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Business

Reinstate Trump? Facebook Oversight Board Set To Rule On Indefinite Ban

RACHEL MARTIN, NPR / Jason Breslow, NPR / Shannon Bond, NPR

Posted on May 5, 2021 · The independent Oversight Board on Wednesday is expected to say whether Facebook should uphold or reverse a ban on the former president put in place after the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.

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The Bigger Picture

The Bigger Picture: ‘The Social Network’ And The Legacy Of Social Media In Modern Life

Joshua Zinn

Posted on April 23, 2020 · Houston Matters examines the history of social media through the lens of David Fincher's Facebook biopic.

Tags Charles Dove facebook Lucas Logan Mark Zuckerberg movies social media The Bigger Picture The Social Network

News

Facebook Invests In Renewables With Texas Solar Project

RUSSELL CONTRERAS, AP

Posted on June 11, 2019 · The Prospero Solar project just north of Odessa will have a capacity of 379 megawatts. That's enough to power around 72,000 homes based on the national average.

Tags facebook Longroad Energy Mark Zuckerberg New MExico New York City Odessa Renewable Energy Rio Grande texas

FILE- In this May 1, 2018, file photo, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg makes the keynote speech at F8, Facebook's developer conference in San Jose, Calif. Facebook says it recently discovered a security breach affecting nearly 50 million user accounts. In a blog post, Friday, Sept. 28, the company says hackers exploited its "View As" feature, which lets people see what their profiles look like to someone else. Facebook says it has taken steps to fix the security problem and alerted law enforcement. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File)

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Facebook Says 50 Million User Accounts Affected by Security Breach

Associated Press

Posted on September 28, 2018 · To deal with the issue, Facebook reset some logins, so 90 million people have been logged out and will have to log in again

Tags Cambridge Analytica facebook Mark Zuckerberg

News

Facebook Defends Giving Device-Makers Access To Users’ Data For Years

Bill Chappell, NPR

Posted on June 4, 2018 · The company says it shared the data only to help Apple, Samsung and other device-makers "recreate Facebook-like experiences." It denies a New York Times report that "deep access" was granted.

Tags Cambridge Analytica facebook Mark Zuckerberg

News

WATCH: Zuckerberg To Testify Before European Parliament Over Data Privacy

Associated Press

Posted on May 22, 2018 · Zuckerberg’s testimony to key officials of the European Parliament, to be broadcast live from Brussels Tuesday

Tags European Parliament Mark Zuckerberg Testimony

Podcast

Party Politics, Ep. 52: Paul Ryan Not Seeking Reelection, What Does This Mean For The Midterms?

HPM Digital Team

Posted on April 12, 2018 · Brandon and Jay talk about Texas schools, Paul Ryan, and more

Tags fbi House Speaker Paul Ryan Mark Zuckerberg Party Politics politics schools Senator Ted Cruz Sid Miller syria texas U.S. Rep. Blake Farenthold

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What We Learned From Zuckerberg’s Testimony, And What We Still Don’t Know

Erica R. Hendry, PBS NewsHour

Posted on April 11, 2018 · “I started Facebook, I run it, and I’m responsible for what happens here,” Zuckerberg said

Tags Cambridge Analytica facebook Mark Zuckerberg

National

In U.S. House, Texas Republicans Grill Zuckerberg More On Whether Facebook Is Censoring Conservatives

HALEY SAMSEL, The Texas Tribune

Posted on April 11, 2018 · "Why is Facebook censoring conservative bloggers such as Diamond and Silk?" U.S. Rep. Joe Barton asked the Facebook CEO Wednesday, continuing a line of questioning that U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz began a day earlier

Tags facebook Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg Texas Republicans U.S. House Zuckerberg

Houston Matters

Political Roundup: Ryan Leaving, And Zuckerberg Testifies

Abner Fletcher

Posted on April 11, 2018 · Our political experts discuss the latest national, state, and local political stories with an eye for how they might affect Houston and Texas.

Tags chemical attack chemical weapons David Branham Donald Trump facebook Mark Zuckerberg Nancy Sims Paul Ryan Pierpont Communication Political Roundup politics syria Testimony Texas National Guard deployment UH-Downtown

News

UPDATE: Lawmakers Push Zuckerberg On Security, Diversity, Drug Sales On Facebook

HPM Digital Team / Camila Domonoske, NPR

Posted on April 11, 2018 · Mark Zuckerberg's testimony will be live streamed here at 9am

Tags Capitol Hill congress facebook Mark Zuckerberg Testimony

News

At Facebook Hearing, Sens. Ted Cruz And John Cornyn Grill Zuckerberg On Social Network’s Content

Abby Livingston, The Texas Tribune

Posted on April 10, 2018 · Both U.S. Senators from Texas questioned the embroiled Facebook CEO about the content on the social networking site. Cruz accused Zuckerberg of engaging in "bias and censorship."

Tags facebook Facebook hearing john cornyn Mark Zuckerberg social network ted cruz texas Zuckerberg

National

WATCH: Facebook Would Not ‘Proactively’ Provide Data To Immigration Officials To Help Identify Threats, Zuckerberg Says

PBS NewsHour / Associated Press

Posted on April 10, 2018 · CEO Mark Zuckerberg says Facebook has not seen a falloff in usage in light of the Cambridge Analytica scandal

Tags analytics data facebook Mark Zuckerberg Testimony

News

WATCH: Facebook’s Sheryl Sandberg On Data Privacy Fail: ‘We Were Way Too Idealistic’

PBS NewsHour / Vanessa Romo, NPR

Posted on April 6, 2018 · In an interview with Judy Woodruff, Sandberg acknowledged the company “under-invested” in the safety and security of user data and said Facebook is now working to rectify that

Tags Cambridge Analytica Data Privacy Fail facebook Facebook Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg Mark Zuckerberg sheryl sandberg

News

Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg Will Testify Before Congress On April 11

BRETT NEELY, NPR

Posted on April 4, 2018 · Welcoming the news, the top Republican and Democrat on a House committee said that "we look forward to him answering our questions" about protecting users' data

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Donald Trump has been booked at the Atlanta jail on Georgia election charges

SAM GRINGLAS, NPR

Posted on August 25, 2023 · Donald Trump has become the first former president with a mug shot. He faces 13 felony counts in Georgia related to efforts to overturn the state's 2020 presidential election result.

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Texas

Houston-area woman charged with threatening judge overseeing Trump’s Jan. 6 trial

NPR Staff

Posted on August 17, 2023 · Abigail Jo Shry is accused of calling the judge's chambers and leaving a voicemail threatening to "kill anyone" who went after the ex-president, including Sheila Jackson Lee and members of the LGBTQ community.

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Amy Weinland Daughters holding her book, Dear Dana

Houston Matters

Houston-area author sends handwritten letters to all 580 of her Facebook friends. Now it’s a book.

Ariel Worthy

Posted on August 10, 2023 · Daughters spoke to Houston Matters on Thursday about what what led her to pick up the pen in the first place. 

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Houston Matters

Travis Scott performing in Houston (Aug. 10, 2023)

Michael Hagerty

Posted on August 10, 2023 · On Thursday's show: We learn about mixed reactions to the news that Travis Scott plans to perform in Houston this fall for the first time since the fatal disaster at his Astroworld music festival nearly two years ago.

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