Some Google staff say Google is willfully ignoring caste bias after it canceled a presentation on the topic, which led to the resignation of a senior manager
The rising Hindu nationalist movement that has spread from India through the diaspora has arrived inside Google, according to employees and an activist on caste bias. Tweets: @audreytruschke , @pransh...
Right-wing users are celebrating Elon Musk buying Twitter not for his “free speech” promises but because he could make the platform serve their populist agenda
Elon Musk has purchased Twitter. For a paltry sum of $44 billion … Gabrielle Bienasz / Insider : Cofounder Jack Dorsey was reportedly whispering in Elon Musk's ear that Twitter should be taken privat...
Uncertainty about the nature of the list of 50K potential Pegasus targets created confusion and controversy, but doesn't negate the investigation's key findings
which used NSO tech to spy on dissidents— to expand surveillance into the UK.https://www.theguardian.com/ ... Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai / @lorenzofb : NSO Group is now blaming Palestinian activist...
Biden backtracks on his Facebook criticism, says he meant top users spreading vaccine misinfo were “killing people”, and urges Facebook to reduce misinformation
Biden walks back attack over vaccine lies Cat Zakrzewski / Washington Post : The Technology 202: Facebook isn't sharing how many Americans viewed vaccine misinformation New York Times : 'Facebook isn'...
The Oversight Board's decision on Trump's Facebook ban failed to send a clear message that a powerful public official can't use Facebook to endanger the public
and heated — reactions to Trump's suspension Siva Vaidhyanathan / The Guardian : Facebook is pretending it cares how its platform affects the world Marietje Schaake / Los Angeles Times : Op-Ed: Facebo...
Facebook's Oversight Board co-chair says if the project is a success, other platforms and tech companies would be “more than welcome” to work with the board
I don't really care about Facebook.” Unc Citap / @unc_citap : Today, @unc_citap submitted our public comment to @OversightBoard on Facebook's indefinite ban of Trump's account. Read it here: https://c...
Criticism of Facebook must move beyond content moderation issues; the effort to invent and invest in public cultural institutions should be our focus instead
Every day, a Twitter account run by Kevin Roose, a technology reporter for The New York Times, posts a list of the top 10 sources … Tweets: @aaschapiro , @natematias , @steph_moore , @random_musings ,...
Internal postings show Ankhi Das, a top Facebook exec in India, supported “strongman” Modi's party before he was elected in 2014 and disparaged its main rival
and never spoke up about blatant election misconduct on the platform. This is FB India, but it matters here, too. https://www.wsj.com/... Sheera Frenkel / @sheeraf : Reminder: What happens with Facebo...
Dozens of Tunisian, Syrian, and Palestinian activists and journalists say their Facebook accounts have been deactivated recently on the pretext of terrorism
“Facebook doesn't care. It closes our accounts on the pretext of terrorism. We are against terrorism and violence," one journalist said. Tweets: @eff , @oliviasolon , @sivavaid , @evan_greer , @blac...
As Twitter adds a warning to Trump's tweet advocating violence against Minneapolis protesters, so far Facebook and Instagram have left similar posts unchanged
and survival T.C. Sottek / The Verge : Twitter isn't a government, but it's the best one we've got Tweets: Daniel Kreiss / @kreissdaniel : Don't let Zuckerberg peddle a ‘free speech’ line unchallenged...