Ahead of House hearing, Mark Zuckerberg calls for Section 230 reform that makes protections conditional on platforms' ability to identify and remove content
Want this newsletter delievered to your inbox? — Good evening, Aaron Mackey / Electronic Frontier Foundation : Facebook's Pitch to Congress: Section 230 for Me, But not for Thee Russell Brandom / Th...
Mark Zuckerberg on Clubhouse says Facebook may be in a “stronger position” after Apple's IDFA changes and that Facebook Shops has 1M+ monthly active businesses
“Stop inventing shittier trains” — really encounters a perfect, crystalline example. https://twitter.com/... Laura Bassett / @lebassett : I don't really want to hear anything about the journalism busi...
A look at the making of Facebook's Oversight Board, its members, Zuckerberg's rationale for its existence, and criticisms of the endeavor
one that's also an obvious part of @Facebook's PR strategy. https://www.newyorker.com/... Alex Kozak / @alexkozak : Such amazing reporting here from @Klonick. She manages to capture a lot about tech c...
Facebook is referring its decision to indefinitely suspend Trump's accounts to the Oversight Board and says the accounts will remain suspended in the meantime
but I love what they are doing with their Oversight Board (even if it's a CYA move & 10 years too late). https://twitter.com/... Brooke Binkowski / @brooklynmarie : Just in time for the 2016, I mean 2...
Trump searches for a new social network after his Twitter ban, as a source says the president will spend the final days of his term railing against Big Tech
I heard the news last week that Twitter had permanently banned Trump and thought “oh my.” New York Post : Big Tech's assault on Parler proves it's gone full cartel Tweets: Brian Bergstein / @brianberg...
Snap says it helped 1M Snapchat users register to vote on the app, of which over half are first-time voters and 80% are under 30
Dylan Byers / NBC News :
Banning TikTok from US app stores but allowing it to operate until Nov. 12 prevents TikTok from patching any security vulnerabilities found in the meantime
a move which is shortsighted, ridiculous, and likely unconstitutional. https://www.nytimes.com/... SIX / @sixiaotang : Tiktok will be fine; the no-compromise loss of WeChat access in the US is devasta...
Some advertisers participating in the ad boycott remain unimpressed with Facebook's promises to better police hate speech, as negotiations continue
and the extent of Facebook's response—will likely depend on how big this boycott gets” https://www.wsj.com/... Christopher Mims / @mims : It also continues to baffle just how slow Facebook is to crack...
Of the top 25 Facebook advertisers in 2019, which include Uber and Netflix, only three, Microsoft, Starbucks, and Pfizer, have said they are pausing ad spending
the ones with presumably the most leverage — have stayed quiet https://www.cnn.com/... Barry Ritholtz / @ritholtz : Walmart, Wells Fargo, Uber, Netflix, Domino's, American Express. AT&T, among big bra...
Zuckerberg says Facebook will now label content that violates its rules but was left up because it was deemed newsworthy and of public interest
even Trump's Aaron Mak / Slate : Facebook Just Made Taking Down a Trump Post Inevitable Brian Fung / CNN : Facebook will label more controversial content and tighten advertising policies Queenie Wong ...