The changes have involved Facebook executives from its marketing, communications, policy and integrity teams. Alex Schultz, a 14-year company veteran who was named chief marketing officer last year, has also […]
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Back to news homeMark Zuckerberg and Sheryl Sandberg’s Partnership Did Not Survive Trump
To Ms. Sandberg, the move to Facebook, a company led by an awkward 23-year-old college dropout, wasn’t as counterintuitive as it might have appeared. She was a vice president at […]
Facebook’s Trump Ban Will Last at Least 2 Years
SAN FRANCISCO — Facebook said on Friday that Donald J. Trump’s suspension from the service would last at least two years, keeping the former president off mainstream social media for […]
Florida, in a First, Will Fine Social Media Companies That Bar Candidates
WASHINGTON — Florida on Monday became the first state to regulate how companies like Facebook, YouTube and Twitter moderate speech online, by imposing fines on social media companies that permanently […]
Facebook Oversight Board Tells Zuckerberg He’s the Decider on Trump
When Mr. Zuckerberg first pitched the idea of a “Facebook Supreme Court” several years ago, he promoted it as a way to make the company’s governance more democratic, by forming […]
Trump Ban From Facebook Upheld by Oversight Board
“Facebook has been clearly abused by influential users,” said Helle Thorning-Schmidt, a co-chair of the Oversight Board.Facebook does not have to adopt these recommendations but said it “will carefully review” […]
How Right-Wing Radio Stoked Anger Before the Capitol Siege
The First Amendment gives broad latitude to what hosts can say on the air. Recently, though, defamation lawsuits, or the threat of them, have emerged as a potential check. Smartmatic, […]
Reddit Traders Made GameStop a $10 Billion Company
A big worry is that this has become a short-squeeze revolt. Short-sellers were down $91 billion for the month through yesterday, according to data from S3. (Such investors have lost […]
Rupert Murdoch, Accepting Award, Condemns ‘Awful Woke Orthodoxy’
The media mogul Rupert Murdoch denounced an “awful woke orthodoxy” and declared, “I’m far from done,” while accepting a lifetime achievement award this weekend.Mr. Murdoch, 89, made the remarks in […]
The Week in Business: Biden Gets Down to Business
All eyes are on President Biden right now. Here’s how his new policies will affect companies and households struggling to weather the pandemic economy — plus more of the week’s […]