Fast Company Tech

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

In fact, this 2-to-1 ratio holds in practically every state in the nation where Black workers make up a significant share of the workforce. I believe that gap is linked, especially when it comes to new hires and leadership, to competency checking. And it starts with a name.

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The Verge

JULY 7, 2020

This trend has only accelerated since the Black Lives Matters protests swept the nation last month — which, among other things, led to the first-ever virtual Facebook walkout a few weeks later. Today in news that could affect public perception of the big tech platforms. Benedict Carey / The New York Times).

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The Verge

JULY 9, 2020

And after Hong Kong passed a new national security law giving vast new surveillance powers to the Chinese Communist Party, TikTok led all social networks in pulling the app from Hong Kong. Today in news that could affect public perception of the big tech platforms. Natasha Singer / The New York Times ).

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The Verge

MAY 13, 2020

Today in news that could affect public perception of the big tech platforms. Trending up: Instagram is launching new features aimed at making the platform a more positive space. Reported cases in New York: 342,267. Total test results (positive and negative) in New York: 1,204,651. Everything.”

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The Verge

JUNE 16, 2020

And there are no indications of any momentum for the apps at a national level. Today in news that could affect public perception of the big tech platforms. ?? Russia’s new disinformation strategy is to identify divisive content from real Americans and help it spread through low-profile networks of social media accounts.

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The Verge

JUNE 5, 2020

Today in news that could affect public perception of the big tech platforms. ?? Reported cases in New York: 379,977. Total test results (positive and negative) in New York: 2,229,473. Reported cases in New Jersey: 162,530. Total test results (positive and negative) in New Jersey: 837,420.

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The Verge

JUNE 24, 2020

Today in news that could affect public perception of the big tech platforms. Employees around the world will get paid time off to vote in national elections. Brian Feldman is an excellent internet culture writer who recently left New York magazine. Trending up : Twitter is giving US employees Election Day off from now on.

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The Verge

JUNE 9, 2020

In a private forum — known as the National Leads Forum, as first reported by BuzzFeed News — some community moderators were enraged by Nextdoor’s decision to support the Black Lives Matter movement. The Ratio. ?? Shane Goldmacher / New York Times ). Trump spent a record $1.48

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The Verge

JULY 1, 2020

Huffman also gave a thoughtful interview to Kevin Roose at the New York Times. It’s one thing to ban an app for content hosted within the app — YouTube has been blocked in various countries over the years for just that reason — and quite another to ban it as part of a game of brinkmanship between nation-states. Industry. ?

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The Verge

JUNE 3, 2020

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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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

It will be hosted by Recode founder Kara Swisher, a New York Times contributing opinion writer. Today in news that could affect public perception of the big tech platforms. ?? Ben Smith / The New York Times ). The New York Times Editorial Board ). Sanger / The New York Times ).

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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

Zhang wrote: “In the three years I’ve spent at Facebook, I’ve found multiple blatant attempts by foreign national governments to abuse our platform on vast scales to mislead their own citizenry, and caused international news on multiple occasions,” wrote Zhang, who declined to talk to BuzzFeed News.

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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

And when this new lawsuit is ultimately resolved, I’d be surprised if YouTube weren’t forced to acknowledge that, too. Today in news that could affect public perception of the big tech platforms. The company is prompting every person in the United States to register to vote Tuesday, which was National Voter Registration Day.

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The Verge

MAY 14, 2020

Here’s Chaim Gartenberg at The Verge : Amazon has requested that Congress pass a law that would make price gouging illegal during times of national crisis, in light of inflated prices on crucial goods like hand sanitizer and N95 masks that have hounded the online retailer during the COVID-19 pandemic. Reported cases in New York: 343,705.

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The Verge

JUNE 10, 2020

Today felt like an unusual lull in the intersection of our many unfolding national and global crises, and so I thought I’d take the opportunity to write about something different — a subject that, despite all my best efforts, I keep getting crushingly wrong. Today in news that could affect public perception of the big tech platforms.

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The Verge

JULY 29, 2020

Today in news that could affect public perception of the big tech platforms. The United States is seeking to dismiss the charges it brought against two former Twitter employees and a Saudi national for allegedly helping the Saudi Arabian government spy on dissidents using Twitter. Jack Nicas and David McCabe / The New York Times ).

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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

Today in news that could affect public perception of the big tech platforms. Oracle’s bid for TikTok doesn’t solve the Trump administration’s national security concerns. The New York Times and Facebook struck a multi-year partnership to co-develop augmented reality filters on Instagram, specifically for New York Times journalism.

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The Verge

AUGUST 19, 2020

And when it did — under the hilariously bad name Plandemic: Indoctornation — the New York Times’ Davey Alba helpfully chronicled the various pieces of misinformation it contains. Today in news that could affect public perception of the big tech platforms. Mark Mazzetti and Nicholas Fandos / The New York Times ).

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The Verge

JULY 17, 2020

Today in news that could affect public perception of the big tech platforms. Trending up : TikTok launched a new video series with some of the app’s top creators to help people spot misinformation. But the rules don’t apply when those lies are spread on a national scale. Barnes / The New York Times ). Governing. ?

