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One of the Democratic Party’s biggest donors is exploring a new anti-Trump boycott
Reid Hoffman, former executive chair of LinkedIn, on July 11, 2017, in Sun Valley, Idaho. | Drew Angerer/Getty Images After the boycott of...
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Facebook nears a tipping point when it comes to moderating hate speech
Jeff Kowalsky/AFP via Getty Images The social media giant just banned dozens of “boogaloo” extremist accounts. On Tuesday afternoon,...
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Okay, Google, how do I listen to Vox?
Hear quick daily updates from Vox by asking Google Assistant to “play my news update.” | Google There’s a new way to listen to Vox stories...
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Working for Mark Zuckerberg’s philanthropy isn’t always easy since it means working for Mark Zuckerberg
“Although we are separate organizations with different missions and teams, we know it must be frustrating to feel like your work is impacted by...
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Facebook’s war against one of the internet’s worst conspiracy sites
James Bareham for Vox/Recode Facebook has banned this conspiracy site twice. But its content can still sneak back on. It’s...
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How to make sure Google automatically deletes your data on a regular basis
Google is making it easier for users to auto-delete data like their search histories. | NurPhoto/Getty Images The company’s latest privacy...
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EBay’s former CEO denies any link to the cyberstalking of a blogger. But he did want to create a competitor to challenge her.
Former eBay CEO Devin Wenig. | Drew Angerer/Getty Images Devin Wenig says he had “no knowledge, no private understanding, no tacit...
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How to turn off political ads in your Facebook News Feed
Facebook employees working in Facebook’s elections “War Room” to combat political misinformation on social media. | Noah Berger/AFP via Getty...
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How protesters are turning the tables on police surveillance
Some say that police have acted as counterprotesters in nationwide demonstrations against police brutality following George Floyd’s death. | Ben...
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Inside Jack Dorsey’s radical experiment for billionaires to give away their money
Jack Dorsey/Newspix/Getty Images The Twitter CEO’s plan to give away $1 billion shows charity is not as hard as billionaires say it is....
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Amazon suspends police access to its facial recognition technology. But only for one year.
An Amazon logo at an anti police brutality protest on June 2 in New York City. | Ira L. Black/Corbis via Getty Images The announcement will...
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New coronavirus cases reported at reopened Tesla factory. This doesn’t look great for Elon Musk.
The Tesla factory in Fremont, California, reopened in May, before local officials had given the all-clear. | Justin Sullivan/Getty Images A...
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A Silicon Valley fundraiser for Joe Biden raised $4 million in one Zoom call
Joe Biden is hosting fundraisers over Zoom these days. | The Washington Post via Getty Images It was a peculiar event, even for today’s...
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Jack Dorsey is giving millions to Colin Kaepernick’s criminal justice group
Jack Dorsey sits onstage at the Code Conference in 2016 alongside activist DeRay Mckesson. | Asa Mathat His gift is the largest yet from...
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Mark Zuckerberg on leaked audio: Trump’s looting and shooting reference “has no history of being read as a dog whistle”
Facebook co-founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg testified before the House Financial Services Committee in October 2019. | Chip Somodevilla/Getty...
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Minnesota law enforcement isn’t “contact tracing” protesters, despite an official’s comment
A Minnesota state official raised fears when he suggested that police were using Covid-like “contact tracing” to track protesters. | Kerem...