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Facebook’s former chief of security says its privacy pivot is ‘punting’ on its hardest issues

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Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg made a bombshell announcement earlier this week that his company would pivot to a “privacy-focused communications platform” that prioritizes encrypted private messaging and groups over public-facing posts and the algorithm-driven News Feed. According to the company’s former security chief, Alex Stamos, the move could mean that some of Facebook’s toughest issues around moderating … Read more

Former US security officials to oppose emergency declaration

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WASHINGTON (AP) — A group of former U.S. national security officials is set to release a statement arguing there is no justification for President Donald Trump to use a national emergency declaration to fund a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border. The statement, which was reviewed by The Associated Press, has 58 signatures from prominent former officials, including … Read more

GE Appliances adds former Procter & Gamble exec

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GE Appliances has appointed Antonio Boadas as its chief communications officer. Boadas joins the Louisville-based appliances manufacturer after 16 years in communications leadership roles at Procter & Gamble, according to a news release. “Antonio is a proven communications professional who comes to us with an extensive portfolio of successes in global corporate communications, brand building, citizenship, public … Read more

Father of modern Malaysia backs jailed former deputy in attempt to oust PM

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Mahathir Mohamad, the father of modern Malaysia, is backing the man he sacked as his deputy and saw imprisoned on charges of sodomy to be prime minister, in an attempt to unseat the scandal-ridden incumbent. In a remarkable political U-turn ahead of a general election next year, Mahathir now says that his former protege Anwar Ibrahim, Malaysia’s most … Read more