2023-03-29
Another sign of the CCP's crackdown on all-powerful tech companies. It would be a good thing if only it weren't done by an authoritarian government. https://www.nytimes.com/...
South China Morning Post
Alibaba plans its biggest restructuring ever, reorganizing its businesses into six independent entities and moving all operational decisions to each unit's CEO
announced a day after co-founder Jack Ma returned to mainland China after almost a year overseas. @hwclarence @raffaelehuang https://www.wsj.com/... Paul Page / @paulpage : Alibaba...
2022-09-15
“TikTok's task is impossible because to earn the senators' trust fully,it must prove a negative:that China has never sought to use the app for influence operations or surveillance purposes,never will,and never could even if it tried.” @CaseyNewton https://www.platformer.news/ ...
TechCrunch
In a US Senate committee hearing, Meta, YouTube, TikTok, and Twitter executives defended their platforms and dodged security, privacy, and moderation questions
Executives from four of the biggest social media companies testified before the Senate Homeland Security Committee Wednesday …
2022-03-13
“We should be building out more solutions that enable civil society to help be a part of managing the public spaces we've found ourselves in.We should act like we really believe an open internet is better than a closed one,” CrowdTangle CEO @CaseyNewton https://www.platformer.news/ ...
Platformer
Interview with CrowdTangle co-founder Brandon Silverman on social networks' responsibility to open up, including by doing and sharing their own research
CrowdTangle co-founder Brandon Silverman on social networks' responsibility to open up — Brandon Silverman knows more about how stories spread on Facebook than almost anyone. Twe...
2020-05-17
“ But is Nick Clegg changing Facebook for the better—or putting a fresh shine on deep problems? Nick Clegg of Facebook” It's all a veil. The whole structure of the platform is the problem. https://www.politico.com/...
Politico
Profile of Nick Clegg, Facebook's VP of Global Affairs and Comms, who led the creation of its Oversight Board and is now shaping the company's COVID-19 response
Facebook's new “Oversight Board” will be based in London, not Silicon Valley. They're planning an additional office in D.C. at some point in the future. https://www.politico.com/.....