as declared in CBC's longstanding tech columnist condemns the broadcaster's cozy relationship with FacebookJesse Hirsh the CBC Toronto's longstanding and deservedly respected tech columnist, a fixture for many words, interpreting the tech news of the day for the public broadcaster's nonexpert audience, explaining how tech's turns and twists are relevant to their lives. Facebook does enable all kinds of good in the world, by allowing communities to form, support each other and mobilize for action. Why do the people at CBC mandate that CBC personnel promote Facebook? Why does CBC continue to engage in commercial relationships with Facebook, now that it's clear to us that Facebook is a threat to democracy, and CBC, as a public broadcaster, should be strengthening democracy? And further, every time I've appeared on this show to talk about Facebook, Facebook has complained to CBC, and CBC has not defended me, or has not defended our right to have these conversations, although Metro Morning does.
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Facebook hires DOJ antitrust lawyer as Trump threatens tech giants
Facebook has hired a top antitrust attorney as President Donald Trump has commented that his administration has been 'looking at' potential action against Facebook, Google and Amazon. Also in November, Facebook posted a job listing on the career site seeking Washington, DC-based lead counsel in the area of competition. She has 14 years of experience working within the DOJ, with particular expertise in prosecuting price-fixing cartel cases in the computer-memory-chip industry, Business Insider reported. The order was titled, 'Executive Order to protect competition and small businesses from bias in online platforms,' according to Business Insider. In July, Google was fined nearly $5 billion (4.3 billion euros) by the European Union for antitrust violations.Thanksgiving tech to-do: Start a Facebook diet with all the trimmings
referring to (Photo: Getty Images)Thanksgiving is now a time for tech support as well as turkey. Spending some of your family time helping relatives with their hardware and software has become part of this holiday's intergenerational bargain. Instead, use this family tech-support time to dampen Facebook's demands on your relatives' time and data. The Screen Time feature in Apple's iOS 12 can also limit time spent in Facebook or any other app. Rob Pegoraro is a tech writer based out of Washington, D.C. To submit a tech question, email Rob at rob@robpegoraro.com.collected by :Roy Mark
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