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Can Facebook regulate itself?

by Molly Wood
Feb 19, 2018
Facebook is a powerful way to manipulate U.S. citizens. Can it change to protect its users from misinformation?
Facebook has admitted to problems with ad metrics for the 10th time since September. Above, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg.
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Top Wilbur Ross aide played a role in trade deal while on the board of shipping firm tied to Russia

by Marketplace Contributor
Nov 6, 2017
The agreement with China will increase U.S. exports of liquid natural gas. Navigator Holdings, which could gain from increased drilling, has a business partnership with a Russian-owned firm and is partially owned by Ross via an offshore investment fund. For deal-maker Wendy Teramoto — Ross' chief of staff and Navigator board member at the time — it raises a conflict of interest.
Navigator Ceres, a liquefied petroleum gas ship owned by Navigator Holdings Ltd., in Brevik, Norway, in March 2016.
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Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross has business connections to Russian president's family

by Marielle Segarra
Nov 6, 2017
Documents made public as part of a data dump being called the Paradise Papers show that Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross has dealings with Sibur, an energy company with close ties to Russian President Vladimir Putin, through his investment in a shipping company called Navigator Holdings.
U.S. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross delivers remarks during an event at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on April 4 in Washington, D.C. 
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Russia boosts soft power with energy investments

by Aaron Schrank
Nov 2, 2017
Venezuela’s state-owned oil company must make a $1.2 billion payment to creditors tomorrow as it risks defaulting it’s debt. Russia’s state-owned oil company Rosneft has made billions of dollars in loans to cash-strapped Venezuela and is likely to step in again. This is part of a strategy for making energy investments in unstable countries where […]
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Follow the money: why the first indictment is full of money laundering, tax fraud and nothing on Russia

by Sabri Ben-Achour
Oct 30, 2017
Prosecutors love a paper trail.
Former campaign chairman Paul Manafort checks the podium at Trump SoHo Hotel on June 22, 2016 in New York City.
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Chinese internet giant Alibaba looks to scoop up global talent in $15 billion R&D expansion

by Reema Khrais
Oct 16, 2017
Chinese internet giant Alibaba is taking a big step toward competing globally. It plans to more than double spending on research and development to $15 billion over the next three years, and will open labs in seven cities around the world, including in Russia, Singapore and in the U.S. But can its dominance of the […]
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What you need to know about Twitter, Facebook and election interference

by Jana Kasperkevic
Sep 29, 2017
Tech companies are in the hot seat over ads linked to foreign accounts.
This week Twitter announced it removed more than a 200 accounts that violated its policies.
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Why the sanctions bill against Russia is controversial

by David Brancaccio
Jul 26, 2017
The measure may have support from both parties in the U.S., but Europe isn't too happy about it.
U.S. President Donald Trump and Russia's President Vladimir Putin hold a meeting on the sidelines of the G-20 Summit in Hamburg, Germany.
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FIFA corruption report has scandals but no disqualification

by Olga Oksman
Jun 28, 2017
FIFA released a 2014 report looking at ethics violations in the World Cup host nation selection process for 2018 and 2022.
A FIFA suitcase.
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Russian election interference is more widespread than thought, Bloomberg reports

by Kai Ryssdal
Jun 13, 2017
While they didn't 'pull the trigger,' Russian hackers hit systems in 39 states.
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