If social networks and other platforms are to get a handle on disinformation, it’s not enough to know what it is — you have to
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Facebook will give academic researchers access to 2020 election ad targeting data
Starting next month, Facebook will open up academic access to a dataset of 1.3 million political and social issue ads, including those that ran between
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Qualtrics raises IPO pricing ahead of debut
This morning, Qualtrics, a software company that tracks customer and employee sentiment, filed a new S-1 document. The new filing raises Qualtrics’ expected IPO price
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Chamath Palihapitiya’s SPAC for Sunlight Financial is another sign of a renewables boom
Former Facebook employee and current enfant terrible of high finance Chamath Palihapitiya is making news again with a $1.3 billion twofer SPAC and PIPE deal
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Hear leading voices discuss workplace organizing in tech at TC Sessions: Justice on March 3
In a year defined by economic and civil unrest, it should come as little surprise that workplace organizing has been on the upswing. The COVID-19
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Google claims almost no change in ad revenue from targeting proposals in its Privacy Sandbox — but privacy upside less clear
As Google’s Privacy Sandbox remains under scrutiny over competition concerns, the tech giant has released an update claiming experimental ad-targeting techniques it’s developing as part
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