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The Apocalyptic Retweets of William Gibson
Because you presumably read Gizmodo, you, too, may suffer from semi-annual realisation that — my god — I’ve spent years of my life thinking about Facebook and Republicans. You’re probably also aware that no place on the internet captures this dread better than William Gibson’s Twitter feed.
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Facebook Paid the FTC Billions to Personally Protect Zuckerberg, Lawsuit Claims
A hulking lawsuit made public this week accuses Facebook’s board of agreeing to overpay the Federal Trade Commission billions of dollars in exchange for not personally suing CEO Mark Zuckerberg over the 2018 Cambridge Analytica data leak scandal.
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Apple and Google Pull Opposition App From Russian Stores Following Kremlin Pressure
The world’s two most powerful tech companies have kowtowed to Putin’s regime, it seems. On Friday morning, Bloomberg reported that Google and Apple have removed longtime opposition leader Alexei Navalny’s voter guide app from the App Store and Google Play store in Russia. Activists have charged the companies with bowing to Kremlin pressure. The Russian…
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Facebook Profits From Showing Teens Unethical ‘Abortion Reversal’ Ads
Facebook served dangerous “abortion reversal” ads viewed 18.4 million times since January 2020, according to a new report by the Centre for Countering Digital Hate. Abortion reversal, deemed unethical and unscientific, is so concerning that accredited researchers were unable to subject patients to a study.