Posts Tagged ‘Facebook’
AG Miller outlines consumer protection initiative, plans investigation of Facebook
Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller announced Dec. 30 three consumer protection priorities the office will pursue in 2022, including investigating the effects of Facebook’s algorithms on consumers. Miller said at the press conference that it’s …
Read MoreFacebook, local partners join effort to address need for skilled trade workers
Timothy McCoy was volunteering at Creative Visions, a nonprofit community center in Des Moines, when an employee there approached him about joining Facebook’s new construction training program called Hardhat in Hand.
Although McCoy is a …
Facebook joins others in Big Tech in delaying return to office, requiring vaccines
Facebook announced that U.S. employees will not return to the office until at least January 2022 due to concerns about the coronavirus delta variant. “Data, not dates, is what drives our approach for returning to …
Read MoreEast Polk Innovation Collaborative, Facebook establish new relief fund for East Polk
The East Polk Innovation Collaborative, Facebook and other local partners have established the East Polk County Relief Fund for local COVID-19 relief, supported by an initial $350,000 contribution by Facebook, the company announced this week. …
Read MoreFacebook announces 2020 Community Action Grants, launches Small Business Grants
Fourteen Central Iowa schools and nonprofits were awarded 2020 Facebook Community Action grants ranging from $3,900 to $62,386, the Facebook Altoona Data Center announced this week. The full list of local organizations is available online. …
Read MoreCarroll Times Herald joins Facebook Journalism Project accelerator
The Carroll Times Herald, an Iowa newsroom serving the Carroll community online and twice-weekly in print, is one of 13 North American news organizations joining the Facebook Journalism Project’s Local News Accelerator for digital subscriptions …
Read MoreDMACC, Facebook host opening ceremony for digital classroom at Ankeny campus
Facebook and Des Moines Area Community College hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony for a new digital classroom located on DMACC’s Ankeny campus. The digital classroom is funded through a $97,000 grant from Facebook and houses technologies …
Read MoreFacebook opens applications to Community Action Grants program
Facebook’s Community Action Grants program is now open to applications from regional nonprofits and school systems, targeting the surrounding area of the Facebook Altoona Data Center, the company announced this week. The program, which accepts …
Read MoreUnskilled staffs threaten banks’ ability to adapt to digital transformation
Only 4% of bank business and IT executives believe that the impact of technology on the pace of banking change has stayed the same over the past three years, while 96% said it has either …
Read MoreIn Facebook agreement, data leveled negotiating table
For the first time in its six-year relationship with Facebook Inc., the city of Altoona has walked away from the negotiating table with a few dollars in hand — an estimated $3 million a year …
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