Included in the breach was a list that purportedly showed how much money each of the platform’s streamers had earned in the past two...
Year: 2021
Facebook Whistle-Blower’s Testimony Bolsters Calls for E.U. Regulation
One proposal would require Facebook and other tech platforms to disclose details to regulators and researchers about their services, algorithms and content moderation practices.Read...
It’s Time to Stop Paying for a VPN
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Many virtual private network services that were meant to protect your web browsing can no longer be trusted. Here are other ways.Read More
How Jonathan Kanter, the Biden administration’s choice to be the Justice Department’s antitrust chief, became a progressive foe of Big Tech.Read More
The Facebook whistleblower who released tens of thousands of pages of internal research and documents indicating the company was aware of various problems caused...
Facebook Whistle-Blower Urges Lawmakers to Regulate the Company
Frances Haugen, who left the social network in May and leaked internal documents, gave senators rare insight into its inner workings.Read More
How to Watch the Facebook Senate Whistle-Blower Hearing
Frances Haugen, a former product manager for Facebook, will argue to protect consumers from a profits-over-safety culture.Read More
Facebook Outage Caused by a Cascade of Errors, It Says
For more than five hours, the company’s family of apps, including Instagram and WhatsApp, were unavailable to the billions who use them.Read More
The Key Takeaways from Frances Haugen’s Facebook Testimony
Lawmakers in the hearing explored the role that Facebook’s algorithms play in amplifying problematic content.Read More