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ലണ്ടന്‍: ഫേസ്ബുക്കിലെ സോഫ്റ്റ് വെയര്‍ എഞ്ചിനീയര്‍ രാജിവെച്ചു. ഫേസ്ബുക്ക് വിദ്വേഷ പ്രചാരണങ്ങള്‍ക്ക് കൂട്ടുനില്‍ക്കുന്നുവെന്ന് ആരോപിച്ചാണ് രാജിവെച്ചത്. അമേരിക്കന്‍ പ്രസിഡണ്ട് ഡൊണാള്‍ഡ് ട്രംപ് അടക്കമുള്ളവരുടെ വിദ്വേഷ പോസ്റ്റുകളില്‍ നടപടിയെടുക്കാന്‍ ഫേസ്ബുക്കിനായില്ലെന്ന് അശോക് ചാന്ദ്വാനി ആരോപിക്കുന്നു.

കെനോഷ, വിസ്‌കോന്‍സിന്‍ എന്നിവിടങ്ങളില്‍ പ്രതിഷേധക്കാര്‍ക്കെതിരെ അക്രമത്തിന് പ്രോത്സാഹിപ്പിക്കുന്ന…

Facebook Engineer Quit His Job In A Huff Over What He Claims To Be A Company Making Money Off Hate

A Facebook software engineer resigned and publicly criticized the company Tuesday, accusing Facebook of “profiting off hate.”

In a letter detailing their decision to quit, Ashok Chandwaney cited some of Facebook’s recent actions as breaking points that led them to quit.

Specifically, Chandwaney called out Facebook’s failure to remove a militia group’s event inciting violence against protesters in…

We Almost Didn’t Have A Facebook Like Button. FB Engineers Wanted It To Be…

We see it everywhere — this little symbol has become a part of all our lives whether we “like” it or not. Yes, pun intended.

This little symbol with the thumbs up icon that we all know as the Facebook “Like” button is literally everywhere. Heck, you even see it on every website you go to — “like” this, “like” that, “like” everything.

It has become so common that we don’t give it a thought. But…

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White House Names Top Facebook Engineer as First Director of IT

The White House just added another Silicon Valley veteran to its growing roster of tech experts.

This afternoon, President Barack Obama will announce a newly created position for David Recordon, who has worked as one of Facebook’s engineering directors since 2009. Recordon will join the White House as the director of information technology, perhaps the most glorified IT position in history.

Before accepting the government position, Recordon served as the social network’s engineering director for five years, leading teams behind Facebook’s internal productivity, HR and video conferencing tools, among many other projects. As the IT director, he’s expected to “build on the Administration’s Smarter IT Delivery efforts to ensure that the technology utilized by the White House is efficient, effective, and secure.” He also has to “[modernize] software used to collaborate, and [bring] use of new technologies in line with private sector best practices.”

Recordon, according to a statement from the White House, will “ensure that the technology utilized by the White House is efficient, effective, and secure.” He’ll lead the effort to merge any overlapping systems and ensure that the government’s software is up-to-date and just as secure as software in the private sector.

Recordon’s appointment is part of a recent effort by the Obama administration to grow its dedicated tech staff. Last year, the president launched the U.S. Digital Service, hiring former Google engineer Mikey Dickerson to lead it. Dickerson played a fundamental role on the team that rescued HealthCare.gov after its catastrophic launch in 2013.

If the White House’s proposed fiscal budget of 2016 is approved, its aggressive hiring of top tech talents from the Valley won’t stop with Recordon. After all, the administration is asking for a $105 million budget to form a digital team for each of its 25 agencies.

After a visit to the White House in March 2014, during which he took a selfie in front of the podium in the room where the president gives press conferences, Recordon hinted at his growing involvement with the U.S. Digital Service.

Hey, ever use the FaceBook emoticons? If you do, then you'll know that :putnam: makes a face. Who is this guy? Why does HE have an emoticon? Well he hacked Facebook, placed a worm that made your profile look like MySpace, and tracked how many people he infected. Hilarious, right? I would do it if I was smart enough. ALAS.