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Facebook is a social network monopoly that buys, copies or kills competitors, antitrust committee finds

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The House Judiciary antitrust subcommittee determined Facebook wields monopoly powers in social network and has maintained its position by acquiring, copying or killing its competitors, according to a report released by the subcommittee on Tuesday.

Chemical weapons watchdog confirms banned nerve agent Novichok in Navalny’s blood

Blood samples taken from Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny confirmed the presence of a nerve agent in the banned Novichok family, the global chemical weapons watchdog said on Tuesday.

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Facebook CFO says personalized advertising ‘under assault’ by Apple privacy changes

I do not want personalized ads, green eggs and ham, or selling my information – so STFU! Business models that rely on personalized advertising are “under assault” by iOS 14 privacy changes, Facebook’s chief revenue officer said Tuesday.

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The changes include a new feature that requires users to opt-in to tracking via Identifier for Advertiser, or IDFA, tags on a per-app basis. Although initially planned for the general iOS 14 release, Apple delayed the rollout of the feature until 2021 following public outcry from a number of companies that gain a bulk of their revenue from ad serving, including Facebook.

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White House Ignores Local Mandates, Giving Virus a New Hold in D.C.

The outbreak at the White House and on Capitol Hill underscored how difficult it is for a city with almost no control over the federal government it houses to sustain progress.

The outbreak at the White House and on Capitol Hill underscored how difficult it is for a city with almost no control over the federal government it houses to sustain progress.