Internet Technology : Facebook: Mark Zuckerberg's Russia Problems is Bigger than Facebook

[Clyde C Coger Jr]

...



Facebook
FACEBOOK COULD HAVE BEEN FINED “TENS OF BILLIONS”—THEN THE FTC CAVED
A new report details how Mark Zuckerberg’s lawyers beat Washington into submission


In a parallel universe where the FTC has a spine, things might have turned out differently. The Washington Post reports that the independent government agency had originally planned to fine Facebook “tens of billions of dollars” and impose reforms that would hold Zuckerberg personally accountable—a potentially historic action that would have had serious consequences for Facebook and forced significant changes at the company...

Facebook Could Have Been Fined “Tens of Billions”—Then the FTC Caved

A new report details how Mark Zuckerberg’s lawyers beat Washington into submission.

www.vanityfair.com

BY AMY OSBORNE/AFP/GETTY IMAGES

BY
ALISON DURKEE

 

[Clyde C Coger Jr]

...



Facebook CEO Zuckerberg defends allowing politicians to lie in ads

Facebook CEO Zuckerberg defends allowing politicians to lie in ads

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg defended his company’s policy to allow politicians to lie in political ads at an event in Washington on Thursday.

news.yahoo.com

Jessica Smith
Reporter
Yahoo Finance

...

 

[Clyde C Coger Jr]

...



How A Massive Facebook Scam Siphoned Millions Of Dollars From Unsuspecting Boomers
Asher Burke built his company, Ads Inc, on the back of one of the internet’s most persistent, lucrative, and sophisticated scams — the subscription trap. And then it all fell apart

How A Massive Facebook Scam Siphoned Millions Of Dollars From Unsuspecting Boomers

From San Diego to the Philippines, a Republican digital marketing entrepreneur created one of the biggest Facebook scams of all time.

www.buzzfeednews.com

Craig SilvermanBuzzFeed News Reporter

...

 

[Clyde C Coger Jr]

...



Facebook's Sheryl Sandberg: We won't take down content just because it's false

Facebook's Sheryl Sandberg: We won't take down content just because it's false

As Mark Zuckerberg readies to testify before the House Financial Services Committee in D.C. on Wednesday, Facebook’s chief operating officer took the stage in Los Angeles to defend the social network’s policy of not fact-checking political ads.

finance.yahoo.com

Melody Hahm
Senior Writer
Yahoo Finance

 

[Clyde C Coger Jr]

...



Lawmakers grill Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg on Libra

Lawmakers grill Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg on Libra

Chairwoman Maxine Waters kicked off the House Financial Services hearing with a blistering rebuke of Facebook and its plans for a cryptocurrency.

finance.yahoo.com

Jessica Smith
Reporter
Yahoo Finance

 

[Clyde C Coger Jr]

...

“HE’S F--KING DESTROYED THIS TOWN”: HOW MARK ZUCKERBERG BECAME THE MOST REVILED MAN IN TECH
For years, Zuckerberg was perceived in Silicon Valley as a bold and erudite leader who could outmaneuver anyone. Now the tables have turned—but not for the reasons you might think

“He’s F--king Destroyed This Town”: How Zuck Became the Most Reviled Man in Tech

For years, Mark Zuckerberg was perceived in Silicon Valley as a bold and erudite leader who could outmaneuver anyone. Now the tables have turned—but not for the reasons you might think.

www.vanityfair.com

BY
NICK BILTON

 

[Clyde C Coger Jr]

...



POCKET WORTHY
Stories to fuel your mind
To Understand Facebook, Study Capgras Syndrome
This mental disorder gives us a unique insight into the digital age

To Understand Facebook, Study Capgras Syndrome - Nautilus - Pocket

This mental disorder gives us a unique insight into the digital age.

getpocket.com

“Capgras delusions,” as psychiatrists eventually called the belief that loved ones have been replaced by identical imposters, are not just archival oddities. Our modern understanding of the disorder tells us much about how the brain has separate modules for analyzing the cognitive aspects of recognition, and for feeling the emotional aspects of familiarity; it shows us that while cognition and emotion can be neurobiologically dissociated, behavior makes a lot more sense when they’re left alone to intertwine.


Nautilus|
Robert Sapolsky

Illustration by Dadu Shin