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Facebook blocks access to group criticizing Thailand king after government threat

The Verge

We work to protect and defend the rights of all internet users and are preparing to legally challenge this request. After a journalist criticized her by sharing a link to a Wall Street Journal story on Facebook, Das filed a criminal complaint him and five others, claiming she was endangered by their comments.

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Constructive Disruption: Advancing Social Change Through the Cloud

NTEN

This convergence is being driven by widespread penetration of mobile devices (up to 4 billion people now have access), advances in software innovation and powerful applications, and the maturation of the internet providing a gateway for "cloud" computing where data and applications sit and run over the web.

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Constructive Disruption: Advancing Social Change Through the Cloud

NTEN

This convergence is being driven by widespread penetration of mobile devices (up to 4 billion people now have access), advances in software innovation and powerful applications, and the maturation of the internet providing a gateway for "cloud" computing where data and applications sit and run over the web.

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The Morning After: A closer look at Facebook’s leadership

Engadget

Like the fact Mark Zuckerberg, the billionaire world king of the internet, wanted the company to arrange for him to be mobbed when he landed in Asia. Kaplan is accused of blocking attempts to address the companys role in the Myanmar genocide. Tesla recalls more than 46,000 Cybertrucks over a faulty exterior panel Whoops.

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Warning Signal: the messaging app’s new features are causing internal turmoil

The Verge

Adding millions of users has served as a vindication for a company that has sought to build a healthier internet by adopting different incentives than most Silicon Valley companies. We’re organized as a nonprofit because we feel like the way the internet currently works is insane,” CEO Moxie Marlinspike told me.

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The tier list: how Facebook decides which countries need protection

The Verge

The files contain a wealth of documents describing the company’s internal research, its efforts to promote users’ safety and well-being, and its struggles to remain relevant to a younger audience. But given Facebook’s key role in civic discourse — it effectively replaces the internet in some countries — the disparities are cause for concern.

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Facebook’s big QAnon crackdown might have come too late

The Verge

Yesterday I included a link to a story in Time about a request from the Gambian government to help investigate the genocide in Myanmar , where the United Nations has said Facebook contributed to the incitement of violence. Inside the Boogaloo, America’s extremely online extremists. Corruption in plain sight. Tim Wu / The New York Times ).

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