Today @FrancesHaugen will testify to parliament. Here’s why it matters.
From a @nytimes report yesterday:
According to secret internal Facebook docs, it spends 87% of misinformation budget fighting on US content.
And 13% on the *rest of the world*
We do not matter to Facebook
From a @nytimes report yesterday:
According to secret internal Facebook docs, it spends 87% of misinformation budget fighting on US content.
And 13% on the *rest of the world*
We do not matter to Facebook
There’s a lot going on today. This is a different committee to the one that called Zuckerberg to testify. But it’s the same chair: @DamianCollins.
Zuck’s refusal to come to UK or give evidence to grand international committee is the backdrop to today
theguardian.com/technology/201…
Zuck’s refusal to come to UK or give evidence to grand international committee is the backdrop to today
theguardian.com/technology/201…
And the dam has burst. The embargo has lifted & 17 news organisations are dropping their Facebook scoops into news cycle already flooded with Facebook scoops.
Here for starters is @cnn
cnn.com/business/live-…
Here for starters is @cnn
cnn.com/business/live-…
17 news orgs dropping Facebook mini-bombs into the news cycle.
But US news outlets blocked Guardian from partnering. No UK outlet has had access. Incredibly shortsighted given it’s here @FrancesHaugen is giving evidence to parliament & landmark legislation is under way
But US news outlets blocked Guardian from partnering. No UK outlet has had access. Incredibly shortsighted given it’s here @FrancesHaugen is giving evidence to parliament & landmark legislation is under way
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