#How Facebook can — and should — be tamed by the government

#How Facebook can — and should — be tamed by the government

“#How Facebook can — and should — be tamed by the government” “Facebook and Big Tech are facing a Big Tobacco moment, a moment of reckoning.”  This was the prediction made last Tuesday by Richard Blumenthal, the 75-year-old senator from Connecticut, at the beginning of a Senate subcommittee hearing examining allegations against Facebook brought by…

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#Facebook and Instagram users hit with outages — again

#Facebook and Instagram users hit with outages — again

“#Facebook and Instagram users hit with outages — again” Facebook and Instagram were hit with a second wave of outages on Friday afternoon — just days after the services went down for hours on Monday. Reps for Facebook said Friday’s outage had been resolved and the company’s networks were “back to 100 percent” shortly after…

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# No outages, no data leaks: The new WhatsApp killer built on the blockchain creates privacy-focused encrypted messenger

# No outages, no data leaks: The new WhatsApp killer built on the blockchain creates privacy-focused encrypted messenger

“# No outages, no data leaks: The new WhatsApp killer built on the blockchain creates privacy-focused encrypted messenger ” Oxen is a privacy-focused platform built on top of a proof-of-stake (PoS) network. It has also built a secure and anonymous messaging platform Session. The company’s chief technical officer Kee Jefferys talked to Cointelegraph about its…

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#Whistleblower blowback won’t hurt Facebook: Goodwin

#Whistleblower blowback won’t hurt Facebook: Goodwin

“#Whistleblower blowback won’t hurt Facebook: Goodwin” The news that the Facebook whistleblower would tell her story to Congress electrified Washington and the tech giant’s critics. Senators from both parties were salivating and whistleblower Frances Haugen didn’t disappoint, with an incisive condemnation of how her former employer knowingly enticed children and young teens in an insatiable…

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#5 takeaways from Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen’s Senate testimony

#5 takeaways from Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen’s Senate testimony

“#5 takeaways from Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen’s Senate testimony” Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen testified in front of a key Senate subcommittee on Tuesday, sounding the alarm about everything from Instagram’s effect on teen girls to the national security threats posed by Facebook.  She said the company needs to declare “moral bankruptcy.” Prior to her three-hour…

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#Frances Haugen blasts Facebook on Capitol Hill

#Frances Haugen blasts Facebook on Capitol Hill

“#Frances Haugen blasts Facebook on Capitol Hill” The buck should stop with Zuck — but Facebook’s all-powerful CEO has faced no accountability as his social media behemoth has become a national security risk that’s harming children. And lawmakers had better do something about it, fast. That was the urgent plea from whistleblower Frances Haugen, who blasted her ex-employer during Senate testimony on Tuesday,…

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