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Author: Jessica Guynn, USA TODAY

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Facebook gets bad grades on report card from civil rights groups behind advertising boycott

August 13, 2020August 13, 2020 Jessica Guynn, USA TODAY Comments Off on Facebook gets bad grades on report card from civil rights groups behind advertising boycott

Civil rights groups behind #StopHateForProfit boycott give Facebook poor grades, saying it failed to address or fell short of addressing demands.

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Facebook, Twitter remove Trump coronavirus posts of Fox interview about kids being ‘almost immune’

August 5, 2020August 5, 2020 Jessica Guynn, USA TODAY Comments Off on Facebook, Twitter remove Trump coronavirus posts of Fox interview about kids being ‘almost immune’

Facebook took down post from President Trump’s personal page of a Fox News interview in which he said that children are “almost immune” from COVID-19.

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Facebook bumps up offer to $650 million to settle facial recognition class action

July 23, 2020July 24, 2020 Jessica Guynn, USA TODAY Comments Off on Facebook bumps up offer to $650 million to settle facial recognition class action

Facebook has agreed to pay $650 million – $100 million more than before – to settle a class action lawsuit over its face recognition technology.

Tech

Mark Zuckerberg gets ‘Dear Mark’ video from Facebook boycott organizers

July 23, 2020July 23, 2020 Jessica Guynn, USA TODAY Comments Off on Mark Zuckerberg gets ‘Dear Mark’ video from Facebook boycott organizers

Civil rights groups behind Facebook boycott turn up pressure with a “Dear Mark” video condemning Zuckerberg’s record on hate speech, misinformation.

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Facebook and Instagram to study racial bias against African Americans, Hispanics on their platforms

July 21, 2020 Jessica Guynn, USA TODAY Comments Off on Facebook and Instagram to study racial bias against African Americans, Hispanics on their platforms

In an acknowledgment of complaints of censorship and harassment, Facebook and Instagram are studying racial bias against Black and Hispanic users.

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Shuttle bus drivers, many of them of color, are the most visible part of tech’s underclass

July 20, 2020 Jessica Guynn, USA TODAY Comments Off on Shuttle bus drivers, many of them of color, are the most visible part of tech’s underclass

Bus drivers, many of whom are of color, are contract workers who work for low wages and benefits at but not for tech companies as outside contractors.

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‘Tweet-tastrophe’? It could have been. Twitter hack reveals national security threat before election

July 17, 2020 Jessica Guynn, USA TODAY Comments Off on ‘Tweet-tastrophe’? It could have been. Twitter hack reveals national security threat before election

The hack has national security implications. What if it someone tried to disrupt the election or cause an international incident?

Tech

Race and class divide: Black and Hispanic service workers are tech’s growing underclass

July 10, 2020 Jessica Guynn, USA TODAY Comments Off on Race and class divide: Black and Hispanic service workers are tech’s growing underclass

Bus drivers, janitors and security guards, a high percentage of whom are underrepresented minorities, get none of the perks at big tech companies.

Tech

Facebook backlash after audit: Civil rights leader says Mark Zuckerberg’s power must be reined in

July 8, 2020 Jessica Guynn, USA TODAY Comments Off on Facebook backlash after audit: Civil rights leader says Mark Zuckerberg’s power must be reined in

An audit faulting Facebook for dealing setbacks to civil rights shows that Mark Zuckerberg’s power must be reined in, Rashad Robinson told USA TODAY.

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Facebook civil rights audit warns of Trump, voter suppression ahead of presidential election

July 8, 2020July 8, 2020 Jessica Guynn, USA TODAY Comments Off on Facebook civil rights audit warns of Trump, voter suppression ahead of presidential election

A civil rights audit of Facebook criticized the social media company’s decision not to remove inflammatory and false claims by President Trump.

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