March 18, 2018 Online abuse of women in politics undermines both them and our democracy From delegitimizing these women as leaders, to curbing what they say and share online, to forcing them to implement new security measures in the face of credible threats, it takes a heavy toll.
March 15, 2018 Resistance to Amazon's HQ2 creates strange political bedfellows What’s good for Amazon may not be great for the cities fighting to outdo each other in a bid for its expansion.
March 14, 2018 YouTube will link to Wikipedia to battle conspiracy videos YouTube announced a new measure to combat conspiracy theories by linking directly to third-party sources like Wikipedia after its top trending video post-Parkland was one suggesting a shooting survivor was an actor.
March 13, 2018 Female Microsoft employees filed hundreds of harassment and discrimination complaints, lawsuit says Court documents showed female employees at Microsoft filed hundreds of discrimination and harassment lawsuits between 2010 and 2016.
March 13, 2018 SXSW: Sadiq Khan shares death threats he's received, asks tech companies to fight hate, disinformation London Mayor Sadiq Khan shared death threats he’s received on Twitter during a South by Southwest keynote speech in which he called for technology companies and governments to safeguard citizens from hate speech, disinformation and the tech-driven negative impact of globalization.
March 12, 2018 Sadiq Khan: 'Dereliction of duty' by policy makers for failing to regulate big tech London Mayor Sadiq Khan is set to blast big tech companies like Twitter, Facebook and Google for “dividing” us, while calling out lawmakers for a “dereliction of duty” in not doing enough to regulate the industry and safeguard users.
March 7, 2018 Google's artificial intelligence is being used by US military drone program, prompting concerns Google’s artificial intelligence technologies are being used by the US military for one of its drone projects, causing a stir both inside and outside the company.
March 7, 2018 OpenTable sorry for employee's 'disgraceful' scheme Tactics are apparently rough in the business of online dinner reservations.
March 6, 2018 Bizarre Facebook survey asks users if they condone pedophilia Facebook is under fire for publishing a stomach-churning survey that asked users whether pedophiles should be allowed to solicit “sexual pictures” from underage girls.
March 5, 2018 Uber, Lyft drivers earn low pay, study says, but Uber slams 'major discrepancy' in methodology A Massachusetts Institute of Technology Study finding that almost three-quarters of Lyft and Uber drivers earn less than the minimum wage is being revisited after it was challenged by Uber’s chief economist on Twitter.
