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Róisín Ingle interviewing Laura Bates on The Women's podcast
Róisín Ingle interviewing Laura Bates on The Women's podcast
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US Federal Trade Commission looking to unwind Facebook’s acquisitions of Instagram and WhatsApp in 2012 and 2014
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US government is arguing that Instagram acquisition should be unwound
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Minister for Enterprise Peter Burke received a collective redundancy notification from the software company on February 4th
Mark Zuckerberg said the cuts were ‘performance-based’ but some employees have queried the legality of the process
Michael McGrath dodged request to sit down with Facebook executive Nick Clegg, records show
Facebook owner announced plans to trim 5% of its workforce globally last month
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The worship of mammon and mammon-makers has brought us to the point where a rich felon purports to rule the world and carve it up to his liking
Payment relates to suspension of US president’s accounts in wake of Capitol riot
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