Summary: Mark Zuckerberg lands in the Congressional hot seat this week over Facebook’s role in user privacy protection and the social network’s influence on life, culture and election interference. After a march through the current tech headlines with J.D., El Kaiser has a roundup review of earplugs for those times when you need to screen out all that infernal noise around you. Jump into Episode 269 to hear for yourself!<br> Links to Stories Discussed on This Week’s Show<br> <br> * <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/10/us/politics/mark-zuckerberg-testimony.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Mark Zuckerberg Prepares to Testify as Extent of Data Harvesting Widens</a> (The New York Times)<br> * <a href="http://docs.house.gov/meetings/IF/IF00/20180411/108090/HHRG-115-IF00-Wstate-ZuckerbergM-20180411.pdf" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Hearing Before The United States House of Representatives Committee on Energy and Commerce: Mark Zuckerberg Testimony</a> (House.gov)<br> * <a href="https://www.reuters.com/article/us-facebook-privacy-congress/zuckerberg-to-meet-with-u-s-lawmakers-monday-sources-idUSKBN1HG00H" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Zuckerberg to meet with U.S. lawmakers Monday: sources</a> (Reuters)<br> * <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/08/technology/zuckerberg-gets-a-crash-course-in-charm-will-congress-care.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Zuckerberg Gets a Crash Course in Charm. Will Congress Care?</a> (The New York Times)<br> * <a href="https://www.wired.com/story/why-zuckerberg-15-year-apology-tour-hasnt-fixed-facebook" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Why Mark Zuckerberg’s 14-Year Apology Tour Hasn’t Fixed Facebook</a> (Wired)<br> * <a href="http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-43698733" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Facebook: Cambridge Analytica warning sent to users</a> (BBC News)<br> * <a href="https://newsroom.fb.com/news/2018/04/new-elections-initiative/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Facebook Launches New Initiative to Help Scholars Assess Social Media’s Impact on Elections</a> (Facebook Newsroom)<br> * <a href="http://electionlawblog.org/?p=98577" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">(How) Will Facebook Self-Regulate “Issue Ads” Intended to Affect U.S. Elections? The Details Matter a Lot</a> (Election Law Blog)<br> * <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-switch/wp/2018/04/08/facebook-could-face-record-fine-say-former-ftc-officials/?utm_term=.a1e77c63c04a" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Facebook could face record fine, say former FTC officials</a> (The Washington Post)<br> * <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2018/04/05/facebook-building-8-explored-data-sharing-agreement-with-hospitals.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Facebook sent a doctor on a secret mission to ask hospitals to share patient data</a> (CNBC)<br> * <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2018/04/09/instagram-nametags/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">First look at Instagram Nametags, its clone of Snapchat QR codes</a> (TechCrunch)<br> * <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2018-04-10/instagram-looks-like-facebook-s-best-hope" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Instagram Looks Like Facebook’s Best Hop</a>e (Bloomberg)<br> * <a href="https://www.technologyreview.com/the-download/610800/youtube-may-be-illegally-collecting-kids-data" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">YouTube may be illegally collecting kids’ data</a> (MIT Technology Review)<br> * <a href="http://www.pewinternet.org/2018/04/09/bots-in-the-twittersphere/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Twitter Bots: An Analysis of Automated Accounts and the Links They Share</a> (Pew Research Center)<br> * <a href="https://medium.com/@susanbenesch/launching-today-new-collaborative-study-to-diminish-abuse-on-twitter-2b91837668cc" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Launching today: new collaborative study to dimin...</a>
