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Analysis: Facebook is under siege around the globe. Now what? (Washington Post)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Wed, 11/28/2018 - 10:47A Hot Seat for Facebook, an Empty Chair for Zuckerberg and a Vow to Share Secret Files
Officials from nine countries examining Facebook’s business practices have spent weeks trying to get the company’s chief executive, Mark Zuckerberg, to face questions at a hearing. Instead, Zuckerberg was represented by an empty chair.
President Trump’s ‘worldwide network’ is a great idea. But it already exists.
“Something has to be done,” President Donald Trump tweeted Nov 26.
Google employees go public to protest China search engine Dragonfly
More than 30 Google employees have joined a petition protesting the company’s plans to build a search engine that complies with China’s online censorship regime.
President Trump says US should launch state TV network
President Donald Trump said that the United States should launch its own state-run cable TV network that would compete with CNN for viewers across the globe, a suggestion that prompted comparisons to networks run by the governments of Russia and C
Facebook’s Sandberg now says the company’s work with the political consultancy Definers crossed her desk
Facebook chief operating officer Sheryl Sandberg admitted that she had received information about the company’s work with Definers, the Republican-affiliated consultancy that conducted opposition research into Facebook’s critics.
House Judiciary Committee subpoenas Comey, Lynch over handling of Clinton emails (Washington Post)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Sun, 11/25/2018 - 22:14Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg rejects request to testify in front of seven countries’ lawmakers — but a lower-level official will appear
Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg has declined to testify at a rare joint hearing with lawmakers from seven countries, representing more than 368 million people.