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Sources detail the efforts by Facebook executives to accommodate Trump's posts, starting in 2015 with a Trump video calling for a ban of Muslims entering the US — Starting as early as 2015, Facebook executives started crafting exceptions for the then-candidate that transformed the world's information battlefield for years to come.
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| Megan Graham / CNBC: |
Starbucks says it's pausing ads on “all social media platforms”, but isn't joining #StopHateForProfit boycott campaign, will continue to advertise on YouTube — - Starbucks is the latest company to say it will pause advertising on “all social media platforms” …
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| Sheila Dang / Reuters: |
Organizers of “Stop Hate for Profit” Facebook ad boycott say they plan to take the campaign global, starting with Europe, after the campaign's success in the US — (Reuters) - Organizers of a Facebook Inc (FB.O) advertising boycott campaign that has drawn support …
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| Benjamin Mayo / 9to5Mac: |
Kuo: Apple will not include earbuds or charger in iPhone 12 box, instead introducing a 20W power adapter to be sold separately — Apple is set to be significantly slimming its packaging for its upcoming iPhone line. The analyst previously said that Apple will no longer include wired earbuds …
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| Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet: |
Apple's decision in Feb. to limit HTTPS certs' lifespan to 398 days in Safari has been mimicked by Chrome and Firefox to the dismay of Certificate Authorities — Apple, Google, and Mozilla reduce the lifespan for HTTPS certificates to 398 days, against the wishes of Certificate Authorities.| Isabelle Khurshudyan / Washington Post: |
How Telegram, using Google and Amazon's cloud services, humiliated and outmaneuvered Russia's state telecom regulator, Roskomnadzor, and survived the ban — MOSCOW — The man who took on the Kremlin and won is rarely heard from: a tech nomad in self-imposed exile with a reclusive aura … | Dan Goodin / Ars Technica: |
Researchers who flagged TikTok and 55 other iOS apps for clipboard snooping in March say the majority of apps they identified still continue the practice — Passwords, bitcoin addresses, and anything else in clipboards are free for the taking. — In March, researchers uncovered …
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| Ari Levy / CNBC: |
As Republicans flock to Parler, its CEO says its user base has grown 50% to 1.5M in about a week, and it is trying to pay liberals on Twitter to join — - Parler's user base has grown to 1.5 million from 1 million in about a week, CEO John Matze said. — Republican politicians …
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| Kurt Wagner / Bloomberg: |
Memo: Pinterest has hired an outside law firm to investigate its workplace culture, reporting to its board, following public complaints of racial discrimination — - WilmerHale to review employee compensation, internal practices — Two former Pinterest employees allege racial discrimination
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| Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet: |
Apple says it has declined to implement 16 new Web APIs in Safari because they posed a threat to user privacy by opening new avenues for user fingerprinting — Apple said these 16 new Web APIs add new user fingerprinting opportunities for online advertisers.
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| David Streitfeld / New York Times: |
Even as many companies adopt work from home policies during the pandemic, history shows that such initiatives have consistently failed and were abandoned — As the coronavirus keeps spreading, employers are convinced remote work has a bright future. Decades of setbacks suggest otherwise.
Tweets: @juanmabenitez, @daverdman, and @damiencave
| Sam Shead / CNBC: |
Amazon workers at six German warehouses start a 48 hour strike on Monday after staff at several logistics centers tested positive for COVID-19 — - Amazon warehouse workers have gone on strike in Germany after staff tested positive for the coronavirus. — Labor union Verdi said Amazon … Sponsor Posts
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