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How the forced sale of TikTok could splinter the internet

The Verge

But as I first reported last month, Mark Zuckerberg has told employees that a TikTok ban would represent a terrible precedent. Some say Mark Zuckerberg’s philanthropic efforts are stymied by the same desire to appear unbiased that critics of Facebook claim is causing real-world harm to Black communities. Jon Porter / The Verge ).

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The massive Twitter hack could be a global security crisis

The Verge

The agency has used this authority to conduct a series of covert cyber operations against Iran and other targets. Jon Porter / The Verge ). Jon Porter / The Verge ). Three people who worked at Mark Zuckerberg’s private family office accused his former personal security chief of racist and sexist conduct. Governing. ?

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What other social networks can learn from Snapchat’s rebuke of Trump

The Verge

DEA requests this authority on a nationwide basis for a period of fourteen days.”. Former Facebook employees published an open letter to Mark Zuckerberg , calling his decision to leave President Trump’s aggressive posts on the site unaltered a “betrayal” of company ideals. Jon Porter / The Verge ). Shirin Ghaffary / Recode ).

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Why no one knows which stories are the most popular on Facebook

The Verge

Later that month : Franklin Graham, Fox News, Mark Levin. The policy is part of a package of bipartisan amendments to the National Defense Authorization Act, which the Senate is expected to vote on later this week. Jon Porter / The Verge ). users’ personal information could fall into the hands of government officials in Beijing.

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Why Twitter labeling Trump?s tweets as ?potentially misleading? is a big step forward

The Verge

Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg had in public and private expressed concern about “sensationalism and polarization.”. But the authorities have set few limits on how that data can be used. Jon Porter / The Verge ). But in the end, Facebook’s interest was fleeting. Fowler / The Washington Post ).

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