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Yahoo withdraws from China as Beijing’s grip on tech firms tightens (Guardian, The)
Submitted by Grace Tepper on Tue, 11/02/2021 - 13:40Do the Facebook papers spell doom for Meta – or is it too big to fail? (Guardian, The)
Submitted by Grace Tepper on Sun, 10/31/2021 - 23:51Facebook profits top $9 billion despite facing recent whistleblower revelations (Guardian, The)
Submitted by Grace Tepper on Mon, 10/25/2021 - 17:13Facebook rolls out campaign to fight misinformation ahead of Australian election (Guardian, The)
Submitted by benton on Sun, 10/24/2021 - 13:34Frances Haugen says Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg has not shown any desire to shield users from the consequences of harmful content (Guardian, The)
Submitted by benton on Sun, 10/24/2021 - 13:34Monika Bickert, Facebook’s vice-president of content policy, says tech firms need stronger regulation (Guardian, The)
Submitted by benton on Sun, 10/24/2021 - 13:33Facebook missed weeks of warning signs over Capitol attack, documents suggest (Guardian, The)
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Twitter admits bias in algorithm for rightwing politicians and news outlets
Twitter has admitted it amplifies more tweets from rightwing politicians and news outlets than content from leftwing sources. The company examined tweets from elected officials in seven countries – the UK, US, Canada, France, Germany, Spain and Japan. It also studied whether political content from news organisations was amplified on Twitter, focusing primarily on US news sources such as Fox News, the New York Times and BuzzFeed.
France hails victory as Facebook agrees to pay newspapers for content
France has hailed a victory in its long-running quest for fairer action from tech companies after Facebook reached an agreement with a group of national and regional newspapers to pay for content shared by its users. Facebook announced a licensing agreement with the APIG alliance of French national and regional newspapers, which includes Le Parisien and Ouest-France as well as smaller titles.