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TikTok’s success has made it a big target for regulators

The Verge

Today in news that could affect public perception of the big tech platforms. Conservative sites like Newsmax and Washington Examiner have published Middle East hot takes from “experts” who are actually fake personas pushing propaganda. Riana Pfefferkorn / The Center for Internet and Society). Talk to us.

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Nine things we learned from leaked audio of Mark Zuckerberg facing his employees

The Verge

Today in news that could affect public perception of the big tech platforms. ?? Reported cases in New York: 377,881. Total test results (positive and negative) in New York: 2,167,831. Reported cases in New Jersey: 161,545. Total test results (positive and negative) in New Jersey: 817,677.

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How Amazon is growing its power during the pandemic

The Verge

And if it succeeds, the new normal will look a lot like the old one. Today in news that could affect public perception of the big tech platforms. Reported cases in New York: 343,705. Total test results (positive and negative) in New York: 1,225,113. Reported cases in New Jersey: 140,743.

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What Facebook doesn’t understand about the Facebook walkout

The Verge

You can argue that the company is more sensitive to pressure from conservatives in the United States, and a lot of good reporting has borne that out in the past few years. Today in news that could affect public perception of the big tech platforms. Reported cases in New York: 376,520. Reported cases in New Jersey: 160,445.

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Why Twitter labeled Trump?s tweets as misleading and Facebook didn?t

The Verge

As to the merits of the president’s complaint: independent audits have found that social media posts by liberals and conservatives get similar levels of engagement, but conservatives have consistently made claims of discrimination anyway based on anecdotes. Today in news that could affect public perception of the big tech platforms.

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The antitrust case against Google is becoming just another partisan fight

The Verge

Reuters reported that one email said Texans “‘are put at risk’ by the company, ‘whose executives clearly display anti-conservative and anti-Republican bias, subtly controlling what Americans see when they search for information about national political issues.’”. Today in news that could affect public perception of the big tech platforms.

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How to think about polarization on Facebook

The Verge

The company gave them a variety of executives to speak with on and off the record, including Joel Kaplan, its vice president of global public policy, who often pops up in stories like this to complain that some action might disproportionately hurt conservatives. Today in news that could affect public perception of the big tech platforms.