Say It Ain’t So: 129 People Have Already Filed To Run For President In 2020
The 2020 election cycle might have already started. The Federal Election Commission shows that 129 people have filed to run for president in the next election.
Category Archives: Mark Zuckerberg
Ted Rall: Sheryl Sandberg Is The World’s Most Annoying Person
Invariably promoted as launching a "movement" - as opposed to shilling books - the Facebook executive's publicity blitzes are impossible to avoid. There's the inevitably self-involved New York Times op-ed; she's in Time, Fortune, USA Today, The Washington Post and Huffington Post , which tells us "Why Sheryl Sandberg Decided To Speak Openly About Losing Her Husband .
Zuckerberg Uses Virtual Reality To Put You Inside A Prison
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg released a virtual reality movie Sunday in hopes to help people assimilate with prison inmates. The documentary called "Step to the Line" utilizes VR technology to give viewers an opportunity to see prison and convicts in a first-person perspective.
We picked the wrong billionaire: The case for Mark Zuckerberg 2020
There isn't enough time to trust failed Democrats and Republicans to stop the bleeding and make America sane again ," a novel by Dave Eggers. As soon as I finished and set it down on my nightstand in a stupor, I thought to myself, "This is what ninth graders will read about America in the year 2113."
Chan Zuckerberg Initiative gives $3.6 million to fight housing crisis
Community Legal Services in East Palo Alto is the recipient of a $3.1 million grant from the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative founded by Priscilla Chan and Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg. Founded by Dr. Priscilla Chan and her husband Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Facebook, the philanthropic initiative is giving $3.1 million to Community Legal Services in East Palo Alto to help with programs to counter the eviction and displacement of families upended by runaway housing costs.
Trump’s ‘extreme vetting’ evokes widespread condemnation
Washington, Jan 28 - US President Donald Trump's 'extreme vetting' executive order to bar entry to the US to refugees and immigrants from certain Muslim-majority countries has evoked widespread condemnation, including from Nobel Peace prize winner Malala Yousafzai and Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg. The extreme vetting order will suspend the entry of immigrants and non-immigrants from Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen for 90 days, whereas refugees from Syria were indefinitely banned.
Former Obama campaign chief David Plouffe joins Chan Zuckerberg Initiative
Plouffe, 49, formerly President Barack Obama 's campaign manager, will end his day-to-day activities as adviser to Uber Technologies Inc., although he will remain a non-voting Uber board member. His involvement at Uber has diminished since former Google executive Rachel Whetstone was hired to lead the company's policy and communications divisions, Bloomberg News said Wednesday.
‘You have to write what people want to see’: How one Macedonian teenager creates fake news
On the second floor of a noisy sports center in the Macedonian town of Veles, a teenage purveyor of fake news cracked open his laptop and laid out his case for why lying is more lucrative than the truth. "The fake news is the good news," the 18-year-old said, pointing to a graph showing his audience figures, which reached into the hundreds of thousands, a bling watch clasped firmly around his wrist.
Facebook Built – Censorship Tool’ as Part of Chinese Expansion Effort: Report
A spokesperson for Facebook has not explicitly denied a report claiming that the social media company developed a "censorship tool" that would allow it to "suppress posts from appearing in people's news feeds in specific geographic areas," as part of efforts to enter into the Chinese marketplace. A Facebook spokesperson asked about the report, which was published by the New York Times on Tuesday night, told ABC News that the company has "long said that we are interested in China," and is "spending time understanding and learning more about the country," but has "not made any decision on our approach to China."
Facebook’s fake news: Why leave it to Zuck?
After blistering amounts of criticism during and after the US presidential election, Facebook announced last week that it will prevent websites that intentionally deceive visitors from using their ad-selling services. In recent days Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has in further detail how his company will seek to better prevent the spread of fake news in the future.
Facebook working with fact-checkers to weed out fake news
Returning to the controversy over fake news on the social networking site, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said over the weekend that the company was working with fact-checking organizations to put in place third-party verification of the authenticity of news on its site. Facebook has been criticized for fake news on its site, which is claimed to have tilted the recent U.S. presidential elections in favor of Republican candidate Donald Trump.
