Commentary Twenty years ago, the newspaper I worked for turned an easy $50 million-plus a year in profit. Less than three months ago, its building was sold and remnants of its once-bustling newsroom work from their homes. Its owners increasingly depend on federal government assistance, the latest version of which, the Online News Act (Bill…
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Alabama School Districts File Lawsuits Against Social Media Platforms Over Youth Mental Health Crisis
April 2, 2023
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Three Alabama school districts have filed lawsuits against the major social media platforms alleging them to have created a mental health crisis among children. “The harm created by social media companies has strained already limited school resources as educators attempt to combat the widespread problems caused by social media addiction,” said Joseph VanZandt, co-lead counsel…
Investigation Reveals ‘Revolving Door’ of DOJ, Big Tech Employees
March 27, 2023
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In the midst of an ongoing lawsuit against the Biden administration alleging collaboration with social media companies to censor Americans, a new report has detailed the extent to which former Justice Department (DOJ) employees are now working at Big Tech firms. The American Accountability Foundation (AAF) investigated the resumes of recent hires and found that…
Meta Sued Over Youth Addiction to Social Media
The San Mateo County Board of Education is suing Facebook’s parent company, Meta, claiming that CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s company has contributed to the mental health crisis among youths by intentionally designing its social media platform to be manipulative and addictive. The Board of Education added Meta to a complaint it filed on March 13 in the U.S. District…
Kenyan Judge Temporarily Blocks Mass Layoff of Facebook Moderators
NAIROBI—A Kenyan judge on Tuesday temporarily blocked the mass redundancy of some 260 Facebook content moderators working for an outsourcing company contracted by the social media site’s parent company Meta, court documents show. Judge Matthews Nduma issued an interim injunction against Meta and the Kenya-based outsourcing firm Sama, preventing them from terminating the content moderators’…
Tech Layoffs in 2023 Near 150,000 Mark as Amazon, Facebook Shed Thousands More Employees
The technology industry is continuing to lay off thousands of employees, and is approaching 150,000 employees lost in the first three months of 2023. The e-commerce and streaming giant Amazon announced layoffs of 9,000 employees on Monday. Meta, which owns Facebook and Instagram, announced 10,000 job cuts a week earlier, on March 14. As of…
Trump Breaks Silence With First Facebook Post Since 2-Year Ban
Former President Donald Trump formally announced his return to Facebook on Friday, posting on the tech platform for the first time since his personal account was suspended more than two years ago. “I’M BACK!” Trump wrote on his official page, more than a month after Facebook parent company Meta restored his access to Facebook and…
Facebook Parent Meta Slashes Another 10,000 Jobs
Facebook parent Meta has announced that it’s slashing another 10,000 jobs and won’t fill 5,000 open position, as the beleaguered social media giant struggles to cut costs amid profit pressure. Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg broke the bad news to staff in a statement on Tuesday, in which he gave an update on the company’s “Year…
Commons Committee Summons Google Execs on News Links Blocking
A House of Commons committee decided on Feb. 28 to summon Google executives to testify over the company’s decision to test the blocking of news links in response to the Liberal government’s Bill C-18. “I think it’s important for Parliament to take a look and see what Google is doing, I don’t particularly like their…
MPs Want Google Execs to Testify on Blocking of News Links
Google’s blocking of links to news articles for some Canadians in response to the Liberal government’s bill C-18 will be discussed at a special House of Commons committee on Feb. 28, with MPs seeking to hear from the company’s leadership. Seven members of the Heritage committee wrote to the Liberal Chair Hedy Fry requesting the…
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