Wall Street Journal
Lawmakers Call for Oversight of Telehealth Ads Promoting Drugs (Wall Street Journal)
Submitted by benton on Fri, 01/20/2023 - 06:23Union Membership Rate Hits Record Low Despite Votes at Apple, Amazon, Starbucks (Wall Street Journal)
Submitted by benton on Fri, 01/20/2023 - 06:23Microsoft to Lay Off 10,000 Workers as Slowdown Hits Software Business (Wall Street Journal)
Submitted by dclay@benton.org on Wed, 01/18/2023 - 11:18Google Didn’t Show Bias in Filtering Campaign-Ad Pitches, FEC Says
The Federal Election Commission (FEC) has dismissed a complaint from Republicans that Google’s Gmail app aided Democratic candidates by sending GOP fundraising emails to spam at a far higher rate than Democratic solicitations. The Republican National Committee and others contended that the alleged benefit amounted to unreported campaign contributions to Democrats. The Republican National Committee, the National Republican Senatorial Committee, and the National Republican Congressional Committee complained to the FEC in 2022, citing
TikTok Tries to Win Allies in the U.S. With More Transparency (Wall Street Journal)
Submitted by benton on Tue, 01/17/2023 - 05:34Jonathan Kanter Is Cleared to Work on U.S. Antitrust Matters Involving Search Giant (Wall Street Journal)
Submitted by Grace Tepper on Tue, 01/17/2023 - 00:10Twitter hate speech up in large foreign markets after Musk takeover (Wall Street Journal)
Submitted by Grace Tepper on Tue, 01/17/2023 - 00:09TikTok proposes giving U.S. officials oversight of its algorithms (Wall Street Journal)
Submitted by Grace Tepper on Tue, 01/17/2023 - 00:06Google Says Supreme Court Ruling Could Potentially Upend the Internet
A case before the Supreme Court challenging the liability shield protecting websites such as YouTube and Facebook could “upend the internet,” resulting in both widespread censorship and a proliferation of offensive content, Google said in a court filing.