Facebook is looking to hire a director of human rights policy to coordinate the social media platform's "company-wide effort to address human rights abuses, including by both state and non-state actors."
The big picture: Facebook has come under fire in recent years for not doing enough to prevent bad actors from using the platform to spread disinformation and stifle human rights. In March, for example, UN investigators claimed Facebook had played "a determining role" in disseminating hateful rhetoric against Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar.
It was an exciting week on all things Apple and Jeff Bezos, but here are some tech stories that might have slipped under your radar.
Catch up quick: Zuckerberg: How Facebook is now better prepared to fight election interference; Google’s location privacy practices are under investigation in Arizona; Walmart relaunches Jet with three-hour deliveries; Uber axed its logo; Seven Google employees quit over secretive search project in China.