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The Verge

JULY 15, 2020

Of even greater concern, though, is the speed and scale at which the attack unfolded — and the national security concerns it raises, which are profound. The National Weather Service in Lincoln, IL, for example, had just tweeted a tornado warning before suddenly going dark. And at press time, we don’t know. Mary Hui / Quartz ).

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The Verge

AUGUST 20, 2020

In the New York Times , Sheera Frenkel reported that Facebook began scrutinizing the movement more closely in May , when QAnon groups played an essential role in promoting the “Plandemic” hoax. Today in news that could affect public perception of the big tech platforms. Leah Sottile / The New York Times Magazine ).

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The Verge

JUNE 11, 2020

In this year’s Verge Tech Survey , a national poll found that 72 percent of respondents believe Facebook has too much power, and 56 percent said the government should break up tech companies if they control too much of the economy. Today in news that could affect public perception of the big tech platforms. Corinne Reichert / CNET).

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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

Today in news that could affect public perception of the big tech platforms. David McCabe / The New York Times ). TikTok and WeChat are being lumped together in the Trump’s administration’s attempt to crack down on national security threats from China. Paul Mozur / The New York Times ).

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The Verge

JULY 14, 2020

The Democratic and Republican national committees have now both told staffers not to install the app on their phones for fear that TikTok could be sending back unspecified data to the Chinese government. Today in news that could affect public perception of the big tech platforms. ?? David McCabe / New York Times ).

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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 4, 2020

I’m also worried that with our nation so divided and election results potentially taking days or even weeks to be finalized, there could be an increased risk of civil unrest across the country.”. Today in news that could affect public perception of the big tech platforms. Zolan Kanno-Youngs / The New York Times).

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The Verge

JUNE 18, 2020

The New York Times ’ Kevin Roose does a regular bit on Twitter where he posts the day’s top Facebook posts with links, and the results often skew heavily toward the conservative side. Today in news that could affect public perception of the big tech platforms. Cecilia Kang / The New York Times ). Governing. ?

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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

And, thanks to journalists at the New York Times , we have perhaps the most delicious morsel of reporting to ever emerge from TikTok deal talks. And if you don’t like what you hear, there’s still a good chance the news will leak and you can send a shiver up the spine of every person you used to work with in Menlo Park.

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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

Here’s Kate Conger and Nicole Perlroth today in the New York Times : In February, Russian trolls fueled an American-made conspiracy theory that former members of Hillary Clinton’s staff were rigging the Iowa caucuses, and helped push the baseless theory to the top of Twitter’s trending list. Nathaniel Popper / The New York Times ).

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The Verge

JUNE 1, 2020

Over the coming days, as the National Guard is now deployed, probably the largest one that I would worry about would be excessive use of police or military force. The New York Times reported that employees are working on a list of demands , and that some senior employees have threatened to resign if Zuckerberg doesn’t reverse his decision. “As

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The Verge

JULY 22, 2020

One of the journalists who took notice of CrowdTangle’s abilities was Kevin Roose, a columnist and podcast host at the New York Times. Note that CrowdTangle measures only interactions on posts from publisher pages — if someone shares a New York Times link to their own page, it doesn’t get counted.

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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 11, 2020

Ben Thompson has a great, subscribers-only interview with the New York Times ’ Paul Mozur that touches on these subjects today.) Today in news that could affect public perception of the big tech platforms. The New York Times ). Annie Kelly / The New York Times ). Microsoft said.

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The Verge

AUGUST 18, 2020

Here’s Nicole Sperling in the New York Times : President Trump doubled down late Friday on his previous actions against TikTok by formally giving ByteDance, the Chinese owner of the popular video-sharing app, 90 days to divest from its American assets and any data that TikTok had gathered in the United States. Will Oremus / OneZero ).

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The Verge

JUNE 30, 2020

Is that why so many of its decisions around content moderation suddenly feel like national emergencies? Today in news that could affect public perception of the big tech platforms. Officials said the decision was made over concerns that the apps threatened India’s national security. Kellen Browning / The New York Times ).

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The Verge

MAY 20, 2020

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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The Verge

MAY 29, 2020

Today in news that could affect public perception of the big tech platforms. Trending up : Google partnered with The National Alliance on Mental Illness to help people struggling with anxiety during the coronavirus crisis. Reported cases in New York: 371,559. Reported cases in New Jersey: 157,815. Industry. ?

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The Verge

JULY 28, 2020

I’d still rather have a truly competitive domestic market for social apps than a monopolistic national champion waging battle on America’s behalf, though. Today in news that could affect public perception of the big tech platforms. The news comes as Google and Amazon face increased antitrust scrutiny from regulators. Industry.

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The Verge

AUGUST 28, 2020

Mike Isaac lays them out in the New York Times : A deal with Microsoft and Walmart could draw on Walmart’s digital sales background to turn TikTok into a kind of e-commerce app for both creators and users, people involved in the talks said. Today in news that could change public perception of the big tech companies. ??

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