Month: October 2021

Consumers unable to book or amend deliveries after ‘attempt made to interfere with systems’ Tesco has been hit by hackers, leaving thousands of frustrated shoppers unable to buy groceries online at Britain’s biggest supermarket. The outage means that its grocery website and app are down for a second day, leaving people unable to book deliveries …

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Frances Haugen says chief executive has not shown any desire to shield users from the consequences of harmful content The Facebook whistleblower whose revelations have tipped the social media giant into crisis has launched a stinging new criticism of Mark Zuckerberg, saying he has not shown any readiness to protect the public from the harm …

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The woman whose revelations have rocked Facebook tells how spending time with her mother, a priest, motivated her to speak out This was not Frances Haugen’s plan A. The Facebook whistleblower says she does not like being the centre of attention, but what she saw while working at Mark Zuckerberg’s social media empire compelled her …

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Vice-president of content policy believes government regulation can ‘establish standards all companies should meet’ The tech industry “needs regulation” because it should not be left to make the rules on issues including harmful online content on its own, a Facebook executive has said. Monika Bickert, Facebook’s vice-president of content policy, believes that “government regulation can …

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Frances Haugen’s ‘testimony tour’ of revelations about the tech company makes good copy, but will its executives listen? If you wanted a paragon of astute, thoroughly modern whistleblowing, then Frances Haugen is your woman. She is the former Facebook employee who revealed that the company knew about the harm that some of its products, especially …

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Materials provided by Frances Haugen to media outlets shine light on how company apparently stumbled into 6 January As extremist supporters of Donald Trump stormed the US Capitol on 6 January, battling police and forcing lawmakers into hiding, an insurrection of a different kind was taking place inside the world’s largest social media company. Thousands …

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In October 2001, the music industry was riven by piracy and had no idea how to solve it. Enter Steve Jobs, whose new device created a digital music market – and made Apple into a titan In 2001, the record business was in freefall due to digital piracy, and the best way out of this …

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‘The poverty I saw really shocked me, but also the people I saw were happy, they were friendly, they were sharing’ The trip Hossein Fatemi made to Somalia in 2011, on assignment for an Iranian organisation, marked a turning point in his career. The New York-based photojournalist had covered many serious situations, but what he …

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Anonymous former employee tells Washington Post site let illegal activity occur on platform Another Facebook whistleblower has come forward with allegations against the company, claiming it knowingly allowed hate speech and illegal activity on its platforms, according to a new report. An anonymous former Facebook employee told the Washington Post that they had submitted a …

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Company reveals figures, including 1,800 reports in 2019, as ride-hailing companies face growing safety scrutiny The ride-hailing app Lyft received more than 4,000 reports of sexual assaults during rides from 2017 to 2019, the company revealed in a new report, including 1,800 reports in 2019 alone. Lyft revealed the numbers on Thursday, after having pledged …

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