Social media platforms are rolling out new policies to address the issue of “misinformation” as they anticipate the 2022 midterm elections but these policies are not without controversy, as some critics argue that their policies overwhelmingly favor the Democratic party and its affiliated causes. In a press release titled “How Meta Is Planning for the…
Social Media Platforms Update ‘Misinformation’ Policies Ahead of 2022 Midterm Elections
Microsoft Cloud Computing Changes to Allay EU Antitrust Concerns Effective Oct. 1
BRUSSELS—Amended licensing deals and other changes making it easier for cloud service providers to compete will take effect on October 1, Microsoft Corp said on Monday, a move triggered by complaints about the U.S. software company to EU antitrust regulators. Microsoft President Brad Smith had announced the changes in May but did not say when…
Elon Musk Subpoenas Whistleblower Who Said Twitter Lied About Spam Bots
Tech entrepreneur Elon Musk has subpoenaed the Twitter whistleblower who recently made explosive claims that the social media company misled regulators about security and lied to Musk about the number of spam bots on the platform. Court filings show that Musk has subpoenaed Peiter Zatko, Twitter’s ex-security chief, who made a series of bombshell allegations…
Musk Subpoenas Whistleblower Who Said Twitter Lied About Spam Bots
Tech entrepreneur Elon Musk has subpoenaed the Twitter whistleblower who recently made explosive claims that the social media company misled regulators about security and lied to Musk about the number of spam bots on the platform. Court filings show that Musk has subpoenaed Peiter Zatko, Twitter’s former security chief, who made a series of bombshell…
Facebook Agrees to Settle Cambridge Analytica Data Privacy Suit
August 28, 2022
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Meta’s Facebook has agreed in principle to settle a four-year-old lawsuit that alleges the platform inappropriately shared user data with third parties including Cambridge Analytica. A joint stipulation (pdf) filed in San Francisco District Court Friday disclosed the preliminary settlement while giving no financial terms or details of the agreement. Lawyers for the plaintiffs and…
Jack Dorsey Says His Biggest Regret Is Twitter Became a Company
Twitter founder and former chief executive Jack Dorsey wrote on Twitter Thursday that he regrets the social media platform became a company. “The biggest issue and my biggest regret is that it became a company,” Dorsey said in a Tweet in response to a question about whether Twitter turned out the way he had envisioned….
Judge Orders Twitter to Share User Audit With Elon Musk
August 26, 2022
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A Delaware judge has ordered Twitter to turn over more data to Elon Musk in two weeks, but stopped short of giving the Telsa chief all the data he wanted, saying his requests were “absurdly broad.” On Aug. 25, Chancellor Kathaleen McCormick of Delaware’s Court of Chancery ordered Twitter to reveal the data from 9,000…
Facebook Reduced Reach of Posts About Hunter Biden Laptop in Lead up to 2020 Election: Zuckerberg
August 26, 2022
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Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Meta, the parent company of Facebook, told podcast host Joe Rogan in a recent interview that the company actively reduced the reach of social media posts referencing the story about Hunter Biden’s laptop in the lead-up to the 2020 presidential election. On the Aug. 25 episode of “The Joe Rogan Experience,”…
Australian Government Keen to Adopt Biden Administration Policy on Big Business
August 26, 2022
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Australia’s assistant minister for competition, Andrew Leigh, says the country should follow in the footsteps of the Biden administration and adopt a more cynical view of big business, including more government intervention in the market. The Labor minister has blamed increasing market concentration in the hands of a few big companies for creating higher prices…
Twitter Whistleblower to Meet With Senate Panel on Sept. 13
WASHINGTON—The U.S. Senate Judiciary committee will hold a hearing on Sept. 13 with Twitter Inc.’s former security chief Peiter “Mudge” Zatko to discuss allegations from his whistleblower complaint that the social media company misled regulators. Zatko, who accused Twitter of falsely claiming it had a solid security plan and making misleading statements about its defenses…
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