Earlier this month, a meme was shared in the Facebook group Save Southern Heritage that featured the portraits of two men: the Prophet Mohammed on the left and Robert E. Lee on […]
On Wednesday morning, TikTok’s new CEO, Kevin Mayer, published an open letter blasting Facebook for allegedly trying to snuff out its competition—namely, TikTok—with “maligning attacks” that are “disguised as patriotism.” The video-sharing service, which […]
The CEOs of the four biggest tech firms faced Congress as one Wednesday – and came under fire from both sides, accused of running monopolies, trampling small businesses and would-be competitors and […]
Today is a Fed decision day. For the markets, the key question is “What more can they realistically do at this stage?” Indicative that there is still more to do is the […]
The recent noisy contestation between TT Chamber CEO Gabriel Faria and Dr Keith Rowley exposes how the two-edged sword today’s communication technology can be. This includes WhatsApp, Facebook, even e-mail accounts. The […]
As hospitals in the U.S. face a severe shortage of medical supplies amid the coronavirus pandemic, tech giants are donating N95 respirators and surgical masks en masse. On Saturday, Elon Musk wrote in an email to […]
We asked major social networks including Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter how they’ll fight fake news and other attempts to undermine election integrity this year. Here’s how they measure up. When misinformation spread […]
There’s a popular adage in tech critic circles: If you’re not the customer, you’re the product. In the wake of Facebook’s Cambridge Analytica privacy scandal, the saying has a truthiness to it. […]
Facebook is still inhospitable to its minority employees — despite its efforts to confront racism within its ranks, several of the company’s staffers say. Conditions at the social media giant have grown […]
In 2018, former CIA analyst Yael Eisenstat went to work for Facebook as head of Global Elections Integrity Operations. She had worked in government for many years, including as a national security […]
