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The Information’s 411 — Zuck’s Army

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Tom Dotan
 |  Aug. 31, 2018 1:21 PM PDT

Sarah joins to talk about Facebook's organization and why so many executives have been exiting the campus (or plan to). Kevin reveals why Alibaba has temporarily backed off its ambitions to compete in the cloud market in the US.

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