Trump’s Claims About Hunter Biden Sends Online Activity Soaring
Google searches and Facebook posts about Joseph R. Biden Jr.’s son rose after President Trump’s misleading comments at Thursday’s debate. ...
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Thursday, October 22, 2020
Appeals Court Says Uber and Lyft Must Treat California Drivers as Employees
The ruling adds new urgency to a ballot measure in the state that would exempt the companies from a new labor law intended to give gig worke...
Read dispatchF.T.C. Decision on Pursuing Facebook Antitrust Case Is Said to Be Near
Any action would follow the Justice Department’s landmark suit this week against Google, as a bipartisan tech backlash ramps up. from NYT ...
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Wednesday, October 21, 2020
Misinformation in America Thrives in Two Languages
False and misleading information is being spread widely in Spanish, researchers say. from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/3dKYCN8 via ...
Read dispatchTikTok Cracks Down on QAnon and Hate Speech
TikTok’s changes follow in the footsteps of its larger and more popular contemporaries. from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/31twucH v...
Read dispatchA TV Station’s Mistake Highlights Fears of Election Night Misinformation
A graphic on an evening news broadcast in Arkansas showed President Trump winning the state three weeks before Election Day. from NYT >...
Read dispatchTrump Official’s Tweet, and Its Removal, Set Off Flurry of Anti-Mask Posts
The tweet, from Dr. Scott Atlas, one of the president’s top science advisers, was debunked by many experts and deleted by Twitter. from NY...
Read dispatchIn Hubbub Over New York Post Report, YouTube Stands Apart
Facebook and Twitter clamped down on an unsubstantiated New York Post article about Hunter Biden. YouTube has gone a different route. from...
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Tuesday, October 20, 2020
Google Up Against Laws That Thwarted Microsoft (and Others Since 1890)
The Justice Department’s antitrust case points to restrictive contracts, a focus that a professor said “is as old as the Sherman Act.” fro...
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Sunday, October 18, 2020
Paleontologists See Stars as Software Bleeps Scientific Terms
When their annual conference was moved online, they were amused to find seemingly benign words blocked and replaced with asterisks during vi...
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Friday, October 16, 2020
What Went Viral This Week
Hunter Biden, a “Two and a Half Men” star’s death and Amy Coney Barrett’s empty notepad carried the week on social media. from NYT > Te...
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Thursday, October 15, 2020
In Hubbub Over New York Post Report, YouTube Stands Apart
Facebook and Twitter clamped down on an unsubstantiated New York Post article about Hunter Biden. YouTube has gone a different route. from...
Read dispatchFacebook and Twitter Dodge a 2016 Repeat, and Ignite a 2020 Firestorm
The companies have said they would do more to stop misinformation and hacked materials from spreading. This is what that effort looks like. ...
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Monday, October 12, 2020
The Digital Divide Starts With a Laptop Shortage
A surge in worldwide demand by educators for low-cost laptops has created shipment delays and pitted desperate schools against one another. ...
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Friday, October 9, 2020
Apple Does Not Need to Return Fortnite to App Store, Judge Rules
Fortnite’s parent company, Epic Games, had broken its contract with Apple, a federal judge found. The case goes to trial next year. from N...
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Tuesday, October 6, 2020
Trump Moves to Tighten Visa Access for High-Skilled Foreign Workers
Four weeks before the election, the Trump administration has announced stricter rules for the H-1B visa program, which U.S. companies have l...
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Monday, October 5, 2020
How Facebook and Twitter Handled Trump’s ‘Don’t Be Afraid of Covid’ Post
Medical experts said the president’s message downplayed the dangers of the coronavirus. But it fell into a gray area for the social media pl...
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Wednesday, September 30, 2020
Study Finds ‘Single Largest Driver’ of Coronavirus Misinformation: Trump
Cornell University researchers analyzing 38 million English-language articles about the pandemic found that President Trump was the largest ...
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Tuesday, September 29, 2020
The Facebook Pages With the Largest Share of Debate Conversation
Which Facebook pages are engaging people the most about Tuesday’s presidential debate? Here are the top 10. from NYT > Technology https...
Read dispatchSeattle Passes Minimum Pay Rate for Uber and Lyft Drivers
The city became the second in the nation to create a compensation standard for ride-hailing drivers, after New York. from NYT > Technol...
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