Today, in front of an audience at the Time 100 Summit in New York City, Donald Trump advisor Jared Kushner downplayed Russian interference in the 2016 campaign as “a couple of Facebook ads.” The truth, of course, as we just had confirmed by the Mueller report, is that the Russian disinformation campaign was significant, aggressive […]
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Carole Cadwalladr on how Facebook broke democracy
Posted in Media, Uncategorized Also tagged Brexit, Cambridge Analytica, Carole Cadwalladr, disinformation, election interference, European Union, Facebook, Jack Dorsey, Jared Kushner, Larry Page, Mark Zuckerberg, racism, Russia, Sheryl Sandberg, Silicon Valley, social media, TED, threats to Democracy, Time 100 Summit, Twitter 48 Comments
Kansas City chosen over Ann Arbor for Google Fiber build-out
Google announced today that Kansas City, Kansas beat out Ann Arbor and almost 1,100 other cities to become the home of their first high-speed broadband fiber-optic network. It would have been a huge boon to Michigan if Ann Arbor had been chosen, as this fiber build-out will no doubt attract numerous IT-related companies looking to […]
Posted in Ann Arbor Also tagged broadband to the home, economic development, fiber, Google, Google Fiber, internet, Kansas, Kansas City 7 Comments