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Author: Jessica Guynn, USA TODAY

Tech

Facebook ranks deleting anti-Black and ‘most harmful’ hate speech over comments about white people and men

December 3, 2020December 3, 2020 Jessica Guynn, USA TODAY Comments Off on Facebook ranks deleting anti-Black and ‘most harmful’ hate speech over comments about white people and men

Facebook is more concerned about racist slurs and hate speech against Black people, Muslims and Jews than posts declaring, “White people are stupid” and “Men are pigs.”

Tech

Racial inequity persists after George Floyd: Black women and Latina entrepreneurs get less than 1% of venture capital

December 2, 2020December 3, 2020 Jessica Guynn, USA TODAY Comments Off on Racial inequity persists after George Floyd: Black women and Latina entrepreneurs get less than 1% of venture capital

Black women and Latinas raised more venture capital in 2020 but parity is still a pipedream, the new ProjectDiane report from digitalundivided found.

Tech

Social censoring

November 30, 2020December 4, 2020 Jessica Guynn, USA TODAY Comments Off on Social censoring

Censor or conspiracy?

Tech

Amazon Web Services outage takes down part of internet

November 25, 2020 Jessica Guynn, USA TODAY Comments Off on Amazon Web Services outage takes down part of internet

Having trouble binge-watching your favorite show or playing your favorite video game? An Amazon Web Services outage in the east may be to blame.

Money

Don’t count on finding toilet paper on your next run to Target or Walmart: COVID-19 panic buying is on a roll again

November 23, 2020November 26, 2020 Jessica Guynn, USA TODAY Comments Off on Don’t count on finding toilet paper on your next run to Target or Walmart: COVID-19 panic buying is on a roll again

Paper towels, cleaners and other household staples are in high demand in stores and online again as the coronavirus surges across the country.

Tech

Twitter fact-checks Donald Trump tweet about the firing of Chris Krebs (on Twitter)

November 18, 2020 Jessica Guynn, USA TODAY Comments Off on Twitter fact-checks Donald Trump tweet about the firing of Chris Krebs (on Twitter)

Twitter appended a label to fact-check President Donald Trump’s tweet about his firing of the nation’s top election security official Chris Krebs.

Tech

Social censoring

November 17, 2020November 20, 2020 Jessica Guynn, USA TODAY Comments Off on Social censoring

FB, Twitter bias? 🚫

Tech

Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg and Twitter’s Jack Dorsey brace for election ‘techlashing’ in Senate Judiciary hearing

November 16, 2020 Jessica Guynn, USA TODAY Comments Off on Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg and Twitter’s Jack Dorsey brace for election ‘techlashing’ in Senate Judiciary hearing

Republican senators will accuse Mark Zuckerberg and Jack Dorsey of anti-conservative bias. Democrats will criticize their handling of hate speech.

Tech

Jimmy Fallon has Twitter serving up new Thanksgiving traditions for the coronavirus pandemic and we are thankful

November 16, 2020November 16, 2020 Jessica Guynn, USA TODAY Comments Off on Jimmy Fallon has Twitter serving up new Thanksgiving traditions for the coronavirus pandemic and we are thankful

Egged on by Jimmy Fallon, Twitter is celebrating funny new COVID-19 Thanksgiving traditions such as “the turkey now pardons the president.”

Money

Joe Biden administration likely to overturn controversial Donald Trump diversity training executive order

November 8, 2020 Jessica Guynn, USA TODAY Comments Off on Joe Biden administration likely to overturn controversial Donald Trump diversity training executive order

Biden administration would likely scrap Trump order that restricts the federal government and contractors from offering “divisive” diversity training.

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