Enlarge (credit: One America News Network) A Reuters report published today with the title “How AT&T helped build far-right One America News” alleges that the telecom giant played a significant role “in creating and funding OAN, a network that continues to spread conspiracy theories about the 2020 election and the COVID-19 pandemic.” While there’s no […]
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Algorithms shouldn’t be protected by Section 230, Facebook whistleblower tells Senate
Enlarge / Former Facebook employee Frances Haugen testifies during a Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation hearing on October 5, 2021. Haugen left Facebook in May and provided internal company documents about Facebook to journalists and others, alleging that Facebook consistently chooses profit over safety. (credit: Drew Angerer/Getty Images) Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen testified […]
Amazon wins record US tax breaks to expand delivery network
Enlarge (credit: NurPhoto | Amazon) Amazon has won a record amount of tax breaks this year as local officials try to lure the online shopping giant to expand its one-day or same-day delivery networks in their areas. According to data from Good Jobs First, an economic development watchdog based in Washington, DC, Amazon has so […]
Facebook misled investors about shrinking user base, ex-employee alleges
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images | Chesnot) Facebook has been misleading investors about its “shrinking” teen and young-adult user bases and about the actual number of Facebook users, former employee Frances Haugen alleged in a whistleblower complaint filed with the US Securities and Exchange Commission. “For years, Facebook has misled investors and advertisers about [its] shrinking […]
Tesla ordered to pay $137M to Black former worker subjected to racist workplace
Enlarge (credit: David Butow | Getty Images) Tesla owes Owen Diaz $137 million after a jury found that the Black former worker was subjected to racial abuse that the electric vehicle company insufficiently addressed during his tenure. Diaz, an elevator operator at the company’s Fremont factory for nine months from 2015 to 2016, had been […]
FCC plans to rein in “gateway” carriers that bring foreign robocalls to US
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images | Juj Winn) The Federal Communications Commission hopes to reduce the number of illegal robocalls from overseas with an expansion of rules that require phone companies to implement Caller ID authentication technology and block illegal calls. “Eliminating illegal robocalls that originate abroad is one of the most vexing challenges the commission […]
Facebook “is tearing our societies apart, ” whistleblower says in interview
Enlarge / Fb whistleblower Frances Haugen’s 60 Minutes job interview aired on October 3, 2021. (credit: 60 Minutes / CBS) The Facebook whistleblower revealed her identity last night along with the girl plans to reform the embattled social media company from the outside. Frances Haugen , a data scientist by training and a veteran of […]
Elizabeth Holmes’ defense strikes back in cross-examination of lab director
Enlarge / Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes leaves the Robert F. Peckham Federal Building and US Courthouse in San Jose, Calif., on Wednesday, Sept. 22, 2021. Holmes is charged with two counts of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and nine counts of wire fraud plus could face up to 20 years within prison if convicted. (credit: […]
This software aims to make your flight smoother—and help the planet
Enlarge / So many airplanes are in line on the runway waiting for take off. These Air Force planes are part of Operation stop service to transport in Covid-19 situation. (credit: Naruecha Jenthaisong | Getty Images) Fastening the seat belt buckle and knowing your flight is on its way to its destination: Nice. Getting stuck […]
Biden sued by Air Force officers who compare vaccine rule to death sentence
Enlarge / President Joe Joe biden receiving a third dose of the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine in the particular White House September 27, 2021. (credit: Getty Images | Anna Moneymaker ) President Biden’s vaccine mandate is being challenged in a lawsuit filed by four active-duty US Air Force officers, a Secret Service agent, a Border Patrol […]