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To Regulate Social Media, Forget Net Neutrality

Under the Biden administration, we risk reruns of past telco battles when what we need is new focus on internet-specific issues and a government agency to oversee them.

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Robert Lindsay

Lindsay is a co-founder of Hustle and a former Facebook data scientist.

Nov 24, 2020 6:02am PST · 1 comment

Art by Mike Sullivan

What Proposition 22 Now Makes Possible

California’s classification for gig workers provides a new model for labor in many industries.

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Shawn Carolan

Carolan is a partner at Menlo Ventures, which was an early investor in Uber.

Nov 10, 2020 10:23am PST · 4 comments

Art by Mike Sullivan

The Tech Giants’ Cultures Are Incompatible With Fixing the Societal Problems They’re Causing

The chief executives of Facebook, Google and Twitter are rightly under fire for their role in...

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Yaël Eisenstat

Ms. Eisenstat is the former head of Global Elections Integrity Operations for political advertising at Facebook.

Oct 28, 2020 6:01am PDT · 8 comments

Art by Mike Sullivan

To Fix Section 230, Target Algorithmic Amplification

By Robert Lindsay · Oct 27, 2020 6:01am PDT · 13 comments

Art by Mike Sullivan

To Fix Section 230, Target Algorithmic Amplification

It now seems inevitable that the U.S. government will try to roll back some of the protections...

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Robert Lindsay

Mr. Lindsay is a former Facebook data scientist.

Oct 27, 2020 6:01am PDT · 13 comments

Mike Sullivan

Tech Isn’t Doing Enough to Address Mental Health

Admit it. You’ve done it. That social media post you put up. The Instagram post of you on...

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Sunil Rajaraman

Jul 20, 2018 10:00am PDT · 12 comments

Art: Mike Sullivan

To Thrive in Midwest, Investors Shouldn’t Copy Silicon Valley

As a venture capitalist investing in applications of artificial intelligence for the future of...

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May 18, 2018 10:01am PDT · 3 comments

Facebook Is Unwieldy by Design. It Needs Independent Oversight

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg this week made a historic concession about how his service should be...

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David Kirkpatrick

Apr 4, 2018 10:02am PDT · 26 comments

Art by Matt Vascellaro

Board Diversity Still Stumbling Block to Good Governance

By Sukhinder Singh Cassidy · Nov 28, 2017 6:45am PST · 1 comment

Art by Matt Vascellaro

Board Diversity Still Stumbling Block to Good Governance

These days, there is a lot of discussion happening, in Silicon Valley and in other business...

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Sukhinder Singh Cassidy

Nov 28, 2017 6:45am PST · 1 comment