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Zuckerberg Defends Hands-Off Approach to Trump’s Posts
In a call with Facebook employees, who have protested the inaction on Mr. Trump’s messages, Mr. Zuckerberg said his decision was “pretty thorough.”
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Sheera Frenkel
We will continue updating our story from the Q&A that Zuckerberg is doing with employees. He is standing firm on his position and employees are livid.
This is some of the strongest language we have ever heard from FB employees challenging Zuckerberg.
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Facebook Employees Stage Virtual Walkout to Protest Trump Posts
While Twitter started labeling some of the president’s inflammatory posts, Facebook’s chief executive, Mark Zuckerberg, has said his company should leave them alone.
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Sheera Frenkel
Nothing like this has ever happened at Facebook. Employees always voiced dissent internally. Today's walkout is a sign that anger is spilling over, and that employees don't feel heard by Zuckerberg/Sandberg
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SCOOP with @MikeIsaac, Facebook employees are staging a walkout today for the first time in the company's history. They are protesting the decision by Zuckerberg to allow Trump's post to stand
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How the ‘Plandemic’ Movie and Its Falsehoods Spread Widely Online
Conspiracy theories about the pandemic have gained more traction than mainstream online events. Here’s how.
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Sheera Frenkel
Did Plandemic - a conspiracy theory video about the Coronavirus that’s been widely debunked - really spread faster online than Taylor Swift’s new album or those UFO videos? We took a hard look at the numbers. With @BenDecker and @daveyalba
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Now More Than Ever, Facebook Is a ‘Mark Zuckerberg Production’
For years, he was an obsessive C.E.O. in some ways, distant in others. Then Facebook’s problems became too acute to leave to anyone else.
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Sheera Frenkel
Our look at how now, more than ever, Facebook is a Mark Zuckerberg production. With @MikeIsaac @ceciliakang
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Trump’s Disinfectant Talk Trips Up Sites’ Vows Against Misinformation
Facebook, Twitter and YouTube have declined to remove the president’s statements about unproven coronavirus treatments.
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Sheera Frenkel
Facebook, Twitter, and Youtube started off the pandemic with an aggressive stance on misinformation. But when Trump suggested disinfectant and UV light as a cure, the platforms deferred and deflected as ppl spread dangerous “cures.” Story with @daveyalba.
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Facebook Restructures Its Security Teams
The social network displaced more than two dozen employees who work on security, as the company fights threats such as foreign meddling.
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Sheera Frenkel
Facebook’s security team has faced multiple restructuring over the last 2 years. Now, some more drama as some of the people responsible for finding and stopping hackers and looking for vulnerabilities are pushed out. Story with @MikeIsaac
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Zoom’s Biggest Rivals Are Coming for It
Facebook, Google and other behemoths are training their sights on Silicon Valley’s company of the moment.
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Sheera Frenkel
Facebook and Google have some serious Zoom-envy. Come for the inside scoop on how they are trying to compete, stay for the fun kicker at the end.
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My Restaurant Was My Life for 20 Years. Does the World Need It Anymore?
Forced to shutter Prune, I’ve been revisiting my original dreams for it — and wondering if there will still be a place for it in the New York of the future.
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Sheera Frenkel
I have no time for anything, and yet I’ve already read this essay twice today.
It’s about restaurants, but it’s not. It’s really about all of us, in the midst of this pandemic, and how to quiet the voices pressing us to answer what comes next.
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One: Wonderland
A young man finds escape on the internet. He doesn’t realize that on the other side of the screen, a force is pulling him in.
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Sheera Frenkel
With everyone under quarantine, I am finding myself living life online. What happens to our brains with that much internet? Luckily @kevinroose has a new podcast examining that question, and taking us to the most interesting, and broken, parts of the web.
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Facebook, Google and Twitter Struggle to Handle November’s Election
After spending billions to avoid a repeat of 2016, the tech giants are careening from crisis to crisis as their foes change tactics.
A Single Gesture Behind Trump Fuels an Online Conspiracy Theory
Dr. Anthony Fauci, the administration’s most outspoken advocate of emergency virus measures, has become the target of claims that he is mobilizing to undermine the president.
Facebook Is ‘Just Trying to Keep the Lights On’ as Traffic Soars in Pandemic
The social network is straining to deal with skyrocketing usage as its 45,000 employees work from home for the first time.
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Sheera Frenkel
While other companies struggle to stay afloat, Facebook is breaking its own traffic records daily. Story with @MikeIsaac
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Two Women Fell Sick From the Coronavirus. One Survived.
The young medical professionals came down with fevers. Within weeks, they were both lying in hospital beds, hooked up to IVs or oxygen machines.
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Sheera Frenkel
I can’t get this story out of my mind. Two Women Fell Sick From the Coronavirus. One Survived.
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Surge of Virus Misinformation Stumps Facebook and Twitter
Secret labs. Magic cures. Government plots. Despite efforts by social media companies to stop it, false information about the coronavirus is proliferating around the world.
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Sheera Frenkel
Secret labs. Magic cures. Government plots. False information about the coronavirus is proliferating around the world. With @daveyalba @zhonggg
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My Daughter Passes for White
She belongs in a way I never could. I’m comforted — and worried.
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Sheera Frenkel
Felt like someone was reading my thoughts as I absorbed this @SeemaJilani essay. Both my daughters seem to have inherited their father’s lighter skin, and I’ve already watched as my toddler furrows her brow when she hears someone ask if I’m the nanny.
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It’s Facebook vs. the Bloomberg Campaign vs. the Internet
The Bloomberg campaign is putting out more memes on private Instagram accounts — and running faster than Facebook can keep up.
Digital Edits, a Paid Army: Bloomberg Is ‘Destroying Norms’ on Social Media
His campaign is testing the boundaries of what platforms like Twitter and Facebook allow in politics. They’re having trouble coming up with an answer.
Nevada Democrats’ Goal: Turn on iPads, Then Run Smooth Caucuses
After Iowa, Nevada is leaving nothing to chance in planning for Saturday’s voting, but the system is complex and the challenges daunting.
Golden Gates by Conor Dougherty: 9780525560210 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books
A stunning, deeply reported investigation into the housing crisis Spacious and affordable homes used to be the hallmark of American prosperity. Today, however, punishing rents and the increasingly prohibitive...
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Sheera Frenkel
Got my hands on @ConorDougherty’s book last night and it is soooo good! Prepare to be infuriated/amazed at why the state of housing is so awful.
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Data of All 6.5 Million Israeli Voters Is Leaked
The website for an election app promoted by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his party had a simple flaw that exposed full names, addresses, identity card numbers and more.