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Michael Hawke’s Facebook group, Gay New York 1970s and 80s, has grown into a large online space where people share and preserve memories of NYC gay life, especially from the Stonewall era and the AIDS crisis.
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A little-known FTC deal with Google became one of the main privacy safeguards in the US, but the article says it is now outdated and does not protect most tech companies.
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Tech giants in Silicon Valley made record profits during the pandemic, but local food banks say hunger grew sharply in nearby communities that were already struggling.
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Spanish-language misinformation in Florida spread false claims that President Donald Trump had been robbed of victory, while Facebook and YouTube faced pressure over how they handled the posts.
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A COVID-19 misinformation video spread fast on Facebook, and President Donald Trump and Donald Trump Jr. helped push it wider before platforms removed it.
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Facebook is trying to remove Boogaloo content from its platform, but the movement still uses social networks to spread violent ideas and recruit followers.
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The tech industry faced renewed pressure to address racism and weak diversity as companies, including Google and Microsoft, spoke out after Black Lives Matter protests and outlined, or failed to outline, plans for change.
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Michael Bloomberg’s huge ad spending could not save him from a weak first debate showing, which suggested money and Facebook ads have limits in politics.
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Michael Bloomberg’s campaign has hired Hawkfish, a digital ad firm run by former tech executives, to manage all of its online ads.
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Mark Zuckerberg said Facebook will not ban political ads, arguing that a company should not censor politicians or the news in a democracy.
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Mark Zuckerberg says Facebook is facing a new FTC antitrust probe, adding to the company’s growing fight with U.S. regulators.
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The Federal Trade Commission is set to fine Facebook $5 billion and add new privacy rules that could shape future privacy regulation for big tech companies.
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Carole Cadwalladr used a TED talk to argue that Facebook and other Silicon Valley leaders helped break democracy by spreading lies and hiding how political ads were used.
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Roger McNamee says Facebook’s real problem is its business model, not just its leaders, and he warns that tracking people’s data is harming society.
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An NYU professor argues that fears and hype about AI are overblown, and says a small group of big tech companies is steering its future.
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A campaign linked to Reid Hoffman used deceptive, Russian-style Facebook tactics in at least three states during the 2018 midterms, raising new concerns about political misinformation.
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This Associated Press quiz reviews major business news from 2018, with questions centered on Elon Musk, Time, and big tech companies.
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Tumblr’s new ban on adult content drew backlash this week, while Facebook also faced more criticism and President Donald Trump’s online posts added to the week’s political tension.
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Newly released UK Parliament documents add to concerns that Facebook put growth and competition ahead of user privacy, while its internal morale appears to be falling.
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TechCrunch reports that Sheryl Sandberg knew more about Facebook’s work with Definers Public Affairs than she first admitted, including asking about George Soros’s stock trades and being looped into emails about the firm.
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