Everyone in the World Wants to Fix Facebook. Here’s Why No One Can.
Abaca Press / AP While the US holds congressional hearings to listen to tech giants explain they want to do better, other countries are passing and promising new laws that aim to take action against the virulent spread of disinformation, violence, and hate speech. Last week, British Prime Minister Theresa May unrolled a proposal that outlines…
Don’t Expect Trump to Stop Targeting Ilhan Omar. It Looks Like His Newest 2020 Strategy.
Brian Lawless/ZUMA President Donald Trump on Monday ramped up his attacks against Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) —this time labeling her statements “ungrateful” and “hateful” toward the United States—while newly accusing House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of ignoring what he claimed was a record of anti-semitism by the Minnesota congresswoman. If that wasn’t enough, Trump also baselessly…
Mayor Pete Buttigieg Officially Kicks Off His Presidential Campaign in South Bend, Indiana
Preston Ehrler/ZUMA Wire Pete Buttigieg launched his presidential campaign on Sunday afternoon, in the city he helms as mayor, South Bend, Indiana—officially joining a big, diverse field of Democrats vying to topple President Donald Trump in 2020. Buttigieg fans clad in rain gear packed an old Studebaker building in South Bend for the announcement, a…
Kamala Harris Releases 15 Years of Tax Returns
Jack Kurtz/ZUMA Wire Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) released 15 years of her tax returns on Sunday morning, the latest in a steady trickle of Democratic presidential candidates to make the financial disclosure. According to her returns, Harris and her husband lawyer Douglas Emhoff made nearly $1.9 million together in 2018. Harris reported an income of…
Beto O’Rourke’s Vote to Lift the Oil Export Ban Looms Over His Climate Record
Now, as the United States is poised to surpass Saudi Arabia as the world’s No. 1 oil and gas exporter, his campaign has echoed that defense. In a lengthy statement to HuffPost, Chris Evans, a spokesman for O’Rourke’s presidential campaign, said former congressman believed the vote would ensure “the resources we consume—even as we work…
Activists Couldn’t Get Facebook to Tackle Its Discrimination Problem—Until the Russia Scandal Hit
Mother Jones illustration On April 10, 2018, Facebook co-founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg did something he had managed to avoid in his 14 years at the helm of the tech giant he had built: He testified before Congress. His company had been battered in the preceding months, first by revelations that Russia had used the…