Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler is cutting short his to-do list amid pushback from Congressional Republicans after Donald Trump’s election as president. The FCC announced Wednesday that it has deleted an item it planned to vote on at its meeting on Thursday that would have reformed the $45 billion market for business data services. …
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In the words of our 16th president, Abraham Lincoln, “Half of what you read on the internet is not true.” That’s the problem when you give billions of people access to a global forum where they can pretty much post whatever they want. You never know if what you’re reading is true, which is why we choose sites we think …
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Donald Trump won the popular vote. The Clinton Foundation bought $137 million worth of illegal arms and ammunition. An FBI agent associated with Hillary Clinton’s email leaks was found dead in a murder-suicide. The Pope endorsed Trump. If you saw any of these stories on the internet over the past few weeks, let’s be crystal clear: They’re not true. But …
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The reviews for the MacBook Pro with Touch Bar are in, and the word is fairly positive. CNET’s review says Apple’s newest laptop is worth the splurge, calling the Touch Bar “inventive.” Other reviews have been more lukewarm, and the high price is still an issue. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, meanwhile, defends the role of his company in the election …
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Did Facebook help get Donald Trump elected? CEO Mark Zuckerberg said last week that it’s a “pretty crazy idea” to think his social network might have swayed the vote by letting fake news proliferate on its site. That came after numerous allegations that the fake news shared on the social network helped Trump win. Now there’s a report that Facebook …
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Social media seems to be settling back to normal after the Election Day frenzy, but there are still plenty of political memes to go around. Twitter and Facebook users, for instance, are still laser-focused on President-elect Donald Trump’s moves, such as his choice for chief strategist. Social Cues is our guide to what people are talking about on Facebook and …
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Apparently, not everyone is happy with CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s assurance that fake news on Facebook didn’t sway the election. Even the social network’s own employees. An unofficial task force of Facebook employees is examining the company’s role in promoting fake news during the 2016 presidential race, reported BuzzFeed News on Monday. The task force is currently meeting in secret, according …
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You really can’t believe everything you read on the internet. Google on Monday acknowledged its algorithms screwed up and that it placed a fake news story about Donald Trump winning the popular vote in last week’s election prominently in the search engine’s widely-read news section. “The goal of Search is to provide the most relevant and useful results for our …
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In case you missed it the first time, Mark Zuckerberg is once again defending the role Facebook played in the presidential election. The social network’s chief executive responded Sunday to accusations that Facebook promoted news bias that hurt Hillary Clinton and helped Donald Trump in the presidential election campaign. Examples include a fake story about an FBI agent associated with …
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Imagine this: Donald Trump is vowing to show restraint when using Twitter while he’s in the White House as leader of the free world. The US president-elect told “60 Minutes” in an interview airing Sunday night that he’ll continue using the social media platform that he and many pundits credit for helping him win the presidency. But he said he’ll …
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