EPA Social network executives have been grilled by MPs on the role their platforms played in recent events in Washington which saw a mob break into Congress. All said that they needed to do more to monitor extremist groups and content such as conspiracy theories. But none had any radical new policies to offer. The […]
Several weeks ago, as protests erupted across the nation in response to the police killing of George Floyd, Mark Zuckerberg wrote a long and heartfelt post on his Facebook page, denouncing racial bias and proclaiming that “black lives matter.” Mr. Zuckerberg, Facebook’s chief executive, also announced that the company would donate $ 10 million to […]
SAN FRANCISCO — Even as Facebook grappled this month with an internal revolt and a cascade of criticism over its refusal to take action on President Trump’s inflammatory posts, the social network was actively making other bets behind the scenes. Late one Tuesday, as attention was focused on how Facebook might handle Mr. Trump, the […]
SoftBank CEO Masayoshi SonKim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters SoftBank plans to buy $ 750 million in WeWork shares in the real-estate company’s planned public offering, The Wall Street Journal reported. The purchase would represent about 25% of the shares WeWork is planning on selling. The move would up SoftBank’s investment in the company to more than $ 11 […]
Donald Trump left Washington before Friday’s meeting at the White House on online extremism for two fundraisers in New York and his resort in Bedminster, N.J. (Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images) August 9 at 5:21 PM Top officials in the Trump administration expressed interest in tools that might anticipate mass shootings or predict attackers by scanning social […]
WASHINGTON — Faced with the growing possibility of antitrust actions and legislation to curb their power, four of the biggest technology companies are amassing an army of lobbyists as they prepare for what could be an epic fight over their futures. Initially slow to develop a presence in Washington, the tech giants — Amazon, Apple, […]
LONDON — In Spain, activists were convicted for social media posts that violated an expanded antiterrorism law. The Twitter accounts of German citizens were blocked because of rules enacted last year that prohibit hate speech. And a Dutch court determined Google must remove search results about a doctor punished for poor performance, in compliance with […]
GeoTel Like one of those comic book supervillain crossovers where The Joker meets Lex Luthor or Doctor Doom takes on Magneto, the world’s biggest tech companies are battling one another — with Earth as their ultimate prize. That might sound a bit melodramatic, but it also sums up a recent trend by Silicon Valley companies […]
Social media companies have been told to “clean up their platforms” or be prepared to face the “force of the law” by Home Secretary Sajid Javid. The warning comes after a gunman who killed 49 people at two mosques in New Zealand filmed the attack and live-streamed it directly to Facebook. Writing in the Daily […]
Advertisement Supported by Elizabeth Warren Proposes Breaking Up Tech Giants Like Amazon and Facebook ImageSenator Elizabeth Warren’s plan creates two tiers of companies that would fall under the new regulations.CreditCreditElizabeth Frantz for The New York Times By Astead W. Herndon March 8, 2019 Senator Elizabeth Warren, the Massachusetts Democrat who is bidding to be the […]
Supported by The Shift Why Napalm Is a Cautionary Tale for Tech Giants Pursuing Military Contracts ImageCreditCreditMatt Chase By Kevin Roose March 4, 2019 Over the past few months, a fierce debate has erupted in Silicon Valley over whether large technology companies like Amazon, Google and Microsoft should join forces with the United States military, […]
Justin Sullivan/Getty Images A war is brewing. On the one side: data-grubbing giants set on gathering (and monetizing) your personal information. On the other: a growing army of informed users, a surprising number of concerned tech executives, and… the long arm of the law. While it’s too early to announce a winner, increasing global privacy […]
Supported by Chase for Talent Pushes Tech Giants Far Beyond West Coast ImageThe current Apple campus in Austin, Tex. The company is planning a new 133-acre campus there that will initially have 5,000 workers.CreditCreditTamir Kalifa for The New York Times By Jack Nicas and Karen Weise Dec. 13, 2018 SAN FRANCISCO — This generation’s biggest […]
PayPal Cuts Off Alex Jones’s Infowars, Joining Other Tech Giants ImagePayPal’s decision to stop processing payments for Infowars could be particularly damaging to its operator, Alex Jones, because finding another company to handle transactions will be difficult.CreditCreditJustin Sullivan/Getty Images By Nathaniel Popper Sept. 21, 2018 SAN FRANCISCO — PayPal has become the latest tech giant […]
India Pushes Back Against Tech ‘Colonization’ by Internet Giants ImageIndia is trying to establish strong data protections for its citizens, as Europe did, while giving the government the right to obtain private information as it sees fit.CreditCreditSanjit Das/Bloomberg By Vindu Goel Aug. 31, 2018 NEW DELHI — In India, American companies dominate the internet. Facebook’s […]