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Basecamp’s protest of Apple’s policies is already benefiting other developers

The Verge

A weird thing about running a tech company is that if you are very successful, at some point you will also be operating a vast quasi-legal system. Basecamp, you will remember, is a mid-sized 16-year-old company that makes project management software, and a week ago it introduced a new email service called Hey. But more than 1.5

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How to fix Facebook

Vox

Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen testifies during the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Subcommittee on Consumer Protection, Product Safety, and Data Security on October 5. American users across the political spectrum have become increasingly suspicious of Big Tech. So what can be done to fix Facebook?

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Turning off political ads on Facebook could have unpredictable consequences

The Verge

But the basic idea that a politician ought to be able to buy space in a media outlet and show it to a bunch of people — that was something we mostly had learned to live with. And then social networks came along, and the calculus changed. Bush’s “ Willie Horton.” We’ll still remind you to vote.