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Years After Obama Used Facebook To Win, Big Tech Under Democratic Fire
The Democratic Party's rapidly fading love affair with Big Tech has broken into open acrimony in recent weeks, punctuated by a presidential debate Tuesday in which leading candidates took turns decrying the industry's impact on the nation and workshopping ways to rein it in.
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Facebook Policy on Political Speech Lets Politicians Lie in Ads
This means Facebook posts and campaign ads by politicians operate in an alternative system.
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Google Fined $170 Million For Violating Kids' Privacy Law On YouTube
Google will pay $170 million to settle allegations that it illegally collected data about children younger than age 13 who watched toy videos and television shows on YouTube, settling a long-running government investigation but leaving some in Washington once again furious that regulators had been outmatched by Silicon Valley.
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Twitter Says Trump's Tweet Didn't Violate Rules Against Racism, But Won't Say Why
Twitter's new policy for holding powerful leaders to account for engaging in hate speech and harassment received its first major test this weekend when President Donald Trump called on several Democratic members of Congress to "go back" to their countries - prompting widespread allegations of racism against women of color.
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Investigating Page Backed By Billionaire For Misleading News: Facebook
Facebook said it is investigating whether an organization backed by billionaire and Democratic megadonor Reid Hoffman violated the social media giant's policies when it set up a series of misleading news pages in a bid to target U.S. voters with left-leaning political messages.
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Russia Used Every Social Media Platform To Help Elect, Back Trump: Report
A report prepared for the Senate that provides the most sweeping analysis yet of Russia's disinformation campaign around the 2016 election found the operation used every major social media platform to deliver words, images and videos tailored to voters' interests to help elect President Donald Trump - and worked even harder to support him while in ...
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Google CEO Says Fears About Artificial Intelligence Are 'Very Legitimate'
Google CEO Sundar Pichai said that new AI tools require companies to set ethical guardrails and think through how the technology can be abused.
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After Republicans Corner Sundar Pichai, Google CEO Takes On Hate Speech
Google CEO Sundar Pichai confronted a barrage of criticism Tuesday from House Republicans who said his company suppresses conservative voices, exposing Google to the same kind of scrutiny that has destabilized its tech peers this year. Pichai insisted that Google is careful to avoid political bias in its search engine and other products.
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Despite YouTube's Efforts, It's Still a 'Vortex' of Hate
YouTube does not have a policy against falsehoods.
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Facebook Allegedly Gave Advertisers Special Access To User Data, Activities
The more than 250 pages of documents, which a British parliamentary committee recently obtained as part of a wide-ranging investigation into Facebook, revolve around a decision Facebook made in 2014 and 2015 to cut off developers' access to posts, photos and other profile information from Facebook users.
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Facebook's Sheryl Sandberg, Twitter's Jack Dorsey Testify Before US Congress
Sandberg and Dorsey told lawmakers they are better prepared to combat foreign interference on their platforms.
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I Started Facebook And Am Responsible, Says Mark Zuckerberg In Testimony
Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg endured an hours-long grilling by dozens of U.S. senators Tuesday during which he repeatedly apologized and promised privacy reforms but also pointedly defended his company against the threat of new legislation.
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Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg to US Congress: 'It Was My Mistake, and I'm Sorry.'
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg expressed contrition for allowing third-party apps to grab the data of its users without their permission.
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Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg To Congress: "It Was My Mistake, And I'm Sorry"
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg expressed contrition for allowing third-party apps to grab the data of its users without their permission and for being "too slow to spot and respond to Russian interference" during the U.S. election, according to his prepared remarks published by the House Energy and Commerce Committee.
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Facebook Says Most of Its 2 Billion Users Had Their Data 'Scraped' From Profiles
Facebook said Wednesday that "malicious actors" took advantage of search tools on its platform.
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Years After Obama Used Facebook To Win, Big Tech Under Democratic Fire
The Democratic Party's rapidly fading love affair with Big Tech has broken into open acrimony in recent weeks, punctuated by a presidential debate Tuesday in which leading candidates took turns decrying the industry's impact on the nation and workshopping ways to rein it in.
-
Facebook Policy on Political Speech Lets Politicians Lie in Ads
This means Facebook posts and campaign ads by politicians operate in an alternative system.
-
Google Fined $170 Million For Violating Kids' Privacy Law On YouTube
Google will pay $170 million to settle allegations that it illegally collected data about children younger than age 13 who watched toy videos and television shows on YouTube, settling a long-running government investigation but leaving some in Washington once again furious that regulators had been outmatched by Silicon Valley.
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Twitter Says Trump's Tweet Didn't Violate Rules Against Racism, But Won't Say Why
Twitter's new policy for holding powerful leaders to account for engaging in hate speech and harassment received its first major test this weekend when President Donald Trump called on several Democratic members of Congress to "go back" to their countries - prompting widespread allegations of racism against women of color.
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Investigating Page Backed By Billionaire For Misleading News: Facebook
Facebook said it is investigating whether an organization backed by billionaire and Democratic megadonor Reid Hoffman violated the social media giant's policies when it set up a series of misleading news pages in a bid to target U.S. voters with left-leaning political messages.
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Russia Used Every Social Media Platform To Help Elect, Back Trump: Report
A report prepared for the Senate that provides the most sweeping analysis yet of Russia's disinformation campaign around the 2016 election found the operation used every major social media platform to deliver words, images and videos tailored to voters' interests to help elect President Donald Trump - and worked even harder to support him while in ...
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Google CEO Says Fears About Artificial Intelligence Are 'Very Legitimate'
Google CEO Sundar Pichai said that new AI tools require companies to set ethical guardrails and think through how the technology can be abused.
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After Republicans Corner Sundar Pichai, Google CEO Takes On Hate Speech
Google CEO Sundar Pichai confronted a barrage of criticism Tuesday from House Republicans who said his company suppresses conservative voices, exposing Google to the same kind of scrutiny that has destabilized its tech peers this year. Pichai insisted that Google is careful to avoid political bias in its search engine and other products.
-
Despite YouTube's Efforts, It's Still a 'Vortex' of Hate
YouTube does not have a policy against falsehoods.
-
Facebook Allegedly Gave Advertisers Special Access To User Data, Activities
The more than 250 pages of documents, which a British parliamentary committee recently obtained as part of a wide-ranging investigation into Facebook, revolve around a decision Facebook made in 2014 and 2015 to cut off developers' access to posts, photos and other profile information from Facebook users.
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Facebook's Sheryl Sandberg, Twitter's Jack Dorsey Testify Before US Congress
Sandberg and Dorsey told lawmakers they are better prepared to combat foreign interference on their platforms.
-
I Started Facebook And Am Responsible, Says Mark Zuckerberg In Testimony
Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg endured an hours-long grilling by dozens of U.S. senators Tuesday during which he repeatedly apologized and promised privacy reforms but also pointedly defended his company against the threat of new legislation.
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Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg to US Congress: 'It Was My Mistake, and I'm Sorry.'
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg expressed contrition for allowing third-party apps to grab the data of its users without their permission.
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Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg To Congress: "It Was My Mistake, And I'm Sorry"
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg expressed contrition for allowing third-party apps to grab the data of its users without their permission and for being "too slow to spot and respond to Russian interference" during the U.S. election, according to his prepared remarks published by the House Energy and Commerce Committee.
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Facebook Says Most of Its 2 Billion Users Had Their Data 'Scraped' From Profiles
Facebook said Wednesday that "malicious actors" took advantage of search tools on its platform.
