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A look at the making of Facebook's Oversight Board, its members, Zuckerberg's rationale for its existence, and criticisms of the endeavor (Kate Klonick/New Yorker)

Kate Klonick / New Yorker: A look at the making of Facebook’s Oversight Board, its members, Zuckerberg’s rationale for its existence, and criticisms of the endeavor  —  The company has created a board that can overrule even Mark Zuckerberg.  Soon, it will decide whether to allow Trump back on Facebook. A look at the making

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Internet access across Cuba rose from an estimated 5-10% in 2015 to 40-50% in 2020, largely due to a ~5x increase in public Wi-Fi hotspots between 2016 and 2020 (Cassandra Brooklyn/Ars Technica)

Cassandra Brooklyn / Ars Technica: Internet access across Cuba rose from an estimated 5-10% in 2015 to 40-50% in 2020, largely due to a ~5x increase in public Wi-Fi hotspots between 2016 and 2020  —  Cuba has been increasing Internet access, but the current digital divide grows, too.  —  As countless Cubans have proudly told

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Facebook says it is limiting the distribution of all content posted by Myanmar's military, which has been using the platform to spread misinformation (Mariella Moon/Engadget)

Mariella Moon / Engadget: Facebook says it is limiting the distribution of all content posted by Myanmar’s military, which has been using the platform to spread misinformation  —  detailed how it’s handling the political situation Myanmar in a new post, where it has revealed that it’s limiting the distribution of all content posted by the

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Sources: US investigators say hardware and firmware of Super Micro servers were tampered with by adding a chip loaded with backdoor code to send data to China (Bloomberg)

Bloomberg: Sources: US investigators say hardware and firmware of Super Micro servers were tampered with by adding a chip loaded with backdoor code to send data to China  —  In 2010, the U.S. Department of Defense found thousands of its computer servers sending military network data to China … Sources: US investigators say hardware and

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U.S. eyes flurry of new taxes on Amazon, Facebook and Google, trying to force tech to pay its ‘fair share’

State lawmakers around the country are exploring a range of new taxes targeting Amazon, Facebook, Google and other Internet giants, seeking to capture some of Silicon Valley’s eye-popping profits and soaring share prices in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic. U.S. eyes flurry of new taxes on Amazon, Facebook and Google, trying to force tech

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