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    #204: Great Chicken Caper of 2018

    December 6th, 2018 · 70 minutes

    Facebook is back in the news after the UK Parliament releases 250 pages of documents about how the company handles data! Next, Microsoft is reportedly considering scrapping Edge and building a browser based in Chromium. Finally, a triple-dessert! She-Ra is a good show, Laura Loomer chained herself to Twitter, and the PlayStation Classic sucks.

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    Facebook knew Android call-scraping would be ‘high-risk’ - The Verge
    Internal Facebook documents show how the company makes deals for data - The Verge
    Facebook’s Internal Tensions Are Spilling Beyond The Company’s Walls
    Facebook’s Internal Tensions Are Spilling Beyond The Company’s Walls
    Internal Documents Show Facebook Has Never Deserved Our Trust or Our Data - Motherboard
    Mark Zuckerberg personally approved cutting off Vine’s friend-finding feature - The Verge
    Microsoft is building its own Chrome browser to replace Edge - The Verge
    Far-right activist Laura Loomer handcuffed herself to Twitter’s NYC headquarters - The Verge
    She-Ra and the Princesses of Power Is the Magically Queer Cartoon We Need Right Now - them.