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Nick Clegg says that Facebook will put “more friends, less politics” in News Feed and will “nudge” teens away from toxic Instagram content — Fighting back after a whistleblower's damning testimony earlier this week before a Congressional committee …
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Internal messages, documents, and a Zuckerberg Q&A show Facebook's attempts to calm staff, including sending out talking points and holding briefing sessions — Employees are divided over Frances Haugen, a former product manager who testified that the company was putting profit before safety.
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| Cecilia Kang / New York Times: |
It took decades to bring meaningful government regulation for Big Tobacco and experts say it could take an equally long time to regulate Big Tech — If what faces Big Tech is anything like what happened to Big Tobacco, the road ahead is likely to be a yearslong battle over proposed rules and regulations.
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Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen will give evidence to the UK Parliament's Online Safety Bill committee on October 25 — Frances Haugen, the Facebook whistleblower who accuses the technology giant of putting profit ahead of safety, will give evidence to the UK Parliament later this month.
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| Ben Schoon / 9to5Google: |
Leaked marketing site: Pixel 6 phones will include a 50MP primary camera, with 12MP ultrawide and 48MP 4x telephoto lenses on Pro, and a Magic Eraser feature — The Pixel 6 series is set to deliver the biggest camera overhaul the Pixel lineup has ever seen, and now a pair of marketing sites …
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| Javier Espinoza / Financial Times: |
EU's proposed Big Tech regulations have become bogged down in the European Parliament and now risk being watered down and heavily delayed — Deep divides over proposed EU tech regulation likely to trigger long delays — A frank intervention in the European parliament last month captured … | Jennifer Elias / CNBC: |
Profile of Ifeoma Ozoma as she launches The Tech Worker Handbook, an online guide for tech workplace complaints, and Silenced No More Act becomes California law — - Ifeoma Ozoma, a former employee at Pinterest and Google, just published a resource guide for tech workers who are considering …
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| Evelyn Douek / The Atlantic: |
When trying to address problems that social media may cause for young people, lawmakers focus on Facebook and largely ignore TikTok, which most teens use — Many people think of TikTok as a dance app. And although it is an app full of dancing, it's also a juggernaut experiencing astronomical growth.
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| Bloomberg: |
A look at Pix, a mobile payments system launched 11 months ago by Brazil's Central Bank and used at least once by half of Brazil's population — One year ago the Pix platform didn't exist. Now half the population uses it, showing just how quickly adoption of digital payments can spread.
Tweets: @marketplunger1, @andrewrosati, @katywatson, and @shannongsims
| Cara Lombardo / Wall Street Journal: |
Emerson Electric plans to merge two industrial software businesses from its automation unit with Aspen Technology in a roughly $11B deal — Cash-and-stock deal would value AspenTech at around $160 a share — Emerson Electric Co. plans to merge two of its software businesses … | Aisha Malik / TechCrunch: |
Reddit hires Pali Bhat, former Google Cloud VP of product and design, as its first chief product officer — Reddit announced today that it has hired Pali Bhat, the former vice-president of product and design at Google Cloud, as the company's first Chief Product Officer.
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| Tanzeel Akhtar / CoinDesk: |
London-based Elliptic, which helps analyze blockchain transactions, raises $60M Series C from Evolution Equity Partners, SoftBank Vision Fund 2, and others — The Series C funding round was led by Evolution Equity Partners. — Elliptic, which helps track transactions on blockchains …
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