#How to stop Google self-preferencing? Europe may not be the model

#How to stop Google self-preferencing? Europe may not be the model

“#How to stop Google self-preferencing? Europe may not be the model” After a wide-ranging 16-month investigation, a congressional subcommittee examining dominance in the technology industry last week recommended more than two dozen updates to the U.S. antitrust system, including implementing nondiscrimination rules that would limit “preferential or discriminatory treatment” by dominant platforms. But such rules…

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#If ‘unreliable’ is the issue, why did social media never block anti-Trump stories?

#If ‘unreliable’ is the issue, why did social media never block anti-Trump stories?

“#If ‘unreliable’ is the issue, why did social media never block anti-Trump stories?” This is what totalitarianism looks like in our century: not men in darkened cells driving screws under the fingernails of dissidents, but Silicon Valley dweebs removing from vast swaths of the Internet a damaging exposé on their preferred presidential candidate. That’s what Facebook…

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#Why Silicon Valley CEOs are such raging psychopaths

#Why Silicon Valley CEOs are such raging psychopaths

“#Why Silicon Valley CEOs are such raging psychopaths” Maëlle Gavet, a 15-year veteran of the tech industry, recalls an unsettling conversation she had at a Silicon Valley cocktail party in 2017. Gavet was chatting with an early investor at Uber and mentioned some of the disturbing news surrounding the company’s co-founder and CEO, Travis Kalanick….

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#The Morning Watch: ‘The Boys’ Season 1 Bloopers Reel, Disney’s July 4th Fireworks Spectacular & More

“#The Morning Watch: ‘The Boys’ Season 1 Bloopers Reel, Disney’s July 4th Fireworks Spectacular & More” The Morning Watch is a recurring feature that highlights a handful of noteworthy videos from around the web. They could be video essays, fanmade productions, featurettes, short films, hilarious sketches, or just anything that has to do with our…

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