Facebook News feature launches in UK
Facebook News, the social network's dedicated section for news content, is launching in the UK.
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Zuckerberg’s Biden problem
Before the Cambridge Analytica story had broken. Before Facebook's acknowledgement that its platform had been used to help incite ethnic cleansing in Myanmar.
Profs effectively seek to ban books from Trump admin officials
A handful of professors demanded that publishing companies refuse to work with Trump administration alumni.
Could Google really leave Australia?
Google has threatened to pull out of the Australian market if a new law governing its relationship with news publishers goes ahead.
Gaming firms fined nearly £7m for restricting European sales
Valve, owner of online PC gaming platform Steam, and five other publishers have been fined a total of €7.8m (£6.9m) for restricting cross-border sales of PC video games.
Howard prof, Biden’s pick to lead DOJ ‘Civil Rights Division,’ said Black people are ‘superior’ to Whites
Professor Kristen Clarke — Joe Biden’s pick to become Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division — once argued that Black people have “superior physical and mental abilities” to White people
Biden Twitter account ‘starts from zero’ with no Trump followers
US president-elect Joe Biden has been given his new official presidential Twitter account, but has been forced to start it with zero followers.
Google tries to allay Fitbit-deal privacy fears
Google has completed its acquisition of Fitbit and tried to reassure users it will protect their privacy.
Pelosi’s gendered language ban is new in Congress…but speech limitations have been on campus for years
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi recently proposed new rules to eliminate "gendered" language in Congress.
Did social media inspire Congress riot?
It was the most violent assault on the US Capitol since the British Army set it ablaze in the war of 1814.
