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Australia's National Broadband Network to sack 800 workers as ‘initial build’ of network finishes after 10 years (Guardian, The)
Submitted by benton on Thu, 07/09/2020 - 06:22Editorial: Facebook and democracy: real and present danger (Guardian, The)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Mon, 07/06/2020 - 15:29Jim Steyer: the man who took on Mark Zuckerberg
"With more than two billion users Facebook is bigger than Christianity,” says Stanford law professor Jim Steyer. “Their ability to amplify hate speech or white supremacy or racist messages is so extraordinary because of the scale of the platform.” It’s a typically bold statement from the man who set up the Stop Hate for Profit (SHFP) campaign calling on advertisers to withdraw from Facebook for the month of July. More than 500 firms have joined the temporary boycott, including Coca-Cola, Adidas and Unilever.
UK poised to end use of Huawei technology in its 5G network as soon as 2020 because of security concerns (Guardian, The)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Mon, 07/06/2020 - 15:15Online privacy experts sound alarm as Earn It Act sparks surveillance fears (Guardian, The)
Submitted by benton on Thu, 07/02/2020 - 20:26Mark Zuckerberg: advertisers' boycott of Facebook will end 'soon enough' (Guardian, The)
Submitted by benton on Thu, 07/02/2020 - 14:57Facebook bans extremist 'boogaloo' group from its platforms (Guardian, The)
Submitted by benton on Tue, 06/30/2020 - 19:30UK government hints at U-turn on Huawei role in 5G technology (Guardian, The)
Submitted by benton on Tue, 06/30/2020 - 19:30Facebook announces new hate speech and misinformation policies amid advertiser revolt
Facebook is changing a number of policies relating to hate speech and voter suppression on the platform, said Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg. The announcements were made in a hurried appearance by the executive on his personal Facebook page shortly after Unilever announced that it was pulling advertisements for the next six months – which sent Facebook stock tumbling more than 7%.