Microsoft profit up 24% in quarter, driven by cloud growth
Growth in Microsoft's cloud computing business helped push its profit up 24% in the July-September quarter over the same time last year.
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Sex, drugs and TikTok: Keeping young people safe needs a mature response, not a moral panic
You may have read recently that TikTok allegedly "serves up" sex and drug videos to minors. Media reports have described the video-sharing platform, which is designed predominantly for young people, as an "addiction machine" ...
Oct 15, 2021
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Is there such a thing as a safe algorithm? Talk of regulation gathers momentum
Since Frances Haugen, a former Facebook employee, came forward with troubling information about the far-reaching harms caused by the company's algorithms, talk of potential regulatory reforms has only intensified.
Oct 14, 2021
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Facebook is willing to open algorithms to regulators, global VP says
Facebook's chief spokesman said the company is willing to subject itself to greater oversight to ensure its algorithms are performing as intended and aren't harming users.
Oct 11, 2021
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How one Facebook worker unfriended the giant social network
Less than two years after Facebook hired Frances Haugen to help correct dangerous distortions spilling across its platform, she had seen enough.
Oct 10, 2021
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Facebook's own internal documents offer a blueprint for making social media safer for teens
Right at the time social media became popular, teen mental health began to falter. Between 2010 and 2019, rates of depression and loneliness doubled in the U.S. and globally, suicide rates soared for teens in the U.S. and ...
Oct 7, 2021
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Here's what Facebook says triggered the massive outage on its apps
Facebook Inc. blamed a global service outage that kept its social media apps offline for much of Monday on a problem with its network configuration, adding that it found no evidence that user data was compromised during the ...
Oct 5, 2021
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Facebook chooses 'profit over safety,' says whistleblower
The whistleblower who shared a trove of Facebook documents alleging the social media giant knew its products were fueling hate and harming children's mental health revealed her identity Sunday in a televised interview, and ...
Oct 4, 2021
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Facebook puts Instagram for kids on hold after pushback
Facebook is putting a hold on the development of a kids' version of Instagram, geared toward children under 13, to address concerns that have been raised about the vulnerability of younger users.
Sep 27, 2021
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Facebook oversight board reviewing 'XCheck' system for VIPs
Facebook's semi-independent oversight board says it will review the company's "XCheck," or cross check, system following an investigation by The Wall Street Journal into the use of this internal system that has exempted high-profile ...
Sep 22, 2021
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