Bizarre moment a man slaps a male cyclist on the bottom as he drives past
'So, I heard you went to Hamilton, Mike': Alec Baldwin portrays a clueless President Trump who bullies Pence, asks SIRI about ISIS and holds awkward meeting with Romney in mocking SNL skit 'Couldn't even memorize lines!': Trump continues feud with Hamilton cast with ANOTHER tweet AFTER a full day of Cabinet meetings - only to delete it moments later 'Call me and talk to me like a man': Kanye West addresses former pal Jay Z in ANOTHER on-stage rant as he takes aim at rapper's wife Beyonce, Hillary Clinton and Mark Zuckerberg... before ending show after 10 MINUTES I love you Leonardo ...why have you cut me dead? DiCaprio's brother reveals bitter feud with Hollywood star after their wild partying left him an addict 'Go to another country if you don't like Trump': Federal judge goes on rant defending the President elect at US citizenship ceremony Left to paddle to their deaths: Uncle and ... (more)
Donald Trump meets with his Indian business partners in Trump Tower
'So, I heard you went to Hamilton, Mike': Alec Baldwin portrays a clueless President Trump who bullies Pence, asks SIRI about ISIS and holds awkward meeting with Romney in mocking SNL skit 'Couldn't even memorize lines!': Trump continues feud with Hamilton cast with ANOTHER tweet AFTER a full day of Cabinet meetings - only to delete it moments later 'Call me and talk to me like a man': Kanye West addresses former pal Jay Z in ANOTHER on-stage rant as he takes aim at rapper's wife BeyoncA , Hillary Clinton and Mark Zuckerberg... before ending show after 10 MINUTES I love you Leonardo ...why have you cut me dead? DiCaprio's brother reveals bitter feud with Hollywood star after their wild partying left him an addict 'Go to another country if you don't like Trump': Federal judge goes on rant defending the President elect at US citizenship ceremony Left to paddle to their deaths: Uncle ... (more)
Austerity hits women harder: 85% of the tax burden of government…
'So, I heard you went to Hamilton, Mike': Alec Baldwin portrays a clueless President Trump who bullies Pence, asks SIRI about ISIS and holds awkward meeting with Romney in mocking SNL skit 'Couldn't even memorize lines!' Trump continues feud with Hamilton cast with ANOTHER tweet AFTER a full day of Cabinet meetings - only to delete it moments later Trump's digital director claims Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey personally censored his campaign by backing out of 'Crooked Hillary' customized emojis despite $5million deal Mystery as UFO hunter posts images of huge spherical object in front of the Sun that was captured by NASA cameras Kanye West rips into Beyonce, Hillary Clinton AND Mark Zuckerberg in ANOTHER on-stage rant before ending concert after just 10 MINUTES I love you Leonardo ...why have you cut me dead? DiCaprio's brother reveals bitter feud with Hollywood star after their wild partying ... (more)
Revealed: This is how Facebook plans to fight fake news
Facebook has recently come under fire for failing to stop the spread of fake or false news through the social network. Accusations escalated to reach claims that the spread of false news on Facebook has influenced the outcome of the US presidential elections, which saw the victory of Donald Trump over Hillary Clinton.
Facebook CEO vows to fix fake news problem
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg urged world leaders meeting in Peru on Saturday to help get more people online to improve global living standards while separately announcing new measures to cut down on fake news stories on the social network that some suggest could have helped sway the US presidential election. The Facebook founder took on the role of an evangelist for "connectivity" as he spoke at an Asian-Pacific trade summit, lamenting that half the world has no access to the online world and is being deprived of its economic potential as well as advances in science, education and medicine.
Mark Zuckerberg is in denial
Donald J. Trump's supporters were probably heartened in September, when, according to an article shared nearly a million times on Facebook, the candidate received an endorsement from Pope Francis. Their opinions on Hillary Clinton may have soured even further after reading a Denver Guardian article that also spread widely on Facebook, which reported days before the election that an F.B.I. agent suspected of involvement in leaking Mrs. Clinton's emails was found dead in an apparent murder-suicide.
Google, Facebook move to restrict ads on fake news sites
Alphabet Inc's Google and Facebook Inc on Monday announced measures aimed at halting the spread of "fake news" on the internet by targeting how some purveyors of phony content make money: advertising. Google said it is working on a policy change to prevent websites that misrepresent content from using its AdSense advertising network, while Facebook updated its advertising policies to spell out that its ban on deceptive and misleading content applies to fake news.
What Does Zuckerberg Say About Claims Facebook Influenced the Election?
Not so fast, said the social giant's CEO, Mark Zuckerberg. Sure, its News Feed isn't perfect, but Zuckerberg said it would be "pretty crazy" to think fake news articles had swayed voters.
REVEALED: Facebook CEO Responds to Board Member’s Support of Donald Trump
Silicon Valley billionaire and Facebook board member Peter Thiel has been widely criticized for his support of the Republican nominee, Donald Trump. Thiel officially announced his support in July during the GOP National Convention.