Employees and consumers, with the help of activist groups on social media, are targeting companies that are doing business with detention facilities for migrant children. Source: NYT > Business – Sapna Maheshwari
Etika, a YouTube Personality, Is Mourned by Fans
The 29-year-old’s death highlighted the way that social media networks handle posts by users who are struggling with mental illness. Source: NYT > Business – Christine Hauser
Wayfair Workers Walk Out, and Specter of a Consumer Boycott Rises
Employees and consumers, with the help of activist groups on social media, are targeting companies that are doing business with detention facilities for migrant children. Source: NYT > Business – Sapna Maheshwari
Regulators Have Doubts About Facebook Cryptocurrency. So Do Its Partners.
The social media company said it had signed 27 partners to its Libra project. But executives at some of those companies said they were approaching it warily. Source: NYT > Business – Nathaniel Popper
Facebook Plans Global Financial System Based on Cryptocurrency
Despite skepticism and concern about Facebook’s reach, the company envisions an alternative financial system based on a new cryptocurrency called Libra. Source: NYT > Business – Mike Isaac and Nathaniel Popper
Tech Giants Amass a Lobbying Army for an Epic Washington Battle
Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Google, facing the growing possibility of antitrust action and legislation to rein in their power, are spending freely to gain influence and access. Source: NYT > Business – Cecilia Kang and Kenneth P. Vogel