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Tech

Senators slam Facebook, say it’s using Big Tobacco playbook to hook kids

Enlarge / Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) speaks as Facebook head of global safety, Antigone Davis, testifies before a hearing of the Senate Subcommittee on Consumer Protection focusing on Facebook, Instagram, and mental health harms on September 30, 2021. (credit: Patrick Semansky / POOL / AFP) Senators spent three hours yesterday grilling Facebook’s head of global […]

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Business

Big Tobacco stands down as Colorado and Oregon hike cigarette taxes

Our mission to make business better is fueled by readers like you. To enjoy unlimited access to our journalism, subscribe today. Big Tobacco did something unusual in Marlboro Country last fall: It stood aside while Colorado voters approved the state’s first tobacco tax hike in 16 years. The industry, led by Altria Group, one of the […]

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