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Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg Should 'Pay Price' For Damaging Democracy, Hillary Clinton Says Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg Should 'Pay Price' For Damaging Democracy, Hillary Clinton Says
Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg Should 'Pay Price' For Damaging Democracy, Hillary Clinton Says Chappaqua resident Hillary Clinton is targeting Westchester native Mark Zuckerberg, saying he should “pay a price” for his company’s role in damaging democracy stateside and throughout the world. The former Secretary of State, First Lady and US Senator from New York, speaking at a screening of the Netflix documentary, “The Great Hack” spoke about the role Facebook and its data sharing with Cambridge Analytica helped spread misinformation to undermine her during her run at the Oval Office in 2016. Zuckerberg, the founder of Facebook - a White Plains native who grew up in Dobbs Ferry who atte…

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by Zak Failla
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Video: 'So You Won't Take Down Lies?' Ocasio-Cortez Asks Mark Zuckerberg Video: 'So You Won't Take Down Lies?' Ocasio-Cortez Asks Mark Zuckerberg
Video: 'So You Won't Take Down Lies?' Ocasio-Cortez Asks Mark Zuckerberg A pair of Westchester’s most famous high school graduates sparred this week during a hearing before the House Financial Services Committee over Facebook’s Libra crypto project. Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg - a White Plains native who grew up in Dobbs Ferry and attended Ardsley High school - and freshman Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez - a Yorktown High School graduate - went toe-to-toe over the social media giant’s use of political ads and information. “You announced recently that the official policy of Facebook now allows politicians to pay to spread disinformation in 2020 elec…

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Facebook Getting Biggest Redesign Ever After String Of Scandals Facebook Getting Biggest Redesign Ever After String Of Scandals
Facebook Getting Biggest Redesign Ever After String Of Scandals Facebook is hoping its users “like” the biggest redesign in the company’s 15-year history, which will be coming after a series of scandals have plagued the company. Area native Mark Zuckerberg, who was born in White Plains, grew up in Dobbs Ferry and attended Ardsley High School, announced the redesign of the social media network at Facebook’s annual conference, F8, in California on Tuesday, April 30. Gone is the blue header that has been familiar to Facebook users for more than a decade, and in is a sleeker, cleaner, white redesign that will place a larger emphasis on “groups.” The new loo…

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by Zak Failla