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Fact Checker: How Russia weaponized social media, got caught and escaped consequences (Washington Post)
Submitted by benton on Mon, 11/18/2019 - 06:36Facebook reports it took action against tens of millions of posts for breaking rules on hate speech, child exploitation (Washington Post)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Wed, 11/13/2019 - 13:36Russian hackers who stole DNC emails failed at social media. WikiLeaks helped. (Washington Post)
Submitted by benton on Wed, 11/13/2019 - 06:40The glitchy debut of Disney Plus is the stuff of tech launch nightmares (Washington Post)
Submitted by benton on Tue, 11/12/2019 - 14:33Rep Yvette Clarke says Congress does have tech smarts. It just needs to use them. (Washington Post)
Submitted by benton on Mon, 11/11/2019 - 11:52Big Business Is Overcharging You $5,000 a Year
Internet usage is no longer a good deal in the US. In France, consumers pay about 90 euros (or $100) a month for a combination of broadband access, cable television and two mobile phones. A similar package in the United States usually costs more than twice as much. Many Americans have a choice between only two internet providers. A few companies have grown so large that they have the power to keep prices high and wages low.
Ban political ads on Facebook? Upstart, anti-Trump candidates object. (Washington Post)
Submitted by benton on Sun, 11/10/2019 - 17:16DOJ top antitrust enforcer Makan Delrahim issues new warning to big tech: Data and privacy could be competition concerns (Washington Post)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Fri, 11/08/2019 - 17:21DOJ issues new warning to big tech: Data and privacy could be competition concerns
Makan Delrahim, the Justice Department’s top antitrust enforcer, warned tech giants that amassing vast quantities of consumers’ data could create competition concerns in the eyes of federal regulators, marking the US government’s latest shot across the bow at Silicon Valley.