A federal appeals court grants the Trump administration's request to temporarily pause a lower court ruling that struck down most of President Trump's tariffs
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Sources: US consulting firms like McKinsey and BCG split their IT systems to decouple China data, as Beijing expands anti-espionage rules and data regulation
A profile of Jonathan Kanter, the DOJ's assistant AG for antitrust, a longtime Google foe who filed the US anti-monopoly lawsuit to break up its ad business
https://www.wsj.com/... Google already very far behind the curve in making its case, if it has one, to be left alone. Ask yourself: Who speaks for Google on the lawsuit? Answer rig...
A profile of Jonathan Kanter, the DOJ's assistant AG for antitrust, a longtime Google foe who filed the US anti-monopoly lawsuit to break up its ad business
https://www.wsj.com/... Google already very far behind the curve in making its case, if it has one, to be left alone. Ask yourself: Who speaks for Google on the lawsuit? Answer rig...
Despite Elon Musk's opaque approach, the “Twitter Files” give a peek at moderation at scale and are a win for transparency, while failing to prove systemic bias
Twitter's new owner, Elon Musk, is feverishly promoting his “Twitter Files”: selected internal communications from the company …
Elon Musk says Twitter is working on an update that will show users if they've been “shadowbanned”, the reason why, and how to appeal
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Elon Musk's Starlink has become an unexpected lifeline in Ukraine, on the battlefield and in the war for public opinion, impressing many Western militaries
UkraineX: — How Elon Musk's space satellites changed the war on the ground — From artillery strikes to Zoom calls,
Elon Musk's Starlink has become an unexpected lifeline in Ukraine, on the battlefield and in the war for public opinion, impressing many Western militaries
UkraineX: — How Elon Musk's space satellites changed the war on the ground — From artillery strikes to Zoom calls,
Social Capital founder and CEO Chamath Palihapitiya says the “ugly truth” is “nobody cares about what's happening” to Uyghurs in China, himself included
- Chamath Palihapitiya said “nobody cares about what's happening” to Uyghur Muslims in China.
Social Capital founder and CEO Chamath Palihapitiya says the “ugly truth” is “nobody cares about what's happening” to Uyghurs in China, himself included
- Chamath Palihapitiya said “nobody cares about what's happening” to Uyghur Muslims in China.
Sources detail Zuckerberg's decisions putting growth over safety, like censoring “anti-state” posts in Vietnam and opposing a US voting info center in Spanish
Late last year, Mark Zuckerberg faced a choice: Comply with demands from Vietnam's ruling Communist Party …
Internal docs detail Facebook's struggles with violence-inciting content in India, including failure to designate some politically-connected groups as dangerous
good and bad. This has risks (as these leaks show) but are the only honest way to tackle the problem. Would love to see the same from https://abc.xyz/ Thomas Baekdal / @baekdal : I...
Mark Zuckerberg says that Facebook does not prioritize profit over safety and well-being and argues that many of Frances Haugen's claims don't make sense
I wanted to share a note I wrote to everyone at our company. — Hey everyone: it's been quite a week, and I wanted to share some thoughts with all of you.
Sources: Facebook has begun limiting internal info sharing and paused product rollouts in recent days as employees conduct “reputational reviews”
but since there's a current PR problem... https://www.wsj.com/... Karissa Bell / @karissabe : Interesting that these are “reputational” reviews, not ethical reviews or research rev...
Biden names Lina Khan, an antitrust expert who wrote the “Amazon Antitrust Paradox”, as FTC chair, after the Senate voted 69-28 to confirm her as commissioner
Ms. Khan, who first attracted notice as a critic of Amazon, was confirmed by the Senate as a commissioner on the agency on Tuesday.
China pushes to subject data-related activities to government oversight, as it worries tech giants could use collected data to build alternative power centers
Beijing is calling on tech giants to share their information—and asserting its authority over data held by U.S. companies in China as well
Google says it plans to double the size of its team studying AI ethics in the coming years, as it looks to strengthen the group battered by recent controversies
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The Oversight Board says it will announce its decision on Facebook's banning of Trump at 9AM ET on Wednesday, after receiving 9,000+ public responses
this would be a HUGE MISTAKE. Hugh Hewitt / @hughhewitt : The decision by @Facebook independent board on former President Trump is far less important than the debate underway on ho...
China is pitching the digital yuan as a way to soften the power of US sanctions, which are increasingly being used against Chinese companies and individuals
A cyber yuan stands to give Beijing power to track spending in real time, plus money that isn't linked to the dollar-dominated global financial system
FactSet: Amazon's “other” business unit, which is made up almost entirely of its ads business, will make $21B in revenue in 2020, up 47% YoY
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