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flipped into Tech 2020
- U.S. Elections
The Facebook pages that spread the most election misinformation belong to Trump, his son, and a set of right-wing commentators,
Business Insider - Ben Gilbert
Election misinformation has run rampant in the wake of the November 3 United States presidential election, and the sitting president is reportedly most responsible for its spread. That's according to new...
1 hour ago
Tech
flipped into Tech 2020
- U.S. Senate
Senate Democrats ask YouTube CEO to remove election misinformation ahead of Georgia runoff
CNBC - Jennifer Elias
Several Senate Democrats wrote a letter to YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki on Monday evening, saying they were concerned about election misinformation on …
1 hour ago
Tech
flipped into The Antitrust Case Against Google
- Mozilla
Google’s Cash Makes Rivals Less Eager for Antitrust Crackdown
Bloomberg
New details about deals with Apple and Mozilla show how the search giant discourages competition. After the government sued Google as a monopolist, …
9 hours ago
Tech
flipped into Opinions
- Facebook
What Facebook Fed the Baby Boomers
The New York Times - Charlie Warzel
In mid-October I asked two people I’d never met to give me their Facebook account passwords for three weeks leading up to and after Election Day. I wanted to immerse myself in the feeds of a type of person...
2 hours ago
Tech
flipped into Follow the Money
- Capital Raising
A SPAC called FLAC? Seattle venture capital firm to launch $100 million ‘blank check’ company
geekwire.com - John Cook
One of Seattle’s biggest and longest active venture capital firms is looking to jump into the SPAC arena. Frazier Healthcare Partners — which has …
2 hours ago
Tech
flipped into How-To Tech
- Google Maps
How to stop Google from tracking your iPhone's location
Business Insider - Dave Johnson
If you've downloaded an app like Google Maps, then Google tracks your iPhone's every move. While this might seem like an invasion of privacy, there are certainly benefits, such as location-specific recommendations...
2 hours ago