Journalist Maria Ressa named Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk in speech at Hay literary festival in Powys“Tech bros” such as Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk are “the largest dictators”, Maria Ressa, who won the Nobel peace prize in 2021 for her defence of media freedom, has said.The American-Filipina... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2024-05-27 15:11:47 UTC ]
Through his businesses, Rupert Murdoch pushed a world view with the pursuit of money at its heartThere are not many chairmanships of companies that would so fascinate writers, and television producers, that they would make four series about them. Rupert Murdoch’s long tenure at Fox and News Corp... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2023-09-22 17:40:41 UTC ]
The online virtual reality experience that almost every tech giant today wishes to commercially exploit may not catch onIn the 1992 sci-fi dystopia Snow Crash, the author Neal Stephenson imagined a bleak 21st century where the collapse of the global economy had seen governments fall and their... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2022-02-07 19:11:48 UTC ]
As Trump and his allies continue their desperate efforts to overturn the election results, there are reports that the soon-to-be former president is planning to launch his own media venture. Mike Allen, of Axios, wrote in his newsletter on Thursday that Trump “has told friends he wants to start... Continue reading >> [ Source: Columbia Journalism Review | 2020-11-13 12:41:44 UTC ]
The killings of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, and Breonna Taylor, and the protests that followed, helped spark a debate in many newsrooms and journalism schools around the country about the time-honored principle of objectivity in journalism, and whether it serves any useful purpose. Former... Continue reading >> [ Source: Columbia Journalism Review | 2020-07-02 11:57:40 UTC ]
When the news first broke that the MIT Media Lab had a close relationship with deceased billionaire and convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein, some saw it as a momentary lapse in judgment, and there was widespread support for Media Lab director Joi Ito. But then New Yorker writer Ronan Farrow... Continue reading >> [ Source: Columbia Journalism Review | 2019-10-03 10:50:57 UTC ]
Facebook Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg's personal security chief faces accusations of sexual misconduct and making racist and homophobic comments, according to a report Thursday by a business news site. In a detailed article, Business Insider cited legal letters reportedly written by... Continue reading >> [ Source: Baltimore Sun | 2019-05-31 14:05:00 UTC ]
Some shareholders wanted Facebook's chairman and chief executive to step down from one of his roles. Continue reading >> [ Source: BBC News | 2019-05-31 08:58:17 UTC ]
Some shareholders want Facebook's chairman and chief executive to step down from one of his roles. Continue reading >> [ Source: BBC News | 2019-05-29 23:23:57 UTC ]
Zuckerberg and Sandberg will be required to come before Canada's Parliament should they venture to into the country. Continue reading >> [ Source: Stuff | 2019-05-29 06:41:19 UTC ]
Mark Zuckerberg’s vision for communities on his platform is very different from how users are gathering there organically. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Atlantic | 2019-05-17 15:55:10 UTC ]
For more than a year, the Observer writer has been probing a darkness at the heart of Silicon Valley. Last week, at a TED talk that became a global viral sensation, she told the tech billionaires they had broken democracy. What happened next?If Silicon Valley is the beast, then TED is its belly.... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2019-04-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
Mark Zuckerberg also said he is weighing up paying publishers for use of their journalismFacebook could start employing editors to select “high-quality news” to show to users, in the social network’s latest attempt to lose its reputation as a source for disinformation.Mark Zuckerberg said he is... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2019-04-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
Mark Zuckerberg has revealed he may add a dedicated tab for "high-quality news" to Facebook, perhaps by the end of the year. The section would reportedly be free for users, though Facebook might pay publishers whose work is featured. Zuckerberg moote... Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2019-04-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
Facebook Inc.’s top executive in charge of all products, Chris Cox, the longtime confidant of Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg, is leaving the company. It’s the highest-level departure at the social media giant amid nearly two years of sustained crises. Cox’s unexpected departure, which he... Continue reading >> [ Source: Baltimore Sun | 2019-03-14 22:45:00 UTC ]
Facebook Inc.’s top executive in charge of all products, Chris Cox, the longtime confidant of Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg, is leaving the company. It’s the highest-level departure at the social media giant amid nearly two years of sustained crises. Cox’s unexpected departure, which he... Continue reading >> [ Source: Baltimore Sun | 2019-03-14 22:45:00 UTC ]
As tech companies face mounting pressure to address their role in the California housing crisis, a band of corporations, philanthropies and foundations — including Facebook as well as the personal philanthropic company of Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg — are seeking to raise $540 million to... Continue reading >> [ Source: Baltimore Sun | 2019-01-25 00:05:00 UTC ]
As tech companies face mounting pressure to address their role in the California housing crisis, a band of corporations, philanthropies and foundations — including Facebook as well as the personal philanthropic company of Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg — are seeking to raise $540 million to... Continue reading >> [ Source: Baltimore Sun | 2019-01-25 00:05:00 UTC ]
An interview with Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey published by Rolling Stone on Wednesday took a darkly comic turn when he was asked about his most memorable interaction with Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg. Continue reading >> [ Source: Slate | 2019-01-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
The inside story of our award-winning investigation into the political consulting firm and its use of Facebook profiles• Read our other top stories from 2018Visiting the Observer’s newsroom on the Monday after we published our revelations about the political consulting firm Cambridge Analytica... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2018-12-23 00:00:00 UTC ]