When Facebook Inc. Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg delivered a speech about freedom of expression in Washington, D.C., last fall, there was also another agenda: to raise the alarm about the threat from Chinese tech companies and, more specifically, the popular video-sharing app TikTok. Tucked into the speech was a line …
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Nearly three dozen former Facebook Inc. employees, dismayed with Mark Zuckerberg’s hands-off policy on President Donald Trump’s posts and his defensive posture on the matter, forcefully pushed back in a stinging letter released Wednesday. “We grew up at Facebook, but it is no longer ours,” the 33 former employees, who …
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“ ‘The world has faced pandemics before, but this time we have a new superpower: the ability to gather and share data for good. If we use it responsibly, I’m optimistic that data can help the world respond to this health crisis and get us started on the road to …
Read More »Key Words: Mark Zuckerberg again calls for Big Tech to be regulated, even if it’s bad for business
Facebook Inc.’s Mark Zuckerberg is once again calling for more regulation of Big Tech, even if it affects his company’s bottom line. “I believe good regulation may hurt Facebook’s business in the near term but it will be better for everyone, including us, over the long term.” That’s what Facebook’s …
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