Last month, Facebook’s board of directors reprimanded the company for losing a key policy for three years. At the center of the verdict was an Instagram post about Abdullah Öcalan calling for people to speak about his political imprisonment. Öcalan is a founding member of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party. The PKK is a Kurdish militia … Read more
Like many other retailers, Microsoft rolled out an expanded refund policy for Cyberpunk 2077 after its flawed start in December. Those who purchased the game from the Microsoft Store can request a full refund. At the time, the company said the policy would remain in force “until further notice”. That is changing now. In an … Read more
On the same day that the Washington Post reported that data shows that Amazon’s warehouse workers are “suffering serious injuries at higher rates than other companies,” the company announced two changes that are part of its stated goal of being “the best place to work in the world and the safest place on earth to … Read more
As cloud-native apps become more and more central to how businesses function, a startup founded by the developers of a popular open-source authorization management tool for cloud-native application environments is announcing some means to expand its commercialization efforts to expand the opportunity. Styra, the startup behind Open Policy Agent, has raised $ 40 million in … Read more
Facebook has agreed to tweak some of its policies in response to recommendations from the Oversight Board. The board issued its first round of decisions about content moderation decisions last month in a series of decisions that undid some of Facebook’s original actions. In addition to making these decisions for a handful of specific locations, … Read more
On the second day of the DealBook DC Policy Project, we will hear from more policymakers and business leaders about the challenges for the coronavirus vaccine rollout, the future of financial regulation and the outlook for bipartisanship in polarized times. Here is the lineup (all times Eastern): 12:30 P.M. – 1 P.M. Karen Lynch of … Read more