Fri. 09/17 – Facebook’s Week Of Wall Street Journal Woes

A deep dive summary of the rolling Facebook controversies this week from the ongoing Wall Street Journal reporting. Apple and Google remove an app from Russian opposition after their employees were threatened in that country? And of course, the Weekend Longreads Suggestions, this time with extra NFT goodness.

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Links:

• Facebook Employees Flag Drug Cartels and Human Traffickers. The Company’s Response Is Weak, Documents Show. (WSJ)
• How Facebook Hobbled Mark Zuckerberg’s Bid to Get America Vaccinated (WSJ)
• The Algorithm Tweaks Won't Save Us (Galaxy Brain/Charlie Warzel)
• Google and Apple Remove App Aimed at Spurring Protest Voting in Russia (NYTimes)

Weekend Longreads Suggestions:

• A Very, Very Crypto Insider-Trading Scandal (Intelligencer)
• What is Bored Ape Yacht Club? The Celebrity NFT of Choice (Decrypt)
• Jay-Z’s NFT Feud Spotlights Legal Peril in Hot Investment Trend (Bloomberg)
• THE PENTAGON’S ARMY OF NERDS (The Atlantic)
• Greg LeMond and the Amazing Candy-Colored Dream Bike (Wired)