Pro-Trump mob that stormed the Capitol as Congress prepared to formally declare Joe Biden president-elect fomented the violence on social media.
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Democrats call on federal government to back off Donald Trump’s order restricting federal agencies and contractors from offering diversity training.
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With vaccine misinformation quickly spreading, Twitter will remove false claims that vaccines intentionally cause harm or have adverse effects.
With few Black and Hispanic executives, Lyft and Uber face long road to hailing a racially diverse workforce
Ride-hailing companies have a long road ahead in creating more racial equity at the top of their organizations, a new USA TODAY analysis shows.
Google ouster of top AI researcher Timnit Gebru draws sharp new scrutiny of how it treats Black employees
The dismissal of top AI researcher vocal about Google’s diversity failures has drawn new attention to treatment of Black employees, especially women.
Should Facebook be broken up? FTC, 46 states sue tech giant for antitrust over Instagram, WhatsApp acquisitions
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The Senate runoff elections in Georgia have become the latest battleground against misinformation as false and misleading posts swarm Facebook and Twitter.