Big Tech Companies Are Struggling With How To Best Police Their Platforms NPR's Audie Cornish talks with Joan Donovan, director of the Shorenstein Center's Technology and Social Change Research Project, about how tech platforms are approaching far-right social media posts.
Trump Welcomes Conservative, Far-Right Social Media Personalities To The White House The president is hosting social media bloggers whom the White House claims face discrimination online because of their conservative views. But some of the invitees are far-right conspiracy theorists. Hannah Allam
Amazon is offering 100,000 warehouse workers tech training Amazon plans to invest $700 million to train a third of its U.S. workforce for higher-skilled jobs. The company acknowledged that workers could use their new skills to seek jobs outside Amazon. Amy Scott
Far-Right Social Media Personalities Headed To The White House The Trump administration has invited high-profile, conservative activists and bloggers to the White House for a social media summit. But they did not invite Facebook and Twitter. Jasmine Garsd
The Debate Over Facial Recognition Technology's Role In Law Enforcement Facial recognition technology has come under fire from lawmakers, advocacy groups and citizens, but Lt. Derek Sabatini of the Los Angeles Sheriff's Department says it helps control crime.
Instagram To Flag Hateful Comments Before You Send Them Instagram is rolling out a feature that will notify users when their comments may contain harmful or offensive content, then give them the opportunity to undo the posts before other users see them. Amy Scott
Amazon Workers Threaten To Strike On First Day Of Retailer's Summer Sale Event Amazon workers in Minnesota are planning a six-hour strike on Monday to coincide with the first day of retailer's summer sale event, Amazon Prime Day. Alina Selyukh
Trump Can't Block Twitter Followers, Federal Appeals Court Rules The appeals court upheld a lower court decision from last year that says the president conducts government business on his personal Twitter account, so all Americans must be able to access it. Aarti Shahani
YouTube Creators Are Trying To Fight Radicalization Online YouTube has recently had to answer for its algorithm pushing some users toward right wing extremism. Now, a growing number of creators are making videos to help stop the radicalization process. Andrew Limbong
What Happens When Hackers Hold Cities Hostage With Ransomware Attacks It's been a difficult summer for a number of government agencies as they've had their computer networks taken over and held for ransom by hackers. Whether or not to give in is a dilemma. Wade Goodwyn
