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Archives for November 2018

Technology
Facebook is under fire for not protecting your data betterFacebook is under fire for not protecting your data better
Technology

Facebook data from some 50 million users ended up with Cambridge Analytica, the data company that helped get Donald Trump elected.

By Vox Staff
Technology
Here’s why an app for finding bikini pics is Facebook’s latest headacheHere’s why an app for finding bikini pics is Facebook’s latest headache
Technology

Documents from an old lawsuit are leaking out. What is in the documents? And how damaging might they be to Facebook?

By Kurt Wagner
Technology
Full Q&A: ‘Rule Makers, Rule Breakers’ author Michele Gelfand on Recode DecodeFull Q&A: ‘Rule Makers, Rule Breakers’ author Michele Gelfand on Recode Decode
Technology

Gelfand studies why some cultures desire rules, why others avoid them and what gets the best results.

By Eric Johnson
Technology
It’s time for Facebook’s board to step upIt’s time for Facebook’s board to step up
Technology

The spotlight has been on Mark Zuckerberg and Sheryl Sandberg. But Facebook’s board is MIA.

By Eric Johnson
Technology
Full Q&A: ‘Dear America’ author Jose Antonio Vargas on Recode DecodeFull Q&A: ‘Dear America’ author Jose Antonio Vargas on Recode Decode
Technology

When he was 16, Vargas found out that he is an undocumented immigrant — and after years of secrecy, he decided to “come out.”

By Eric Johnson
Technology
How Twitch CEO Emmett Shear thinks about tech addictionHow Twitch CEO Emmett Shear thinks about tech addiction
Technology

To Shear, watching something for two hours is different from repeatedly opening an app over two hours.

By Eric Johnson
Technology
Who could buy Discord? Acquirers have been giving the gaming startup a long look.Who could buy Discord? Acquirers have been giving the gaming startup a long look.
Technology

Discord has hired Qatalyst Partners, the boutique investment bank known for selling tech companies.

By Theodore Schleifer and Kurt Wagner
Technology
So many people are downloading their Facebook data that it’s causing delaysSo many people are downloading their Facebook data that it’s causing delays
Technology

Why do so many people need their Facebook data?

By Kurt Wagner
Technology
Should the First Amendment apply to Facebook? It’s complicated.Should the First Amendment apply to Facebook? It’s complicated.
Technology

The executive director of the Knight First Amendment Institute, Jameel Jaffer, unpacks the answer on the latest Recode Decode.

By Eric Johnson
Technology
Facebook and Mark Zuckerberg are in crisis mode again following a New York Times exposeFacebook and Mark Zuckerberg are in crisis mode again following a New York Times expose
Technology

COO Sheryl Sandberg is also feeling the heat.

By Vox Staff
Technology
From Mark Zuckerberg to George Soros, here’s everything you need to know about Facebook’s latest crisisFrom Mark Zuckerberg to George Soros, here’s everything you need to know about Facebook’s latest crisis
Technology

What’s going on? We’ve got you covered.

By Kurt Wagner
Technology
Facebook’s top execs ‘make tobacco executives look like Mister Rogers’Facebook’s top execs ‘make tobacco executives look like Mister Rogers’
Technology

The company is under fire, again, this time for years of dirty tricks exposed by the New York Times.

By Eric Johnson
Technology
Facebook’s board is throwing public support behind Mark Zuckerberg and Sheryl Sandberg — who are on Facebook’s boardFacebook’s board is throwing public support behind Mark Zuckerberg and Sheryl Sandberg — who are on Facebook’s board
Technology

Also: Zuckerberg gave Sandberg his personal vote of confidence following a damning New York Times story published Wednesday.

By Kurt Wagner
Technology
Washington pummels Facebook: ‘Big tech can no longer be trusted’Washington pummels Facebook: ‘Big tech can no longer be trusted’
Technology

One senator says the company “actually encouraged anti-Semitism” by hiring an opposition-research firm.

By Theodore Schleifer
Technology
Facebook’s top lawyer — who said he was leaving the company — isn’t leaving after all, because Facebook is still in crisisFacebook’s top lawyer — who said he was leaving the company — isn’t leaving after all, because Facebook is still in crisis
Technology

General Counsel Colin Stretch said in July that he was leaving. Now he’s staying into 2019.

By Kurt Wagner