and the DOJ. The...
Social MediaWebWill Facebook be able to handle a joke with new deepfake policy? How about a political one?Tim Hinchliffe1 year ago4.09KAs Facebook unveils its new policy on deepfakes, will the social media giant be able to handle a joke and...
Social MediaFacebook News looks to be just another brick in the echo chamber wallTim Hinchliffe1 year ago3.3KFacebook News launches in the US today in an attempt to help the media industry and democracy, but it appears...
Crypto ColumnSocial MediaTechnologyWeb‘Zuck Buck’ grilled in the House: Facebook CEO defends Libra in hearingTim Hinchliffe1 year ago4.35KMark Zuckerberg is appearing before the House Financial Services Committee where Chairwoman Maxine Waters grills him over Libra, political ads,...
Social Media47 attorneys general now support Facebook antitrust investigationTim Hinchliffe1 year ago14.6KNew York's attorney general announces today that 47 attorneys general have joined the antitrust investigation into Facebook, reaching as far...
Social MediaFBI worries Facebook’s privacy first policy will be a ‘child predator’s dream’Tim Hinchliffe1 year ago6.02KAn incredibly sensitive subject -- Facebook is looking to push a privacy first policy with end-to-end encryption, but the FBI...