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Social Media Bill Expected to Return to California Lawmakers in 2024
SB 680 aimed to hold social media companies accountable for content that promotes eating disorder, suicide and drug addiction.
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In Stanford speech Obama speaks about misinformation and how it threatens democracy
In his speech, Obama contrasted the original internet to today’s online landscape, identified the missteps of social media companies and issued direct calls to action for government, tech companies and Stanford students.
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Behind the Scenes of Spotify Wrapped
Music streaming service Spotify launched its annual “Wrapped” campaign — a data-driven feature that showcases the artists and genres that people listened to the most, individualized reports of user data highlighting users’ top songs and podcasts of the year, how many minutes users spent streaming music and podcasts, and cultural trends that shaped 2020.
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Pushing code and pulling communities together: how some Bay Area tech workers juggle jobs, advocacy work and public office
SUNNYVALE — Some Silicon Valley techies are trying to invest in their communities through advocacy work and engagement in local government.
In the Wild West of online medicine, crowdsourcing is the next frontier
SAN FRANCISCO — Crowdsourcing diagnoses has gained traction in recent years as an unconventional approach to solving particularly tricky medical mysteries—especially when doctors struggle to resolve an illness.
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San Francisco launches new e-scooter program despite mounting injury concerns
SAN FRANCISCO — Over the coming year, up to 10,000 e-scooters will join the city’s busy traffic-scape. More scooter riders will weave through the cars, trucks, motorcycles, mopeds, bikes and all the other vehicles that uneasily share the city roadways.
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PG&E shutoffs highlight the usefulness — and uselessness — of technology in emergencies
BAY AREA — PG&E’s Public Safety Power Shutoff events left nearly one million customers across Northern California without power, and knocked out nearly 60% of cell towers in certain counties. It also highlighted critical gaps in communication infrastructure that local government agencies are now scrambling to address.
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In an attempt to stop trolls, Facebook leaves local activists perplexed
BAY AREA — Armies of trolls are bombarding Bay Area Filipino activists on Facebook through disinformation campaigns and online harassment. But Facebook’s response to two attacks has left the activists feeling frustrated and confused.
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Tech disability community meets for conversation and connection
SILICON VALLEY — Demographic data on employees who self-identify as having a disability is often some of the last to be added to diversity reports for tech companies. And some major tech firms still lack resource groups focused on disability. The Tech Disability Project is a place where tech workers with disabilities can meet, share their experiences, and discuss their hopes for disability advocacy in the tech industry.
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As fires rage, California takes steps to integrate technology into wildfire management
CALIFORNIA — In September, even before the October wildfires began to ravage parts of northern and southern California, governor Gavin Newsom announced two contracts totaling nearly $2 million for developing technology to facilitate wildfire detection and emergency decision-making.
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Facebook employee, fired after attending protest, has no regrets
MENLO PARK — Former Facebook software engineer Yi Yin didn’t expect to lose his job when he picked up the microphone during a protest last month at the entrance of the social media giant’s headquarters in Menlo Park.
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