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Facebook to verify the identities of some user profiles behind viral posts
Lost in the news of the George Floyd protests against police brutality and racism in the U.S., Facebook last week quietly noted it will now require Facebook Profile pages with large followings in the U.S. to verify their identity. The company said that profiles with sizable audiences, who also have…
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India’s richest man built a telecom operator everyone wants a piece of
Reliance Jio Platforms secured $10.3 billion in recent weeks from Facebook and others Manish Singh 7 hours As investors’ appetites sour in the midst of a pandemic, a three-and-a-half-year-old Indian firm has secured $10.3 billion in a month from Facebook and four U.S.-headquartered private equity firms. The major deals for…
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Facebook staff plan ‘virtual walkout’ over response to Trump posts
Facebook employees are so upset with Mark Zuckerberg’s decision to take no action on Donald Trump’s posts, that they are participating in a “virtual walkout” in a show of protest against the company, The New York Times reports.Facebook workers, most… Source
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Mark Zuckerberg commits Facebook to $10 million donation to ‘groups working on racial justice’
Even as Facebook continues to take a hands-off approach to monitoring violent rhetoric and disinformation on its platform, the company will make a $10 million donation “to groups working on racial justice” in the U.S., according to a late Sunday night post from chief executive Mark Zuckerberg. The commitment from…
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Facebook employees stage virtual walkout in protest of company’s stance on Trump posts
Some Facebook employees are virtually walking out today to challenge the company’s lack of response to President Donald Trump’s posts pertaining to protests in light of the murder of George Floyd. Employees participating in the protest requested time off and then added an out-of-office response to their emails notifying senders…
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Tech companies respond to George Floyd’s death, ensuing protests and systematic racism
On Sunday, a fourth night of protests erupted around the country, spurred on by the May 25 death of George Floyd at the hands of the Minneapolis police. The movement is a response to wide-ranging and systematic inequality that has seen a disproportionate number of black Americans suffer a similar…
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