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Menlo Park-Based Meta Lets Go Over 11,000 Employees In Latest Silicon Valley Mass Layoff

November 10, 2022 12:36 pm

Meta, the Menlo Park-based parent company of social media sites such as Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp, laid off 13% of their employees, or over 11,000, on Thursday, continuing the stark trend of cutbacks at Bay Area and Silicon Valley tech...

CA Social Media Transparency Bill To Publicly Disclose Content Moderation Policies Signed

September 14, 2022 12:40 pm

A social media transparency bill to publicly disclose their content moderation policies regarding hate speech, disinformation, extremism, harassment, and foreign political interference was signed by Governor Gavin Newsom into law on Tuesday. Assembly Bill 587, authored by Assemblyman Jesse Gabriel...

Looking For Upward Economic Mobility? Make Friends at Church

August 24, 2022 2:50 amAugust 23, 2022 3:55 pm

It’s tough to survive in California if you’re poor. Green-energy schemes drive our electricity rates 80-percent above the national average. Gas prices make every trip to the gas station gut-wrenching. The median home price is above $800,000 and our state...

San Francisco District Court Dismisses Trump Twitter Lawsuit

May 7, 2022 2:21 amMay 7, 2022 7:32 am

Judge James Donato of the U.S. District Court of the Northern District of California ruled on Friday to reject former President Donald Trump’s lawsuit against Twitter for suspending him last year. The case dates back to January 2021, where, following...

AG Bonta Announces Multi-State Investigation into Video-Sharing App TikTok

March 3, 2022 2:36 amApril 3, 2022 4:22 pm

California Attorney General Rob Bonta, along with the state attorneys general of seven other states launched an investigation Wednesday into the Chinese video-sharing app TikTok into what physical and mental harm the app is doing to children and young adults....

Recall Digital Spending Report Shows Democrats Spent $3.5M on Google Ads in 3 Months

September 16, 2021 3:29 pmSeptember 16, 2021 4:05 pm

A new report from Majority Strategies breaking down digital online advertising spending in the California Recall Election by the two political parties, various “advertisers” supporting candidates, and individual candidates, shows a great divide. Most evident of this divide was online...

Two Men Indicted With Plotting To Firebomb Democratic Party Headquarters in Sacramento

July 16, 2021 2:50 pmJuly 22, 2021 8:19 am

Two California men who plotted to firebomb John L. Burton Democratic Headquarters in Sacramento earlier this year were indicted on Thursday in San Francisco Federal Court. According to the large number of messages exchanged between Napa resident Ian Rogers and...