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Chris Cox returns to the fold as Facebook’s chief product officer

After a very high-profile departure and a year away from the company, Facebook’s former chief product officer Chris Cox will return to his long-held position with the company.Cox shared the news

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Does tech have the guts to deploy its resources against police brutality?

The protests and unrest of the last week have produced enormous volumes of footage documenting police brutality and other crimes. Where is the platform for this important evidence to be collected, col

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Can a startup repair the winner-takes-all talent economy? With $8.5M, Pando wants to find out

It’s a winner-takes-all economy. More and more labor markets act as lotteries, where a couple of “superstar” workers make extremely outsized returns relative to their peers — who may well have started

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Scientists funded by Zuckerberg express concerns over FB's stance

Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan attend the 7th Annual Breakthrough Prize Ceremony at NASA Ames Research Center, California, U.S., November 4, 2018. /CFP A group of 143 scientists from the w

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Facebook adds labels identifying state-controlled media

Facebook will soon add labels to news outlets owned or otherwise controlled by a government, marking that information as, if not necessarily false or unreliable, at least worth considering the origin

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Snapchat refuses to promote Trump's account, stoking GOP ire

A woman stands in front of a logo of Snap Inc. in New York City, March 2, 2017. /Reuters Snapchat on Wednesday became the latest social network moving to curb the reach of U.S.President Donald

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Global Business Daily: Oil rush, Lyft lifts, Google sued

"We will not allow a reckless minority to put our domestic recovery at risk."That was the warning from Britain's home secretary, Priti Patel, as she announced fines of $1,200 would be levied on retur

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Snapchat is no longer promoting Trump’s posts

Snap announced this morning that it will not be promoting content from President Trump’s Snapchat account in its Discover tab following statements from Trump last week on Twitter, which threaten

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Facebook suspends white nationalist groups encouraging ambushes of George Floyd protests

Racist groups were attempting to encourage their users to bring weapons to protests, according to the social media company.

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Daily Crunch: Facebook employees walk out virtually

Facebook staff protests the social network’s stance on Trump posts, Volkswagen finalizes its $2.6 billion investment in Argo AI and we examine complaints about the layoff process at events and t

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Europe asks for views on platform governance and competition tools

The European Commission is asking for views on how online platforms should be regulated in future, launching a public consultation today on the forthcoming Digital Services Act (DSA).This pan-EU legi

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With rare candor, employees protest Facebook's Trump policy

Facebook employees are using Twitter and Facebook's internal communications tools to register their frustration over CEO Mark Zuckerberg's decision to leave up posts by President Donald Trump that

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Facebook to verify the identities of some user profiles behind viral posts

Lost in the news of the George Floyd protests against police brutality and racism in the U.S., Facebook last week quietly noted it will now require Facebook Profile pages with large followings in the

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Mark Zuckerberg commits Facebook to $10 million donation to ‘groups working on racial justice’

Even as Facebook continues to take a hands-off approach to monitoring violent rhetoric and disinformation on its platform, the company will make a $10 million donation “to groups working on rac

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Facebook employees stage virtual walkout in protest of company’s stance on Trump posts

Some Facebook employees are virtually walking out today to challenge the company’s lack of response to President Donald Trump’s posts pertaining to protests in light of the murder of Geor

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Facebook employees unhappy Zuckerberg took no action on Trump post

At least seven senior Facebook employees post on social media saying their company should have done more to deal with the post.

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Tech cos. respond to George Floyd’s death, ensuing protests and systematic racism

On Sunday, a fourth night of protests erupted around the country, spurred on by the May 25 death of George Floyd at the hands of the Minneapolis police. The movement is a response to wide-ranging and