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Sen Cruz (R-TX) made it clear he supports repealing tech platforms' safe harbor
During an Oct 17 debate in his campaign for re-election, Sen Ted Cruz (R-TX), when asked about whether Congress should regulate online social media, referenced Section 230 of the1996 Communications Decency Act. He began first by explaining that he took Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg to task for Facebook privileging content from certain political viewpoints. He then went on to say that if tech companies are not acting impartial to content, then they shouldn’t be held to the rules that say they are.
WhatsApp has a literal road show in India to warn about the spread of fake news (Fast Company)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Fri, 10/12/2018 - 12:37Online voting is a security nightmare, say experts (Fast Company)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Wed, 10/10/2018 - 11:06Apple hits back hard at Bloomberg over Chinese spying report (Fast Company)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Thu, 10/04/2018 - 17:10Meet Ben Gomes, the man who has helped shape Google search almost from the start (Fast Company)
Submitted by benton on Sun, 09/30/2018 - 14:17The urge to share news of our lives is neither new nor narcissistic (Fast Company)
Submitted by benton on Sun, 09/30/2018 - 14:16Tim Berners-Lee tells us his radical new plan to upend the World Wide Web (Fast Company)
Submitted by benton on Sun, 09/30/2018 - 14:15As Google turns 20, it can’t take our goodwill for granted
As Google marks its 20th anniversary, our relationship with it isn’t quite as uncomplicated as it used to be. In the wake of Facebook’s Cambridge Analytica scandal, and fears that the Russians exploited Facebook and YouTube to influence the 2016 presidential election, people are more wary of tech companies these days–especially ones that harvest personal data. This trend won’t reverse itself anytime soon.