Facebook’s cluelessness helped amplify Myanmar tensions

As the United States goes to the polls for the 2018 midterms, Facebook's influence is once again under scrutiny. The social network has published a report it commissioned in August from Business for Social Responsibility (BSR). The San Francisco&ndas... Continue reading at 'Engadget'

[ Engadget | 2018-11-06 00:00:00 UTC ]

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